Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-30

This opinion is supplemented by the
remarks of Colonel Otto Frenzel. of In
d%ianapolis, who is the brother of the
treasurer of the national democratic par
ty, now in Europe. He says:
We are still gold democrats, and Mr..
Bryan's Invitation to return to the party
is not accepted with the Chicago platform
as a whole. We want no free silver.
Still more emphatic are the words Of
Hon. NJ. Is. Wilson. president of the Cap
itol National hank of Indianapolis. who
was active in the work of gold democracy
in 1896. He says:
There will be no democratic success in
1900 with the Chicago platform. The
other issues would be laid on the shelf.
There are no gold democrats in Indiana
who would think for a moment of return
ng to the party and accepting the Chi
cago platform as a whole. There ave
been no conversions.
The Chicago democracy IS likewise
stirred up over the new phase in the sit
uation. A dispatch from that city says:
Harmony can be obtained by sinking
the is to l issue and declaring in favor Of
the RECOMMENDATION of silver at a ratio
to be fixed by congress-.
Among the foremost of western demo-
Gratis in Chicago is Ex-Judge Adams
Goodrich. He is credited with voicing
the general sentiment among the demo-
Gratis of that city when he says:
Sixteen to one is the only thing that
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Modify that plank in the platform and
the party will be reunited. Unite the par
ty by eliminating the ratio of 16 to l, and
take up some Of the other questions of
the day and fight on true Jeffersonian
lines and a democrat will be the next
president Of the United States. Fight the
trusts, favor arbitration and demand Il
change in the Mckinley policy of expan-
sion. MS Bryan ms position on all these
questions-save the one-are in accord
ance with the IDEAS of true Jeffersonian
democrats. However, l don't think he is
the man to unity the party. He is too
much in love with n idea. Still, if the
next national convention will change the
silver plank, I feel confident Of a united
party and a victory in 1900.
The president Of the state league Of
democratic clubs in Illinois, Judge Will
lam A. Vincent, is likewise on his high
horse over Mr.. Bryan's declaration. He
says:
Mr.. Bryan is not big enough to see the
trend of events and take advantage of
them to eunite the party. The demo-
cratic party today is simply a party Of
negation. If Mckinley had opposed ex-
pansion, Bryan would have favored it.
Free silver drove me out Of HI party
after l had been a tanch supporter of
the principles Of Jefferson all my life.
Now, l am a gold man. an expansionist
and a protectionist, and I will vote the
Republican ticket in 1900.
Among the first of the prominent Chi
cago democrats to endorse Bryan and
Is to 1 in 1896 was Judge S. p. McCon-
nell. But he now says:
The people now want relief from trusts,
Imperialism and a bad administration.
Shall the democrats now coine forward
and offer Is to 1 in response to these de-
mands? The democratic party was Wo-
fully beaten on the 16 to l proposition in
1896, and it is no less a scarecroW today
to those who have work or savings than
it was then. The American people can-
not be induced to experiment radically
with their financial system at this time.
Did space permit, additional evidence
might be submitted, showing the general
feeling in the democratic party aroused
by the most recent Of Mr.. Bryan's dec
larations. 1t is clear that the gold wing
of the democracy, as we'll as many of
those who supported Mr.. Bryan in 1896,
had been led to believe by the public ut
terances of that gentleman that he
would willingly accede to the retirement
of the ratio of 16 to 1, in the interests of
party harmony, and now feel that they
have been played for tenderfeet by the
boy orator of the Platte.
1t emains to be seen how the Ana
conda Standard will lake it's medicine.
Having taken the position that the ratio
should be regulated by the worlds ex-
changes, our esteemed contemporary
must feel that Colonel Bryan has spilled
over and spoiled the programme Of his
Montana constituents.
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