St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-07

gold standard there may. be an occa-
Sional revival of business activity, ac-
complished by enhanced prices of a
limited number Of commodities, such
revival is due to artificial and tenn
porary causes, and cannot permanent
ly alleviate the sufferings due to fall
ing prices brought about by the appre-
citation of gold and an inadequate sup
ply of primary or redemption money.
Duty to the people requires that the
party of the people continue to battle
for bimetallism, until its efforts are
crowned with success; therefore, be it
Resolved, That we, the Democratic
party of Missouri, in convention as
sembled, demand the free and unlim-
tied coinage of silver -and-gold- Into
primary or redemption! money. at the
rate of is to l, without waiting for the
action or approval of any other ma
ton.
.Second-Resolved, That we are ire
vocably opposed to the substitution for
poration credit currency, based on a
single metal, the supply of which is SO
limited that 1t can be cornered at any
time by a few banking institutions in
Europe and America.
"Third-Resolved, That we are op-
posed by the policy and practice of sur
rendering to the holders of the obliga-
tions of the state the option reserved
by the law to the government of re-
6eeming such obligations in either sill
Yer coin or gold coin.
Fourth-Resolved, That we are op-
posed to the issuing of interest-bearing
bonds of the United States in time of
peace. Especially are we opposed to
placing the treasury of the govern
ment under the control of any syndi-
cate of bankers. and the issuance of
bonds to be sold by them at an enor-
nous profit, for the purpose of sup
plying the federal treasury with gold
to maintain the policy of gold mono
metallism.''
ENLARGING THE COMMITTEE.
The report of the committee on per-
manent organization was as follows:
t1rst-That the temporary organ
1zation. with the addition of w. Jeff
Pollard, of st. Louis, for reading clerk,
be made permanent; and,
w hereaS, We are on the eve of Il
most important national and state cam
paign, and thorough organization or
the party in the state is of the his nest
moment; and,
Whereas, Many of the congressional
districts OF the state are so large ana
populous as to make it impossible for.
a. single committeeman to freely confer
with voters and expect a complete AMI
Suftlclent organization; therefore,
Resolved, That the present state
committee be increased by the addi-
cnn ton of one committeeman from each
comm1tteemen-at-lar making the
total number of the committee thirty
four.
Resolved, That the four committees
men-at-iarge be elected by this conven-
ton and that one additional committees
man be elected by the delegates from
each district and report to this con,
Vention for confirmation.
Resolved, That it shall be the dutv
OF the chairman of the state conven-
ton to call the committee together.
when requested by the committeemen
TO do so, and upon his failure to do
ht a. -
the majority of the committee may is
sue a call for a meeting of the conl-
mittee: and when the committee shah
assemble on such call it shall have
IniItee when assembled on the call OF
the chairman.
Resolved. That it is the sense os
this convention that the chairman OF
hereafter be elected by the state con,
and,
Resolved. That the chairman of this
convention is hereby requested to pre-
sent the foregoing resolution to the
next nominating convention and urge
action in accordance herewith
ADOPTED WITH CHEERS.
A motion to adopt the resolutions
was carried unanimously, amid rousing
cheers. Resolutions We're also adopted
1nstructing the chairman of the con-
yention to select two DELEGATES from
each congressional district to attend
the conference of Democratic friends
of silver at Washington, D. c., Aug.
Il, requesting the state central COM
ntttee to call a state convention, to be
held at St. Louis not later than April
10, 1896, to select delegates to the ma
t1onal convention, and also to call
state conv to be held after said
national convention, to nominate sem
ate officers. Greetings and congratula-
tons were ordered sent to Hon. J. S.
Blackburn, of Kentucky, for his fight
for free silver. A telegram of greeting
from Fort Worth Democratic meeting,
pledging the Democracy of that State
to bimetallic coinage, was answered in
like, and a similar message was for
warded to the Democratic state conven-
ton in Mississippi. The additions to
the state central committee were then
made the committeeman being selected
from each congressional district and
tour at large. The latter are: j. w.
Farris. of Lebanon; G. w. Allen, of ST.
Louis; NJ. A. Fike, of Kansas City, and
M. r. Benton, of Neosho. The conven-
ton then. at 6:15 p. M, adjourned sine
die. At another session, held this even
ing, United States Senator Cockreu and
Gov. Stone made speeches.