Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-06-26
The Indiana Convention.
From The

adopted a good platform, but they
have permitted the recognizing ele-
ment to win a victory which will alien
ate more Democrats than it will draw
back to the party. While the plat
form denounces the Fowler bill and
the trusts, and takes a strong position
on the question of Imperialism, the
failure OF the party to reafirm the
Kansas City platform shows that the
men who controlled the convention
were either out of harmony with the
majority of the party or too timid to
give voice to the conviction of the
voters.
The Republican papers have seized
upon the action OF the convention as
an evidence that the party has gone
back to the Cleveland regime, and
while this is not true there is enough
evidence of it Il excite suspicion
among those who made heroic sacri-
fees in 1896 to save the party from
destruction.
The Chicago Times Herald says:
ain respect to Its personnel the con-
vention differed radically from those
of 1896 and 1900, for in those gather
ings many of the most prominent
Democrats Of the state took no part
whatever, and it vas generally under
stood that they would not support the
tickets nominated. To-day, however,
every delegation showed up with men
who were openly for the gold stand
ard in 1896" These prominent
Democrats" who have betrayed the
party in the campaigns past and who
demand q surrender of the party's DO
sition on the money question as a con-
dition precedent to their return, are
more anxious to control the party than
to defeat the Republicans. They were
responsible for the defeat of the party
in 1896 and in 1900, and having
brought upon the country the evils
that have followed the Republican ad-
ministration, they threaten the Demo-
cratic party with a continuance Of
these evils unless they("the prominent
Democrats'D are allowed to run the
party and write the platform. The
more prominence they have in the
party the more distrust will be aroused
among those who really desire reforms.
What hope is there of defeating the
Fowler bill with its branch banks, its
asset currency and its redeemable sill
yer, If the Democratic opposition must
be entrusted to men who took the side
OF the flnanciers in the great struggle
between the money changers and the
producers of wealth. The men who
preferred Republican victory to the
Chicago or Kansas City platform will
never institute any reform or redress
any grievance. They never fight an
open battle; the victory which they
have gained in INDIANA insofar as they
have gained one) has been gained by
stealth and because the rank and file
we're deceived.
They talk loudly about harmony, but
they are willing to disrupt the party I'M
less the party humiliateS itself by a
surrender of its position. The men who
now boast OF the increased production
of gold as a reason for the abandonment
of silver before new gold was discov-
cred, and as they wanted a dear dollar
then they will, if intrusted with power,
find some way of depriving the people
OF the benefits of a larger gold supply.
The struggle between human rights
and Mammon is as fierce to-day as it
was IN 1896 and 1900, and no victory
can be won by compromise. The
Conmoner urges its Indiana readers
to support the ticket nominated, but il
also urges them to organize to prevent
another evasion. If the gold stand
ard is good, let it be indorsed; if it
is bad, the party can not afford to be
silent about it. No halfway measures
will do; either the inanciers will be
given control, not only Of the finan-
cial system Of the country, but Of the
entire government, or the government
must be placed in the hands OF those
who will administer it in the interests
Of the masses.
1t is q matter Of regret that any of
the delegates advocated the mention
of Mr.. Bryan's name in the platform.
The fight should not be made for any
mar but for the principles Of the party.
Mr.. Bryan is not a candidate for any
thing; he Is not seeking the indorse-
ment Of any convention, but like
millions OF other Democrats he is in
terested in having the Democratic
party stand for something positive and
definite. A fight for a principle will
separate loyal Democrats from time
serves; a fight over an individual
leaves the principles still unsettled.
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