The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-09-06
EULOGIzE GROVER.
Nebraska Administration Dem
Ocrats IndOrse the President.
Gold Element Of the Party in
Control.
7Ese.S-z
DECLARE POPULISTS.
Silver Democrats Are Read Out
Of the Party.

LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 6.-When State
Chairman Euclid Martin of Omaha
called the second Nebraska Democrat
ic state convention to order, 631 en-
thusiastic delegates greeted him with
applause, encouraged by an enthusiast
tic crowd of visitors. 1t was consid-
cred quite significant in the light of
recent developments that 63I out of
total representation of 634 delegates
should be present when the conven-
ton was convened. Many of the
pioneers of Democracy of the state
were present and contributed to the
dignity of the occasion with their
counsels. Every utterance in favor of
q national currency in which gold was
the basic principle was as vociferously
cheered as the mention of free silver
IN the convention of the other wing of
the party last month.
The call was read by Secretary J. B.
Sheean, and Chairman Martin named
Bib, of Beatrice, as the temporary
chairman, and G. M. Huebner of Ne
braska City, as temporary secretary.
The recommendation was unanimously
ratified by the convention, and Bibb
was introduced amid storm Of cheers.
Bibb said that in addition to honest
money, tariff reform and the greatest
good for the greatest number, the gen.
ulne Democratic party, whose repre-
sentatives stood before him, stood for
everything that was good.
"A few weeks since" he said, ''there
was held in Omaha an alleged Demo-
cratic state convention. 1t repre-
scented nothing more, nothing less,
than the shadow of Populism. They
called themselves 16 to 1 Democrats.
Sixteen to one would be sixteen Popu-
lists to one Democrat. You never
knew Democrat to GO nosing around
POpulist soup houses. You never knew
true Democrat to crawl at the base
of POpulistic lunch counter. This
Omaha gathering was not Democratic.
They have gone astray, but like the
prodigal son, they will come back"
The committee on permanent Or
ganization recommended that the
temporary organization be made
permanent, with the addition of Ed
McCullOch of Butler county as assist
ant secretary, The report of the reso-
1utions committee was greeted with
repeated applause. The financial
b plank reads:
We indorse the national Democratic
platform of 1892 and the interpreta-
ton placed thereon by the president,
and we declare ourselves unequivOca1ly
and unreservedly for that metallic
money as the standard mintage, the
bullion and mint value of which are
approximately the same; the purchas-
ing power in which, regardless of gov
eminent mintage. is the least fuctuat-
ing in all the markets of the civilized
world. We insist upon this policy as
especially necessary for the protection
of the farmers, la borers and property
owning debtors, the most defenseless
victims of unstable money and fuctuat-
ing currency. Free coinage of silver
at l6 to 1 means a poorer money and
less Of it; it means less wages for the
1aboring man and less actual money
for the business man; it means bank
ruptcy for all save the mine owner
We recognize the issue and reissue
of our treasury notes as a seriOns me-
mace to the stability of our national
finances, and we favor the retirement
of all treasury notes at the soonest
possible moment, with proper and safe
guarantees for maintaing the neces-
sary volume of currency, which shall
be devised by a competent and nom
partisan currency commission.
Following numerous brief speeches
on the efficacy of the platform, the
following nominations were made:
Supreme judge, 7. j. Mahoney; re-
gents state university, w. II. Ashby
and John III. AmeS.