The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-07-22


Pnritanic clement Of New England.
and tine Cavalier element of the southern
states, her sons and daughters making
up in large numb bers the population of
the middle western states, naturally
draws the attention of all the other states
of the Union upon US.
Are we to lead this fall in the over
throw Of plutccracy and say to the other
sister states IF onr Union that Ohio,
now as ever, is to the front TO lead where
danger threatens the stability of our gov
erument2
Upon the unity Of action Of the peo-
pie who oppose plutocracy depends sue
cess. All parties and organizations who
are opposed to the gold standard and its
supporters, plutocracy, are to combine
and accomplish It's overthrow.
with that end in view, the delegates
to the great convention Of the people,
the silver convention held at Columbus
on the goth and 3Oth of June, we're Sc
leoted from the people, from the Demo
cratic, Populist, Silver Republican and
other minor parties who had supported
THE CHICAGO PLATFORM.
Silver Democrats, Populists, Silver
Republicans, Nationalists and all other
minor parties were represented in the
various deleg cations. All met on common
ground for common cause, the cause Of
the people,
1T was we'll understood by the dele
gates there assembled that the deli era
tilns of the convention should be open
as the light Of day; that no machio
methods woul / be tOle rated; that the can
didutes nominated must be men in
whom by their past records the people
cJulI place implicit trust.
Democracy was well aware that she
had an insili and subtle foe within
to coontend with. This foe she was well
pref Tared for, but she had not reokoned on
foes wi hout, so cunning, so crafty, that
thei, methods were hardly disc rnable
but they were there and ready TO do
their utmost to thwart she wishes Of the
&c pple. Under tie guise of being the
representatives Of Silver Republicans
and Popuslists, five or six men, without
the vesti of authority from either the
Populists or silver Republicans, under
took to represent these parties and per
sisted against the protest Of many Of
the Lending P0pulisss and Silver Repub-
licans who were az the convention tnat
they had authority and coutioued to push
their claims before the committee on
rules governing the deliberations Of the
convention with such persistency that
they were looked upon with suspicion and
were thoroughly discredited from aud
not allowed any participation in the con
vention. The suspicion that they were
tie
EMISSARIES OF THE ENEMY
Has since been verified. Neither Popu-
lists nor Silver Republicans who were
acquainted with the methods of these
men will give them the least endorse
ment, but on the other hand they are
thcrougbl0 diacr dited and lloked upon
AS th1 tools of the money power.
THE audsoity Of a few men in whom
no authority had tesp placed by their
party o oonfsreI ce or convention, in un-
dert ,hing to sbIog to and usurp the pow
er Of convention of the people demand
iug that tley be permitted to select two
places on tine st ite ticket and fill them
win men of their selection Is without
prece1e.t in any deliberative or elective
b.dy.
If thes mcu mad succeeded In thei
designs, would t1ey not have used the
same methods (oGly in an interested
flrn) which the people condemn? When
they learned that they would have to go
before the convention, and in an open
manner place their candidate for nomina-
tion before the people, they left the con-
venti)n with the threat that they would
call convention and nominate ticket
This is just what the Money Power
wants. If they cannot succeed one
way they viii try other ways. They are
never di coursged. The subsidized press
tesmei for several days with false state
ments, declnring that Populist aud sill
yer Republicans were badly treltel at
the convention.
This news was probably furnished
by these disappointed aod discomfited
emissaries of plltocracY. 1t as generally
known by every Intelligent Iuan who at
tended the great silver convention at
Columbus on the goth and 8Oth of June,
that the three parties, Silver Democracy,
Silver Pupuli5ts, Silver Republicans,
all Of whom had Ieprese ntation In the
various county delegations, we're to have
equal opportunities for representation
on the state ticket, iu proportion to
their numerical strength in the state.
"Silvsr Democracy was concessive and
liberal, and desirous That the Populists
and Silver Republicans each have a
place on the ticket, but as safeguard
and to protect the people against imposi-
tion, and the assumed authority of five
or six men, who without credentials or
any authority from their respective
parties, represented themselves as Silver
Rapublicans and populists and em-