Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-12-09
TIE DEMOCRAT.
GEORGE CRAWFORD. EDITOR.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER .. 1897.


Warden, up to the time of the Chica-
go convention was an ardent support
er of the gold standard. Coming, as
ii does, from recent convert to the
silver cause, It's tone IL, to say the
least, not over modest:
1.-THE Mineral Point Democrat is
far too sanguine in imagining that
the democracy will humiliate itself for
the sake of securing the return OF the
apostates who 80 shamelessly deserted
the party year ago. Nothing OF the
kind will ever happen. The game is
not worth the powder, and The Dem
crat is merely making sorry spec
tacle of itself, by cuddling the de-
lusion. When the apostates have had
enough of McKinleyism, and they are
now chatting good deal under the
yoke, they are welcome to return, but
no veal spread awaits their coming.
Meanwhile the party will go right on
attending to business at the old stand
and meeting the issues as they arise,
and true and loyal democrats will
continue to subordinate their indiyid-
ual opinions to the assembled wisdom
and regularly declared policy OF the
party, M others now wish they had IN
the past. However, the weary crowd
now humping at the back door should
arouse sympathy and enkindle char
ity."
II to have refused TO endorse The
Chicago platform entities one to be
called an apostate, then The Iowa
County Democrat pleads guilty TO tire
soft impeachment. II to have refused
to support for Office those who " elect
ed would aid In carrying out the prin-
ciples of reputation enunciated in
that platform, was To become traitor
to democracy, then the editors OF
The Democrat, with hundreds OF
thousands yea, more than million
of other heretofore true and loyal
democrats, were guilty of treason;
and our recently converted friend Mr..
Warden Is welcome to make the most
OF 1t. But he need not lay the Halter
ing junction. to his soul that gold DEM
ocrats in great numbers arc seeking
to return to the regular democratic or
gani2ation no long as the declarations
OF the Chicago platform are permitted
to stand or there Is fear OF their re-
affirmation. The protest OF gold DEM
ocrats was positive, open, and above
board. "This thing was not done In
u corner" The purpose of gold dem
ocrats whether their votes were cast
for Palmer or for Mckinley was the
same, namely: to rebuke and repu-
diate the leaders who, In national
convention, had repudiated the prin-
ciples of democracy and declared for
II financial policy out Of harmony
with the teachings Of the democratic
fathers, the experience of ngcs, and
the enacted wisdom OF all civilized
countries. IT we listen to some of the
regulars, the gold democrats are few
in number and their influence does not
amount to much But when IL comes to
the battle and thcre are financial her
estes TO hit, they materialize very fast,
and us 1t has been In the past, SO will
IL be in future. And we desire to state
for Bro. Warden's information and
admonition, that instead OF thump-
ING on the back door" for admission
to the regular democratic organlaa-
tion, should any future occnsion de-
mand their services, they will be in
the open, with their powder still dry
For ourselves: we must confess that
We know nothing OF suhordlnatlng In
dividual opinions to the assembled
wisdom and regularly declared policy
of II party when 1t denies or changes
the fundamentals OF lbs faith. II II IL
treason for gold democrat to protest,
why such rejoicing over silver republic
cans who protested against the assem-
blcd wisdom and declared policy of
their party? And why was the last
Wisconsin Democratic state conven-
tion adjourned in their honor, and an
alliance formed with men who had re-
fused To thus subordinate their indi-
vidual opinions? The naked truth is F.,
that far too many democrats in the
last campaign followed the regular
organization and suhordinatcd their
individual opinions because as many
Of them declared they believed that
free silver would provo winner.
They overlooked the abandonment of
the tariff issue, aud condoned the of
fences of those democrats who IN con-
gross made the carrying out Of dom
ocratic pledges MI impossibility. They
afterwards sat silent when democratic
aud populist campaigners, in their in
temperate zeal, denounced us Shylocts
their friends and neighbors who by
thrift had acquired wealth or financial
standing. They applied all manner
Of epithots to Democrats who refused
to join them: and rs Warden and
many other regular democrats thought