The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-27

OMAHA. Sept. &c The Bryan free silve
faction had charge of the machinery OF tn
convention when it reconvened at s o'clocl
The credentials committee reported al
the contests in favor or Bryan, leaving the
administration anti-silverites a small mi
nority in the convention. scarcely 100 del
sgates w. D. Oldham of kearney, wa
made permanent chairman and announced
the convention ready for nominations
DIR. Edward of Lancaster, amid great dem
onstrations of enthusiasm, placed Con
gressman Bryan in nomination for United
States senator. He was chosen by accla
nation and replied in speech pledginG
himself 10 work for free silver and against
monopolies.
FUSION FIGHT POSTPONED.
After wrangling until midnight over the
question Of fusion, the matter was post
poned pending the report of the committee
bn platform. The minority report was
similar TO The majority with the exception
Of the clause relating to finances, which
declared for gold basis. IJ was wholly
ignored by the victorious silverites, how
sver, and the majority report carried with
rush. After renewing their allegiance
10 Jeffersonian principles. expressing the
belief that "a public office Is a public
trust" and that all men are created
equal, the income tax is endorsed,
election of United States senators
by the people advocated and
an amendment TO the constitution making
a president ineligible to reelection, the re-
port at length reviews the American Pro-
tective association question and denounces
that movement in severe terms, and con-
cludes with the following clause in favor
Of silver:
I'VE endorse the language used by Hon.
John q. Carlisle in 1873 when he de-
nounced the conspiracy to destroy silver
money as the most gigantic crime of this
or any other age and we agree with him
that the eonsummation of such scheme
would ultimately entail more misery upon
the human race than all the wars, pesti-
iepces and famines that ever occurred in
the history of the world
1--WE are not willing TO be parties to such
a crime, and in order to undo the wrong
already done, and TO prevent the further
appreciation of money, we favor the i'm
mediate restoration of the free and unlim-
tied coinage of gold and silver at the pres
ent ratio of Is to i, without waiting for the
aid or consent of any other nation on earth.
WANT SUPPLEMENTARY CURRENCY.
I'VE regard the right to issue money as
an attribute OF sovereignty and believe
that all money needed to supplement the
gold and silver coinage of the constitution,
and to make the dollar so stable i'm
its purchasing power that i5 will
should be issued by the general
governments as the greenbscks were issued,
that such money should be redeemable in
coin, the government to exercise the OPP
ton by redeeming in gold or silver, which
ever is most convenient for the govern
ment.
We believe that all money issued by the
-hasI
should be made full legal tender for all
debts, public and private, and that no citi-
zen should be permitted to demonetizs by
contract that which the government makes
money by law.
After the adoption of the platform the
leaders of the fusion and Rnti-fusion fac
tons announced an agreement and Judge
Holcomb. the Populist candidate. was en-
dorsed at midnight by a large majority.
TAIL OF THE TICKET.
The following ticket was nominated,
I04 anti-fusioDists boiling during the pro.
cess:
Governor, Judge Holcomb; lieutenant
governor, j. n. Gaffin: secretary of state,
+. r. Ellick; treasurer, G.. A Linkhart:
attorney general, ID. b. Carey; auditor,
j. c. Dahlman; commissioner public lands
and buildings. S. J. Kent, superintendent
Of public instruction, w. A. Jones.
Holcomb. Gaffin. Carey, Kent and Jone.
being Populist nominees. The regular
convention then adjourned.
The boilers then at once organized into
a separate convention aud began the work
of selecting a straight Democratic ticket.
The following state ticket was nomi-
mated by the boilers, inclrtiiug the dele
gates of six counties: For governor, Z. ID.
Sturdevant; for lieutenant governor, II. f.
Dunphy; for secretary of state, d. L. Rolf;
for auditor, Otto Bauman; treasurer, Luke
Dridenthsl, attorney general, John II.
Ames; commissioner public lands and
buildings, Jacob Bigler; superintendent
public instruction, Milton Doolittle.
The boilers convention then adjourned
after adopting a platform similar to the
other, excepting IL favored a gold basis