The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-01-20
DEMOCRATIC ISSUE IN 1900.

good Democratic friend:
ID seem to be already in a
~ peck of trouble over an is
sue for 1900. 1t seems the Repub.
licans have got on the right side Of
all the live questions that are likely
to be before the people in 1900 and
there is nothing left for the Demo
Gratis but to take the other side OF
spring some side issue and try to ride
into power on the excitement of the
moment.
A conference of some of the lead
ers has been held recently in Chic
ago, where it was attempted to out
line the policy for the next national
campaign. Bryan, Altgeld, Teller,
Jones, of Arkansas; Coin Harvey,
and few more of the "anything-to-
win sort" were present. The free
silver issue was discussed and it was
decided that this issue would not
answer for leader
Then the anti-expansion thought
was taken up and it was decided
that before the campaign could be-
gin expansion would be settled
fact and it would be dead issue.
After racking their brains for some
time they finally adjourned without
outlining policy for the campaign
of 1900.
Our Sympathies have been aroused
for them as likewise the sympathy
of the whole Times force. Our
devil seeing the perplexity in which
we were very generously came to
the rescue and submitted the follow
live issues for our friends to take up
believing, he said, that it would be
a solution of the whole difficulty and
that it would again put the good old
Democratic party in line for a Wig |
orous campaign in 1900 and give
them more up-to-date issues than
they seem to be developing:
RESOLUTIONS.
Resolved, first, That it was very
in Mr.. Moses to try to
carry the tables of stone down the
alone, and such reck1essness
was all uncalled for and totally mex
and is deserving of the sever
est censure at this time, as it entailed
upon the people the expense of ma
terial and tine for a new set.
"Second, That a mistake was made
by old man Noah in taking any wo-
men into the ark. Had he taken on
board only men the race of woman
would have become extinct and the
more hardy man would have been per-
thereby, developing race
If more physical endurance and ability
% cope with crude Nature.
"Third, That King Soloman, in con-
'ti ucting and decorating the Temple,
S greatly to be censured for his I'M
ust and inexcusable discrimination
n favor of gold, thereby creating a
iemand for gold over silver that seems
o have so impregnated the minds of
nen that the prejudice still exists in
'ery large majority of the people to
his day, as was shown in the last
election. And be it further
Resolved, That, since after events
lave proven us to have been wrong in
very instance when we have declared
'ur convictions and prophesied of the
uture, for the last sixty years, not
lbly, when in our Chicago convention
n 1864 we declared the war a failure
md it came to a glorious close the
lext year; likewise, when We told of
over prices and stagnation of bust
less under a gold standard; that we
-bandon forever such issues as the tar
If, finance and expansion, and make
ur campaign along the lines as enun-
lated in these our principles, be1iev-
ng that they will meet with the I
Hearty approval of the progressive
lement of our party, and that the
mossbacks" will vote with us anyway
nd that success will be ours. At
east we will not have so many en-
arrasing things to explain after cleo
ion"