The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-05-25
THE KANSAS STATE DEMOCRATIC CON
VENTInN AT. Topeka.
Delegates Instructed for Grsenbacks and Hen
bricks.

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dred and eighty-six members-every
county in the State being represented.
Sedgwick county was represented
by James G. Hope, Chas. Lemck, Will
liam Rose, Geo. II. English, Frank A.
Smith and Amos Harris.
Judge Harris said, on taking his seat
as President, that he could make no re-
marks that would interest the audi
ence after listening to the eloquent re-
marks of the temporary President, but
he would make a suggestion. 1t had
been told him when he came to Kan
sas that there were no Democrats here.
When the name of the distinguished
gentleman from Douglas (Mr. Ross)
had been announced by the committee
on credentials, there was great deal
of applause in this body. This was
significant. 1t showed the character
and spirit of the body. The distin-
guished gentleman from Douglas had
a respectable following, for there were
fifty gentlemen sitting here who had
never before held seats in Democrat
ic body. The distinguished gentleman
from Douglas had been driven from
the Republican party because he had
been honest and had voted against the
impeachment Of Andrew johnson.
(Applause.) Ben. Butler and other
thieves were driving honest men from
the Republican party. There are va
rious questions for our consideration
which we must discuss in an honora-
BILE and manly manner.
No particular business was done UNI
til the evening session, when NJ. V. B.
Bennett, chairman of the committee
on resolutions, submitted the follow
ing report:
Deeming it not inappropriate upon
the era of the approaching Democratic
National Convention, that the Democ-
racy of Kansas should define its posi-
ton upon the financial question OF the
day. we do hereby resolve,
l. That we are opposed to all banks
of issue, whether chartered by Con-
gress or the State Legislatures, and we
desire that banking Oh the part of cor
poraIions or private individuals shall
be confined by law exclusively 10 ex
change, discount and deposit.
>. We demand that the act of Con-
gress creating the national banking
system be repealed; that the notes of
the national banks be Withdrawn from
circulation, and in lieu thereof the pa
per of the government of the United
States be substituted.
8. That as Congress has the sole pow
er TO coin money, aud to regulate the
value thereof, that it should also have
the sole power to provide paper cur
rency for the people.
4. That such paper currency be made
legal tender in the payment of debts
public and private, and that the Same
be receivable for all demands on the
Government, including duties on inn
ports.
5. That we regard the act of Con-
gress, requiring the resumption of spe-
legal tenders and the substitution of
the inferior currency of the national
banks in its stead, as a fraud and an
outrage, and we demand that the Dem
ocratic House of Representatives in
Congress Immediately pass bill for
its unconditional repeal, and that the
responsibility for the continuance of
that infamous measure on the statute
book be thrown on the Senate and
President.
6. That Thos. A Hendricks of Indi-
ana.is the first choice of the Democrats
of the State of Kansas for President
OF the United States, aud that our del
egates to the National Convention be
and they are hereby instructed TO sup
port no man for President or Vice
President who does not fully endorse
our financial resolutions.
The resolutions excited lively dis
cussion.
Mr. Isaac Eaton said the only point
was whether the Government of the
United States or individuals should
issue money. This was not a question
between hard money and soft money.
When they talk about rag baby"
population" etc, it was simply a
tub thrown to the whale. There
should be 10 banks of issue The fail
ures of 1887 and 1857 should teach us
that.
Mr.. Joseph Taylor thought that the
third resolution was an entire depart
ure from the old Democratic faith, but
he believed that if the fathers of the
Democratic party had lived under such
unfavorable circumstances as we do TO-
day, they would have endorsed the
spirit of that resolution.
Mr.. NJ. v D. Bennett took issue with
Mr.. Taylor, that they were departing
from the landmarks of the old Demo
cratic party. Paper money was a
Democratic idea.
Mr.. McClimont said that if Congress
declared that seventy-five cents worth
of gold was dollar, or that piece of
paper money was worth a dollar, we
could not make other nations believe |
it. We must place our finances on
sound basis.
Mr. w. n. Allen offered as a substi-
tute for the Hendricks resolution, a
resolution endorsing Gov. William
Allen.
Mr.. Mayberry thought it was in bad |
character for the convention TO in
struct for anybody for President who
endorsed the internal greenback policy.
Neither Hendricks nor Allen can carry |
New York. The south don't want
greenbacks.
Mr.. NJ. V. b. Bennett said that the |
choice of the Democracy of Kansas
was Thos. a. Hendricks. The nomina-
ton of Gov. Seymour was victory of
the bondholders over the laboring men
of the west.
Mr.. B. O. Driscoll said that he was
a Democrat and swallowed the whole |
hog. He was in favor of either Allen
or Hendricks, but he never would sup
port Gov. Tilden, of New York, who
did not represent the Democracy of
the west.
Mr. Mayberry said Mr. Tilden was
the only man the Democracy could
elect
Mr.. Cochrane thought this talk about
bondholders was all demagogery. We
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