The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-20

enumerated as the result of the Mckinley
TO be revivipg.
Eve dissent" says one plank, from the
presidents views of the construction and
treatment of the silver question, and
therefore believe that silver Should be re-
| stored to a position occupied as money,
prior to its decentralization oy the Repao-
lican party, and to that end We favor IN
| linn tied coinage of silver at the legal ratio
! of l6 to 1, aud with equal legal tender
power
The platform denounces Governor Nc
kinley's administration and A 2. A.
FAVOR POPULAR VOTE FOR SENATOR.
The plank indorsing President Cleve-
lands administration and declaring for
free silver was loudly cbeered. When the
applause had subsidized Hon. Tom johnson
! submitted the following minority report
sigEed by six members of the COMMITTEES:
1--WE favor the election of United States
senators by direct vote of the people and
for the purpose of practically effecting that
end we hereby direct the Democratic state
central committee in issuing the call for
the state convention for the nomination of
state officers in the year 1885, To include
therein the announcement that a candidate
for United States senator will be named
by said convention, vino shall receive the
support of the Democratic members of the
legislature thereafter to De elected
As this resolution had been discussed
and defeated in the meeting of the COM
mittee Oh resolutions as an anti-Brice
measure, there was a considerable demon
stration amoug the Brlce men wnen it
was read in the convention. Mr. johnson
spoke briefly on the minority. He said
the election of senators by direct vote
would bring them closer to the people, aud
cited the case of Senator Palmer. who was
the first Democratic senator elected in
that state since the war. John j. Clark of
Mahoning county, secured the floor as soon
MS the applause following Johnson's speech
had subsidized and threw the convention
into an uproar by stating that worth and
ability were no longer required in the
selection of United States senator's but
main consideration was the length of the
purse. Mingled Kisses and applause
almost drowned the speakers voice, out at
Intervals his voice rang out clear and de-
cisive An effort TO declare him out of
order was ruled out by Chairman Hurd.
WANTED TO PUT IT OFF A YEAR.
Hon. Jesse Lewis of Urbana wan led the
convention to defer the question of the
tor one year, which WAS met with cries of
''No!" General Finley spoke in the IN
terest of harmony.
Cries for johnson brought the free
trader to his feet again, and he SAID he did
not believe that Brice bought his seat in
the senate and he did not believe there
was any occasion for the ill-feeling that
seemed to exist. Mr.. Seward came to
the front with an amendment to take the
sting out of the minority report. This
proposed to strike out all which followed
the simple declaration of electing senators
by direct vote of the people. The amend
ment was strongly opposed but was
aHn tad ht,o 81 VI,
GRITTY report was then made "A part of the
majority report. The free silver
plank was also the source of contention
Seven mem ers OF the committe on reso-
Iutlons, among them Tom l.. johnson,
Virgin 2. Kline, Frank Hurd, and Con-
gresham Pearson, submitted the follow
ing minority report.
OPPOSE FREE COINAGE
1--WE believe in honest money the coinage
iof gold and silver. and circulating med
I'm convertible into such money with
out loss. We are opposed to free. unlim-
tied and Independent coinage of silver at
the present ratio of 16 to l. We favor the
coinage of silver under such legislative re-
strictions as will maintain the circulation
of both gold and silver on parity and we
affirm the doctrine of the national Demo
cratic platform of 1892 on the subject of
currency and money"
AS tne Tree silver question was switched
into the discussion on tine senatorial mat
ter, there WAS little discussion of it, the
minority report being defeated by vote
Of 46S to 3l9. The platform as amended
was then adopted.
The following ticket was nominated:
Secretary of state, Milton Turner of
Guernsey; judge of the supreme court.
James D. Crimson of Hamilton; member
of the board of public works. Harry B.
n ST tn
of common schools. DIR. j. A. Leech of
Franklin.
A state central committe was elected
and an executive committee was selected
with Allen W. Thurman as chairman
Senator Brice left for the east tonight.