Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-06
OPPOSED TO BRYAN.
Gold Democrats Issue an Appeal 10
the Country.

Cold Democrats Issue an Appeal to
the Country.
The executive committee Of the national
democratic committee issued the following
address last night at Indianapolis:
To the National Democracy, the Gold DEM
ocrats of the United States:
-Four years ago your patriotic position
saved the country from the peril of Mr..
Bryans election. You were not deceived by
the plea of regularity in his nomination.
You saw him truly as the nominee Of
combination which had taken your party
name to gid principles unknown to democ-
racy.
You stood steadfast by the financial views
and political philosophy Of Jefferson. Jack
son. Ttlden and Cleveland In your ma
tional convention at Indianapolis you de-
clared that you had assembled TO uphoid
the principles upon which depend the nonor
and welfare of the American people in
order that democrats throughout the Union
may unite their patriotic forces to avert
J disaster from their country and ruin from
their party. .
That convention said that 1.-The democratic
party has survived many defeats, but could
not survive victory won in behalf OF the
doctrine and policy proclaimed In Its name
at Chicago
You went firmly to your duty, and did 1t
well, in the hope that there would be no
further attempt to use your party name as
a mask to the abhorrent principles adVo-
Gated by Mr. Bryan. In his defeat his mis-
led supporters were admonished and chast-
ened to an extent which turned them away
from the path to which he lured them The
Kansas City convention was averse TO re-
affirmation of the Chicago platform, and
ma jority of Its delegates honestly hoped TO
purge the party Of the vicious heresles
which had lost it the respect and confidence
of the country. But through the power OF
his organization and by reason of the hope
of success born in his prior nomination by
the populists, Mr.. Bryan prevailed against
the better sense Of the convention, com.
PEELED Endorsement Of the false doctrine OF
1896 and by the votes Of Alaska and Ha-
wall forced the specific restatement or his
dangerous and destructive financial theory.
He stands now, therefore, for all he advo-
Gated in 1885, and accepting the populist
nomination has added thereto his declara-
ton In favor of unlimited issue of green
back currency.
He is pledged by his own declaration to
destroy the gold standard, to effect the free
coinage of silver at the artificial ratio OF 16
| to /, to the expulsion of both gold and sill
yer from the country by resumption OK an
! issue of greenbacks, to destruction OF judi
cial independence and revolution in the jul
dicial tenure, to a system of direct !egisla-
ton which transfers law-maklng TO the pal
lot box and destroys our representative In
stitutions. and to a change Of the veto
power from the executive to the ballot-boX
removing one of the checks provided by
the Constitution and unbalancing the sys-
tenn created by that instrument
This assault upon the three co-ordlnate
branches of our government, IL it succeed,
will revolutionize and destroy the whole
system. What will follow is already visible
in his appeals to class hatred, envy and
prejudice Since 1896 the national demo-
cratic party has promoted the purposes
which then justified its existence. We have
urged and accomplished legislation to
strengthen the gold standard: In that
standard the interest on the public debt has
been reduced to per cent and the national
credit has been so strengthened that our
per cent bonds are at premium. Private
credit has felt the impulse Of this improve
ment The producing and wage-payng in