The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-09-30
THE CONVENTIONS
Massachusetts Democrats RenOm-
mate Governor Russell.
THE PARITY OF GOLD AND SILVER
emanded-Colorado Democrats Name Chief
Justice-The Republicans of South Dakota
Endorse Harrison and the Mckinley Bill

WORCESTER, Mass, Sept. 26.-The Demo
cratic state convention was called to order
this morning by Chairman Corcoran, of the
state central committee. He made short
address. Committees were appointed and
the convention permanently organized by
the choice of Hon. P. A. Collins, of
Boston, as chairman. The chairman, in
the course of his speech, while speaking on
the Republican party, said: 1.-THE present
complaint is there has been too large a
coinage of silver dollars worth as bullion
or as merchandise only so cents piece,
and the fear is that the continued coinage,
or worse, a larger coinage of them will
dangerously initiate the currency and ulti-
mately drive gold out of circulation. A
year ago the treasury was coming at the
rate of S2,000,00J month these so cent
dollars, and the demand on the
part Of sound financiers was that
the coinage should cease or that something
should be done TO insure the parity OF the
silver dollar with the gold one but the ad-
minlstration had a debt due the silver men
OF the far west as well as to the iron and
wool men and other monopolists so the sill
yer men demanded payment The result
was the Sherman act.
The Republican resolution adopted re
with the vote of their Representatives in
the last Congress, means the Republican
position here IS not hostile TO any silver bill
short Of free coinage. This position is dan
gerous in the Wow of conservative men
here as more frank and consistent declar-
| alton than that of the Republicans of the
west" In closing, the speaker said: 1--WE
occupy sound, safe and consistent position
and the vote of the people this fall, if cast
RnndI6ofcG yUIl ar OFT
hands and enlarge the influence Of the
Democrats who take their seats in the
House next December"
William Eustls RUSSELL of Cambridge,
was renominated for governor.
The committee on resolutions then re-
| ported the platform, which was adopted
unanimously. Il endorses the principles of
the national Democratic party and COM
mends the state administration, renews the
party's declaration on the subject of labor,
Affirming sympathy with all wise and con-
| sutut1onal measures in it's interests; re-
news the demand for the repeal of the Nc
| kinley tariff law and declares in favor of
| the enactment of genuine measure of re-
form. The Republican administration is
arraignod for destroying the efficiency OF
the census bureau for the sake Of furnish
ing political spoils: for neglecting 10 bring
| prosecutions Tor punishment for violation
| of the civil service law; for ignoring the
! recommendations of the civil service COM
mission for the dismissal of officials who
openly dehed the law; for reviving the
active participation of office holders in
partisan politics, and the assessment OF
government employees for partisan pur-
poses.
The platform declares in favor of honest
money and re-affirms the declarations in
the national Democratic platforms of 1884
! and 1883, expressing q uniform policy; il
declares all dollars coined by the United
States should be of equal intrinsic value
and that all paper currency issued by the
government should be redeemable in either
gold or silver, at the option OF the holder
and not at the discretion of the secretary
of the treasury; believes in the use of both
| gold and silver as money and in the full
RECOMMENDATION of the latter metal by inter
national agreement, and opposes the free
and unlimited coinage of silver, and the
dangerous silver legislation enacted + /,
the last Congress.
Governor Russell entered the hall about
oclock and addressed the convention
He followed substantia about the same
line of argument used by previous speak
ers, and reiterated the principles and de-
nunciaJions of the platform.
The ticket was completed as follows
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, John w. Donovan
secretary of state, Eldridge Cushman
treasurer and receiver, General James S
Grinnell auditor, w. ID. L. Trefry; at
torney general, George M. Stearns,