The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-04-06
As to Ten Dollar and One Dollar Democrats.


knowledge that large majority of dele
gates chosen by the other states were
in favor of bimetalism, as the party had
been for nearly hundred years. In
spite of this knowledge, patent to eve-
rybody, hopeless minority of the con-
vention, with New York in the lead,
struggled desperately to rule the ma
Ijority by revolutionizing the principles
and policy Of the party on the curren-
cy question. These New York dele
gates sought to fasten on the demo-
cratic party the English financial poll
cy of q single gold standard, and when
the majority of the convention refused
to be controlled by the minority these
modest New Workers tore their shirts,
bolted the convention, and proceeded
to install the Mark Hannas, Matt
Quays, and Commlssary-Gen. Eagans
in control of the Federal treasury. One
of these modest New York delegates
was Perry Belmont, who tryed to turn
over the democratic party body and
soul to the plutocrats of Wall street.
After returning home he denounced the
convention and its candidates on all
public occasions, and became an insig-
nificant factor in turning New York
state over to Maj. Mckinley. And this
Perry Belmont is the man the New
York Democratic Club elected as it's
president, and who has been sending
out invitations to democrats all over the
country to attend a ten dollar dinner
in honor of Thomas Jefferson's birth
day. Mr.. Belmont and his crowd are
preparing a feast for Hanna and his
sort. Why don't they invite the men
for whose benefit the dinner is gotten
up? But it is said by cranks and sim
pletons that Mr., Bryan "put his foot
in it" when he refused to attend this
plutocratic ten dollar dinner. o, yes,
of course he did. Have you forgotten
that liar so soon who tried to couple
Mr.. Bryan's name with Carnegie in a
secret meeting? What for? Read Bel
mont's invitation again, and read the
tender and loving sentiments that lie
between the lines. If Bryan should
ignore the personal insult offered him
by man who is simply masquerading
as a democrat for the benefit of the
trusts and accept the invitation we will
gain strong point in our campaign Of
the minority against the majority. We
can thus weaken him with the masses
by holding him up as ten dollar man
If he sees through the trick we are
playing on him and declines the invita-
ton as we expect him to do, we car
charge him as disorganizer who re
fuses to let the factions unite. 0, sim
pleton, doth thou not perceive the poi
son of the asp and the cunning craft o
the Pharisee hidden beneath the beau
tiful boquet Of ten dollar democratic
dinner? The fathers and grandfather
Of these same ten dollar democrats O
New York joined with the federalist
in 1901 to run Aaron Burr into tn
presidency over Thomas Jefferson on
fimsy technicality. Jefferson an
Burr received the same number of vote
in the electoral college-73-but th
electors did not specify which was 70
vice-president. All the country kneV
r that the people voted for Mr.. jefferson
t for president, but the Perry Belmont
r and Richard Crokers and Tom Platti
n of that day pretended not to know
q The election was thrown in the Hous
a of Representatives to make the choice
e and all these ten dollar tricksters lacke
r to cheat the people out of their choic
d for president was Tom Reed for speak
: er.
Q For the benefit of Henry Wattersor
a who cries out in his trouble; "Wha
It shall the democratic party do to b
o saved ?" let us refer to little histor
i as he did. Since the nominal close c
e the civil war thirty-four years ago, bu
d its real close at the end of the devil
e dance of reconstruction thirty-tw
}, years ago, how many political crumt
II has New York picked up on, an
around, and under the dem ocratic tt
BILE? Let us see; In 1868, New Yor
r gave that noble democrat, Horatio Sey
mour, to the party, mainly because b
was a brother-in-law of Rosco Conf
ling, but a republican congress heade
: :. him off by formal resolution disfraI
chising Virginia, Mississippi, and Te1
as, three reliable democratic state
IL Here was naked, bold revolution, an
= a fiat denial of the right of self-goverl
ment. But the republican party has a
le ways been a revolutionary party frol
r its origin. In '72, New York came dow
j. to Baltimore and said the party coul
only succeed with candidate from Il
+, empire state, and gave us Hora'
= Greeley. There was SO little democr
:: cy in Mr.. Greeley's past life Thousand
of democrats never went to the poll
= and the kind hearted old man died
grief and broken heart because of Il
ingratitude of the men he had aided
: batter down the constitution, owe
& throw the domestic and social instit
tions of the South, and revolution
our common government, changing
e from one of consent to one of force.
In 1876 New York furnished q sple