The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-05-18


Convention to Kansas City-Two Reports
From the Committee on Resolutions,
Demand Made to Place Silver ON Equal
ity With Gold.
KANSAS CITY, May 16. = Governor
Stone unqualifedly launched the presi-
Dental boom for Silver Dick Bland in
the Missouri state Democratic eonven-
ton here Tuesday. The temporary chair
| man, j. NJ. D. Trinble after long con-
| tinued row in the committee on resolu-
/ items sought to make matters smooth in
his opening speech to the convention by
declaring that state conventions did not
meet to decide national issues nor to
nominate presidential candidate, nor
to create a presidential possibility.
| When Governor Stone, who was made
permanent chairman, arose to make his
talk about the first thing he uttered was
denial of Trimble's propositions. State
conventions, he declared, express the
thought of the people OF the state which
was crystalized at national conventions.
He was sorry that rumor made him q
candidate for United States senator, a
position he did not seek. When he re-
tired from the governorship. he said en-
! phaticaliy, it would be to return to
private life.
Starts BANDS Presidential Boom.
But regarding the report which con-
nected Congressman Bland with the
presidential campaign of 1896 he wished
to say that the people could otnominate
more Conscientious, faithful and de-
voted servant. No better man had ever
been elected to public office. He was
worthy of the highest confidence. And
| if the speaker ever had an opportunity
he would gladly support him, as he
would any other honest repres 3ntative
western DeInocra for that high office.
The convention had scar :ely assembled
for its afternoon session when there was
loud calls for BLAND" from all parts of
the house. The delegates could net be
quieted until they were told MIR. Bland
was busy in the committee room and
| could not be seen then.
The persistent fight in the committee
on resolutions was over the adoption of
the silver plank. The members, were
willing to pass over the question of in
dorsing the Democratic national admin
istration, but Governor Stone and Con-
gresham Bland were fatfooted for
silver plank in the platform and no COM
promise. The governors remarks on
this subject before the convention indi-
Gated his side was in the minority in the
committee, as he told the convention for
them to say and not majority or a
minority Of the committee whether or
not they were favorable to bilnetallis1n.
''Rave you any opinion on this question:
the governor said, addressing the dele
gates.
Loud and repeated cries of eyes, was
the response.
''We want to demonstrate" said the
governor, ''that Wall street cannot cor
rupt, coerce nor debauch the Democracy
of Missouri"
Mayor Webster Davis, the Republican
executive of the city, made the welcona-
| ing address to the convention. He was
! loudly cheered at the close of his re-
marks.
Tarsney IsuIogized President Cleveland.
Responding to call during a lull in
| the proceedings, Congressman Hall took
the floor. He was in favor of free and
unlimited coinage of silver, but did not
believe it was the duty of the Missouri
; democracy to make an exposition of that
ieved. was the work of delegates, prop
! erly instructed by their constituents, to
the national convention. Congressman
Tarsney came next and confined himself
! to the tariff, incidentally eulogizing
President Cleveland, whom he called the
apostle of tariff reform, and giving Sen
ator Hill side thrust. ''There was
Valley Forge before Yorktown, he went
on, "a Bull Run before Appomattox.'
and then with measured emphasis,
''there was Benedict Arnold before
Gentleman of the convention, pardon if
legislative courtesy forbids me to carry
the parallel further" Fl re the conven-
ton shouted loudly and repeatedly,
! ''Hil1.'
Two Reports on Resolutions.
AS the committee on resolutions were
not ready to report the convention pro-
ceeded to the nominations, but before
these were complete the committee on
resolutions appeared, and We're ready to
report. Two reports were submitted
| The majority report denounces the
Mckinley act, favors the imposition of
an income tax as proposed in the Wilson
bill; indorses the action Of President
Cleveland and the Democratic congress
in the repeal of the infamous federal
election laws, and speaks as follows on
the silver question:
Whereas, The constitution of the Unit
ed States provides that congress shall
have power TO coin money, regulate the
value thereof and Of foreign coins, and
also provides that no state shall coin
money or make anything but gold and
silver coin, tender In payment of debts
Hence, we declareit TO be a duty enioined
upon congress by the constitution to coin
both gold and silver money for the use of
the people of the states; that congress- has
no rightful power to refuse the coinage of
ether metals
We therefore demand the free biIaetallic
coinage of both gold and silver aud the
restoration OF the bimetaiIic standard as
1t existed under cur laws for over 50 years
prior to the demonstration of the stand
ard silver dollar in 1873, and should it be-
come necessary in order to maintain the
two metals in circulation to readiust the
ratio it shall be determined whether gold
has risen or silver has fallen and whether
there should be change of the gold dol