Evening star., 1896-09-17

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the taxes nor the notes, nor other evidence
of indebtedness. The destruction of silver
as money-full legal tender money-money
of redemption, has caused this worldwide
destruction of property values. Silver has
rot deprecated, but has remained stable as
compared with other property. Gold has
doubled.
According to the last census, more than
ore-half the people Of this nation who fol-
low gainful occupations are engaged In
agriculture. They have been and still are
suffering those evils. Whether they are
debtors or not they are the victims of abb
normally low prices. caused by vicious leg
islation in the interest Of the creditor class
es and the money barons OF the world. Our
opponents appeal TO the laboring men en-
gagged in other vocations and tell him that
the remonetizauon OF silver is scheme to
raise values in the interest of the farmers
alone. That 1t will result in raising the cost
of living without corresponding increase
ir. wages.
But let us consider who they are who
make this appe6L
Every monopolist every oppressor OF
labor, is engaged with Mark Hanna in for
warding your interests by keeping down
values and prices for your benefit.
who is Mark Hanna?
GO ask the sailors on the great lakes.
The men whom his organized thugs In
Cleveland shot and beat and starved into
submission.
Go ask the miners of Ohio, Michigan
and West Virginia. Every dollar Of the
millions which he has accumulated Is taint-
| ed with the sweat and blood of oppressed
and down-trodden labor. He glories in the
| fact that his money and his work secured
| McKinleys nomination. and expects them
| to secure his election. With him are en-
gagged the great trusts and monopolies and
| railroad corporations. 1t Is their boast that
| their money and their power cannot be
beaten.
| is not necessary that the United States
| shall await European concert before adopt
| ing the bimetallic standard. He added:
other Nations Waiting.
Let Mr.. Bryan be elected President, as
we believe he will be. with Congress in
| harmony with his Views, we believe
| there will be, so that 1t shall clearly ap-
| pear that the United States is going to
| make the attempt to remonetiZe silver, is
going to pay her obligations in the money
! in which they are payable by law, and
| England will be only too anxious to bolster
| UP the price of silver. The interests OF the
| very persons for whose benefit she now op-
| poses the double standard will require that
| silver shall be made good as gold.
''Other nations are only waiting for US to
| take the lead. 1t only remains for some
| strong and courageous nation to take the
| initiative and what nation is more compe-
| tent than our own"
Enthusinsm Only Tor Bryan.
| The audience while not lavish in its ap-
| plause gave substantial recognition to the
many hits at Flower, Whitney and others.
AS he made the statement that the Indian
| apolis platform was submitted TO J. +.
| Morgan for approval, the speaker paused
as If for applause, but it came not. and
| this same frosty reception was accorded a
| declaration OF the benefits of bimetallism.
There was, however, a significant burst
Of applause when he ,dehounced the Raines
| liquor law.
| = x,fu
ard the audience went into almost ecstac'es
when the name of Bryan was mentioned
just afterward. /
ed for the report of the committee on pla t.
form, and Bernard ]. York began the
reading.
The Platform.
The democratic party of the state of New
York, in convention assembled, unreserved-
ly indorses the platform adopted by the
democratic party at the national conven-
ticn held In Chicago on July Z, 1896. cor.
daily approves the nominations there
nade, pledges to William ]. Bryan and Ar
thur Sewall It's hearty and active supper,
and declares as its deliberate judgment thai
never In the history of the democratic
party has platform been written whict
embodied more completely the interests Of
the whole people. distinguished from
, those who seek legislation for private bene
fit, than that given to the country by tn,
| national democratic convention of 1886.
Rnines Law Denounced.
We dencunce those provisions of tn.
Raines liquor law which deprive municipal
ties of the right to restrict and regulat,
the liquor traffic within reasonable limits
prescribed by law; which divert excis,
moneys from local treasures, where the,
properly belong, into the state treasury, /,
order to make good deficiencies in stat,
! revenues caused by the extravaganza o
republican legislatures that otherwise woul'
need to be supplied by additional direc
/ taxation; which fastens upon the people
gigantic state political machine breedin.
| corruption and intimidation, and whicl
, compel the granting of licenses to person
, or places Of notoriously bad character.
!, | lntrusted with power, we pledge our repre-
sentatives to enact a just and REASONABLE
excise law, restoring the principle of loca
| supervision and regulation, conferring upol
| each locality the control and use of 1t
a own excise revenue with which to reduc
! | Its local taxation, and guaranteeing t
: | each municipality the determination of it
" ! own excise regulations within proper lmi
. tations prescribed by general law.
MortOn's Administration Denounced
: We arraign the administration of Go,
= Morton and recent republican legislature
g for their extravagarft legislation, whereof
s the state taxes have been largely increase
e and the burdens of the people augmented
+ Instead of reforms which were promised
n there have been fragrant corruption an
misrule. Instead Of economy, there ha
n been prodigality. Instead Of retrenchmen
: there has been increased expenditure. Ir
stead of legislation for the people, ther
have been protection and favoritism fo
trusts and monopolies.
8 We charge that the Office of superir
S tendent Of public works by the preser
= incumbent has been notoriously extravs
: CANT, corrupt, regardless Of law, and d.
. fiant Of public decency. =.
The republican legislature has multiple
o state commissions, Increased salaries, pei
If mitted unnecessary and ruinous specis
n legislation almost without limit, suppresse
d freedom Of legislative debate, held secre
Ie sessions in violation Of the constitute
e and exhibited the grossest partisanshil
!. even to the extent of legislating out
n office the non-partisan managers of tt
le state hospitals and of other charitable IL
l. stitutions of the state.
t Home Rule for Cities.
y We reaff1rm our adherence to the peop
OF home rule for municipalities. We esp
" cially denounce the republican policy whic
q sanctioned one kind of legislation for den
- ocratic cities and another kind for repu1
nit nd rfot,t ,l,oto to