New-York tribune., 1899-07-30
4 SILVER .NANIFES1O.
CHICAGO PLATFORM COMMITTEE AT
TACKS TAMMANY.

- the meeting of the State Committee Of the
Chicago Platform Democracy held on friuAS
nirbt in the Teutonia Assembly Rooms 1t was
soid that an address that had been prerared by
the state Committee TO the Democrats Of New
york and that was to have been given out that
n,gh, would be given ont later The address
son, out for pubrca ton yesterday. and is as
follows:
To the Voters Of the state OF New-York:
IN 1896 before the Chicago Convention met the
condition OF the Democratic party was hopeless
Grdstcr Sleveland and the friends OF the money
mower with whom he surrounded himstli' u We S
- rdea nv ihn people with the contempt which the
55er6dv n; its leadership had earned FOR IT, The act
Of Nj Cleveland, unauthorized by the peops' IN ln
nurchssing clause Of the sherman law and the bono
scandals which were the truit OF ms % az
VeTc secured in their control Of the Government.
% Ice loIS %, @nfoving the spoils OF offce was
sufficient inducement 10 lead the political bosses
Tom For the first time in several years II was pos
sibie for a truly Democratic convention 10 assem-
Of our peone Al tnis convention the spirit
o. true Democracy asserted itself The party re-
cievelsndism il relegated false eaders TO the rear
and II adopted platform a clear ana simple
T'nder the inspiring leadership OF William Jennings
Bryan and against the combined iorSes Oh lnuml,,
cation corruption and putocracy. the Democracy oL
mis- Nation waged the greatest campaign ever
fought in American history. BY the nomination %, ot
ro6'est traditions and over 65C0oO0 voters were
rounted as having voted for It's candidate.
Since that convention Tammany HAN as AZ pres res
enf organized mas been the bitterest enemy OF the
piq Ipeo5dated the National platform and nomi
nofad as its candidate for Mayor Of NewYork one
%e1 Tcs1ons Tse TO- 10 demand Expressed at truly Demo
cratic convention Henry George was nominated
upon upon "a d Plac'I52rm c5r5ro "n''A TIC
iSaS tbe 60 called regular Democratic State
actin unlp
Hall and the venal leaders who control that Or
ganization, again repudiated the platform o. r tne
mined that their principles and platform snoud
not be thus @ ,arad i 80 nominate by nettion
an Independent ticket But In the last hour OF the
last day in which the certificate of nomination was
Te0,ired by law TO be nled with the Secretary OF
State the certificate Of nomination from ulster
County was through the ,crimnality OF the so
state contemptoly and awlessly destroyed in the
This crime made It Impossible that the Chicago
Platform Democracy should be represented by can
Since that tim the Chicago Platform Democracy
has perfected a permanent organization In this
Which Which the he sentiments OF the Democratic masses in
to this sentiment. strive for the reaffirmation OF
the Chicago platform and the denomination OF
Beiey,ne in the principles OF the Declaration Of
Independence and believing that Il ls the mission or
the parry W. 10 piege eye onTsev"s 30 make
he Chicago Platform Democracy the instrument
We take this occasion TO warn the people that the
r,ononoiists OF this country by criminal aggTes-
sions" perpetrated upon foreign people. are en-
dSaToring 10 maxi the masses Of this country for
get the equally criminal aggressions which. by
Special privilege and unjust laws they inflicted
upon their own cOuntrymen.
The Industrial liberty Of the citizens has been de.
stroved by the growth OF monstrous trusts that
eXisf by virtue Of special privileges and result
the great mass Of our citizenship instead OF en-
towing the freedom guaranteed by the Constitution.
have become slaves TO monopoly.
The Chicago Platform Democracy demands such
destruction Of the criminal trusts, and 10 accom-,
pllsh this purpose advocate the abolition OF all
special privileges and the governmental owner
shn and operation OF all natural monopolies
W. appeal 10 all citizens who believe In the prin-
cinles upon which this Government was founded 10
give us their support and cooperate with the
wealth producers from all sections OF this country
in order that this Government shall be admins.
tered upon the principle Of Equal rights 10 all
and special privileges 20 none"