The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-09-17
AN OHIO IDEA
X ansas City De mocrass not s.tisfisa-xxssss5
believe rho Money Question Il stu
. Vital Issue

believe rho Honey Question Il stu
avital Issue
DR.. Reemelin is active at work in
Ohio preparing for the coming politi-
cal and financial cyclone by getting |
the peoples party on its feet in that
state. The following is copy OF a
letter he recently received:
Cleveland, O., Sept. 5, 1903.-Dr. r.
Ii. Reemelin, Cincinnati, O.-Dear Sir:
Your letter inviting me to participate
with the peoples party and to attend
the meeting to be held on the 26th
inst, at Columbus, came duly to hand.
and | must say it was a surprise 10 ME. |
My acquaintance with you was as
bI other democrat and | had not prev
iCusly heard of your change.
| read of4the action OF your party
leaders at Denver and at that time
thought their cour premature.
was still of this opinion when | re-
ceived your letter about two weeks
ago, but viewing the action OF the late
dt mocratic convention at Columbus
and what has followed, must admi'.
that you fellows are long-headed SET
The complete sell-Out Of the true
blue Kansas City platform democrats
by the leaders of this state has not its
equal in history, and 1t fully justif1es
the stand you have taken.
The cum ngness with which Tom l..
Johnson and his gold bug allies sue
ceeded in repudiating the silver plank
Oh the Kansas City platform without
l ~ IL %o. <>f i'm dafppf-
ing it, was game so well played that
Satan could not have improved on it.
Then adding to this injury the insult
of forcing CLARKE on the convention, is
| toe damnable to find it's equal even in
| fix ton.
The Public of Chicago, the mouth
piece of MIR. Johnson, says: More
ever, Mr.. Clarke stands squarely upon
| the platform adopted at Columbus.
platform regarding the construction OF
which he was consul.eI and OF which
he approved" NO wonder he stands
suuarely thereon. He evidently wrote
4 that part which refers to the national
platform and arranged it expressly for
himself and his kind to stand on, and
what cunning genius he is, he has
proven by the fact that he succeeded
not only in fooling the delegates OF
the convention, but also the press OF
the country, which seems to accept
unanimously that the Kansas City
platform was Endorsed as whole. Let
lis see about this. 1t reads as follows:
"The democrats of Ohio, in conven-
tor assembled at Columbus, reaffirm-
Jig the declarations on national issues
OF our platform adopted at Sandusky
hereby renew our allegiance to the
j. democratic party of the nation, and
again avow our devotion to the prin-
ciples of it's last national platform"
Note: This part is made conditional
to the platform declaration at San
dusky, which did not indorse the Kan
sas City platform as whole, bat only
certain parts thereof, and did not in
clrde the silver Flank. Therefore, the
above part of the late platform dec
laration has absolutely no bearing
Add to this Mr. Johnson's speech Is
j chairman of said Sandusky convention
in which he declared the silver ISSUE
dead. and we have reputation pure
ard simple Now comes the cocoa
= nut:
1--WE accordingly condemn colonial
ism and imperialism, denounce trust.
. end trust fostering tariffs repudiat'
government by injunction, and op
pose financial monopoly, together witt
- every other monocoly and special priv
iiege."
= Thus, these cunning platform build
ers. Just as at ,andusky, have ex
. tracted from the Kansas City platforr
such planks as suited them, and the
they give us the milk in the nut, thus
e ''Adhering to these principles OF tn
Kansas City platform, we repeat or
condemnation of all efforts to re
nounce or ignore Them
= This relieves the Ohio platform fror
y al! obligation to the Kansas City plat
form except such parts thereof as ar
above specified, which certainly doe
not include the silver plank.
Why now should bolter Clarke NO
be willing to stand squarely on thi
platform? It's SO natural, fits SO wei
and for gold, bug Johnson, too. VIII
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