Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-07-16
ADDRESS ISSUED.
Illinois Sound Money Democrats
Want a New Convention.
4 CLEAR CUT SEPARATION WANTED.
Tho signers Of the Call Think There should
Be kcorganised Democratic Party
Outside Of Those Drifting
into POpullsrn.

CHICAGO, July l4.-The executive
committee Of the gold standard demo-
Gratis OF Illinois met in a protracted
session yesterday ana prepared an ad-
dress to the democracy Of the other
states in the union. 1t was the unani.
nous opinion Of the committee that q
second democratic national convention
should be called to nominate candi-
dates for president and vice president.
The address is as follows:
To Our Fellow Demo rats OF Other States:
A national convention. convened under the
constituted authority Of our party, has just
closed its session in the city Of Chicago 1t en-
tered upon Its work by violating all party
presidents in the rejection Of distinguished
democrat as its temporary presiding officer.
1t deprived sovereign state Of voice In Its
deliberations by unseating, without cause or
legal justification. delegates elected with oil
the regularity known to party org lnzation
1t refused to indorse the honesty and fidelity
Of the present democratic national admins
tration.
1t adopted platform which favors the free
and unlimited coinage Of silver by this country
alone at the ratio Of sixteen to one, and
thereby 1t repudiated -hOnored dem
0cratic principle, which demands the strictest
maintenance OF a sound and stable national
currency.
Finally to make 1t still palmer that, al
though In name, 1t was not In fact democratic
IL tina Ind fNrt OF dol mn
is not, in his political convictions and has not
always been, even In his professions, DEM
0crat
This has made such crisis. both for the no
tion and the democratic party that sound
money democrats must at once decide what
political action they will take for the pr0tec-
tion Of the honor Of the nation, tho prosperity
Of the people and the life and usefulness Of the
party The sound money democrats Of Illinois
have fully made up their minds that o new
democratic national convention should be
called for the earliest feasible day to nominate
democratic candidates for president and vice
president, and to adopt platform Of demo-
cratic prin cipes, and, they desire to state to
their acknowledgements of other states their
reasons, as follows:
First-Sound money democrats owe 1t to the
country TO make 1t certain at once that their |
revolt against free silver Is determined and
will be organized. It is unfair to oblge the
credit Of the nation and the business and In
dustrial interests Of the people to merely guess |
what the sound money democrats will do In |
November, and to await until November to find |
out.
Second-The nomination OF new ticket is |
the logical course. Without It, and q sound |
money democratic campaign, the whole edu o.
tional force Of sound money democratic sentl
ment would be paralyzed from the beginning. |
cannot argue the sound money !
question to democratic voters. Republican |
sincerity on that question is doubted by the |
mass Of democrats, The tariff question Will |
be put to the front and insisted upon by repub-
lean speakers and the republican press, as 1t |
has persistently been done by Mr.. Mckinley |
himself Democrats will not listen to lessons
on finance when accompanied by abuse 0f the |
Democratic party. The most effective force at
this time for q campaign is the force residing |
In the sound money democrats for they are |
In earnest and can get a hearing |
from democrats that the republicans cannot |
possibly get
Thlrd-A new convention would also pre-
serve for the future the opportunities Of the |
democratic party. Unless cear-cu separa-
tion is made between the genuine democrats |
and democrats who are drifting into p0pulism, |