The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-12
A Democratic Chairman.

Mr.. ALEXANDER TRoUp of New Haven,
Chairman of the Connecticut Democratic
State Committee, has been talking politics
to n reporter of the Waterbury Republican,;
and some of his remarks are profitabse for
instruction and reproof in this State as we'll
as in his own. "There is no such thing as
agold Democrat" said Mr.. TRoUP. "Aman
who believes in the gold standard is no
more a gold Democrat h a blackbird is
white" He declared that "a man who be-
lieves in the single gold standard should
find his proper place In the Republican
party" 81 see nc reason" he continued,
"why they should be nlasquerading under
the guise of Democracy. They are not
Democrats. They 10 not believe in the
principles of the Democratic party"
Evidently this Mr.. TRouP, though once
an o~ficeholder under Mr.. CLEVELAND, has
no illusions. He is a logical and plain
spoken man. He is talking facts. There
can be but one Democratic party, and that
swears by silver and the rest of the Chicago
platform. gold Democrat is an anomaly
and an absurdity. The place for him at
present is the Republican party.
Mr.. TRoUP does not expect that the
Democrats will be successful in the East
and North. Democratic hopes rest upon the
West and South. Not on that account will
the Nutmeg Democrats resort to a sneak
policy Of the Maryland variety and try to
conciliate the enemies Of the Chicago plat
form. "Silver." says Mr.. TRoUp, twill be
put forward as the issue in the State am
paign Of 1893, and we will make as strong
a fight as we are able" They will keep in
line with the Democratic policy, and do the
best they can. And they are not proposing
any sort of compromise for the a X Of
winning back the wanderers of last year.
'As far as the idea of the Democratic party making
o%vertures to these men who have deserted It is con-
cerned, II is ridiculous and nonsensical to talk OF 1t.
Do you think the 10000 or more Democrats in New
Haven will make overtures to the 500 men that de-
serted the party aud. practically II not nominally,
went over to our opponents? We have nothing to
ask OF them. They can stay away II they want to.
But I reiterate The door Is open. They can como
back at any time that they arc ready to embrace the
principles OF tho Democratic party. and we will re-
ceive them with open arms. II they do not come
back to us. that is. II they ind themselves unable to
accept the platform Of the Democratic party. I should
think that they ought to Join with the Republicans
and be done with it."
In other words, the Democratic party of
Connecticut will continue to be Democratic,
and will make no concessions to former
members. Why should it? If they believe
in its principles, they can come in; and il
they don't, they must stay out. They can
be admitted on the same terms as other
candidates. All this is plain as a pikestaff,
but there has been an intolerable deal of
nonsense talked about it. A few of the
men who used to belong to the Democratic
party, but left it last fall, are lonely, and
seem to think that the Democratic party
wants them badly enough to smother its
convictions on their account. Here and
there a Democratic trimmer in a Republi,
can State thinks he can save his political
bacon by lodging the Chicago platform.
Both the lonely ex-Democrats and the shifty
Democratic trimmers will be disappointed.
h Democratic party stands by the princi.
Piles of 1896. Even II it wished to change
them it couldn't change them until 1900.