Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-10-27
GOLD DEMOCRATS.
George Robertson Tells the Ledger
bow He Thinks They Win Vote.


OF the executive committee Of the
National Democrats of this State, left
for st. Louis to-day to attend q meet
ing of that committee. When asked
as to the course the National Demo-
Gratis of the State win pursue In this
election, he said: ave are going to
hold a meeting to advise among our
Eelves what course we will pursue in
the election this fall. OF course, it is
too late to nominate a ticket, and we
will make our choice between the
tickets already nominated by the
other parties. Most Of the National
Democrats have always taken an act
i've interest In public questions and
they do not feel like throwing away
their votes and will aim to vote to
some purpose. They are a pronounc-
ed in their convictions against the
Chicago platform as they were in 1895,
and regard a vote for free silver in 1888
the same as a vote for it in 1895.
81 have taken considerable pains to
ascertain the sentiment of the Nation
al Democrats in this section of the
State and I may state as the result of
myinquiries that they are almost1nani-
NOUS in their opposition to the free
silver candidates for Congress and all
legislative offices, and, for the reason
that they were especially through the
country excluded from participation
In the primaries because they had not
supported the Democratic Populist
fusion of 1895, they do not feel under
any obligations to support even the
regular Democratic State ticket. How
ever, I find among them men who will
support the regular Democratic State
and county ticket, as upon questions
not political they will not undertake
to prescribe Democratic candidates
for non-political offices simply for the
sake Of opinion and because they hold
views which are contrary to them on
the silver question. Some National
Democrats believe that free silver has
been practically abandoned by the
regular Democrats In this state and for
that reason may support the whole
ticket and for this belief there is GER
taiply some Justification, as in st.
Louis the Democratic convention vot-
ed down an Endorsement of theUhicago
platform by q very decided majority
and the free silver orators + letting
up very decidedly in the discussion of
that question.
"One of the National Democrats puts
it this way: I do not believe that
Stone and others who persist in the
advocacy of free silver r sincere or
ever expect that any party except the
Populist will ever again advocate free
and unlimited coinage of silver But
most of the National Democrats agree
with IN free silver State Democratic
Chairman that a defeat of the free
silver party in this State at this time
will be the death knell of that issue
and feel that it is their duty to bring
about that death as speedily and de-
cidedly rs possible, and the surest way
to effect that end is to defeat, at the
polls, any party that advocates it az q
party policy or principle, whether its
members be sincere In such advocacy
or not.
eve are the only Democrats that
adhere to the true principles of the
party, chief among which r q sound
currency and a tariff for revenue only.
Both of these the Chicago platform
Democrats abandoned and repudiated
in order to Join hands with the Popu-
lists and renegade Republicans.
"The Republican party had nothing
left to it on the money question but
the adoption Of the principles the
Democrats had abandoned, and this il
has done, and for that reason Sound
Money Democrats find in the Repub'
lican policies that for which they have
always stood and now stand and will
therefore logically support that party
which has the courage and ability to
maintain and carry forward those
principles which most nearly accord
with their own."