Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-07
NAE pLArFoRM ApoPrEp.
stands Out Clearly for Free Silver at
10 to /.

III IN l.
70 the HohorsDie Joseph WI bsaley'
chairman OF Tue DtlloCtutic MaSS-
MteuHB OF tue state u leGnh, IA
convention asseinplel al nort w or.n;
we the committee on platform ana
resolutions, beg 70 report me following
US W result OF uuT luDol - .,,,,.e
w HeTeds' tue pNlyy anu taultluls VI
ihe beiiocINtle party sluee iss vIsau
Hu,ioH haNt uuCu III La'pI ~ poth EoI1
una SILVER us tne stdhuaTu money oi
ina county ana
Nhelths' EVERY nauohal democratic
convention since 100, NHen sllNeI COM
use was htst hhue an Issue, huVS ue-
Clureu tne poHcN OF ths party 20 pe IN
inNor OF the coinage OF poth goa ana
sifeI "Ithput uS.I lHllhHtoH against
ellher httHl' ana WhIeas'
lurse masonry OF our Demo
viatle representatives. m congress since
thg ueIl9hetlHhuph OF SILVER IN 1870 py
INepuoleuih voibrSss nave dtInanqed
ths RESTORATION OF sllNtr 10 the position
IL held as one OF me redemption moneys
OF the uhiteu states Detofe the act or
N,Si ana
Mherehs, there is an organized eHort
70 .lead the Deinoerutlc party INTO m
uorslhs' tatiyihs ana approving me
Vicious ana rnlnous legislation OF the
hepupHcan party on the Iihahclal ques-
uon, which mas resulted In such wide
Sprenu ulsuSttf uhu lhpoNerlshmeht OF
me Industrial classes OF our country;
ana
whereas, there IS manitestly pur-
pose on tne part OF some OF our pronl-
neht democrats ieu by president CleNe-
land ana ms cabinet to oVerturn the
stabiisheu creed or the Democracy
upon W. tit nllthclal questlon a1d TO place
tue business interests or THIS country
Mlthln me control OF concentrated
money power and above the laws and
Che VIII o. the people. The proposed
issue OF uVVO or goa bonds IN
S Sl,es OF proIouhu peaee ana ne , Win,
utaMal anu ennceilatlon of S5OO'OOO,OoO
or RreenhaGks ana national currency,
rom cireulnuoni the substitution OF
hauohnl pank currencies therefor is u
probosltlon so startling 70 the Demo
! ernuc party as to cause Just alarm; and
Whereas, the advocates OF single
god standard have already organized
/ , IN, u ~ campaign 10 defeat the
WI OF tne VptlnE masses OF the Demo-
cratic party and bring strife and dis
o0rH INTO us nrgeniHation; ana to that
end nave written open letters, made
speeehes and organized conventions
now therefore, we the Democratic
party OF IeNhs, IN mass meeting as
semblins, proposing and Intending only
20 preserve our party from the per-
nieious effects of such radical and revo-
lutionary departure from Its traditions
ana or repeated declarations of prin-
| ciples' anu 10 Wrest II from the control
OF tnose VINO would lead II into the Re
puoIcan camp TO be destroyed.
Here most solemnly pledge our devo-
! ton TO MS principles and great achieve
| irents IN the past.
=, resolved, l. That gold and silver are
| the money OF the constitution and that
| congress has no authority to destroy IL
| or To- materially Impair the use OF either
rs the standard money Of the coun-
| try,
| RESOLVED, ?, That gold and silver
JOINTLY measured the value OF property
and the volume of bank paper and eN-
ehnnge from 1902 to 1873, and that sill
| yer ought to be restored TO the place IL
occupied as a part of the metal money
OF the country before the passage of the
act or congress OF that year for Its
| uemonetlzation.
hesolVed, 3, That the passage Of that
act erected clandestinely In the judg-
| greatest crime ever perpetrated in this
country by an act Of legislation
| RESOLVED, T. That that act, by strllS-
lnS down one-half OF the standard
money or redemption. has caused the
! obstruction OF thousands OF millions
OF dollars OF the value of prop
4 erty' paralyzed all industries except
! money lending, has arrested enterprise.
nus MED the country with tramps and
I bekkNlS who cannot nhtnIn