Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-10
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We gave on Wednesday the proceed
ings of the Democratic state Convention
Of Missouri. which met On Tuesday last
and came out in language that could nos
b. misunderstood FOR that iinan-
cal heresy the free coinage oil sill
yer at the ratio Of 10 TO !. The
Democratic state Convention Of Iowa met
the next day and made a complete strad-
de. If reafirmed the ridiculous resolu-
ton of the Democratic National Conven-
lion Of 1922. which we will here present
10 our readers as showing what sort OF
silvcrites the Iowa Democratic state
Convention was composed Of Here is
the resolution Of the Democratic Nation
al Convention of 1872:
we hold 20 The use az beth gold anu
silver as the staudafl money OK the
,cul.try. and to the coinage u. i"th goa
and s.iycI without discrimination
against either metal or charge for mint
age. ban the dollar init - coinage "i
nl:h must T." OF -duai intrinsic ana eA-
..;.nP-ai,ie V..u' or he adjusted 10y such
measures IS shall insure no panty or
IL. tNo metal. an tic equal power OK
every dollar ~ tho payment q debts:
and we Geular4 that All paper currency
shall he kept al par with. ana redeeIna-
bic ia sucn coin.
The action OF the Iowa convention on
the silver question indicates that the
Democrats of that State prefer to fight
On the excise la, rather than on the
silver law In other words. the Demo-
Gratis OF Iowa stand neither for free
coinage nor against ii, but, leaving the
Democrats OF the rest Of the Union 10
pattle upon that question, they hope TO
larry Iowa by raising local issues Judge
Babb their nominee Cor Governor, Is the
model sound-money man whom they put
forward. and yet in his speech accept
ing the nomination. he said that party
platform was no place for legislative de-
tails. and added that coinage ratios
were legislative details. In other
words. he shirked the sound-money
question and declared that he IA
vored the policy Of allowing Con-
gres4 TO fix coinage ratios.
Here IS the Iowa declaration on the
,iquor question. which is the real issue
they intend to offer to the voters of
Iowa.
Eve repeat our demand Of the past
i've wears Tor a lucal-optiOn, hiGher-l-
cer.se law. and on behalf Of the CONNER
ciai interests of our state We favor a
law permitting the manufacture OF IL
uuors. thus anOriing = market for the
products Of the farm and labor OF the
STATE. and saving to our people the enor-
NOUS sums now expended in other
states"
But we need not quote further from
the Iowa Democratic platform. 1t was
made for Iowa, not for the Union
Mississippi presents a contrast to Iowa.
IL falls into lire with Missouri, and goes
before the people with the following
resolutions:
whereas we, the Democrats Of the
state OF Mississippi, assembled deem IL
advisable to have uniformity of express
sion among Democrats upon the hnan-
cial question. and the Democratic party
Of Missouri, in convention, on the 9th
of August. 1896. having adopted the fol-
lowing resolutions:
Therefore. be il resolved by the Demo
cratic party Of the State Of Mississippi,
that We adopt as our declaration Of
principles on the money question said
resolutions
said resolutions" read as follows:
"Rcsolved. That we, the Democratic
party OF the State OF Missouri, in conyen-
ton assembled demand the free and
unlimited coinage Of silver and gold into
urinary or redemption money at the
ratio OF lG 20 l without waiting for the
action or approval OF any other nation.
Resolved. That we are irrcvoCably OPP
posed 20 the substitution for metallic
money Of a pan!c-breeding corporation
credit currency. based on "A single metal,
the supply Of which Is so limited that il
can be cornered nj any time by few
banking institutions in Europe aud
America.
Resolved. That we are opposed TO the
policy and practice OF surrendering to
the holders Of the obligations OF the
United states the option reserved by law
70 the government OF paying such 'obli-
cations in either silver coin or gold coin.
Resolved That we are opposed 10 the
issuing OF interest-bearing bonds of the
United States In time Of peace. and espe-
cially are Na opposed 10 placing the
Treasury IL the government under the
control oil any syndicate Of bankers and
The issue Of bonds 10 be sold by
thcm az an enormous profit. for the
cole purpose OF supplying the Federal
Treasury with gold 70 maintain the policy
OF gold recommendation"
What viii the Washington conference
"oY Democrats" Of next week say in view
OF the conflicting Utterances of Iowa,
Missouri. ana Mississippi? WIN they de-
flare for international free coinage? or
viii they adhere 60 1C 10 ! In the face
OF the fact that IL is an impossible result
OF the present agitation"
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