Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-06-22

/ of the committee. Most or them reIerreu
| to the tariff and silver questions, the tarlli
! resolutions being Of "a decidedly radlcaI
| character. and declaring in substance Ior
/ tariff for revenue only. There were half
/ a dozen resolutions introduced on Tue
| finance question, those from the silver
states and some of the Southern states
/ being emphatic declarations for the Iree
/ and unlimited coinage Of silver out Inese
| from the Eastern states usually dlsposlng
| of the subject by demand Ior nOneoV
money"
! The following resolutions sent IN oy KEEP
resentative Bacon, of New YORK, Wnlcu
! has been endorsed by the Democratic IIiI IuelI
| hers of the Committee on Banks ana banA-
/ inc of the National House of Representa-
| tives, of which committee Mr.. Bacon Is
Chairman, was introduced ana
CANE UP FOR DISCUSSION
this evening. .,o+ tho
'ResolUed. That we recognize tnat Ine
National Ranking system under existing
laws. and partly by reason OF the diminish
ed amount and Increased price OF the oonuS
of the United States, has become lnaoe-
ouate to the needs of the people, ana we
pledge the Democratic party TO such
amendments and alteration OF the laws re-
lating to banking as will afford 10 an 10
calities the opportunity TO supply iiei Cneln-
selves with adequate banking lacinIIeS .
and a safe, elastic and properly olstr4ouVeu
currency" T.
THE committee met again at 9 p. m 1t
was nearing midnight before they adjourn
ed and then their labOrs were far from COM
plete. A draft of the platform submitted
bv Hon. G. H. Jones, of St Louis, nad
twice been taken up section oy section IN
Committee of the Whole, and amendments
and substitutes for the different parts had
been piled up till the council table around
which sat the members was heaped q 1oot
high with manuscript. Halt IN despair,
the committee resigned to a subcommittee
the task of bringing order out of chaos.
This subcommittee was made up as foI-
lows
Jones. of Missouri; Villas, of Wisconsin;
Daniels of Virginia; Thompson, OF Cali
fornia; Russell of Massachusetts,; Patter-
son, of Colorado; Bayard, of Delaware;
Mcpherson, of New Jersey, and Sewel, OF
Maine. The subcommittee was instructed
to report the result Of their midnight la
bors 10 the full committee at 10 O'CLOCK TO-
morrow. The prOtracted sitting began
with the hearing of the Worlds Fair dele.
cation and followed by the advocates of
Nicaragua canal was under the chairman
ship of Hon. T.. H. Jones, of st. Louis.
Interest centred chiefly in what would be
done as to silver. Don Dickinson was
active in the direction, and intrusted to
the Michigan representative on the com
mittee a plank which was understood 10
represent the most liberal ideas that would
be prescribed 10 the Cleveland supporters
1t favored a bi-metalGc stand and opposed
any discrimination in favor OF o.Unur
metal, or the placing of any burden upon
either
The plank omitted any mention Of free
coinage. The silver men had three separate
planks varying in their radical nature, OF
which they proposed to get into the plat
form the strongest the committee
would stand. One was a free coin
age plank out and out OF this the
Westerners had little hope. The other
two were substantially the same, but one
was more conservatively worded than the
other They condemned the demonetiza-
ton OF silver and advocated the restoration
of the metal to the place it once occupied.
Immediately after the conclusion Of the
hearings Chairman Jones presented plat
form prepared in detail for the considera-
ton of the committee. 1t was read to the
members and i'll the main seemed to meet
the approval of the committee. The pre-
amble of this platform against the Repuo-
licau party for its tendency to the centraE-
zatiOn Of the governing power In the
hands of the Qfavored and few
which il is sought to maintain the Repub-
lican party in power by the suppression of
the free and honest will Of the people as
expressed at the ballot box. We favor
reform of the tariff, says the platform,
land a reduction Of the import duties with
protection only to such industries as re-
quire it for the protection OF American
workingmen"
On the financial and other important
questions, the platform says: 1--WE de-
nounce the Sherman law of 1890 and de-
mand its unconditional repeal; and we
favor the free coinage Of both gold and sill
yer on a such a basis as will maintain the
two metals on a parity with each other.
We denOunce all trusts and combinations.
We congratulate the Democratic par
w for that modern more effi-
cient navy which had its birth
under the last Democratic administration,
and we favor all appropriations necessary
for the reasonable increase and proper
maintenance of this navy, and for the pro-
lection Of our seaboards. We denounce
that the policy of the Republican party.
which by oppressive legislation has result
ed in the gradual impoveriShment OF the
farmer. and we arraign the Republican
party as an enemy to the agricultural
classes and as the foe Of organized labor"
1--WE reafiirm the old time Democratic
doctrine or reClprOCal Jraue feIdulOuS WIN
foreign powers aud denounce the recip-
rocity pretensions Of the Republican party
as a subterfuge designed TO mislead and
deceive.
The platform also denounces the 'iingon
policyof the Republican party and declared
the present administration, in its foreign
relation, TO be an oppressOr Of the weak
and trucker TO the powerful.
We command the common school system
which had its birth under the Demo
cratic administration, and has stood the
test of many years of practical operation,
and declare in favor of freedom Of edu-
cation and for that right Of the parent to
control the teaching of his child which is
necessary to maintain civil and religious
liberty.
We declare in favor of all citizens to pro-
lection under the laws from violent pun
ishment for crimes charged.
The platform of Chairman Jones and the
other popular resolutions were referred to
the subcommittee of nine, with instruc-
tions to revise and report for approval to
the main committee at 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning.
RICHARD CROKER