The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-06-22

discussion the committee adjourned till
evening.
1 1t was near midnight before the COM
mittee adjourned, and then their labors
were far from complete. A draft submit
+! ted by {. ii. Jones OF st. Louis was twice
taken up and considered. with amend
ments and substitutes innumerable. FL
nally the committee resigned the matter
| to subcommittee OF nine, consisting of
! Jones of Missouri, Villas OF Wisconsin,
Daniel of Virginia, Thompson Of Califor-
MIA, Russell of Massachusetts, Patterson
of Colorado. Bayard of Delaware, Nc
Emerson OF New Jersey and Seweu of
| Maine. The subcommittee was in
structed to report the result TO the full
| committeesat 10 o'clock tomorrow.
The protracted sitting, beginning with
the hearing OF the Worlds Fair and Nj
caragua Canal advocates, was under the
! Craftsmanship of Hon. &. II. Jones of st.
! Louis. He succeeded eX-Secretary of State
Bayard as presiding officer at the sug-
! gestion of Mr.. Bayard himself. 1t was
said that Mr.. Cleveland's eX-Postmaster-
! General, Dickinson of Michigan, had per-
! sonally recommended that Mr.. Jones be
thus honored, and this, with the fact that
| the MiSsourian was known to have given
! the subject of platform careful study,
made the propriety of his selection APP
! parent.
SILVER QUESTION.
| Interest centered chiefly in what would
| be done on silver. Mr.. Dickinson in
trusted 10 the Michigan representative
! plank which was understood to repre-
sent the most liberal ideas that could be
| subscribed to by the supporters of Mr..
| Cleveland. 1t favored q bimetallic stand
ard, and opposed any discrimination in
! favor of either metal, or placing any
! burden upon either. ltomitted the men,
| ton of free coinage. The silver caucus
men had three separate planks, varying
III their radical nature, of which they
| proposed to get into the platform the
strongest that the committee would
stand.
Chairman Jones' silver plank was said
TO be ingeniously contrived, a compro-
mise declaring in favor Of an honest
dollar, and conceded to the silver senti-
ment all that the Republicans Mime
apolis platform did. The plank was ex-
pressiyely summed up by Daniel of
Virginia as Shining in several direc-
| tions."
NICARAGUA CANAL PLANK.
The Nicaragua Canal Committee, con-
sisting of l.. Archer of California Chair
mani, George l.. Converse of Ohio, S. II.
! Hawkins of Georgia. e. f. Cragin of
Illinois and Henry b. Pierce of Indiana,
! appeared before the Committee on Reso-
/ lutions this evening and argued for the
adoption Of the following plank:
I'VE recognize the Monroe doctrine as
embracing the cardinal principles of the
Democratic party, and insist upon its
enforcement whenever circumstances
may require, and to the end for both de-
tense and commerce alike we demand
that the Nicaragua Canal be built with
/ American money and absolutely con-
trOlled by the United States. The COM
pletion of the work will be the greatest
achievement of the age, surprising in
! importance the SueZ Canal. We favor
such Governmental aid, surrounded by
every proper safeguard, as will secure the
! object and speedy completion Of the
work"
Judge Lawrence Arthur of California.
Chairman OF the Legislative Committee
| OF the recent Nicaragua National Conyen-
ton, made an invincible argument be-
| fore the Committee on Resolutions,
! 1--WE appear before you, gentlemen of the
| committee, in behalf OF the Nicaragua
Canal" said he, 1--WE, the committee ap-
| pointed by the convention held in st.
! Louis. The convention had representa-
tives from nearly all 4 States in the
Union. 1t was the deliberate opinion of
/ the convention that the project OF build
| ing the Nicaragua Canal was feasible at a
cost of less than $4,000 900. The opinion
was based upon surveys and experiments
made by competent engineers OF the
W
measure of defense in war, bring
! ing by deep water the Pacific Coast
SO near to the Gulf and Atlantic
| Coasts, aud regarded equally as
a matter of commerce. 1t is proper the
/ United States should give the project its
| aid and have governmental control Of il.
! Other capital will be used, and the con-
troll thereof may fall into the hands of
/ some other power, a thing to which the
| United States could not and would not
consent. y committee similar to this
/ was appointed to appear before the Ma
tionaI Republican Convention at Mime
apoliS. ThateOnvention inserted a reso-
! luton on the subject in its platform, and
we want 10 ask for something more and
better than that, and have, therefore,
Ventured to draw up and present to your
consideration the resolution which [ have
just submitted"
NATIONAL BANKING SYSTEM.
A number of resolutions on the tariff
and silver questions were introduced.
! Representative Bacon of New York
handed in one which was Endorsed by
/ the Democratic members OF the Commit
| tee on Banks and Banking OF the House
! of Representative 1t declared that the
national banking system under the ex-
listing laws, and partly by reason of the
diminished amount and increased price
| of national bonds, has become made
quate to the needs of the people, and
| pledging the Democratic party to such
| alteration of the laws relating to banking
as will afford all localities an opportunity
to supply themselves with adequate bank
ing facilities. and safe, elastic, and prop
erly distributed currency.
WORLDS FAIR.
The Worlds Fair was the subject of
! lively discussion before the committee
Several gentlemen prominently con-
lected with the exposition appeared be-
| fore the committee and argued extern
sively for the adoption OF plank in the
platform taYoring just recognition and
substantial appropriation for the Worlds
! Fair. Among those who spoke on the
subject were Hon. John z. AItgeld, DEM
! ocrat nominee for Governor OF Illinois;
Hon. Lyman j. Gage, eX-President of the
| Worlds Coluu1D ian EXpostion; Presi-
dent w. f. Baker OF the local directory;
/ Congressman \. G. Durborow, Chairman
OF the Worlds Columbian Exposition
! Committee of the National House of
many, Governor Flower of New York
who has been in the past somewhat op-
posed to the project.
PLATFORM PREPARED.
immediately after the hearings Chair
man Jones presented platform prepared
in detail for the consideration of the COM
mittee, and it seemed to meet the ap-
| proval of the committee.
The preamble arraigns the Republican
/ party for the Capitalization of the gov
erning power in the hands of a favored
! few, ana denOunces the force bill as a
means by which it is sought to maintain
! the Republican party III power by the
suppression of the free and honest will OF
| the people as expressed at the ballot-box.
I'VE favor reform of the tariff says
the platform, land a reduction OF the i'm
port duties to a revenue basis, with pro-
lection only to such industries as require