The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-05-08

SiioIii Ia "a SAS va
the administration democratic state
convention together at noon yesterday.
Secretary J. b. Sheean read the call.
Six hundred delegates were in their
seats when the chairman raped the
convention to order.
Following the reading of the call
Chairman Martin named W. u. Nc
Hugh of Douglas county as temporary
chairman and C. NJ. Hubner of Otoe
county, temporary secretary. Later
on this was made permanent
Chairman Mcdugh named as a COM
mittee on credentials r. S. Bibb. Jerry
Farrell. II. E. Phelps, Samuel Wallace
and j. p. Rea-
AS committee on resolutions he nam
ed 7. j. Mahoney, n. 5. HARDWOOD,
George p. Marvin, }. c. Crawford, Lee
M. Spratlin, j. /. Leese and d. 2. Rolf.
Committee on permanent organiza-
ton: Milton Doolittle, Robert Patrick
and Albert Watkins.
The committee on credentials report
ed that every county in the state, with
the exception of Stanton, was repre-
scented by a full delegation on the floor
of this house.
The convention then proceeded to
the election of candidates for
delegates-at-large to the Chicago
convention, the result being as given
above. the first four by reclamation.
Following is the list of district
delegates elected, together with their
alternates:
First District-N. S. Harwocd, Ian
caster county; alternate, ID. S. Gould,
Cass county; ID. p. Rolf, Otoe; altern-
ate, A. w. Butfin, Johnson county.
Second District-T. j. Mahoney,
Douglas county; alternate, George
Parks, Douglas; Euclid Martin, Doug
las; alternate, George w. Shields, Doug
las.
Third District-Fred Vaughan, Dodge
county; alternate, Frank Jouvenat,
Boone county; Frank A. Deaborn,
Wayne; alternate, z. b. Wilbur, Dako-
ia county.
Fourth District-O. H. Scott, Thayer
county; alternate, J. c. Hartigan; r.
E. Dumphey, Seward county; altern-
ate, A. d. Richie, Butler county.
Fifth District-George 2. Kingsley,
Kearney; alternate, j. G.. CHASER, Clay
county: Ii. G. Keeler, Webster county:
alternate, NJ. l.. Meade, Perkins county.
Sixth District. |. Leese, Dawes
county; alternate, O.. F. Biglin, Holt
county; j.. J.. Mcintosh. Cheyenne coun-
ty; alternate, A. G. Holt, Brown coun-
ty.
The democrats of Nebraska, in con-
vention assembled, pledge anew our
fealty to the principles of the demo-
cratic party. We repel alike the i'm
pudent assumptions of republican
plutocratic p~aternalisn and the vagar-
les of populist and socialistic paternal-
ism. We denounce as dishonest the
claims of the republican party to be re-
turned to power on account of financial
disturbance, produced by republican
legislation, and as equally dangerous
the clamor of populists and their allies
for a more extensive application for
the same pernicious legislation. We
adhere to the time-honored principles
of the party, as enumerated by Jetfer-
son and expounded by Jackson, Tilden
and Cleveland.
We believe with Thomas jefferson
that the market value of bullion regu-
lates the value of the coin, and not it's
coin value, we accept the teaching OF
economic science, that under free coin
age the cheaper money will always
drive out the better money. leaving
nothing but the poorer in circulation,
and hat under the unvarying law the
adoption of free coinage of silver at 16
to l would eXpel from circulation all
the gold and paper money redeemable
in gold, and leave the country on a
silver basis, with a poorer currency
and much less of it.
We believe hat common honesty and
a just regard for the rights of our cred
itors, as we'll as the rights of the wage
arner require us to use all honorable
means to prevent the insertion of a free
coinage plank in the national plat
form.
We adhere to our previous declara-
tions on this subject, and declare our-
selves un~equivocally and unreservedlv
for the metallic money. as the standard
unit, the bullion and mint value OF
which are approximately the same, and
the purchasing power OF which. regard
less of government mintage, is the least
f~luctuating in all the markets of the
world. We insist on this policy as es-
pecially necessary for the protection of
the farmers, laborers and property
owning debtors, the most d~efenseless
victims of unstable and f~iuctuating cur-
rency.
We deny the right of congress to
levy taxes for any other purpose
than the maintenance of the govern
ment, and demand a fair trial for the
Wilson tariff law, under which bust
ness and industry have been recovering
from the paralytic stroke of Mckinley
ism.
We are in favor of the retirement of
the forced loans of the United States
government made in the ~eXigencies of
war, and of the government going out
of the banking business at the earliest
practicable moment, and the establish
ment Of our currency and banking upon
some basis hal will give stability to
u paper money and security to de-
positors.
The theory of noninterference on the
part of European governments on this
continent, announced by President
Monroe, more than half a century ago,
has taken a firm hold of the American
people. and we heartily endorse and ap-
prove the course of President Cleveland
and Secretary Olney in their firm and
unfaltering adherence to this great
principle.
We deny the claim of a small faction