Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-07-20
THE COLORADO DEMOCRATS
In state Convention Nominate a state
Ticket and PrOmuIgate a Code OF
Principles In strict Accord
with Time-HOnOred Dem
Ocratic Doctrine.

PUEBLO, Col, July l8.-The Democratic
State convention to-day nominated w. A.
Loveland for governor, and renominated
Thomas NJ. Patterson for congress, both by
reclamation. The platform affirms a strict
construction of the constitution, with all the
amendments; the supremacy of civil over
military power; the complete severance of the
church and state, and the protection of the
common school system; that every honest
voter should approve of the investigation and
exposure OF the monstrous frauds by which the
will of the American people was set aside,
and their choice for President and Vice Pres
ident deprived of the high offices to which
they were elected; disclaims any purpose
of interfering with the title of the President,
made valid by the order of congress, to the
end that such crimes may be rendered i'm
possible in the future and the perpetrators be
made infamous, and demands that such in
vestigation be far and searching, and the
author of the crimes be held to an account
ability; that the commercial and industrial
distress that prevails is the result of the
vicious financial legislation the moneyed
power effected through the agency of the
Republican party In congress by
the demonstration of silver, the
enactment of the resumption law,
retiring and destruction of iegal-tender notes,
exchange of the bonds originally redeemable
IN greenbacks for those which are to be re-
deemed In coin, and the maintenance of the
national banking system; that before trade
and business enterprises can be checked In
their downward course, an increase In the
volume of the currency IS imperatiyely re-
quired; demands free trade and an unlimited
coinage of silver, so that owners of bullion
may have it coined and without further inter
ference by the government circulate the same;
also, that the government shall issue to de-
pOsi:ors of silver bullion coin certificates for
circulation as money; denounces the senate's
amendments to the SILVER bill passed by con-
g; ess, because it enables the secretary of the
treasury to entirely control the coinage Of
silver and to hoard the same in the treasury;
demands the repeal of the resumption act
and the substitution of United States legal
tender paper for national bank notes, and its
permanent establishment as the sole paper
money of the country, to be made receivable
fer all dues to the government, the amount of
such issue to be regulated by legislation; |
the organic law affirms the exclusive right |
and duty of congress to furnish the people of |
this country their circulating medium, |
whether gold, silver or paper, and it should |
always mention the values of such currency
so as to meet the demands of trade; the |
full faith and credit of the government should |
be pledged to maintain whatever currency it |
may furnish of equal value and power; no |
further increase in the bonded debt and no |
further sale of bonds for the purchase of coin
for resumption purposes; graded ex-
tinction of the public debt by the redemption
of the interest bearing portion thereof in such
as the law will permit, In United
States notes where coin is not demanded by
the letter of the law, and in silver equally
with gold whenever coin is required.