The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-15
WATTERSON' SCRY
Rings Out With All It's Old
Time FervOr,
Calling Kentucky Democrats
Back Into the Fold.
MAY BE THE LAST TIME
He Says, as the Party is Drift
ing to Annihilation.
Convention Endorse Cleveland,
Carlisle and Gold.

ters and kilograms from J. Sterling
morton, ex-secretary of agriculture,
and other prominent men were being
read before the convention of National
democrats yesterday, Mr.. Buckner
made his appearance and was cheered
as ne marched down the aisle. United
states Senator Lindsay, for whom there
mad been repeated calls, was here in
troduced and soon had his auditors in
glowing mood on account of the Wig
orous manner in which he waded into
the very depths of the financial ques-
ton and set in bold relief the fallacies.
as he saw them. of the 16 to 1 Demo-
Gratis. He handled Senator Jones
the PopuI1St senator from Nevada with
out mercy for allying himself with the
republicans and thus blocking a Iegfs-
latlon which the speaker said was most
essential to the financial good of the
country. Into this he weaved in ludi-
crouS style a play on the name of Jones
saying, we are told that the tariff on
Jones says it won't. We are told that
the tax on white pine lumber will not
be advanced because Jones says it
won't, and he knows
There was tremendous cheering when
Senator Lindsay, in closing. said: I'VE
have many times made pla forms,
adopted resolutions and selected can
didateS in this hall, and we have never
tory until two years ago when we
named a man who refused to stand up
on our platform"
He referred to General P. w. Hard
ing, who was defeated for governor by
Bradley.
| Henry watterson followed Senator
Lindsay, and quickly upon the heels of
a generous expectant greeting, a ST
1ence fell upon the house which bespoke
| pleasant anticipation
In his Introductory remarks Mr.. Wat
| terson stated that he had thought never
again to cross the threshold of q party
convention. But from a far foreign
land he had seen the party which he
| had always held to be the bulwark of
constitutional freedom cut loose from
| it's constitutional moorings and cast
| adrift upon the shoreleSS sea of political
adventure. He said:
1T is drifting still without a pilot, or
rudder, or compass. 1 should not be
| true to my birth, to my teachings or to
you if 1 stood aloof; if 1 denied the OBJ
| legations of convictions and comrade-
| ship; if 1 refused to join in one last
| effort to bring back the derelict to port,
| to reclaim the honor of the flag.
These, and these alone, are the mo-
tiVes and the purposes which have
: brought me here today
Continuing, the speaker entered into
an exhaustive review of the political
conditions which led up to the Indian
apolis convention and the present con-
vention. He then said:
| LAS good Democrats, as men who
| love their country and their party and
| who fain would do something to res
| cue the one and to preserve the credit
and order of the other-we are here
this day We are here to appeal, 1T
| may be for the last time, to the serious
sense and judgment of our fellow Dem
| ocrats We are here to protest against
| the vagaries of a body of incompetent
| leaders, who have proStituted the name
| and the principles of the party, and
xx-t,o than bent UPON
pursuing the course which has wrecked
| U.S. yet who can present no claim TO the
party confidence except such as may
| be allowed two defeats IN hand, with
i the deluge yet to come.
"As political issue the free and in
dependent coinage of silver at the ratio
| of 16 to l. or any other ratio, is as dead
| as the institution of American slavery.
| After the wretched experience the
Democratic party has had of 1t there
would be no thought OF keeping II
| longer before the people, even TO Vlndl-
cate those who are responsible Tor the
evils il has DONE except that back or
| if still stands the silver kings OF the rot
ten boroughS and the stock JoopsIs u
| the senate of the United States Ihese
represent millions of present ana spec,
| NATIVE wealth supplying the needed
| sineWs of war, and whilst the agitation
| lasts@no matter what comes OF IL OF
| who suffers-it can be made TO serve
| the ends sometimes political ana some
tir,ee necuniary of those who have it
| in their special keeping, ana VINO never
mean to- let it go until forced to DO SO
| by public opinion. In COO nallle,
| ask shall the great, historic Democrat
| ic narty with all its glorious achleVe-
| nnents and noble possibilities, pc scut-
| fled and sunk by such men ana III az
| tual sight of an open sea anu St e.
| barbor? 1t is with the rank and ME
! Of the marty to say. To the rank ana
| f1e therefore, we turn with eager out
| with confident hope. we ask theLl' -! a.,
| sober truth, as friends ana protners, ~
| look a bout them, to stop ana thlnk' anu
| soaine whittier we are hurried by pas
| sion and error, to help US reverse the
engines before it is too late ...
| NJ watterson then took up the Iree
III SUGGESTION which he declared
| 20 he the most barren of barren loeah-
| ties and discussed the questloh
| LENGTH as affecting the LafHei' eiA0
manufacturer and the otterson e1o-
| u,tar+1v asserted his determination TO
| etand by the true principles OF De-
| mocracy' as outlined IN the iiu 1:.D 70
| i;e platform. Political humiliation, ne
| rs La6 No terrors for him, adding:
| mo set of self-constituted leaoers; IN
| their important blasphemy arrogaf1ngg
| TO themselves the providence OF Coz
| ana consigning Democrats at least as
| GOOD as themselves not merely TO oealn,
| but to damnation, can arrive me- "
such as me, out Oh the Deiiiooi 'l'io p0-
watterson's speech was punctua-
| ted by tremendous applause
| At the conclusion of Mr.. Watterson s
| speech the resolutions which mao py
| This time been formulated were read by
| W. c. P Breckenridge. The sentiment
| revealed in these resolutions found the
| fullest of appreciation and the unanl.
| NOUS adoption followed with an old
| time Kentucky heartiness. The reso-
| Iutions recite that the National Democ-
| racy of Kentucky cordially approves
the action taken last year, resulting IN
the Indianapolis convention, ana the
nomination of Palmer and Buckner, and
| reaffirm allegiance to the principles and