The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-09-20

lection is uncon stitutional and robbery.
If that declaration be true our mission
cannot be ended while protective statute
remains"
Mr.. Hurd closed BY saying that he was
opposed to the American Protective As
ISOLATION. because il was a secret political
society, and such societies organized on
religious lines were unconstitutional or
CARNATIONS, violative of the fundamental
law both OF the United States and of this
State. The American Protective Asso-
citation gave Governor Mckinley his ma
jorily of 1000 and the large Republican
majority in Maine. 1t must be made plain
that no man can be Democrat and an
a. p. a.
The committee on rules and order of
business reported in favor of ive-minute
speeches and the reference of all resolu-
tions to the committee withou ut reading or
debate. Judge Tarbell of Brown County
and others characterized this as a gag rule.
but no attempt was made to change or
modify it and the report was adopted.
After the report of the committee on
permanent organization had been adopted,
making the temporary organization per-
mauent, General z. 2. Finley, chairman
of the committee on resolutions, read its
report:
The platform praises the efficient.
economical and honest administration of
President Cleveland; declares protection
fraud and favor5 such further reduction
OF the tariff as can be made, 10 the end
that purely protective duties be abolished.
Business failures, strikes. low wages and
low prices Tor farm products are enumer-
ated as the result of the Mckinley law.
I'VE dissent" says one plank, from the
Presidents view Of the construction and
treatment Of the silver question, and be-
lieVe silver should be restored to the posi-
ton il occupied as money prior to its
characterization by the Republican party.
and to that end we favor unlimited coin
age of silver at the legal ratio OF 10 to l.
and with equal legal tender power"
The platform denounces the American
Protective Association. II favors liberal
pensions, the corrupt" practice law, lin
ting the amount of money to be expended
by candidates. and the law prohibiting
free passes on railroads.
The FLANK indOrsing President Cleve-
lands administration and declaring for
free silver was loudly applauded When
the applause had subsidized Hon. Thomas
johnson submitted the following minority
report signed by six members Of the com
mittee:
''We favor the election of United States
Senators by the direct vote of the people
and for the purpose of practically effect
ing that end we hereby direct the Demo-
cratic State Central Committee, in issuing
the call for the State convention for the
nomination of State officers in the year
1895, to include therein the announcement
that a candida te for United States Senator
will be named by said convention, who
shall receive the support of the Democratic
members of the Legislature thereafter 10
be elected"
As this resolution had been discussed
and defeated in the meeting of the COM
mittee on resolutions as an anti-Brice
measure there was considerable demon
stration among the Brice men when il
was read in the convention. johnson
spoke briefly upon the minority report He
said the election of Senators by direct vote
was bringing them closer TO the people.
and cited the case of Senator Palmer of
Illinois. who was the first Democratic
Senator elected in that State since the
war.
j. j. Clark of Mahoning County secured
the floor as soon as the applause following
Johnson's speech had subsidized and threw
the convention into An uproar by stating
that worth and ability were no longer re-
quired in the selection of United States Sem
ators, but the main con sideration was the
length Of the purse. Mingled Kisses and
applause almost drowned the speakers
voice, but at intervals his voice rang out
clear and decisive. and while he spoke the
face of Senator Brice was white as marble
An effort to declare him out of order was
ruled out By Chairman Hurd.
Hon. Jesse Lewis of Uurbana wanted
the conven ton to defer the question of the
election of Senators by the direct vote of
the people for one year which was met by
the cries of mo"
Gen eral Finley spoke in the interest of
ha rmony. The cries for johnson brought
the free-trader again to the front and be
said he did not believe Brice had bought
his seat in the Senate and he did not be-
lieve there was any occasion for the i'll
feeling which seemed to exist.
James p. Seward came forward with
an amendment TO take the sting out of the
minority report. 1t proposed TO strike
out all that followed the simple declara-
ton of electing Senators by direct vote
of the people. The amendment was
sIIOUSB OppOseu DuL WAS adopted Dy
vote of 467 to 228. The minority report
was then made part of the majority Ie-
port.
The free-slvsr plank was also source
OF contention. Seven mem bers of the CON-
mittee on resolutions, among them Tom
Johnson, Virgil P. Kline. Frank Hurd and
Congressman Pearson. submitted the fol-
lowing report:
We believe in honest money. the coin
age of gold and silver and circulating
medium convertible into such money with
out loss. We are opposed to the free, I'M
limited and independent coinage of silver
at the present ratio of 16 to /. We favor
the coinage of silver under such legislative
restrictions as will maintain the circula-
ton of both gold and silver on parity and
we reaffirm the doctrine of the national
Democratic platform of 1892 upon the sub
ject of currency and money"
AS the free-silver question was switched
into the discussion on the Senatorial mat
ter there was little discussion on it, the
minority report being defeated by vote
of 468 to 319. The platform as amended
was then adopted. The following ticket
was dominated:
Secretary of State, Milton Turner of
Guernsey.
Judge of the Supreme Court, James d.
Er,nicfopn Of HopiIton