The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-07-20
POLITICAL.
Colorado Democratic COnvention-The
Platform.

Colorado Democratic COnvention-The
Platform.
PUEBLO, July 19th.-The Colorado Demo
cratic State convention at Pueblo yesterday,
nominated W. A. 81. Loveland for Governor,
and renominated Thomas M. Patterson for
Congress. both by reclamation.
The following are the principal points of the
platform:
1t affirms strict construction of the con-
stitution with its amendments; the supremacy
OF civil over military power; complete sever
ance of Church and State and protection of the
common school system; that every honest voter
should approve the investigation and exposure
of the frauds by which the will of the people
has beer set aside and their choice for Presi-
dent and Vice President deprived of their
offices; disclaims interference with the title of
the President; demands that such investigation
be fair and searching, and that the authors of
the crimes be held accountable; that the COM
cial and industrial distress that prevails is the
result of the vicious financial legsl alton of the
monied power effected through the agency of
the Republican party in Congress by the de.
monetization of silver, the enactment of the
resumption law, the retirement and destruction
originally redeemable in greenbacks for those
which are to be redeemed in coin, and the
maintenance OF the national banking system;
that before trade and business enterprises can
be checked in their downward course an IN
crease in the volume of currency is impera.
lively required; demands free and unlimited
coinage of silver so the owners of bullion may
have 1t coined, and without further interference
of the government circulate the same: also that
the government shall issue to the depostors of
silver coin bullion, certificates for circulation
as money; denounces the Senate amendments
to the Silver bill passed by Congress because it
enabled the Secretary of the Treasury to entire
ly 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 re-establishment
as the sole paper money of the country, to be
made receivable for dues to the government,
the amount of such issues to be so regulated by
legislation of the organic law; afirms the lex
elusive right and duty of Congress to furnish
the people of the country their circulating
medium, whether gold, silver or paper, and it
should always maintain the values of such cur
rency SO as to meet the demands of trade; that
the full faith aud credit of the government
should be pledged to maintain whatever cur
rency it may furnish of equal value and power;
that there should be no further increase in the
bonded debt and no further sale of bonds for
the purchase of coin for resumption purposes;
gradual extinction of the public debt, by the
redemption of the interest bearing portion
thereof in such currency as the law will per-
NIT, in United States notes where coin is not
demanded by the letter of the law, aud in sill
yer equally with gold wherever coin is re.
CURED.
Texas Democratic Convention.
AUSTIN, Texas, July 19.-The Democratic
convention nominated r. B. Hubbard for gov
ernor.
GALVESTON, TE xAs, July 19.-The News
Austin special says the committee on resolu-
tions will report tomorrow morning, The
platform recommends adherence to the two
third rule in making nominate ons, declares
that the State troops should be kept in the
field for the protection of the frontier; and re-
commends an amendment to the State constitu-
ton exempting farm products from taxation;
demands the taxation of y nited States bonds;
pledges the devotion of Texas democrats to the
union of States; declares that faithful adher- |
ence to the following principles is necessary |
and essential to the preservation of the gov !
eminent, viz: Home rule; supremacy of civil |
or military DO wer; separation of church and |
State; equality of all citizens before the laws;
absolute acquiesence in the lawfully expressed |
will of the majority at the maintenance and |
perfection of a common school system
The resolutions favor the Potter investiga- |
ton, but oppose any interference with the |
Presidents title. They declare that all bonds |
of the national government ought to be paid in |
legal tender notes of the United States, except |
where it is otherwise provided by the original
law under which they were issued. and ali that |
can be called in and paid now should be paid |
at once and the remainder as soon as it can be |
lawfully done.