The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-06-06

agreement to 1 to "a, for instance, 1t
would cause a decrease of one-third of
the silver money or one-sixth of the
entire metallic money of the world.
Such a contraction in the volume Of
money would decrease the market val
lie Of the property of the world many
billions of dollars, and increase enor-
mousIy the burden of debt.
Monroe G. Crawford was made tenn
porary chairman, who said he would
not delay the proceedings by making
speech. He urged the convention not
TO mince matters, but declare either un-
conditionally for gold or for the free
and unlimited coinage of silver at .16 to
/.
When Chairman Crawford had tin
ished his brief speech a delegate from
one of the country towns started the
movement to keep all abuse Of Cleve-
land or praise of Altgeld out of the con-
vention by introducing a resolution that
all resolutions of a political nature Of
fered to the convention be received and
referred to the committee on resolutions
without being read.
Thomas Merritt Of Marion county
strenuously objected to having what ne
called gag law applied to the conven-
ton. He wanted any resolutions in
troduced to be duly read. 1t was evil
dent there was going to be a hot fight
by the enemies of the administration
to get in their attacks. The introducer
of the motion withdrew it, and the
point remained unsettled.
The convention then took recess to
allow the various committees to pre-
pare their reports.
The committee on resolutions report
ed a platform consisting of a single
plank declaring for the free and unlim-
tied coinage of silver at 16 to /.
Judge a. j. Hunter, ex-congressnan
at large, followed Mr.. Bryan.
A committee was then sent out to
conduct Governor Altgeldt to the hall.
The governors appearance was the
cause for the noistest demonstration of
the day. Men stood on chairs yelled
like cowboys and spun their silk hats
on the end of their sticks. Women
clapped their hands and howfed. 1T
was five minutes before a sernblance
of order could be patched UP. The
governor in substance said:
1abors to come here? 1t is because you
have felt the time has come when you
must again make o declaration of prin-
ciples; again make stand for the
tenets of democracy. You have often
asked what caused the recent paralysis
of industry. II you look back YOU find
that a short time ago about one-half
of the money in the world was stricken
down by the action of the autocrats and /
plutocrats of this country. What rem
edies have the doctors of finance given
you in the last few years? They found
you weak. They said: Bleed him a
little more Now what must we really
do? We must raise the purchasing
power of the produce of the great
masses.
Honesty and justice demand that |
this country go back to the principles |
in vogue when prosperity ruled. The
party is under obligations |
to right the wrongs of the people,
"tThe trouble is lately that the demo- |
Gratis have gone into the field of the |
republicans and want to take the job |
from them. You have heard people talk |
about a silver craze and silver idiots. |
[ wish it were so. We would soon get |
over our craze and the country would |
be well again. But the trouble is there |
is a deep seated wrong here and the |
silver movement is simply an uprising
If the indignant people. / am told |
hat Cleveland Is the friend of the
He has written some
beautiful letters and in them he has
old the workingmen that his dollar
would go further than 1t used to, burt
neither he nor any other man has told
he workingnan where he is going to
ret the dollar. You've got to have a
market that will pay a fair price for
he worlSingman' s. services. There's on
y one way to hold the gold men off,
md that is to get back of them. Call
convention for this fall and let the
democrats Of this country send dele
;ates to 1T. In this event you will find |
hat no man can be elected president Of
he United States unless he represents |
he principles of the democratic party. |
let these men known that it is not a
mere question of getting office; that
Is a question of principle. Stand
houlder to shoulder and you will find
hat there is no power that can with
tand your onward tread"
A plank endorsing Altgeldt stirred up
trife. 1t had been expressly agreed
efore the convention was called to or
er that there was to be no action be-
ond the approving of free coinage and
lection of delegates to a national con-
entlon.
The trouble began in the committee
oon1. Ten members voted for the Ait
eldt plank and nine against insertion.
he plank was put in. The platform
ras read by eX-Congressman Fithian,
hairman of the committee, friend of J
ne plank. A storm of protests arose
Il over the hall amid it looked as if the l
would end in schisn1. Sec
etary of State Heinrichson and Judge s
'Connell both requested that the Alt
eldt plank be stricken out. Chairman {
ithfan read the resolutions over again, y
avipg out the objectionable paragraph. '
hen the delegates adopted the plat I
,rm with yell.
The platform in its preamble declares c
rat for thousands of years silver mon |
2 has been used as honest money be-
veen nations; that the demonstration (
silver has deprived the people of the G
enef1ts of an Invaluable and original +
oney metal, and has increased debts
nd added to the burdens of the people
, lowering the value of labor products, t
1d thar the constitution of thA TTniteA'I t