The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-08-04
The Ringing Declaration of the
Brilliant South Georgia
Leader.
DUTY OF ALL DEMOCRATS.
An Utterance, Timely and Most Important,
which is Being Discussed All Over
the Country.

The ringing statements of Hon.
Fleming G. du Bignon, in Sundays
Constitution, are so timely and i'm
pOrtant, and have attracted 50 much
attention, that THE TIMES cheerfully
reprints thS N ore convincing declara-
tiODs of the momentous interview.
Among other things, Mr.. du Big
non sald
"The regular Democrats are a unit
in the opinion that the next congress
sional campaign throughout the union
will be fought chiefly on the currency
and tariff questions, and that the de-
ciaratiOn of the Chicago platform on
both OF these issues will be the stand
ard around which the regular Demo-
cratic organization will, of course,
rally. There is no division among
regular Democrats on this point.''
"What, In your opinion, will be the
attitude of those Democrats in GeOr-
gla who we're opposed to the national
convention at Chicago committing
the party to an unequiVocal free coin
age declaration?"
"rhat question is answered by the
attitude of my home paper, the Saw
annah Morning News, which before
the convention, took strong ground
against free coinage at 16 to /. 1t
promptly accepted the verdict of the
convention, however, and led the fight
in south Georgia for democratic sue
cess. OF late, 1t has been partic-
ularIy urgent in its position that DEM
ocratic regularity must be respected {.
What it has said of the IMPORTANCE of
the recognition of party organiza-
ton reflects the sentiment of practf-
cally all of those In my section of the
state who, having been opposed to the
action taken on the currency ques-
ton by the Chicago convention,
yielded their opposition in response
to the voice of the yarty.
GAS for myself" continued Mr.. du-
Bignon, 81 do not hesitate to say that,
as far as I am concerned, did my
duty as a democrat after the action
of the convention, and L accepted the
platform of the party and voted for
it's nominee. Not only that, but L
cheerfully co-operated with the state
executive committee in the effort to
have Georgia roll up as big major
ity for the democratic ticketas possi-
BILE. There was no other course left
me as a good democrat, for 1 have been
voting the democratic ticket too long
to think of fOrsaking the party simply
because [ had been in the minority
on one OF the many questions at issue.
In the last campaign [ was op-
pesed to the effort to commit the party
to an unequivocal declaration in be-
half of free coinage, and [ made my
race for the senate as opposed to that
issue; yet, when the party acted,
did not hesitate to do my duty as
democrat and to accept the arbitra-
ment of the national convention on a
question upon which democrats had
been divided. In this connection
recall very we'll the letter of Mr..
Cleveland after his nomination in 1892,
In which, in expressing pleasure that
the democrats who had most bitterly
opposed his nomination were giving
him their active support, he said. Il
think the underlying principle of
party organization is the acceptance
of the arbitrament of the national
conYention.' The boiling democrats
who are nq1g. making the most noise
about the CnTUago platform were the
loudest in their commentator of the
action of the minority when, in 1892,