Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-05-17

and minority reports and that the
platform or resolutions Mr.. Bland
will favor were drafted before he was
appointed.
The Ninth District-State COM
mitteeman, S. B. Cook, Mexico;
committee on resolutions, T. F. Nc
Dearmond, st. Charles county.
PERMANENT OFFICERS.
The committee recommended
Governor w. J. Stone for permanent
chairman, Charles Green for seere-
tary and jeff Pollard of st. Louis
and Dave w. Wallace of Kansas
City and J. K. Pool of Centralia as
assistants, and S. S. Bass of st.
Louis for reading clerk.
CHEERS FOR FRANCIS.
When the name of David r. Fran
els was read as the member of the
committee on resolutions from the
Eleventh district there was an ova-
ton of cheers and hand clapping,
which proved that both Francis and
the administration have many
friends in the convention.
FRANCIS AND BLAND.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May 15.-
x-Governor David r. Francis and
Congressman Richard P. Bland are
the central figures in the gathering
of Democratic leaders in attendance
upon the State Convention. Bland
is here to force through a resolution
declaring for the coinage of silver at
a ratio of 16 to l, and Francis has
accepted the challenge and is urging
delegates to "make your plank sus-
tanning the integrity of the white
metal as strong as you please, but
don't let us attempt to put the Mis-
souri, Democracy in advance of the
party and against the National Ad-
ministration by insisting that we
are for immediate, free and unlimit-
ed coinage at ratio of 16 to l."
MINORITY REPORT ON RESOLUTIONS,
A minority report was presented
from the committee on resolutions
by r. Graham Frost, of st. Louis.
1t moved to strike out all parts oil
the platform presented by the ma
jority relating to silver and to sub
stitute therefor an endorsement OF
the Chicago platform of 1892. Mr..
Frost spoke in favor of the minority
report. 1t was 12 :O5 a. m. when
Congressman Bland took the stand.
He made strong speech in favor OF
the majority report and was given an
ovation by the convention.
BLAND FOR CHAIRMAN.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May 15.-
The committee on Platform of the
Missouri State Convention met to-
day and chose Mr.. Bland for chair
man by majority of one over Mr..
E. M. Harber of Grundy. AT a late
hour tonight the platform was re-
ported. The coinage plank reads as
follows:
"Whereas, The Constitution of
the United States provides that
Congress shall have power to coin
money, regulate the value thereof
and of foreign coins, and also pro-
vides that no state shall coin money
or make anything but gold and sill
yer coin a tender in payment of
debts; hence we declare it to be a
duty enjoined upon Congress by the
Constitution to coin both gold and
silver money for the people OF the
States; that Congress has no right.
full power to refuse the coinage of
either metal.
"We therefore demand the free
bimetallic coinage Of both gold and
silver, and restoration Of the bime-
tallic standard as it existed under
our laws for over so years prior TO
the demonstration of the standard
silver dollars in 1878, and should it
become necessary, in order to nain-
tain the two metals in circulation, to
readiust the ratio, it should be de-
termined whether gold has risen or
silver has fallen, and whether there
should be a change of the gold dollar
or Of the silver dollar, or of both, to
the end that whatever ratio is adopt