Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-22

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Congress in 1878 as a crime against the people
and one Of the long line of acts by which that
party has systematically taken the money and
property of the country from the producers
and toilers for the benefit of the capitalists and
creditor classes.
1--WE therefore demand the immediate repeal
Of all laws discriminating against the coinage of
restoration OF silver to the position and full
legal status occupied by it from the foundation
of the government until its characterization"
SUGGESTIONS.
On the call Of members for suggestions va
rious additional resolutions were introduced
One Of these demands the repeal of the 10 per
cent tax on state banks so as to enable state
banks to compete with national banks. and an
other dlspOses of the vexed question of liquor
legislation as follows:
I'VE denounce the resort to unconstitutional
laws in several Of the states for the purpose of
suppressiDg evils by interfering with the rights
Of the people which they have not surrendered
to either the state or national government
The following resolution was presented by the
committee Of colored democrats:
I'VE declare in favor OF the equal rights of
all citizens to protection under the laws from
violent punishment for crimes charged
half dozen worlds fair planks were intro
duced in addition to the'one presented by the
worlds fair delegation. One specifically rec
commended Congress to vote an appropriation
or loan sufficient to enable the exposition to
pay proper awards on all exhibits, and was in
troduced by Mr.. Mckenzie of Kentucky. who
| is also q member Of the national worlds fair
commission.
The Hatch anti-option bill WAS approved and
it's passage urged in a resolution presented by
Mr.. GaIrard of Georgia and other southern
members threw out the flag of truce to the peo-
pies party by congratulating the Farmers AL
lance and farmer organizations generally for
their victorious assaults in several states upon
the republican party for its vicious class legis-
lation, which made the rich richer and the poor
poorer.
Mr.. Fielder of New Mexico presented the fol-
lowing resolution on the financial question, and
| 1t was later referred to the subcommittee with
instructions to consider it, together with one
contained in Chairman Jones, and presented
by the silver states:
"We believe gold and silver to be the metal
money OF the Constitution and denounce the
decentralization of silver by the republican
party and demand the re-enactrnent Of the laws
which maintained the parity of gold and silver
Mt our minis for eighty years."
The platform of Chairman Jones as approved
by the committee and the above additional reso-
lutions, which received popular favor, were re-
ferred to the subcommittee of nine with iustruc-
tons to revise and report for approval to the
main committee at 10 o'clock this morning.
KENTUCKY IN LINE.
Kentucky has followed the lead Of Indiana
and Illinois, and the twenty-six votes Of the
blue grass state will be cast solidly for Grover
Cleveland. This result was reached at an in
tensely exciting meeting of the delegation in its
headquarters at the Palmer House, at which
Henry Watterson made one of his famous
speeches, in which he said that from now hence
forth he was for Grover Cleveland, and he
h0rsd the blue grass state would be In line
wAen the man OF destiny was nominsted. Mr..