The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-03-01
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CON-
VENTION.

to THE CoMMoNwEALTH)
WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. p, 1900. J
The Democra TIC National Convention
will meet at Kansas City on July 4,
bout two weeks after the Republican |
at Philadelphia. Probably |
he silver Republicans and the anti
mperialists will meet on the same date
md it is at least possible that the date
# the Populis.
to agree -9nseutisn fFay be |
lon of the Democrsth il. Thfs dee1e-
nittee here yesterda4c nstiohal cota-
in more ways than 90 was q surprise |
posed that the conve,. It was sup |
held early-perhar' ton would be !
the Populist . en- earlier than |
would esenVehtlOl-and that it |
- 80 70 milwaukee, y the effect |
enat it would be likely to Ire on the |
| German vote. It turned out.owever, |
. that Milwaukee, which had bu boast
/ ing OF having a check for $4,000 to
pay the expenses of the convstlon,
had little money, no hall in cotition
and not enough hotels to accom1ate
the crowds, while Kansas City prodced
$4,000 in cash and demonstratedhat
| it was fully able to manage any clwd
| that might come. The date OF he
convention was fixed in accordanc
| with precedent, it having for years bee,
the custom Tor the party in power tt
meet first. Unless the convention
were to be held before May 8, when The
Popullsts meet, there was : no reason
why it should ante date the Republic
cans, and NO one really wanted it to
gather before the snow was fairly of
the ground, as it would have to do II
it raced with the Popul,sts. Then
too, the history of the early conventions
does not encourage their repetition
The mistakes OF the Republicans are
numerous and increasing day BY day,
and convention held in July will
have more to eriticise than one held in
June.
The most marked incident of the
committee meeting, aside from the
settlement of the date aud place fol-
holding the convention. was Senate,
Germans speech. The Senator advo
Gated late convention. 1t was doubt
less true, he SAID, that the time be-
tween the nomination of Bryan In 1896
and the election was too short. If tn,
party had been given a ,onaer time /
could possibly nave won a victory il
chat campaign. But the COMMITTEES
must remember that the reins hat
been taken from the hands of the ole
managers and placed in those of new
men-men fully as capable, no doubt
but new to the management and nm
familiar w..h the handling of Demo
| cratic votes. The new managers hat
q doubly difficult task to perform
That they did it as we'll as they die
was worthy OF all cotnhendation. /
the scme circumstances prevailed tc
day he would strongly advocate al
early convention. But the men VIII
conducted the last campaign were still
in tie lead with experience of the can
paign and the advantage of four year
in which to famlllarize themselve
with the situation, therefore he though
July was early enough. Leaving tn
question of dates, Mr.. German touche
gently and fully on the platform an
the necessity for harmony. He d.
ask, he said, any man to abandon hi
principles. He did not ask that an
OF the great principles eaunciated Il
the Ch!cago platform be abandoned
But the Democratic party is large an
its principles are broad. There was II
necessity OF making any one issue pa
amount in the next campaign. Th
party was one for the principles of lit
erty as opposed to Imperialism and de-
potism, and he believed that when tn
American people became more familla
with the subject they take the Demo
cratic view. It would be nece
sary for the party to educate the pei
| pla-on this subject. Mr.. German
oratory was most effective, shown
that that astute political leader is agai
in the councils of party.
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