The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-07-15
Fifty Thousand True and Tried Men
in kentucky.
sIMMs ON SILVER QUESTION
Carlisle Made Chairman Of the Convection
Solid Financial Flank adoptsd--Com-
mead the Late Administration.

Louisville July 1.-THE gold standard
democratic convention met today Jas.
c. simms was chosen temporary chair
man. In his address Mr.. simms said in
part:
IN Kentucky there are today 5000 true
and tried democrats who have never
wandered away from the true faith and
have never departed and will never in
the future bow the knee to agrarianlsm.
populisrn, socialism, mobllism or Bryan
ism We are not democrats simply for
the reason that our fathers. perchalcea
we're democrats but because we believe
that the principles advocated by the gem
ulne democracy are best calculated TO
give US good government. federal. state
county and municipal. and thereby result
in the greatest good to the greatest num-
Der.
'our free silver friends seem to have
lost entirely their powers Of discrimina-
ton for they cannot discriminate between
wealth honestly obtained and wealth dis
honestly obtained The highest recon-
mnedation that a man can possess for
complete affillatiOn with this populist-
democratic party is that he IS rolling
stone. has gathered no moss. run down
at the heel. has nothing. don't want
anything and don't want anybody else to
have anything The democracy OF the
hour for brave and patriotic manhood
The advocates Of free silver in an un-
lucky hour. surprised and captured party
organization and brought ruin and dis
aster upon our party.
"By threats and clamo- and false pre-
tense they have deranged all values
frightened all business enterprises, para
lyzd all industries and almost brought
ruin and bankruptcy upon our people
And they add insult to INJURY by charg-
ing that they are the innocent victims
OF the authors OF their mischief.
How long is this thing to continuaf
How far is it to reach? Are we all
craven towards, to be intimidated and
bulldozed. or shall we put on our armor
and acquit ourselves like men? This de-
lusion cannot last. A brave. determined
stand is All that is necessary to prevent
fallacies. and thus confound It,"
Permanent organization was effected
by election OF ex-Secretary Of Treasury
Carlisle as chairman. While letters and
kilograms from j. Sterling Morton. ex-
Secretary OF Agriculture, and other prom
inent men were being read. GersarI
Simon Bolivar Buckner made his appear
ance and was cheered as he marched
down the aisle. The convention was
then addressed by Senator Lindsay and
Colonel watterson.
AT the conclusion OF Watterson's speech
resolutions, which had by this time been
formulated, were read hy Hon. ". c. P.
Breckenridge. The sentiment revealed ~
these resolutions found the fullest ap-
probation and unanimous adoption fol-
lowed with an old-tlme Kentucky hearth
SIS The resolutions recite that the
democracy of Kentucky cordially
approve the action taken last year. re-
sulting in the indianapolis convention.
and re-affirm allegiance to the principles
and policies expressed in the Indianapolis
platform.
The financial plank is as follows: We
the free and unlimited coinage
of silver as inevitably producing silver
and we advocate a gold
standard and the coinage of silver to
the requirements of commerce as Offering
the only means Of maintaining bimetal-
lism, and denounce the attempt to fix
the ratio between the metals by an arr
bitrary law, without reference to their
value as unsafe and danger
Gus to the public welfare and private
The resolutions conclude with a gen
eral declaration for the enforcement OF
law and order end commentator of the
late democratic administration.