The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-20

law one of the most important statutes
enacted since the war. He predicted
higher prices for domestic wool to the
farmer and cheaper goods to the consumer.
In this way wool is destined to be the
great educator OF the people on the tariff
question. Very soon they will demand
that other articles of foreign trade, so far
as IL is practicable, shall be brought in.
Coming to the division in the party on the
tariff question. Mr.. Hurd said:
First and foremost | give credit to
Grover Cleveland and Carlisle. Free wool
is worth more to tariff reform than all the
other provisions of the law put together.
To their credit, be it said, the Ohio Demo-
cratic members in the house stood firm.
every man voting for free wool, when by
one word they could have defeated free
wool. More credit is due to Senator Brice
than 10 any other influence or TO all other
influences combined"
Mr.. Hurd counselled harmony and a
further effort to agree, and continued:
1.-THE different schedules will require
further adjustment in the interest of free
trade. The Chicago platform declares
that protection is unconstitutional and
robbery. If that declaration be true. our
mission canno. be ended while protective
statute remains"
SAOscu by nc Was W
posed TO the A. p. A.. because it was a
secret political society. and such societies
organized on religious lines are unconsti-
tutional organizations, vioiative of the
fundamental law both of the United
States and of this state. The
A. 2. A. gave Gov. Mckinley has
majority OF $1,000, and the large Repub-
iican majority in Maine. We must make
it plain that no man can be Democrat
and an A. z. A."
These nominations were made: For sec
rotary OF state, Milton Turner. aone-armed
soldier; judge of the supreme court, James
ID. Ermiston; member of the board Of
public works. Harry b. Keefer; state COM
missioner of common schools. DR.. J. a.
Leech.
The platform as reported praises the
efficient economical and honest admin
istration of President Cleveland; declares
protection fraud, and fayors such further
reduction of the tariff as can be made to
the end that purely protective duties shall
be abolished. Business failures, strikes,
low wages and low prices OF farm products
are enumerated as result OF the Nc
kinley law
Eve dissent" says one of the planks,
IRON the presidents view OF the eonsiruc-
ton and treatment Of the silver question.
and behave that silver should be restored
to the position II occupied as money prior
10 rs characterization BY the Republican
party, and TO that end We favor the unlim-
tied coinage of silver st the legal rate of
Is 10 /. and with equal legal tender power"
The platform denounees the American
Protective Association; iayors liberal PEN
sions, corrupt practice law limiting the
amount o! money 10 be expended by can
didstes, and a law prohibiting free passes
OIL railroads.
minority OF the COMMITTEES on plat
form reported IN favor OF adding to that
document proposal 70 elect United
States senators By direct vote of the peo-
pie +. NJ. German. Tom Johnson, v. +.
King, a. l. Pearson. ]. Tyler. Frank
Hurd and John II. Clark, of the commit
tee ca platform. offered another minority
report, 60 the effect that the Democrats Of
OHIO favored honest money. the coinage Of
gold and silver which shall be intereon-
veTtioie without loss, and opposed the
proposed coin age of these metals At Is % l.
A dramatic scene occurred during the
discussion On the proposition 10 elect
senators By balios- John III. Clark, Of
MAhoning, declared in bitter terms that
the senate was = miilsona4res' clan. and
the convention appssnaed loudly. Mr..
bFies sat apon the platform, looking as
pale IS marble. When Clark sat down
Tom Johnson said he did not believe that
brioe bought bis way into the senate. This
made the matter somewhat personal and
great confusion followed.
An antl-free silvS proposition was de-
'ssfs1 BY yots OF -. 10 SIG.
The convention. By a vote of 46S to s2Ss,
csc-ared IN favor OF the election Of United
States senators by direct vcte OF the
people.
The nsysuent 10 esRsurs Brice vas en-