The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-08-07

The convention came to order prompt
ly at O'Clock The report of the COM
mittee on credentials showed no con-
tests The report of the committee on
permanent organization, as already
stated, provided that the temporary
organization be made permanent. The
resolution for an increase in the state
central committee was then read. A
motion to adopt the same was quickly
made but a delegate from Gentry en-
tered a vigorous protest against estab-
fishing new presidents. Oother dele
gates called for a division OF the Ques-
ton, that OF increasing the committee
and of instructing II.
The free silver men had such an easy
victory over the increase in the COM
mittee, that the report as whole was
then adopted. The committee on reso-
lutions not being ready the committee
took short recess.
While waiting for the committee on
resolutions to report the time was taken
up in speech-making, ex-Congressman
Hatch and Hon. N. Z. Benton address
ing the convention. The most remark
able portion of Mr.. Benton's address
was his reference to the gold advocates.
He said: Every gold advocate in the
state of Missouri is either usurer, an
officeholder or man with large pros
poets 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 the follow
ing declaration on the monetary Ques-
ton which has been forced into the
leading place among the isues 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 unit of value and admitted gold
TO free coinage at ratio measured
by the silver dollar unit.
From the beginning of the govern
ment, following a policy formulated
by Thomas jefferson and firmly estab-
lished by Jackson, the Democratic
party has been the party of bimetal-
ism, favoring the free coinage Of both
silver and gold at the national mnits
and opposed to farming out to bank
ing corporations, the governments SOW
ereign power of issuing and controlling
the money of the people. The act OF
1873 demOnetiZing silver was Surrepti-
tiously 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
stood. the Democratic party has con-
sistently and persistently demanded
that the grievous wrong be righted.
Failure to accomplish this object has
resulted in the price of commodities
produced by the people. heavy in
crease in the burden of all debts, pub
lie and private, the enrichment Of the
money lending class, paralysis Of indus
try and impoverishment Of the people
and unexampled distress in all gold
standard countries. Experience has
shown that while under the single gold
standard there may be an occasional
revival Of business activity accompan-
led by enhanced prices of a limited
number of commodities. such revival
Is due to artificial and temporary caus-
es and cannot permanently alleviate
the sufferings 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 its eff
forts are crowned with success. there
fore be it
Resolved. That we. the Democratic