The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-08-18

| +. &. WALL was interviewed by The
| Milwaukee News as to what the action OF
| The democratic state convention should
be. Mr. Wall could largely determine
that action and / Is cause for regret that
he does not advise eliminating discord-
ant element.
He holds that the declarations Of a ma
| taonal convention remain the party s
! principles until a succeeding national
! convention ordalns otherwise. A con-
ventlon called to elect delegates to ma
| tlonal convention, can act Independently
on matters upon which a preceding ma
! tlonal convention had taken a position.
as 1t is a step toward a declaration which
shall constitute the party doctriLe, which
shall remain so until set aside by the
snme agency which created 1t.
There Is an lrreconcilable difference of
opinion between Mr.. Wall and The Pilot
J as to the basis upon which a political
party should rest. The Pilot holds there
are living principles of government which
are interchangeable though there may be
| changes ID the manner of their applica
ton. The inference to be drawn from
! Mr.. Walls argument is that there is a
new body of principles formulated by
each national convention, practically a
recreation of party. The Pilot holds that
the purpose OF convention is to deter
mine how certain principles can best be
put into practice. Mr.. Wall insists upon
a new birth quadrlennally. 1t Is simply
the difference OF using the party as an
| agent or of using man as the instrument
| to carry out conven tion DEGREES.
The declaration OF the democratic con
yention of 1864 that the war was failure
| W, IA hora 70 ho halJ MT hot
| that rapidly succeeding events proved 1t a
| lie, until permission WAS given IN 1868 to
d scsrd the erro-. Four fiftbs of the people
of this county are now opposed to free
! SILVER. but they must not only eat crow
but are compelled to say that crow is
| good, that they like it and will continue
to like it for the remainder of the CEN
fury.
MIR. Wall intimstes that there exists
really no necessity for resffirmation Of
The Chicago platform as it is bindIn' any
way, but for obvious reasons there should
/ he an expression of allegiance toward it..
| What are the obvious reasons? The
| chief one Is feeling of such intense dis
satisfaction with the Chicago platform
that party machinery must be called In
t. galvanize il into life. On plebiscite
| frse silver would be beaten so badly in
| this state as to astonish those who re-
main Its champions. 1t is to preserve
| regularity that its injectionin the resolu-
tons Is contended FOR. One can, reading
between the lines, clearly see that MIR.
Wall Will oppose any declaration for free
silver IN 1900. But he wants discipline
preserved. He Is not aware at what cost
TO the party or he would not be so insist
n upon it.
10 inject new issues is rs much beyond
the province of the convention as to dis
card old ones. Will the convention he
/ silent upon the matter of territorial ex-
/ pausion? Can 1t express An opinion upon
The war, seeing that q national convention
has not announced what that OPINION
shall be? MIST We all stop thinking mn
I'll convention aocords US that right,