Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-10-13
Gov. Edgerton Replying to Senator Hanna,
Tells Why He Will Not Attend the
Philadelphia Convention.
Shows How the Repub|icanism Of 'the Heroic Age
of the Party Differs From the Repub-
|icanism Of Today.


posite Of thuss which vDialned in the
convention OF 1896; the only communi-
| ty between IN is that of place and
party name
The Philadelphia convention of 1856
was made up of men who had con-
victions of political right and duty
and the courage of them. And they
came together for conference ana com
parison of views. to the end that by
wise and tolerant concert of political
effort the welfare of the people might
be promoted and the great cause of
human liberty advanced. The Phil
adelphia convention of 1900 has, for
its sole work, to ratify and register a
political rescript set forth by one man,
having for lis purpose to perpetuate in
power an Administration which has
wholly disregarded the interests of the
masses.
The Pittsburg convention of 1856
was held on the birthday of Washing.
ton, and the Philadelphia convention
of that year was called for the sew
enteenth of June, the anniversary Of
the battle OF Bunker Hill-the signi-
ficance of which dates will suggest It.
self to you. YOUR convention will en-
dorse and eulogize, with fulsome
praise, a policy which has turned it's
back upon the last counsel of Washing.
to to his people and which Is an or
ganized sneer at the principles for
which he fought, and will commend an
Administration which, for its supple
lackeying and trucking subserviency
TO Great Britain has not its match ir
I story; and this too by Presidcl
hose principal political stock in ira,
generation past has been OF
onomic wrongs suffered at the han,
this hereditary industrial enemy {
IFS.
The convention held in Phiadclphi
1886 addressed its declaration
)ctrine TO those who We're "in fav,
restoring the acti
t the Federal government to IL
rinciples of Washington and Jeffe
m" and It accordingly "Resolve
hat the maintenance of the principl,
corrugated In the Declaration Of II
tpendence, and embodied In the Fe,
raj constitution, is essential to tn
reservation of our Republican insti
ltions" And again II Resolved
hat with our Republican fathers W,
old 1t 10 be q self-evident truth tina
u men ara endowed with the nalien
bic rights to life, liberty, and the pur
ult OF happiness, and that the pr
lary object and ulterior design of on
'ederal government were to secur
hese rights to all persons within II
xclusive jurisdiction"
The Philadelphia convention of this
year will be made up of men in whose
iiew the principles of Washington
md Jefferson" are avowedly antiquat
ID and far out of date,-useful only I'm
he orations of the Fourth of July
or the warmedover porch platitudes
Of political campaign; and it will ia
terms countenancc a policy which dc.
nies to ten millions of "'persons with.
10 our exclusive jurisdiction" the I'm.
alienable rights" which n it's earlier
day the Republican party thus guar.
apted, q policy, which avows its pur.
pose OF governing subjects peoples
without their consent, outside of con,
sututional principles and safe guards, |
at the caprice OF irresponsible appoint.
ees, or n venal majority In Congress, |
and In hagrant and derlsive violation |
OF the principles of Washington and |
Jefferson and those promulgated |
In the Declaration of Independence,
and embodied IN the Federal consti.
tuition" II Will yociferously uphold
and applaud the doings of an admins
trntion which, doubling In Its own
track within II space Of sixty days,
has broken faith with an innocent and
confidlng people who by the hazards
of war had passed under It's jurisdc-
tipn,-an act rightly characterized by
Itself as the breach Of IA plain duty"
at the command of the conscienceless
and mcrcennry appetite for plumber
possessed by those by whom that Ad-
was itself created, ana
which thus is constrained to remember
Its creator. II will endorse n policy
which thus lawlessly put In motion
has already begun to bear the fruits
OF lawlessness In the pecuations be.
Ing perpetrated by our officials up.
on those whom II appears
we rescued from one set OF brigands
only TO turn loose another upon them,
and II will denounce the indivlduai
thieves, In apparent forgetfulness that
the thievery is but the symptom and
necessary sequence of an irresponsible
despotism. For n government OF peo-
pies outside of constitutional sane
tions II, upon any rational Republican
theory, but despotlsm; and 1t is so
not the less because it is promised TO
'~'i''sieved "benevolently" aud /