Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-05-24

FeHtioil, the auoptiOA Oi u piatioTIn
which for weeks has held the public
attention, was decided at 12:3(
io'clock this afternoon. Congress
man Bland won a victory in tina
| his majority report of the committed
on resolutions was adopted by the
convention by large majority,
1t was really not the kind of s
platform which Bland come on from
Washington to have adopted. The
victory won was barren of results
save on silver. Bland was not in.
dorsed for President in 1896, mol
was Stone given any sort of a boom
for any office. The speech of the
| governor yesterday afternoon in ac.
cepting the permanent chairman
ship of the convention placed him
out of the race.
1t may be years before such an
other struggle between the acknowl-
edged leaders of the party may be
witnessed by the rank ard file. 1t
is an occasion beyond the ordinary
where Francis, Bland, Stone, Hail,
Salmon, Benton and others knuckle
down to hard work which they have
been doing for the last three days.
All the skill which years of political
training have given them was exer-
cised in the game where the stakes
were prospective political honor and
preferment. The pace was warm
one, the contest bitter, but the end
was reached without loss of friendly
feeling on the part of contestants.
1t was an overwhelming victory
for silver. The majority (Bland)
report was adopted by vote of 425
| to 1O9. No ratio was mentioned.
| F1NkS THE WINNER.
! KANSAS CITY, May 16.-On the
sixth ballot, which was finished at
5:45 o'clock, Joseph H. FInks was
nominated for railroad commissioner
by a small majority over Hennessy.
Finks was nominated on the sixth
ballot by the following vote: Hen
messy 2131a, Bell 20, Flnks 2914
The nomination was made unani.
nous.
| Mr.. Finks is a banker of Charlton
county, and was an applicant for
collector of internal revenues. He
had the support of Senator Vest and
the larger part of the congressional
delegation, but the Missouri repre-
sentatives were turned down by
the President, and the plum went
to Web Withers.
THE PLATFORM.
The majority, or Bland report, Of
the Committee on Resolutions, as
adopted, is as follows:
| l. We, the Democracy Of the state
of Missouri in convention assembled,
hereby reaffirm our faith in and adj
herence to the time honored prin-
ciples of our party as set forth in its
state and national platforms of the
past, and express our conviction
that the prosperity of the people
and the perpetuity of representative
government depend upon their con-
tinued supremacy.
Inspired by these principles, we
declare in favor of equal rights to
all and special privileges to none,
local self government, the highest
possible degree of personal liberty
consistent with public good and a
strict construction of the federal
constitution.
TAXATION.
2. We especially reaffirm our devo-
ton to the cardinal Democratic doc
trine of absolute equality among all
citizens and sections in bearing the
burdens and enjoying the benefits OF
government; and we denounce all
Legislation as unjust and undemo
cratic which has the effect of Great
ing partnerships between the gov.
Iernment and private interests at the
lexpense of the great body of ou1
fpeople, and we again assert, as il
l1s92, that 1.-The federal government
shas no constitutional power to inn
pose and collect tariff duties excep
for the purpose of revenue only, ant
we demand that the collection O
! such duties shall be limited to tn,
necessities of the government hon
estly and economically admins
tered -
We denounce the Mckinley act a
the culminative outrage of tarif
, taxation, and we unequivocally dis
approve of the action of every Dem
ocratic senator and representative
in congress who opposes or delays
directly or indirectly, under an,
pretext, the passage of a bill de
creasing the import duties imposes
by that law.
I We favor the imposition of an in
come tax as proposed in the Wilson
bill. not as is falsely asserted by it
opponents, for the purpose of dis
{ terminating against the wealth 0
Iany section, but because every cit
zen should be taxed in proportion
to the benefits he receives from
the protection to his property b.
the government, and NO tax can b
= so just as that which is collected, nc
on consumption or unproductiv
property, but from the profits of in