Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-19

: ZONES ..... ...-.... ~ Cochran -...... -
! Clardy. ...... 200 Bland .-.-..........
Nes~rs, Mafitt Phelps. Jones and Gard.
| were declared the delegates.
On nlotin: thu four next-Nessrs. Carroll
! Critten len. Cochran AMI Bland-were declared
the alteruat-s. Congressman Bland had no.
tee:l put II nomination. and the votes fo- hin
were Z st!Tpri-e.
DISTRICT DELEGATES.
Frs: Distrct-Een E. Guthrie. Macon. ani
W. =. E"y~s. Lancaster. Ajternat-s-J. {. An
dersoH. Edna. AMI Elf Scofield. Memphis
SecrId-JnEn l.. Merrick. Carroilton. ans
Tyson :. Div-s. Brunswick AIternates-:Totl.
8 Pearson. Monroe. and F. G. Harrington. No
berry.
THIRD. c. Allen, OF Liberty and E. : Gar.
yer. Grant City. Alternates-H. &. Berry
Cameron. and DR. g Smith. Bethany.
FoIrtE-1. W Walker. 81. Joe and J. \. Pos
tlewaire. Iarkio- Alternat es-Charles 3. Zock
OREGON. arl O. J. Hurley Savannah
Fifth-Wrn. Fl. Wallace. Kansas City and
John (. BLACKWELL, Lexington. AlterDa.es-
Fam WoodsoD. Independen ce, and J. J. Fuker.
son. HiggiEsviIle.
S'zth-J, D, Allen. Butler and w D ste"le
Holden. Alternates-F. G. Robinson. Dalton
and ". F Carter, Clinton.
Saventh-Dr. y. Il. Edmun1s. Miami and E
G. Moore. Columbia Alternates-R. P. Gov
ington. Bolivar. am: E. C. McAfee. Springfield
Eightk-John r. Walker. Cooper county
and J 3. Wolf, California Alternates-.Tames
+. Harrison. Eolla and John W. Farris. La
clede
N;nth-M 6 Goodwin. ClarkevilIe, and T. +.
NcDearTnon. St Charles AIterr.atAs-C +.
Peers, WaTrentoD, and Gas E. F. Miller, Her
TentF-Cbarles Costello FIorissant and j. &.
Jones Washington. Acknowledgements King.
Eridge;cn. and Henry Quellmalz. ST Louis.
E!ev~nth-John J. Burke and William Har-
Wy, Alternates-Totn Wand anG John L. Duf-
Tweiith-Dr Frank J. Lutz and Edward But
'"r. Alt"rnates-C!aTcnce HobiitZeiie and John
Tn rteenth-w. 5. Anthony. Potosi, AMI F.
II. Manifold. Huntsville. Alternates-H L..
Eczier. Ste Genevieve, and John E. Organ, Sa-
lem.
Fourteen:h-.T J. Russell Charleston and J.
y. Tjli.nan. West Plains. Alternates-A. J..
Icc9iIuIn Doniphan. and T. L. Robertson,
FTtceuth-Thomas Connor, Joplin. and l. g.
IcGannon. Seneca Alternat -s-James W.
George, Cassville, and Hugh Dabbs Pineviile.
The Platform.
We the democrats Of Missouri in convention as
semble1 on the eve of one of the most 1nomentOus
campaigns i'll the history of the country. reaffirm
the time hnnored principles of the d. mocratic
enforced by Andrew Jackson. Samuel J. Tilden
and Grover Cleveland. and defined in the ma
t.oLal democratic platform of &c, 80. 81 and So
We denOunce th- Fifty first congress. known
10 history the Billion Dollar Congress-" for
it, expenditures Of the money wrung from the
people by oppressive taxation. for its enact
latiOn. the Mckinley tariff bill. and for its at
tempt to place upon the statute booi-9 the in
elections Throughout the country under the
control Of the District of Columbia Office -hold
e1s. whose sole aim E0u!d be 20 maintain them
selves il POWER regardless OF the peoples will:
and W. arraiGn Benjamin Harrison. president
o. the United States. as instigator and defender
Of all nese crimes AGAINST the public welfare.
We demand the repeal Of tie Sherman bullion
storage act which makes Of silver a commodity
and the national treasury a partner in Wall
-L.r%
ranges values nd debases the currency.
We ho.d 10 the Use Of both gold and silver
TIE money Of the country ard maintain that
tn sole function Of the Federal gOveInIne TT is
to ascertain the relative values of money met
ais, and in there has been fiuctuaticn IN
the relative val1e OF the two metals. to make
the existing coinag. ratio equal We hold that
il il the duty Of the gOvernme mt to readjust the
coinage ratio. AMI keep its rlints open for the
free coinage OF both metals instead Of discon
finuing the coinage Of either. for the derange
nlent Of commodity values aid the contraction
Ct he currency below the natural basis of sup
Recognizing n the existing tar.ff tax which
falls with crushing force on the agricultural
states Of the union. an1 which for the benefit Of
the favored few whom it enriches, exacts from
Iabor more than its just share Of the expenses
O government. we demand such 2 revision Of
t.e tariff will remove its inequalities. Tighten
its G!pr"-siveDess and place it on a bass OF
tax levied for revenue only. on articles
sity. While we are abeo'ute}y and W.
changeably opposed to the folly Of tax
ing any form of wealth the country. We
denounce the policy that would g We favored
e rpOratiOns frcetrade with agriculf ural states
Of South and CentIai America. while increasing
tire burdens on the trade Of the Mississippi val
ley states with the only markets in which there
s sufficient d inand for their surplus to justify
its prOduc' ion.
We reiterate the demand of the democratic
PARTY that all taxation shall be TO- revenue
only and demand for the agricultural ex-
porting states of the Mississippi valley their
right of way. unobstruct.d, to and from their
European markets.
Believing that Grover Cleveland is every
where associated with the Popular mind with
this great refr rrD. and this paramount issue. We
favor his nomination at Chicago. ard the dele"
gates to he sele cted by his convention are here
by re Cuested to use all honorable means 10 &C.
cnre his nomination. The delegation to tn.
Chicago convention shall vote unit all
questions lie vote of majority Of the dele.
gates determining what the vote of the deIega-
ton shall be.