The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-16
OHIO DEMOCRATS
Frantic to Throw bryan
Silver Oyerbo..s "

rHnnic ~ Ahrow bryan ma
Silver Overheard. e
The disorganized and flabber.
democracy of Ohio certainly ooea used
an unenviable and unioue sape
While the democratic manape,s 'a0a.
CARNATIONS of other states are s.-, uo'
with frantic haste to throw free .ns
and Organism overheard. the a
cratic party of Ohio presents Tho s
dicrous spectacle of making lie ~
paign solely on the free-silyer ;ssa '
Even the democratic platform ~ os'
refuses to recognize that anv o,l
question besides that of free silva er
tiers into this campaign, and tho sr
fortunate party which promuloa,os,.
is bound thereby, hand and foot 10 I'
advocacy of fallacy which is beips A..
carded by the same party throughon,
the country. '
Among the latest democratic ,u,h,.,
ties who admit that the free silverons'
tion is dead is Gov. Charles T. O'Fsr,an
of Virginia. In speech delivered ~
him on September IL, 1897. he said
'I am confident that the doctrines =, a,
Chicago platform will not much lonsa.ue
masqueraded as democratic nr,rcsr,'w
Free silver is retreating before the rs,,.A
ing tide Of prosperity. II can only lvatr
hard tines 1t is beginning 10 mar, W
breath already, under the pressure ~ W.
advance in wheat and the reonan,r, NV
mills, mines and factories. The free.si1vs.
campaign slogan of last fan. las yiv..
falls wheat falls. as silver advances wbss,
advances is no longer heard, ana u.
people are fast learning that IL Is tbalsm
OF supply and demand. and not the n,in.
Of silver, that controls the prices ~ n.
farmers products and the laboring man.
wages.
Free, unlimited and Independent, coin.
age of silver Is doomed, and no strongno,
zeal party of the present or futuTs VIII
ever put itself to death b. declaring,o,s
in national convention"
Emphatic and plain as are Gov. OFer.
rails words, however, democratic au.
thority greater than he has abandoned
the sixteen to one shibboleth OF 1896
few days ago the democratic state COM
mittee of New York met TO nom.
mate supreme court justice for the
state and to enunciate the principles OF
the party for the fight TO be carried on
in New York this fall. On the advice
of Senator James X. Jones. chairman
of the democratic national committee,
the New York state democratic commit.
tee voted down the proposition to re-
affirm the Chicago popocratic platform
of 1896
The national democratic chairman
wrote letter which was read at the
meeting in question, in which he urged
the New York democrats to say nothing
about the platform or action OF The
last democratic national convention.
Senator Jones letter read:
There could be nothing moro indscrse,
or impolitic than for the state central
committee to assume authority which
did not possess, and Il especially should
be careful 10 follow precedents. and III
give occasion for criticism on the chIys
Of being revolutionary in its methods
The state committee, as | unders;na
has authority from the conventoip
nominate candidate for judge. Ts
empowers the committee 10 do that, bI
the state convention did not authorize
them 10 frame platform or 10 either in.
dorse or condemn the action OF the state
convention or any national convention.
1T seems TO me that for them 10 assume
such authority would lay them open TO
criticism. Without presenting TO crtieise
the action of the state central commit.
tee, over which. OF course, have no sort
OF control. / venture 10 suggest that the
wise and polite thing for them TO DO is 70
follow the exact line OF their authority
and not exceed Il in any respect
Careful as was the eminent Democrat
ic author of this letter in choosing MS
words, il was nevertheless Impossible
for him TO conceal the fact that he was
afraid that a reafiirmation OF the free
silver platform would be fatal TO DIS
party.
Senator Jones was right, and G0'
O'Ferrall was right. The party NAV
again declares for free silver in lhs
country will, in the words Of oy.0fa'
rail-, put itself to DEATH" and that
just what the democratic party OF UNIV
/ has done. 1t has committed sulcae'
/ and there are no mourners 10 lamentns
demise.-Cincinnati Commercial lrlp
! une.