The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-07

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man with large prospects for an
Office
The Platform.
At 4:40 the committee on resolutions
reported the platform as follows:
The Democrats of Missouri in state
convention assembled make this dec
laration on the money question, which
has been forced into the leading place
among the issues of the day. The
federal constitution names silver and
gold together as the money metals OF
the United States. The first coinage
law passed by Congress under the con-
stitution made the silver dollar the
unit of value and admitted gold to
the free coinage ratio measured by the
silver dollar unit.
From the beginning of the govern
ment following a policy formulated by
Hshed by jackson, the Democratic
party has been the party of bimetal-
ism, favoring the free coinage of both
silver and gold at the national minis,
and opposed to farming out to the
banking corporations the money of the
people.
The Act of 1873.
1.-THE act of 1873, demonetizing silver,
was surreptitiously passed, without
the approval or knowledge of the
American people. and from the time
when the effect of this act in fastening
upon the country the single gold STAN
dard was understood, the Democratic
party has consistently and persistent
ly urged that the grievous wrong be
righted.
Failure to accomplish this object
has resulted in the steady apprecia-
nf n a
in the price of the commodities pro-
duced by the people, a heavy increase
in the burden of all debts, public and
private, the enrichment of the money
lending classes, paralysis of industry
and impoverishment of the people and
uneXampled distress in all gold stand-
ard countries Experience has shown
that while under the single gold stand
ard there may be an occasional re-
vival of business activity accompanied
by enhanced prices of admitted num-
Der of commodities, such revival is due
to artificial and temporary causes and
cannot permanently alleviate the suf-
ferings due to falling of prices
brought about by the appreciation of
gold and an inadequate supply of pri-
mary or redemption money.
Duty to the people requires that
the party of the people continue the
battle for bimetallism until efforts are
crowned with success; therefore be it
The Resolutions.
'Resolved. that we. the Democratic
party of Missouri. in convention assem-
bled, demand the free and unlimited coin
age of silver and gold into primary or re-
demption money. at the ratio of Is to l
without waiting for the action or approval
of any other nation; and, second,
Resolved, that we are irrevocably OPP
posed to the substituting Tor metallic
money of a panic-breeding, corporations
credit currency based on a single metal,
the supply of which is so limited that it
can be coTnered at any time by a few
banking institutions in Europe and Amer
lea; third,
Resolved, that we are opposed to the
policy and practice OF surrendering to the
holders of the obligations of thu United
States the option reserved 10y the law 10
the government of redeeming such obli-
cations in either silver coin or gold coin;
fourth,
Resolved, that we are opposed TO the
issuing of interest-bearing bonds of the
United States in time of peace, and es-
pecidlly are we opposed to placing the
treasury of the government under the
control of any syndicate of bankers and
the issuance of bonds to be sold by them
at an enormous profit for the purpose of
supplying the federal treasury with gold
to maintain the policy of gold monometal-
ISM
The reading OF the resolutions was
freely punctuated with applause, and es-
pecially the portion referring to free
coinage, and they were adopted with d
whoop.
Additional Resolutions.
Additional resolutions were presented
and adopted as follows:
Resolved, that the chairman of this con-
ventiOn select one or two delegates from
each congressional district to attend con-
ference of the Democratic friends OF sill
yer to be held on August H. 1885, i'll the
city of Washington, as recommended by
Senators Turpie. Harris and Jones;
Resolved, that The Democratic state
central committee be requested to call n
state convention to be held not later than
April II, 1896, at The city OF st. Louis, for
the purpose of selecting delegates to the
mate a president and vice-president in
1896 and that they he further instructed
to call a state convention Tor the nominal
ton of state officers to be held after said
national conventicn;
Resolved. that the Democrats OF Mis-
souri, in convention here assembled send
greetings and congratulations to the Hon.
J. c. S. Blackburn, Senator from ken
lucky for his manly fight in the dark
and bloody ground in behalf of the free
and unlimited coinage of silver and gold
at a ratio of 16 70 l.
The following telegram was received
from the Democratic state convention in
session at Fort Worth, Texas:
Texas Sends Greetings.
Three thousand free silver Demo-
Gratis in state convention assembled send
greeting and pledge the Democratic party
of Texas to true bimetallic coinage and
against single gold coinage.
(SigneD BRYAN T. BERRY,
Chairman"
suitable reply was sent and a similar
dispatch was forwarded to the Democrat
ic state convention of Mississippi.
The additions to the state central COM
mttee were then made, a committeeman
being selected from each congressional
district, fifteen in all, and four commit
teemen at large. The latter are J. W.
Farris, of Lebanon; q. w. Allen. ofsSt
Louis; NJ. A. Fyke, of Kansas City and
NJ. E. Benton, OF Neosho. The convention
then adjourned sine die.
An informal session was held tonight,
the delegation being anxious to hear
speeches by United States Senator F. NJ
Cockrell and Governor William 1. Stone.
of Missouri.
Texas Silver Convention.
FORT WORTH, Tex, Aug. 6.-The
entire state of Texas is represented
at the free silver convention being
held here today. Prominent men of
the state are directing affairs. After
considerable caucusing the meeting
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