Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-09-20
IN SUMMIT COUNTY.
Democratic Convention Revolts
Against State Platform.
PARTY is LOYAL TO ". ]. BRYAN.

Democrats In County Convention Re
bel Against the Turning Down OF
Bryan and the Kansas City Plat
form.
Fully one-half of the members of
the Democratic party in my district
are warm supporters of William J.
Bryan" said Congressman w. w.
Skiles of the Fourteenth district, in
day. He added that they are bitterly
opposed to the faction now dominat-
ing the state organization, and were
made revengeful by the treatment ac-
corded Bryan at the Democratic state
convention. They are disposed to hold
Kilbourne and his friends to a strict
responsibility for the snub to Bryan,
and for the failure to pay even decent
respect to the corpse of the Kansas
City platform. For that reason a
large number of them haven't any OBJ
lection at all to the reelection of Gov
crnor Nash and the return of leg
islature which will send Foraker back
to the senate"
This tallies with the action Of sew
eral Democratic county conventions
In Ohio of late, with their emphatic
Endorsement of the Kansas City plat
form, in spite of it's reputation by
the Democratic state convention I'm
der the stress of party discipline, men
are apt to say less on sucn occasions
than they really mean; so that these
expressions can well be considered as
an understatement of the dept-l of the
Democratic feeling in the state over
the ascendency of the anti-Bryan ele-
ment in the management of party af-
fairs. OF all these expressions, the
most vigorous thus far were the reso-
lutions of the Summit county Demo-
cratic convention. The Akron Demo-
crat says that they were enthusiast
ically adopted" They were reported
by committee of representative
Democrats, headed by Judge Charles
r. Grant, who was strongly supported
by his county in tho Democratic state
convention year ago for nomination
for judge of the supreme court
These Akron resolutions commend
the state platform in the routine, per-
functory fashion, have a nerveless in.
dorsement of the Democratic state
ticket, muster little enthusiasm In
behalf of Tom Johnsons taxation per-
formance, and put their strong en-
phasis upon the opening resolutions,
as follows:
Il. We ratify and indorse the Kan
sas CITY platform of 1900, and every
part of 1t; and we pledge our votes
and our efforts to secure the triumph
ofthe principles therein enunciated,
believing that thus, and thus only, can
the lasting and equal welfare of the
people be subservcd.
"2. We have an abiding faith in the
patriotism, unselfishness, common
sense and great qualities of leadership
OF William j. Bryan, and still conf
IDENTIFY look % him as the vindicator
of popular rights. ~"
3. We refuse to recognize as enti-
tied to the control of the Democratic
organization men who deserted their
cclors in the hour of their party's
sorest need, and whose open opposl-
tion to their ticket is responsible for
our defeat in 1896; and we submit
that they should not ask for, or be
entrusted with, party leadership as a
reward for their disloyalty-while still
How can thoro be any peace,
peace" between the Democrats In
every part of Ohio. for whom these
outspoken Summit county Democrats
have spoken, and the people in pres
ent control of the party? The Phila-
delphia North American says that
the Ohio Democratic convention
treated the creed of Organism with
contempt, and even came dangerously
near insulting Mr.. Bryan himself"
These Akron resolutions show that
the plain people" among the Demo
Gratis all over Ohio will not submit in
silence to such insults and party re-
pudiation.