The evening times., 1900-10-20
Following is the appeal:

Following Is the appeal:
Founders of the Republican party:
Veterans who were at the convention
Of 1856 appeal 10 the voters of today to
support Mckinley.
''As surviving members of the Republi-
can Convention which met in Pittsburg.
February %, 1856. and founded the Re
publican party, We, whose names are uu-
dersigned, appeal TO the voters OF today.
History repeats itself In our youth
Calhoun started the cry OF the Constitu-
ton following the flag for the dishonora-
bic purpose of protecting slavery in the
Territories and the BTyanite Democracy
repeat 1t now to prevent the establishment
CT true government and the largest practi-
cable liberty In the Philippines.
In our entire recollection we recall no
more fragrant political hypocrisy than the
Bryanite misapplieatign and distortion Of
Abraham Lincoln's words Where Lincoln
spoke of liberty, hope and good cheer, they
torture his meaning into encouragement
fer all manner of disccntent and lawless-
ness The identical charges of militlrism,
Imperialism, and ruling without consent of
the governed now launched against Nc
Kinley were poured out upon Lincoln in
1864
Let 70 one be deceived. The RepubIi-
can party still has the glorious spirit of
its youth and Is marching on. Now, as
ever, it is the party of hope, of liberty,
of progress. It Will solve the difficulties
of the future as it has the problems of the
past Sound money. prosperity, liberty
and advancement, these are safe in Re-
publican hands, and in Republican hands
only" $50
The following is General Brinkerhof's s
| answer.
Dear Sir: On my return home after a
weeks absence I find your letter of the
OIL, L..
ors of the Pittsburg Convention of 1856,
organizing the Republican party. to ap-
prove its present position. Of the Ohio del
j egates there are now three survivors, Hon
! Rush R. Sloane. of Sandusky; Hon.
George II. Frey. of Springfield. and my
| self OF these Frey alone is a Republi-
can. Sloane and ! are Democrats Gov
ernor Edgarton, of Akron, who died re-
Gently, was also a Democrat. Judge Up
son. who has been quoted as one OF the
! survivors. was at Philadelphia, but not
at Pittsburg.
There were about sixty Ohio delegates
at the Pittsburg convention. and neatly
all of them subsequently were men of re
nown. and from my knowledge of them
am very sure a large majority if now Iiv-
ing would be Democrats
We did not leave the Republican par
ty; the Republican party left US The Re
puDilCal platform OF 1S0b, 1eoU. ana 1884,
and also in 1858, with the exception of a
single plank. was fully in accord with
| the principles of Jeffersenian Democracy.
| but in 1872 the Republican party aposta-
tized to strange gods, with high protec-
| tion as their chief, and the Democratic
party after wandering in the wilderness
for a dozen years returned to it's cid
faith, and since then | have been at home
in politics, with the comrades of my
youth.
Then, and since then, occasionally
there have been pIanks in Democratic
platforms I did not approve, and there
are such now, as there are spots upon the
sun, but as whole. the principles of
home rule, free trade and fair play for
all remain undimmed, and just now VIII
liam Jennings Bryan is their prophet
Under existing circumstances, therefore,
you must excuse me in refusing to sign
| the paper you send NE. Very respectful
| ly yours, R. BRINKERHOFF"