Morning journal and courier., 1894-05-17
THE MISSOURI DEMOCRATS.

THE MISSOURI DEMOCRATS. Their Platform Denounces the Mc-
 Kinley Act-Free Bimetallic Coinage
 of Gold and Silver is Demanded-An
 Income Tax is Favored.
 KANSAS C1rY Mo May 16.-It was after midnight this morning when the commit tee on resolutions at the democratic state convention submitted their reports. The main points of the report of the majority of the committee was as follows:
 We denource the Mckinley act as the eliminating outrage of tariff, and we equally disapprove of the action of the democratic senators and representatives in congress who oppose or delay, directly or indirectly, under any pretsxt, the passage of bill decreasing the import duties inn posed by that law. We favor the imposi- ton of an income tax as proposed in the Wilson bill, not, as is falsely asserted by its opponents, for the purpose of dis eliminating against the wealth of any section, but because every citizen should be taxed in proportion tn the benefits he receives from the protection of the proper ty by the government, and no tax can be SO just as that which is collected, not on consumption or uuproductive property, but from the profits or incomes which rs. ally represent the benefits received by the citizens from just and equal laws. We de- nounce as un-Americsn and un democratic the system of taxation on consumption only now advocated by republicans and pretended democrats under which the poor pay the same or greater taxes than the rich.
 | 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 provides that no state shall coin money or make anything but gold and silver coin 8 | tender in payment of debts. Hence we de- clare 1t to be. a duty epjoined upon congress by the constitution to coin both gold and silver money for the use of the people of the state; that the congress had no rightful power to refuse the coinage of silver metal We therefore demand the free bimetallic coinage of both gold and silver and the restoration of the bimetallio standard az it existed under our laws for over eighty ! years prior to the demonstration of the standard silver dollar in 1873, and should 1t become necessary, in order to main tain the two metals in circulation, to re. djust the ratio, 1t should be determined whether gold has risen or silver has fall. en, and whether there should be e change of the gold dollar or of the silver dollar, or of both, to the end that whsteye, or and debtor shall be preserved alike having in view tho demands of the people for an adequate circulating medium. Ws declare that we are not in favor of gold | monometalliem or eilver monometallism
 but both should be coined at such a ratio ! as will maintain the two metals fin circula
 ton. We insist upon the democratic doc Urine of Jackson and Benton; that al
 money issued by the authority of congress
 shall be issued and its value maintained b,
 the government; that we are opposed t.
 farming out to national banks the right t,
 issue circulating notes; that we are opposed
 to any further increaee of the interest bear 1 ing debt of the government.
 We commend the patriotism, integrity , ability and courage of Grover Cleveland and applaud his action in promptly ap rl proving the repeal of the federal election law; his earnest efforts in behalf of tarii l; reform. the purity, economy and vigor Q , his administration. The following is the report of the mino,
 ity members, Graham, Frost, David E
 Francis and E. Q. Kehr, all of St. Louil
 which is 6 substitute for the coinss
 plank:
 We hereby reafirm the declaration (
 democratic principles placed before tt
 country by the last democratic nation' . convention assembled at Chicago on Jur
 g, 1892.
 After the minority report was presente
 Hon. Richard Blapd made . short spaecl
 He pleaded for the adoption of 16 to
 ratio and against any compromiae. He VI
 followed by ex Governor Francis, who pr tested against the adoptionof a-dsclaratic
 in favor of coinage at ratio of 16 to 1.
 On roll call the majority report VI
 adopted by vote of 423 to 10s. The co
 vention then gave rousing cheers al
 Bland was overwhelmed by congratul tions.