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Editorial
September 5, 1896
Birmingham State Herald
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama
What is this article about?
Editorial refutes claims that the 1896 Democratic National Convention abandoned the party's traditional financial stance on coinage, attributing such accusations to 'political stiffs' who bolted to form the Indianapolis convention; offers party declarations from 1892, 1896, and Indianapolis for comparison.
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The charge has been made and constantly repeated that the national democratic convention in 1896 abandoned the time-honored position the party had in the past occupied on the financial question. Such charges, after having been made by the "political stiffs" all over the country, were used in justification of a bolt which terminated in the self-constituted convention which met in Indianapolis on the 2d instant.
We reproduce below the declaration of the democratic party on the question made in Chicago in 1892; also the declaration made by the same party in 1896 on the same question, together with the declaration made by the convention made up of bolting "political stiffs" which met in Indianapolis the other day, in order that the reader may read and judge for himself as to who it is that has abandoned the time-honored doctrine of the democratic party on the coinage question.
We reproduce below the declaration of the democratic party on the question made in Chicago in 1892; also the declaration made by the same party in 1896 on the same question, together with the declaration made by the convention made up of bolting "political stiffs" which met in Indianapolis the other day, in order that the reader may read and judge for himself as to who it is that has abandoned the time-honored doctrine of the democratic party on the coinage question.
What sub-type of article is it?
Economic Policy
Partisan Politics
What keywords are associated?
Democratic Convention 1896
Financial Question
Coinage Doctrine
Party Bolt
Indianapolis Convention
What entities or persons were involved?
National Democratic Convention 1896
Democratic Party
Political Stiffs
Indianapolis Convention
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Defense Of 1896 Democratic Platform On Coinage Against Bolters
Stance / Tone
Defensive Of 1896 Convention, Accusatory Of Bolters
Key Figures
National Democratic Convention 1896
Democratic Party
Political Stiffs
Indianapolis Convention
Key Arguments
Charge That 1896 Convention Abandoned Party's Financial Position Is Repeated By Political Stiffs
Such Charges Justified Bolt To Indianapolis Convention On 2d Instant
Reproduce 1892 Chicago Declaration, 1896 Declaration, And Indianapolis Declaration For Comparison
Reader To Judge Who Abandoned Time Honored Democratic Doctrine On Coinage