The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-07-28
TWO CONVENTIONS
The Gold Democrats and Anti I'm
perialists Divided in Sentiment.

A New York dispatch says everything
is still Sin the air with the local Gold
Democrats in reference to third ticket.
George Foster Peabody, chairman of
the Executive Committee of the National
Democratic party, the official name Of the
Indianapolis convention Democrats who
bolted the Bryan ticket four years ago
says:
at is rather a hard problem the Gold
Democrats have to solve, and nothing OF
positive character will be done until our
National Committee meets in indianapolis
on July %
The Gold Democrats in this city seem
to be at skies and sevens over the new
Democratic platform Many who viewed
the Bryan platform with little less than
apparent horror four years ago will support
it this year. This division Of opinion eX-
tends to the membership of the Anti
Imperialist League, which will meet at
indianapolis on August 10 Charlton I.
Lewis, vice president of the league, Is as
stoutly opposed to Bryan aud the Kansas
City platform as he was to the Chicago
platform four years ago. +. NJ. Ordway,
secretary Of the league, however, is going
to support Bryan.
Ext Congressman John De Witt Warner,
a delegate to the indianapolis convention
in 1896, is going to vote for Bryan tins
year. He said in an interview
Personally | am very much more con
eerned as to what our country is To be per.
n,ai,eatlg than a to what kind of currency
it may have temporarily, especially when
know that it Is the Greenback party,
from which We are still in danger that j.
pretending to be SO scared about free silver.
Mr. Mckinley virtue a. a sound
money man is lately acquired, aud Is no
guarantee against bis relapsing to the
financial heresies he used to have The
difference between him aud Mr.. Bryan l.
that Mr. Bryan convictions are So strpng
that it Is hard for him to let 20 Of them,
and Mr. Mckinley' 50 weak that II j.
bard for him to keep them The choice
between Mckinley and Brssu is therefore
between a man aud nisriouette, OF really
between Bryan aud Hanna the manager
Of the maTiunette show.
.'Iu 1896. though | never believed "e
were ia actual danger If going 20 a silver
basis. | did believe that free silver At Ia
10 wa tue paramount issue. Between
that aud protection I dil ppI care which
whipped. -, voted tor Palmer and
Bnckncr ia The hops that sc MUCH, make
a showing Of consistent Democrats. -
many &C us. however, went to Mckinley,
after having posed a. third party men, that
as an organization the so-eallei o,oli
Democrats have no cllim- Hfan their party
and nv night to any courtesy
II consider the question IT imperialism
the paramount issue ia this csmalgn.
Oar whole country J. naw At the Earring
Of the WAYS If We indulge m -ahJc1t
colonies. make satraplsS aud Tro c,n.ui,hIl~
the great pTize- II political aiece~'- se''I'
Increasing oar army a. supply imperial ic
gions for any Tars nf she earth vhcry sc
wish lo interfere. exploit, ie.- advanced
nations for uur cotnncrcisl -aiu and aiiaS
the Executive d. assume whatever Fr,r,aa
uy,s ain. extra constitutional rrosrala 10
yal.e- We shall zsl Eomsn raiteDHr-- bong
letor, Me- shall have achieved Roman
peace