Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-06-17
WITH THREE CHEERS.
The Democratic Convention ShOuts
for Free COinage-Fuii Text of
the eResOIutiOns-Alter
Named.

unanimously adopted by New Mexico
Democrats in convention assembled:
1st-That we are in favor of the free
and unlimited coinage of silver and gold,
independent of the action of foreign ma
tions, at ratio of 16 to 1, as the same ex-
listed prior to its characterization by the
Republican party in 1878, and we hereby
instruct our delegates to the Democratic
national convention to support no man
for president of the United States on any
platform which is not in faithful accord
with these principles, and we further in
struct said delegates to vote as unit on
this proposition.
2d-It is In the sense of this conven-
tion that proper and just method of
raising portion of the revenue neces-
sary for this uuni. of the nasional gov
ernment is by an income tax, and that if
our constitution as it novsaxists is not
consistent with au income tax, we
are in favor of such an amendment to the
same as will be consistent with the legal
ity Of such tax.
3d-We are in favor of tariff for
revenue for the maintenance Of our gov
ernment economically administered, and
that in levying such tax it should be
by discriminating in favor of taxing
those articles that will be in the in
terests of the masses of the people with
out the danger Of fostering monopolies.
4th-Recognizing his true Democracy,
worth and faithful adherence under all
circumstances to the cause of the masses,
and especially his courageous, consistent
and unswerving fight for the past twenty
years for the rem onetization of silver,
we do hereby m ost heartily indorse Rich
ard p. Bland as candidate for presi-
dent at the national Democratic conven-
tion at Chicago on July 7, 1896.
5th-We approve the able, active, Wig
orous and incessant efforts of our gov
ernor, Hon. W. L. Thornton, and our sec
retary, Lorion Miller, and chief justice,
Hon. Thomas Smith, and associate JUS
tices, Hons. N. B. Laughlin, N. G. Collier,
H. B. Hamilton and G. d. Bantz, and all
the other executive officers of this terri
tory in the suppression of crime and in
the upholding and maintaining of law
and order in this territory.
6th-We most strongly condemn Thos.
B. Catron, delegate to congress, for the
reason that by his actions as such dele
gate he has held up the people of this
territory to the scorn and ridicule of the
nation, and especially do we denounce
him for his failure to do more as delegate
from the territory than to provide sine
cures for his own family.
7th-That we denounoe the reprehen-
sibe and cowardly evasion by the Repub-
lican party of New Mexico, in convention
assembled, of the silver question and
other vital issues before the people.
8th-That we are in favor of personal
liberty and religious freedom and believe
that every citizen of our republic has an
absolute right to any Office within the
gift of the people, and we condemn and
denounce as un-American and contrary
to Democratic form of government the
secret organization known as the A. P. A.,
the members of which ar' r!edged to
prevent the election TO public office of
any American citizen of Catholic faith.
After the above had been reported and
adopted Delegate 7. N. Wilkerson, of
Bernalillo county, offered the following
which was also adopted:
"Resolved, That we thank the Hon. H.
B. Ferguson for his faithful and earnest
efferts as national committeeman in be-
half of the Dem ocratic party and for the
able and impartial manner in which he has
acted as chairman of this convention"
The alternates to delegates were then
chosen: For NJ. M. Salazar, F. M. Cros-
son; for A. A. Jones, j. W. collars; for
Antonio Joseph, Romulo Martinez; for
W. s. Hopewell, j. G. Fitch; for ]. Y.
Hewitt, j. O. Cameron; for Demetrlo
Chavez, Fl. l.. Warren.
In rousing speech Felix Martinez
then placed in nomination for national
committeeman Hon. Frank A. Mama
mares, of Las Vegas. The election was
unanimously carried.
The delegates having been chosen, as
previously announced in these columns,
votes of thanks to the officers and to the
citizens of Las Vegas were adopted and
the convention adjourned with three
ringing cheers for free coinage.