Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-09-20

treatment OF tno SllNOA 9uSSsiSA
therefore, believe that silver should DC
restored to the position il occupied as
| money prior to It's demonstration oy
the Republican party, and to that end
we favor the unlimited free coinage OF
silver at the legal ratio OF sixteen to
one and with equal legal tender power.
The platform deOounces the last Cen
eral Assembly Of Ohio, Governor Nc
| Kinley's administration and the Amerl-
| can Protective Association. 1t fsvors
| liberal pensions, corrupt practices
law, limiting amount Of money to be ex-
! pended by candidates aud = law prohlo-
! iting free passes on railroads.
The planks endorsing President Cleve-
lands administration and declaring for
| free silver, were each loudly cheered.
! When the applause had subsidea, Hon.
| Tom johnson submitted the following
minority report, signed by six members
Of the committee:
eve favor the election Of United
| States Senators by direct vote OF the
/ people. and for the purpose OF practl-
callv effecting that end we hereby d.
rect that the Democratic State Central
| Committee in issuing the call for the
/ State convention for the nomination OF
J State officers for the year 1895, inciuda
| therein the announcement that a candl-
date 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 Committee on Reso-
/ lutiOns, as an anti-Brice resolution,
/ there was considerable demonstration
I among the Brice men when 1t was read
/ in the convention. Mr.. johnson spoke
| briefly upon the minority report, he
said the election Of Senators by direct
vote would bring them closer TO the
/ people and cited the case Of Senator
/ Palmer, OF Illinois, who was the hrst
| Democratic Senator elected in that State
/ since the war.
Hon. Jesse Lewis, of Urbans, asked
/ the convention TO defer the question of
/ electing United States Senators by the
/ vote OF the people for one year, which
was met with cries Of mo" mo.
General Finley spoke in the interests OF
harmony. Cries for Johnson brought
/ the free trade Congressman again to the
| front and be said be did not believe that
| Brice had bought his seat in the Senate
| and he did not believe there was any oc-
casion for the III feeling which seemed
TO exist.
Hon. Virgil P. Kline, of Cleveland,
thought the people should be a little
nearer to the Senate, and there was
nothing to prevent the people making
their wants known to the representa-
tives.
James P. Seward came to the front
with an amendment to take the sting
out Of the minority report. This pro-
posed to strike out all which followed
the simple declaration in favor
| OF electlng United States Senators
/ by direct vote. The amendment was
strongly opposed but it was adopted by
a vote of 467 TO 32S The minority re-
| port was then made part OF the ma
/ jOrity report. The free silver plank
was also the source OF contention. Sev+
/ en- members OF the committee on reSo-
! lutiOns, among them Tom l.. Johnson,
| Virgil P. Kline, Frank Hurd and Con-
| gresham Pearson, submitted the fol-
/ lowing minority report:
1--WE believe in honest money, the
coinage of gold aud silver and circulat-
ing medium convertible into such money
without loss. We are opposed 10 free,
unlimited and independent coinage OF
silver st the present ratio Of l6 to l.
I We favor the coinage of silver under
such legislative restrictions as will
maintain the circulation Of both gold
and silver on a parity, and we reafiirm
| the doctrine OF the National Democratic
| platform of 1892 upon the subject Of
| currency and mOnev."
! AS the free silver question was
/ switched into the discussion Of the Sena-
/ tOrlal matter there was little discussion
| on il, the minority report being defeat
\ ed 0y vote of 46S 10 $40. The plat
| form as amended was then adopted.
The followi0g ticket was nominated.
Secretary Of State, Miller Turner, OF
/ Guernsey.
Sudge Of the Supreme Court, James
| ID. ErmstOn, Of Hamilton.
| Member Of the Board OF Public
/ Works, Harry b. Keffsr, Of Tuscarawas.
/ State Commissioner Of Common
/ Schools, DR.. j. a. Leech, Of Franklin.
Senator Brice left for the east to-
night