Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-04
POLITICAL SPARKS.
Democratic Papers Want No Elimina- tion---isolters Will Cut Small flg-
 ure in the Next Scrap.

The gold standard parties continNe to send out their literature. A, the same time sthey are beseeehing the people to cease a agitatirg the money question:. They should be more conslstent.-Coosa Advocate.
 MT. Bailey is very enthusiastic in his opingon that MT. Bryan should be the nominee for president in 1900. Thfre is no man in the union who Is nearer the hearts of the people '.han this great lead CT Mr Bailey added laurels to his ca- resr by coming out openly for the people s choiee.--Coosa Advocate
 The Advertiser says that "there has never been a far test in Alabama as to how. the democrats stand or the money question:" The Advertiser is certainly hard to satisfy on this question. 1T the test last year didn't settle the matter the election next year will agaln tsll "how the democrats stand. "-Evergreen Courant.
 We are really sorry the Hot Blast said it. Ii is so natural for people after once having taken a position to try and stand by that position for opinions sake that we really fear the Hot Blast is going to drift off so far from the main issue that its iniusnce for the cause nearest the hearts of the masses in Alabama will be crippled There is no good reason for the party in Alabama to run away from the Chicago platform and we regret that a single paper in line with the party on that pla tform has seen proper to make such oposition.-Opelika News.
 The Coosa Advocate thinks Grover Cleveland will fade from mans memory" Doubtless he will ip several of the pep ulite Birmingham News.
 We infer from the above that our hon. Ian. fNfN1sa atsxr impression that we inhabit populite community. We'll to certain extent, the News is correct. but we desire to em- phasizs that we have good many true. blue free silver democrats that will never be found deserting the party for re- publicanism in any shape or form Coosa Advocate.
 We cannot conceive how the party can sacrifice the great principles that brought democracy out of the debris of Cleve- landism. The time has passed when any party can compromise itself, for the sake of few dissatisfied individuals, who de serted the party when it needed their votes and assistance. Mo- indeed, it will never do for democrats to desert the prin- ciples of the party for side issues. Let the democrats of Alabama lay the foun- dation for victory in 1900.' Let the people get together upon democratic principles. Do not compromise the party in Alabama. Victory is in sight. Dem ocrats, do not desert the principles of your party.-Coosa Advocate.
 We see absolutely no use in the Adver- tiser and other gold standard papers con- suming their valuable space in threaten ing the democracy, in the hope of making the party recede from it's platform of principles as adopted at Chicago in 1396 Those who guided the destinies of that convention in 1896 were fully aware Of the fact that bolt wouldN follow, yet they dared to do right and now that the hand and strength of the bolters has been shown to be so small and insignificant as to absolutely cut no figure in the grand scrap threats from that source must nec- essarily fall to the ground. The democ- racy will go right along in the even tenor of its ways and those who don't intend to support candidates and platforms favor able to the free coinage of gold and sil- yer at the ratio of 16 to 1 need not take part in the party primaries: Vide the recent action of the unterrified democ- racy of the state of Ohio.-Opelika News.
 
 The Chicago platform is democratic. It will remain so until the national conven- tion convenes again and changes fl. The party pledged itself to indorse and sup port this platform. Will it desert these principles? We believe not.
 Let the democratic party stand by it's orga niza ton. Let's not have any waVer- ing If defeat comes, let it come while the party is standing bravely under the l colors of the democratic banner Wrong will never win in Alabama, but right will l prevail, if democracy will hold itself aloof | from fraud of any kind.
 The gates of democracy in Alabama are open. If the gold standard alvo- | cates and populist desire to return to the | folds of the party of their forefathers, | we say let them come back and enlist within the ranks of the democratic party and pledge their loyalty to VIII T. ] Bryan and bimetalhsm.-Coo A ave ate.