Evening star., 1900-11-09
TALK OF REORGANIZATION
PROMINENT GOLD DEMOCRATS DIS
CUss DEMOCRACY's FUTURE.
General Sentiment Is That Bryan's
Ideas Must BE Eliminated
From the Party.

| Don NJ Dickinson that thee would be a
meeting in New York in a few weeks for
| the purpose of reorganfzing the democratic
party has brought out statements from a
number of prominent anti-Bryan demo-
| Gratis.
| special dispatch to the Philadelphia
Press from Princeton, N. j., last night
says: Ex-President Cleveland is the latest
and most notable democrat to express his
approval of the plan to reorganize the
democratic party. He expressed himself
tonight in note answering a query. Here
| are Mr.. Clevelands words, given in his
! owl, handwriting and over his own sigma
| ture:
Il have heard nothing about movement
on foot for the regeneration of the demo-
cratic party, but L hope steps will be taken
in that direction. L am not willing to
make any statement now"
| 1t is believed that later Mr.. Cleveland will
be heard from in regard to the steps to be
taken toward reorganizing the democratic
party.
John G. Carlisle, ex-Secretary of the
Treasury, telegraphed to the Atlanta Jour
nal his views on the reorganization of the
| democratic party. Mr. Carlisle says
| I'm my opinion the democratic party
| should at once organize on democratic
basis. An immediate return to the con-
servative and patriotic position occupied
! by the party before it demoraiZed
| by populism and free silver republicans
| IN 1876 Will unite all true democrats In
| an active opposition to the Objectionable
| policies of the adminstra ton. insure the
| success of our northern friends in state
and local contests and prepare the way for
a great national victory in 1904
William c. Whitney, Secretary of the
Navy under President Cleveland. refuses
to recognize the existence of any factions
| in the democratic party save those brought
about by new issues foiSted upon the party.
When the democracy of the nation he
says, surrendered to man who twice
| loses New York, New Jersey. Connecticut
and Indiana, our old backgrounds, by ma
| jorities unprecedented in the history of
country, it is evident that rigorous meas
ures in the way of repudiating false gods
and false principles required.
1T is not a matter of the coming together
| Of factions; it is matter of adopting prin-
! ciples that are for the good of the coun-
| try and that represent the old democracy''
Don M. DickInsin of Michigan Postmas-
| ter General under President Cleveland, is
authority for the statement that within
| three weeks meeting will be held in New
York city 10 outline plan of reorganiza-
ton for the democratic party. He says
the call for the meeting will have the sig
natures of prominent democrats. The meet
ing, Mr.. Dickinson says, will be attended by
democrats OF both gold and silver leanings.
The call for the meeting be sent out
in a few days. 1t will be mailed through
out the land, appealing to all democrats.
gold and silver alike.
A new party altogether seems to J. Ster-
ling Morton, Secretary of Agriculture under
Cleveland to be remedy against disaster
in the future. He says.
The second great defeat of Bryan ought
to teach the Importance of nomina ting dem
ocra's 'na,ead OF popuAsts py The organi-
cation which, by tradition, deed and
thought should be an honest money party,
a gold standard party. l cannot tell, but a
new party would be handicapped by no
traditions, no bad records and chargeable
with no affiliations with populists and
free silver republicans. 1t would not have
a solid south: it would be unsectional and
lofty and patriotic in it's purposes"
Ex-Secretary of the Interior Hoke Smith
OF Georgia, in response TO a request for his
views, said:
! Il doubt the advisability of a distinct
movement by a few men with the purpose
| of reorganization. A party which poll
! the enormous vote that the democratic par
| ty has recently pOlled is far from being ii
| dead party. More conservative counscls
! will prevail in future democratic conven-
| tons, and with pronounced sound money
| platform in 1904, with man against whom
| factional fight be made, there is
! every reason TO believe the party Will tri-
| unIph."
William Villas Of Wisconsin, one of Mr..
Cleveland Postmaster Generals. says.
| You cannot wisely operate on a patient
| in utter collapse. When natural revival
! ensues. if party conscience comes back with
| returning vitality the way to democratic
victory is plain as the path Of honesty and
fidelity. Let democracy turn from its folly
! and live"
''All this talk about reorganization is ao-
surd," said Ex-Governor Stone. vice chair
man of the national democratic committee
at New York. THE democratic party is
| already organized. If by reorganization is
meant change in the national committee
! that will have to be done by the next ma
! tinnal convention. If by reorganizat ton is
| meant a radical change of platform with
candidate whose views accord with it. that
| Will also have to await the next national
| convention.
IF the next national convention wants