The morning call., 1892-06-22
BUILDING THE PLATFORM
A Change Demanded in the National Banking
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Change Demanded IN the National Banking
System.
CHICAGO, June 21.-It was near midnight
before the platform committee adjourned,
and then their labOrs were far from cOm-
pete The draft of a platform submitted
by c. II. Jones of st. Louis had twice been
taken up and considered, with amendments
and substitutes innumerabie, and finally
the committee resigned the matter TO sub
committee Of nine, consisting OF Jones OF
Missouri, Villas of Wisconsin, Daniel of
Virginia, Thompson of California, Russell
Of Massachusetts, Patterson of Colorado,
Bayard of Delaware, Mcpherson of New
Jersey and Sewell OF Maine.
The subcommittee was instructed to re-
port the result of its iabors to the full COM
mittee at 10 o'clock tomorrow.
The protracted sitting, beginning with
the hearing OF the Worlds Fair and Mica
Tagua canal advocates, was under the chair
manship Of Hon. c. II. Jones Of St. Louis.
He succeeded ex-Secretary of State Bayard
as presiding officer at the suggestion of Mr..
Bayard himself. 1t was said that Mr..
Cleveland'S ex-POstmaster, General Dickin-
son of Michigan, had personally recon-
mended that Mr.. Jones be thus honored.
And this, with the fact that the MissOuriau
was known to have given the subject careful
study, made the prOpriety of his selection
apparent Interest centeTed chiefly in
what was to be done on silver.
Don Dickinson intrusted to the Michi-
gan representative a plank which was
understood to represent the most liberal
ideas that would be subscribed to by the
supporters of Mr. Cleveland. 1t favored
bimetallic standard and opposed any dis
elimination in favor of either metal or the
placing of any burden upon either. It
omitted all mention of free coinage. The
silver caucus men bad three separate
planks, varying In 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 an iDgeniously con-
trved compromise declaring in favor Of an
honest dollar, and conceded to the silver
sentiment all that the Republicans Minnea-
polls platform did. The plank was express
sively summed up by Daniel of Virginia as
Shining in several directions" number
of resolutions on the tariff and silver ques-
tions were introduced.
Representative Bacon Of New York
handed in one which had been indorsed by
the Democratic members OF the Committee
on Banks and Banking of the House Of Rep
resentatiyes. 1t declared that the national
banking system, under existing laws and
partly by reason Of the diminished amount
and increased price Of national funds, had
become inadequate 10 the needs of the peo-
pie, and pledgiDg the Democratic party TO
such alteration Of the laws relating to bank
Ing as will afford all localities an opportu-
nifty to supply themselves with adequate
banking facilities, and safe, elastic and
properly distributed currency.
The woman suffragists, represented by
Susan B. Anthony. Rev. Olympia Brown
and others, were given a hearing, and the
addresses and memorials, which were ig-
nored by the platform committee of the Re-
publican Convention, were presented.
Messrs. Downing of New York aud
Christian Of Pennsylvania, two prominent
solored men, pleaded for plank disapproY-
ing mob law.
Mississippi River improvements had strong
supporters, who urged the adoption of a
plank which is, in great measure, a reaf-
frmaton of the plank in the Democratic
platform of 1884.
Anti-conYict labor and anti-imported labor
planks were also placed before the committee
On the call of the members for sugges-
tions various additional resolutions were
introduced.
Ore of these demands the repeal of the 10
per cent tax on State banks in order that
those institutions might compete with
national banks.
Another disposes of the Yexed question
of liquor legislation as follows we de-
nounce the resort 10 unconstitutional laws +.
in several OF the States for the purpose OF
suppressing evils by interfering with rights
of the people, which they have not surren-
dered to either the State or National Gov
ernment"
The following resolution presented by a
committee Of cOlored men is likely to be
one of those reported by the committee, as
its adoption is generally favored by the
Southern members: 1--WE declare In favor
of equal rights for all citizens to protec-
ton under the laws from violent punishment
for crimes charged" Half dozen Worlds
Fair planks were introduced in addition to
the one presented by the Worlds Fair dele
gation.
Hatch's anti-opton bill was approved
and It's passage urged in a resolution pre-
sented by Garard of Georgia, and another
Southern member threw out a flag of truce
to the Peoples party by eongratuating the
Farmers Alliance and farmers organlZa-
tiOns generally for victorious assaults in
several States upon the Republican party.
Fielder OF New Mexico presented the fcl-
lowing resolution on the financial question,
and it was referred to the subcommittee
with instructions to consider it, together
with the one contained in Chairman Jones'
platform and the resolution presented
by the silver States: I'VE believe
gold and silver to be the metal money OF
the constitution, and denounce the demone-
tization of silver by the Republican party,
and demand the re-enactment of the laws
which maintained the parity of gold and
silver at our mints for so years" Tie
platform of Chairman Jones, as approved
by the committee, and the above additional
resolutions, which were received with
favor. were referred to the subcommittee
of nine, with instructions to revise and re-
port for approval to the whole committee.