The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-21
NO DOUBT THERE
SOUTH DAKOTA DEMOCRATS, BY
BIG MAJORITY IN CONyEN-
TION,
DECLARE FOR SOUND MONEY.
DELEGATES WHO ARE KNOWN TO
FAVOR THE YELLOW METAL
CHOSEN.
ADMINISTRATION IS INDoRsED.
Cleveland,s Policy Upheld-Any
Change In the Present Tariff
Law Is Deprecated.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
ABERDEEN, S. D., May 2o.-The sound
money and administration men in the Demo
cratic convention received some important
reinforcements this morning, and several dele
cations, notably from the Hills, which had
leanings towards silver, and so announced,
have changed to a right about position by
reason OF food Of kilograms from different
constituents. The selection of Ramsey for
chairman indicated that the admnistrationists
were in control. Last night the silverites
were making claims that they had the major
ity, but Col Sheafe, of Watertown; A. Tins
ley. of Sioux Falls; National Committeeman
Woods and other leaders pulled hard for sound
money all night, and when the convention met
felt confident that they had few votes to
spare. The convention was called to order at
2 o'clock. but previously the state central
committee held meeting and agreed upon
Ramsey for temporary chairman.
At the evening session OF the convention the
chairman appointed the following committees:
Resolutions-Carland, of Minnehaha; NAL
10y. of Union; Cogley. of Moody; Scheafer,
Of Codington: Richards, Of Beadle, Crofoot,
of Lawrence.
Credentials-Tinsley of Minnehaha; NAL
10y, of Union; Cook, of Roberts; Zollman, OF
Hanson Harris, OF Brown; Healy, of Ed
munds; Mckinley of Fall River, and Nc
Donald, of Lawrence.
The temporary organization was made per-
manent, and the report of the credentials
committee was adopted without contest.
The report of the committee on order OF busi-
ness was amended so as to have the re-
port of the committee on resolutions read and
acted upon before the election OF delegates.
This precipitated a hot debate, in which
Lynch, of Huron, pronounced datribe on
the "oficeholders controlling the convention. 7"
To give the committee on resolutions a
chance to frame a report the convention at
o'clock took a recess of half an hour.
The convention adopted the following finan-
cial plank:
1.-The Democratic party OF South Dakota is
in favor of the present standard OF value In
our monetary system and the use or full
legal tender silver coins and paper converta-
BILE into coin on demand in such quantities as
can be maintained without impairing or en-
dangering the credit of the government or
diminishing the purchasing or debt-paying
power of the money IN the hands Oh the peo-
ple."
Mr. Lynch, of Beadle, moved the adoption
of the following as a substituted:
Resolved That we demand restoration
of the money of the constitution by law
providing for the free and unlimited coinage
of both gold and silver as full legal tender
at ratio of is to l. regardless of the action
of any other country.
The convention, by a vote of 1914 to 2241s
rejected the substitute and adopted the
original resolution. Other resolutions ar
raign the Republican party for their extraya-
gance and declare unalterable allegiance to
the Cleveland administration. They also op-
pose any effort to materially alter the present
just and conservative tariff and pronounce
against secret political organizations. The
fight over the financial plank was extremely
warm, but the free silver delegates did not