Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-06


 sent to withdraw portion of the platform submitted by tho committee on resolu- tiOns The resolutions adopted on the coinage issue was as follows:
 Resolved, By tho Democrats of Illinois in convention assembled. that we are in favor of both gold and silver as the stand ard money of the United states and dc mand the free and unlimited coinage of both metals at tho ratio of Is to l, with out waiting for the action of other na tions and such coins shall be legal tcuder for all debts, both public and private. All contracts hereafter executed for payment of money. whether in gold, silver or coin, may be discharged by any money which is by law legal tender
 Tho committee appointed to select four delegates at largo to a national silver con vention met during the recess. John r. Hopkins of Chicago and Secretary of State W. II. llinriChson were elected by acclama- tion. Some discussion followed concern ing other nominations madc, Finally Hon. George E. Fithian of Jasper county and General Lewis B Parsons of Clay county were elected by exclamation. John Warmer of Peoria, John Watson of Knox county, General Alfred Orendorf of San gamon and l.. Q. Whitcn of Johnson county were chosen AltornaTos.
 Judge Met Ouncn For Chairman.
 When the convention rcassemtled TO ports of the committee on credentials werc received and adopted The committee on permanent organization elieitod vigorous applause hy naming as permanent chair man Judge S. B, Mcconnell of Chicago A committee consisting of Hon, Freo F. Morris, \. F., W, W,rlh.n&ton and Judgo Stcll was appointed aud escorted JudSo MCC Cunnell 10 tho chair
 Judge Mcconnell mado vigorous speech, which was enthusiastically ap- pluuded.
 Judge Mcconnell said: This convon- tion has a most peculiar and most inn portant significance Heretofore mana gers Uf political parties havo su arranged | that party politics should be declared only l at the time candidates were chosen and only a short time before the gathering of the franchises "f the people, The result has been that our conventions have put | forth n mere assertion of general princi- pies ur have on live issues expressed them. solves in meaningless compromises. Gel Orlcss candidates have tcen presented to the people for candidates unsympathetic with the real purposes of tho party. | This convention marks a departure and is intended not only to allow free | discussion before tho next political engage | ment, but 10 dCfiEo our party position | with distinCtness that no voter shall fail to understand us and no candidate-ii | chosen to u:liCo-have chance or excuse | to Getea' utIr cummnud
 Can uny one say that because a great nation of 7u. 01O, 900 of people decides tC | coin silver into money. and all they set oi it, the result will bo to make gold moro | Valuahle' If corn by an invention could | be made to serve all the purposes ol | wheat, tho tendency certainly would be tc make corn doaror or wheat cheaper, We produce one thild of all the silver which now reaCheS the markets of the world. II | We keep it all and make money of it, Ger tainly silver will he worth mure-and just | as surely gold worth less-in every mar kot of the woEld Tho demand for Golt will be less
 Willing tO Act Independently.
 II think it is matter of no consc quence whether other nations agree witt us or not. We shall sell neither our sil yer nor our gold dollars to these other m tionS We never have When We paSi national boundaries. our money-wheth er silver or gold-iS treated like our whea or our corn for what it Is worth. Neither our gold nor our silver dollars are an( never were legal tender beyond our owl territorial limits Money is n domestic servant mcrcly. International agreemen is by no means necessary The Paris con ference of 1875 resolved that the selection for the use of one or the other metals O of both simultaneously should be govern cd by the special position of each state O group of states. The great flnanciers com posing that conference evidently did no reach the conclusion which some of ou American himetallistS haVe They evi dently realized what we ought ts under stAnd-that n nation like ours, the rich est in the 0rld. producing One-third O all the world produces can regulate it own financial system and do so withOu universal consent. It ts quite nppATsn anyway that if wc want other nations L semonetiIe silver we can compel them | do So moro easily than we can persrad them.
 If our Legislation in favor of the re 7 monetization of silver does not result Il making silver worth one sixteenth c gold, then England and the other nation of Europe will find it to their advantal to help Us mako silver moro valuable
 they don't thoy suffer more than we d We Choapen gold by cOining silver. Thl can make the silver which we offer the
 moro valuable by coining 1t also. other words. they would be moro lnteres eu than We Tn giving 10 SllNor the de
 paying power our laws give to 1t
 must rid ourselves of the voto power
 New York and London. Let the poop command, and our official servants mu
 obey"
 Congressman Bryan's Speech.
 Congressman William J. Bryan of N
 braska was called upon to address the co ventiOn. His appearance was the sign J for tremendous applauss. His speech VI
 facetious and cutting and occasioned (
 most continuous applause. the delsgat
 throwing their hats in the air.
 He complimented Chiea 20 for having
 A citizen such a man as Judge McConne
 who would march at the head of tl
 Democratic party with the double shiel
 He said that Ahis was the most dsmoora
 io audience he had seen in long tim
 No party is fit to be a factor in politi
 which has no opinions on every publ
 question, He said that there were men . tho party who wanted the Democrat
 party to seraddle the question.
 He said that thero was time wh,
 Cleveland had to face the question
 turning eithef to the plutocrncy or to t
 Democracy, and said. had he been a Jac