The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-01
THE OHIO B0LTERS
cAIL THEMSELVES "PRO-
GREssIvE DEMOCRATS.
ORGANIZE A NEW PARTY.
rss rHANA DOZEN DELEGATES IN
ATTENDANCE.

Reoflrming the Kansas City
,,.f,rm.-The Destruction of All
.cnuxts Demanded, Especially the
Nancy Trust-Chairman Groot He
ito. n Long Tail of Woe.
,,.,r,,bus. O., July 31.-"The Progress
~. democratic Party" was organized
go today. The attendance was so
small that many doubted at hrst
n,hetber any attempt would be made to
noId the state convention, less than
80, men being in attendance. Fea-
t,ras of the platform were the follow
ing:
The laudation of Bryan and the re-
oarn7ation of the Kansas City plat
corn, Planks were also inserted call
t,g for the public ownership of all pub
~ utilities. that all money of what
o,,or kind shall be issued by the gov
eminent without the Intervention of
hanks: that the money trust, the par
o,+ of all trusts" shall be destroyed,
for oyithout a money aristocracy there
oon he no imperialism" The destruc-
tion of all trusts is demanded. Such
-narocrats as approve a gold standard
and who supported Mckinley for Pres
idsnt are invited henceforth to affiliate
with the Republican party.
The following ticket was nominated:
Governor-Dr. Rudolph Reemling.
lieutenant Governor-Henry c. Cor
derry.
Supreme Judge-Rial NJ. Smith.
state Treasurer. c. Shepard.
Attorney Generals. l.. Clark.
Clerk of Supreme Court-Charles
Bonsall.
Member of the Board of Public
Works-R. B. Cornell.
1t was decided to call the new or
ganization The Progressive Democrat
ic Party"
A state executive committee of nine
members was selected with George A.
Groot as chairman and Bernard HUI
bert as secretary, and this committee
spent the evening in arranging for
campaign work.
call for this convention was issued
Immediately after the recent Democrat
ic State Convention, by George A.
Groot of Cleveland, and others. Groot
acted as temporary chairman of the
convention when it was called to order
in the parlors of one of the hotels. Abb
ner L. Davis acted as temporary secre-
tary. Chairman Groot reviewed the
conditions that brought about the
movement. He insisted that it was not
brought about solely by Bryan Dem
ocrats' but by all those who advocate
free silver, and are opposed to both the
cid parties as al present organized AMI
controlled.
Chairman GrOOt's Address.
Mr. Groot spoke in part as follows:
The political machinery of the state
is now in the hands and under the
control of those persons who repudiat-
ed the Chicago platform in 1896, and
VINO did all they could that year to de-
feat the Democratic nominees. The
question now is what under the cir
cumstances, ought we to do? To my
mind there is but one course to pur-
sue and that is to protest against the
action Of the convention, and in order
TO do that new party must be organ
lied, after which We should go for
ward with the glorious work that was
commenced in 1896. We are confronted
at the outset with the statement that
we are boilers, and that We are not en-
ttled to any respect because we do not
humbly bow to the dictation of our
power and influence to defeat us in
1896 and 1900. Can it be truly said that
we are boilers? We have not changed
our convictions; we stand where we
STOOD during the last two national
campaigns, and for my part 1 pro-
pose to stand there and do all can to
ueleat our enemies, whether they be in
our own ranks or outside of them.
instead of our being boilers, the
convention recently assembled was
composed of boilers; it was a boiling
convention, for it bolted the national
Democratis platforms and abandoned
the leader who made the fight upon
lnem' The platform adopted by it is
meaningless and lacks political virility.
!. Is destitute of principles and offers
~ polltlcal issue. 1t is q platform
auop'eu IN order to secure votes from
rle opposition merely. While it
was stated that this was not
national campaign, and, there
aoIe' national issues ought not to
r rnseI INTO 1t, the platform deals al
"a - "holly with what they are pleas
- 70 call national issues, and only a
sta 1an portion of it was devoted TO
aIate matters. 1t was thought that
votes might be secured for the ticket
90 al attack were made on the method
Co. appralsing the property of the state
ti taxation, and hence the planks rel
IN 10 taxation were PERMITTED to go
cortI uncut opposition. Those who had
stu OF the Committee on Resolu-
s. lS knew that they were harmless.
them. oh uiu NOT oppose
"eS Question the Whole Thing.
tio Out they say that the money oues-
neo., Is aead since at two elections the
dar5 nave approved of the gold STAN
Son SON, ana therefore, there is no rea-
sbn,,, |5hy the Kansas City platform
or ~ oe endorsed, or Mr.. Bryan eth
tben - me money question be dead,
. II co, .ile party itself must be a corpse.
to ay'Ii not possibly have any reason
win -. II mat question be dead, for
platfossndt question omitted from the
tenJinl nothing remains worth con-
tola. Tor II IL be dead, by the same
is nen the question of tariff. Of imperial
bv expansion, and of government
o, injunction are dead. The neonle
"a ana over again have declared in
tboro VI nigh protective tariff, and vet
80 are those who believe that II is
one %' issue. The tariff question IL
prinotz, pohcy merely. and involves no
lion ~ since II is a species of taxa
is de- perialsm by the same token
venbar lor did not the people in No
tbat ~ last declare by a decisive vote
come uley approved of the republican
nor upon that subject? Did thew
COM 9Idln the administration in its
Ara re relative to our new possessions?
IN piVl the Philippine Islands and Por-
and W. by treaty and by law a mart
ed SER OF the territory of the Unit