Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-06-03
THEY WANT BRYAN.


MONROE DEMOCRATS HAVE RESOLUTED.
There has been some little inn
patience manifested and perhaps an
occasional bit of profanity expressed
at the unusual amount of wet wealth
er this spring. Some said spots on
the sun, others said our Cuban re-
lations, and we have heard various
other reasons, more or less trivial
given as the cause, but it turns out
that the Monroe Democrats had
something on their minds, and moth
ing not even the weather could be
settled until some relief was afford
ed them. The turgid clouds which
have rolled up from the south have
been emblematical of the aforesaid
democratic minds, and now that
they have been punctued with CON
vention into which they poured a
lot of triple plated gilt edged griev-
ances, and endorsed Byrar harmony
and peace must pervade the spheres,
and the wet weather will likely like
the Monroe Democrats dry up for
time.
There has been a sneaking notion
among some democrats that McKin-
ley and his advisors were making
a great mistake in the management
of the war. He made the first mis-
take in being elected President, in
stead of allowing Byran, the honor.
If we only had the "Boy Orator" in
the Chair, he could corner every
Spanish son-of-a-gun, and talk them
to death with 16 to in day or two.
He could lombard the fleets with
free trade theories and out bombast
the bombastical Captain General
August himself, and could have
knocked II" out of Manila with
them quicker than Dewey did with
his big guns
The Monroe Democrats evince
high order Of patriotism by thus in
directly snurling at the heels of the
brave hnvs who have gone out, not
)nly from their own, but other
counties in this Common wealth, and
by trying to inject politics in the
war.
This, however, is only a repeti-
ton of what they did in 1861,
and the lamp of experience ought to
be some guide to their footsteps.
Not content with their arraign-
ment of the Republicans in Pennsyl-
vania and the National administra-
tion, especially, those unterrified
gentlemen of Monroe pay their re-
spects to one of their oNn whilom
leaders, and give him dose which
may cause him some unrest and
leave bad taste in his mouth for a
minute or two if he swallows it.
The convention was held May 90
and there was no vaccillation OF
hesitation on its part, whatever else
might be said of it. Here are the
proceedings:
The following were elected to the
State convention as delegates with.
out instructions, w. E. Decker B. F
Morey and Jeremiah Featherman. =
MF. Coolbaugh was made chair
man on resolutions, who reported the
following, which were adopted un
animously -
Resolved, that the Democracy
of Monroe County in annual conven
ton assembled, hereby arraign tn,
Republican State Administration
for its extravaganza and jobbery
and condemn its course in the en-.
actment of additional laws tend
ing to make corporations anC
trusts lords and masters of tn,
people. We deprecate the incom
potency shown by the national Ad
ministration in the conduct of tn
Spanish American war, and deDlor
the hesitating, vacillating and un
certain war policy.
Resolved that we approve of tn
action of the state Democratic Com
mittee in it's condemnation of tn
course and conduct of w F .Harrity a
member of the national Democrat
ic Committee. That we reafiirm on
faith in the Democratic pl tforn
adopted at Chicago in 1896 anC
favor the nomination of w. j. Bryal
in 1900.
Growing Strawberries.