Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1896 — DEFINE THEIR CREED. [ARTICLE]

DEFINE THEIR CREED.

The Gold Democrats Issue a Declaration of Principle*. The National Executive Committee of the gold Democrats, iti session at Chicago, has issued au address to the Democrats of the United Stales. This address is, in effect, the platform on which the National Democratic party goes is-fore the people. Another di-elnration of principles will lie adopted, of course, at the national gathering in ludiunattolis as a part of convention routine, but it is not overstatement of the ease to say that in the main it can do but little more than paraphrase the Gcclaration issued from Chicago. The ludianu|M>lis conference evolved the call for the national convention and no more. It was agreed there that the members of the party throughout the nation were entitled to a statement of the reasons why certain leaders %ke issue with the piinciples enunciated in the Chi<ago convention —a statement fuller and more explicit than could ho embodied in a ot: 11 for a convention. Whereas the convention cull prepared at Indianapolis was n declaration of war by gold Democrats, it was designed tiint the address to be prepared by the Executive Committee should be a call to arms. ,