New-York tribune., 1902-07-21
ANOTHER NEW DEMOCRACY.
DU BOIS AND PETTIGREW FORM IT
BESIDE THE SAD SEA WAVES

At of the tables the verauda of the
Oriental Hotel, Manhattan Beach. yesterday
afternoon, work on the platform of Il
tional political party was begun. Several old
planks were hewed at the ends and dovetailed
to fit the new lumber. which the average car
penter would call especially green and unsea-
sOned Some of the sticks which We're bent into
shape for one of the corners Of the platform
were badly charred, as if by an ancient confia-
grafton, while others still had their leaves
The party has been heard of in few
States of the Union, but yesterday it evolved
into a national organization. which will in the
next Presidential campaign, II is said put forth
a candidate in opposition to the so-called Demo-
cratic harmonizers led by Messrs. Cleveland and
Hill. The party Is to be called the Liberal
Democracy, and in its national organization the
, State organizations. which have been formed in
New York, New-Jersey. Ohio and Massachu-
setts, are to be made ntregal parts. The chief
tenets of the organization to be similar to
those of the platform of the Deuoo ratio party.
adopted at the Chicago and Kansas City con
ventions but minus free silver and plus two or
three novelties"
The men who met around the table
Senator Richard F. Pettigrew, of South Dakota;
Senator +. T. Du Bois of Idaho; Professor Gar
rth Droppers, whom his friends call Drop
pings" and \. r. ShibIey, of Washington D. c.
After the conference Mr.. Pettigrew said:
"We going to form party. which
Will be against Hill and Cleveland. Cleveland
is a vulgar brute. He has disgraced the high
office of President which the people gave him
for the personal gain of himself and his friends.
Bryan won't be a candidate in 1904 although he
Will have considerable to say in regard to franz
ing the campaign and conducting it. But there
won't be any silver in the party. Free
silver is dead issue. We are producing too
much gold at the present time to worry about
silver.
cleveland and Hill and that crowd stand for
the same thing that Hanna stands for, only
Hanna is more honest and more to be trusted.
would vote for Hanna every time
'One OF the new issues of the new Democracy
VIII be government ownership of railroads. 1t
has become a question whether the railroads
going to own the people the people the
railroads. ] believe that the people should own
their railroads and operate them and use their
earnings for the revenue OF the nation
Excellent" the comment of Mr.. Shb-
ley, who is writer on sociological and eco
nomic subjects Then after a moments pause.
Mr.. Shibley added;
And l tell you there will he another new
issue for the regeneTated Democracy and that
is the referendum" Here the speaker pulled
out about ten columns OF proof and began to
read it to the rest 1t for the most part
defence of the referendum principle, or rule
by the majority" according 10 which the people
are TO be the final arbiters in all important
legislation.
After | get my essay just the way want it
win give it to all the papers, said Mr.
Shibley.
Senator Dubois acquesced ia all that was
said. and hinted that the Liberal Democracy
could find no better man to head its ticket In
1904 than his friend Pettigrew.
Professor Droppers is from South Dakota and
is said to be especially fitted fo- the work Of
regeneratin6 the Democratic party because of
his ten years experience as a professor of pOlit-
ical economy at the Imperial University OF
Toxic.