St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-22

the free silver ISSUE The opposition to
Senator Brice was also involved in
them. John H. Clark, of Youngstown,
a radical gold man, delivered philippe
in advocating the minority report of
Mr.. Cross, which favored the free sill
yer delegates from Cuyahoga county,
which were the most pronounced anti
Brice men at the convention. Horace
Alvord, of gainesville, made an elabor-
ate argument for seating them, and
Frank LIE Blond, of Cleveland, was
equally elaborate In defense of the
Brice delegates. On motion of Thomas
M. Paxton, of Cincinnati, the previous
question was ordered, when the roll of
eighty-eight counties was called on the
adoption of the minority report of Mr..
Crow as substitute for the majority
report by Mr.. Richie on the contest in
Cuyahoga county. There were S08 dele
gates, but Butler and Clark counties
refused to vote owing to contests in
their own delegation. The roll call re-
suited: Ayes, 367; nays, 339, whereupon
the Brice delegates gave up their seats,
amid mingled cheers and Kisses, to the
ant-Brice or free silver delegates from
Cleveland. AS there were fifty-ninc
delegates from Cuyahoga county the
result was received with great demon
STATIONS by the minority, which had
bsen defeated in all other preliminary
contests.
BRICE MEN FROM CLARK.
After according seats in the hall to
the unseated Brice delegates from
Cuyahoga county, the vote on the
Clark county contest was taken, the
question being on submitting the mi
nority report, favoring the seating of
the free silver or anti-Brice delegates,
for the majority report, that seated
gold or Brice delegates. The result
was announced as follows: 2741A ayes,
4461a nays. AS the Brice delegates
from Clark county already held the
seats, under the report of the commit
tee on credentials, there was no
change in this case. The vote on the
Clark county contest did not have any
issue in it other than that of the sill
yer question, and it was generally re-
garded as a test of strength on the
majority and minority reports on res
olutiors. The report on credentials, as
amended, was then adopted, the only
change being in Cuyahoga county.
The report of the committee on per-
manent organization, continuing the
temporary officers, was adopted. The
report was made by Judge J. G. Meis-
er, free silver man, who put the
motion and congratulated the free sill
yer men that they controlled the con-
vention for the minute that he pre-
sided. Senator Brice returned his
thanks for the double honor conferred
on him, after which the report on
rules and order of business was adopt
ed. Ex-Congressman John F. Toilette,
of Cincinnati, had an amendment
adopted limiting any debate to TWEEN
ty minutes on each side, with a view
to preventing protracted debate on
the resolutions. EX-Congressman
Frank Hurd, as chairman of the COM
mittee on resolutions, offered the fol-
lowing report, adopted by a Vote of 10
to of the COMMITTEES:
CLEVELAND AND GOOD MONEY.
1.-The Democratic party of Ohio points
with satisfaction and pride to the wis
dom of the action of that party in the
last two years and the results accom-
plished according to its promises, to
wit: The repeal of the Republican
legislation known as the sherman law,
the un-American federal election law
peals has resulted returning prosperity
to the country to such an extent that
even the Republicans are Obliged to
recognize the same. We congratulate
favor of the repeal of these vicious
laws and the upholding of the credit of
the country have been successful. we
congratulate our senator, Hon. CALVIN
S. Brice, for the earnest and effective
support he has given to the president
in these matters. When we consider
the fact that the Democratic party re-
ceived from the Republicans in 1892 a
bankrupt treasury, that it inherited
from them the vicious currency and
finally produced the panic of 1898, we
insist that 1t is entitled to the thanks
of the people for the courage with
which. it has attacked and repealed
. these laws.
1--WE reaffirm the following portion of
the seventh plank of the platform of
the last national Democratic conven-
ton: We hold to the use of both gold
the country, and to coin both gold and
silver without discrimination against
either metal or charge for mintage;
but the dollar unit of coinage of both
metals must be of equal intrinsic and
exchangeable value, or be adjusted by
international agreement, or by such
safeguards of legislation as shall in
sure the maintenance of the parity of
the two metals, and the equal power of
every dollar at all times in the pay
ment Of debts; and we demand that the
paper currency shall be kept at par
with and redeeInable in such coin. We
insist upon this policy as especially
necessary for the protection of farm
ers and laboring classes, the first and
most defenseless victims of unstable
money and f1uctuating currency
I'VE call the attention of the people
to the methods and practices of boss
ism by which the Republican party in
Ohio has been managed in the last few
years, and for examples point to its
history in Hamilton county and to the
final elimination of the same in the
GAINESVILLE convention, and we ask the
people by their votes this fall to put
We denounce the last legislature as
corrupt and unworthy of the conf
dence of the people, and we submit to
the voters whether they wish to per-
petuate this condition of affairs by
placing the Republicans again in pow
er. We vievrewith alarm the large
increase of Indebtedness throughout
the state, by counIies and municipali-
ture, and the Increase in the last few
years to the tax rate, and we demand
economy in expenditures and conser-
vatism in the increase of debt.
MINORITY REPORT.
Judge Patrick, from the committee
on resolution, offered the following
minority report: I'VE demand the i'm
mediate restoration of the law provid-
ing for the free coinage and full legal
tender of both gold and silver coins,
without discrimination against either
metal, as provided in the constitution,
and without awaiting the assent of
England or any other foreign nation"
Judge Patrick, of Canal Dover, made
a radical silver argument in favor of
his minority report, and scored the ma
jority report as a serpent which wig
gled and no one could tell whether it
was running for gold or coming back.
He caused storm of merriment when
he turned and pointed at Senator Brice
as he said the gold was in the hands of
the rich, and that this was the fight
of the millions against the million
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