The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-08-01
The Gold Democrats.

The national committee of the gold
Democrats, recently assembled at In
dianapolis, decided with substantial
uuanimity against nominating presi-
dental ticket this year.
The committee, in the statement it
makes to the public, declares that the
nomination of candidate for the pres
idency would be unwise, reaffirms the
Indianapolis platform of 1896, recon-
mends that the organization in the
States be maintained "in the interest
of sound currency, of the right OF
private contract, of the independence
of the judiciary and of the authority OF
the President to enforce federal laws, a
covert attack on which is made under
the guise of denunciation of govern
ment by injunction" The address
warns the voters not to be deceived by
the plea that the money question has
been finally settled. The reiteration
by the Kansas City convention of the
demand for the free coinage of silver
in the ratio OF 16 to l, the declaration
adds, "and the history, known of all
men, of how that was reached, empha-
size the danger of the demand" The
committee endorses the recent action
of Congress in passing bill embody-
ing the gold standard as step in the
right direction, and "feels that it would
be dangerous to elevate to executive
power anyone hostile to the enforce
ment of this law" 'In fact" as the
Brooklyn Eagle interprets this sugges-
ton, "vote for Mckinley"
This is what the Eagle, the Times of
New York City, and the other leading
gold Democratic papers throughout the
country have argued that the committee
should do, what they are advising their
followers to do, and enforcing their ad-
vice with the weightest reasons that can
be addressed to mans good judgment
and patriotism. OF the members of the
national committee of gold Democrats
who have made these declarations and
given this counsel to other gold Demo-
Gratis, the Brooklyn Eagle says:
AS now constituted the committee COM
prises men of judgment as we'll as Of integ-
rity, men who do not lose the main point in
issue by an exaggerstion Of minor incidents,
men who do not think their personal equa-
ton or comfort is Of more consequence than
the interests of the cause OF which they are
putin trust, men who propose, as Demo-
Gratis and as gold Democrats, to support
honesty in money, the paramountcy of fed
eral law and the rights and duties OF the ma.
ton at home and abroad. They are an adj
mrable body They have acted both with
sagacity and patriotism and their courage
and their foresight will thoroughly be vim
dictated.
If there are any gold Democrats in
Vermont who are still hating between
their repugnance for Organism and
their fear of its dangers, and de-
termination to vote for William Nc
Kinley, the considerations this repre-
sentative body of gold Democrats pre-
sents, the counsel it gives, and it's
acceptance and cordial enforcement by
the wisest men and newspapers in the
ranks of the real Democracy Of the ma
ton, ought to have conclusive weight
and direction. They ought to contrib
ute their votes to swell the Republican
majority in September as the most en-
phatic way of expressing their condem-
nation of Organism. and the surest way
of stamping out the evil forever.