The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-14
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Especial to The Herald)
ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo., Aug 13.-The
Democratic state convention was called
to order this morning at 10 O'Clock by
! Chairman N. CortheH, of the state cen
/ trail committee. w. H. Holiday, of
Albany county, was elected temporary
chairman, and c. P. Hill, of Laramie
county, temporary secretary.
Mr.. Holiday, ON taking the chair,
spoke of the need OF the hour in unit
ing the masses and rallying around the
standard bearer Of the Democratic
party, tilat matcilless and peerless
/ gland, W. j. Bryan, champion of the
common people and the opponent of
corporate greed.
delegation, ON behalf of Rock Springs,
in am appropriate speech, bid the con-
venioon welcome, which was responded
/ to by a. A. Johnson, president of the
state university, delegate from Albany
county.
After appointing committees on Gre
dentiaIs, order of business. and on res
olutions, the convention adjourned till
2 o'clock this afternoon.
Upon reassembling, the committee on
credentials reported no contests, and
every delegate present entitled to
seat in the convention.
! The committee on order of business
4 recommended, and the same was adopt
! ed, that the order of business be: Per-
maneGrt chairnlen, Walter r. Stoll, of
/ Laramie county, and Ben Sheldon, of
Fremont county, permanent secretary
and D. A. Preston, of Sweetwater coun-
ty, assistant permanent secretary.
The report of the committee on reso-
lutions and nominations of candidates
was as follows:
Three presidential electors; one rep
resentative in the Fifty-f1fth congress;
one justice of the supreme court; one
district judge in each judicial district;
selection of state central committee;
miscellaneous and unfinished business.
The committee on resolutions re-
ported
THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS,
which were unanimously adopted:
The Democracy of Wyoming, in
state convention assembled, with unu-
sual satisfaction endorses the nation
ad platform of the Democratic party
adopted at Chicago and rejoices to
find THAI in line with its earliest doc
trines and teachings, it so fully and
fearlessly meets the great crisis now
forced upon the country, involving a
struggle of the people on the one side
with the anglo-Ameuican gold and bond
conspiracy on he other We demand
the free and unlimited coinage of both
silver and gold, at the present legal
ratio of sixteen TO one, without wait
ing for the aid or consent of any other
nation, and that this money thus coin
ed be a legal tender for all debts, pub
lie or private. We realize that the SUI
preme question is whether or not the
American people shall submit to q. cum
ningly devised scheme to rob producers
of our country under the name and
domination of gold. We beg our coun-
trymen to remember that patriotism
is of higher value than paTtisanship;
and hope to see them at once rally to
the side of our country and her inter-
ests, against those who plan to de-
liver us over to a sort of international
syndicate government under the plea
of establishing an International control
over our monetary affairs, belonging to
Americans; and the American people
must
RALLY AROUND OUR FLAG
for this second struggle for our in
dependence. We favor the removal Of
all public boards and institutions in
the state from the malign partisanship
and political influences which now con-
troll them, and for the purpose Of in
surfing more public spirited, impartial
and efficient service. We believe the
membership. and official positions in
such boards ard institutions should
not be confined to one political party;
and we especially demand the removal
of all of our educational and penal in
stitutions from politics, and the en-
forcement of legislative provisions for
that end. We deplore, as dangerous
to our free institutions, the tendency
of the Republican party to interfere
for political purposes with the due
course of justice. as it should be adj
ministered by our judiciary. We de-
mand that extravaganza in the admin
istration of our public finances shall
cease; that the system of state officials
directing their time to their private
concerns or partisan purposes and bur-
dening the people with the expense of
disputes to run their offices, be discon-
tinued; that money due the state upon
the bonds of its officers be collected,