The record-union., 1896-09-03
DEMOCRATIC ADVOCATES
OF SOUND MONEY
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VI DUUNU HUN II i .
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nelly; Minnesota, L. G. Kurtz; Misss-
sippi, j. Il. Street; Missouri, F. NJ
Black; Montana, A. H. Nelson; Ne
braska, Albert Watkins; New Hamp-
shire, A. S. Bachelor; New Jersey,
Charlton E. Lewis; New York, Henry A.
Richmond; North Carolina, Lindsay
Patterson; North Dakota, f. II. Fulton;
Ohio, Virgil Z. Kline; Oregon, c. S. e.
Wood; Pennsylvania, George f. Baer;
Rhode Island, w. c. Baker; South Caro-
lima W. w. Ball; South Dakota, l.. w.
Crofoot; Tennessee, Edmund Cooper;
Texas, M. 4. Kleberg; Vermont, Wells
Valentine; Virginia, Abe FulkerSon,
Washington, w. G. Sharpstein; West
Virginia, Alfred Caldwell; Wisconsin,
William Villas; New Mexico, w. d. Chill
ders.
National Committee: Alabama, j. A.
Faulkner; Arkansas, c. b. Moore; Cali
fornia, Z. b. Pond; Colorado, Louis
r. Enrich; Connecticut, Joel A. Sperry;
Delaware, John S. Rosselle; Florida, ID.
G. Amber; Georgia, Thomas f. Corri-
gan; Illinois, Ben I. Gable; Indiana,
John r. Wilson; Iowa, l.. M. Martin;
Kansas, Eugene Hagan; Kentucky,
Zack Phelps; Louisiana, M. r. Spell
man; Maine, G. Vey Holman; Mary
land, W Pinckney White; Massachu-
sets, Nathan Matthews, Jr.; Michigan,
Thomas A. Wilson, Minnesota, F. w.
NJ. Cutcheon; Mississippi, II. M. Street;
Missouri, L. c. Krauthof; Nebraska.
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Woodbury.; New Jersey, w. A. G.. Cur
tbs; New York, Charles Tracey; North
Carolina, Louis y. La Croix; North
Dakota, H. l.. Whitehead; Ohio, I. T.
Linn; Pennsylvania, Seth E. McCor-
mick; Rhode Island, c. c. Mumford;
South Dakota, John B. Hanten; Ten
nessee, Michael Savage; Texas, Nj. L.
Crawford; Vermont, w. II. Creamer;
Virginia, Joseph Bryan; West Vir-
ginia, Randolph Stalnacker; Wisconsin,
Ellis B. Usher; New Mexico, w. b.
Childers.
POINTS OF THE PLATFORM.
The Committee on Resolutions met at
the Grand Hotel shortly before O'Clock
and organized by selecting Senator
Villas Of Wisconsin Chairman and AL
bert Watkins of Nebraska Secretary.
1t was deemed best to leave the actual
construction of the platform to sub
committee, and after an hours discus
sion the following were selected: Sena-
tor Villas, Chairman; Holman of Maine,
Lewis of New Jersey, Kline of Ohio,
Eckels of Illinois. Cooper Of Tennessee,
Jones of Alabama, Irish of California,
Lamb of Massachusetts and Watkins Of
Nebraska.
The informal discussion Of the mem
bers disclosed the fact that the great
majority of the committee was of one
mind on the leading propositions to be
submitted. 1t is understood that there
will be no reference to bimetallism
but that the money plank will declare
unequivocally for the existing single
gold standard. Along this line the
plank submitted by c. e. S. Wood OF
Oregon, heretofore given in these dis
patches, appears to have met with gen
eral approval, for its reading was
greeted with applause. While it is
probable that the declaration will be
put in different dress, the ideas found
in his resolution will likely form the
basis of the financial plank. That pro-
posed plank was as follows:
1--WE favor the use of gold and silver
as money, but we insist upon the main
tenance of our present gold standard
and that silver should only be used so
far as it safely may be and consist
emily with the firm maintenance of such
gold standard. We oppose all forms of
fat money, and consider it's retirement
from circulation, as recommended by
the present Administration, indispens-
a BILE to q stable currency and to the
maintenance of the gold Standard
The retirement Of the greenback has
many strong advocates, among them
being Virgil Kline and Perry Belmont.
Equitable and just pension laws will
be indorsed. The tariff plank will be
along the usual lines. a vigorous oppo-
sition will be expressed to all forms of
fraudulent and misguided paternalism.
The Chicago platform will be ar
raigned, notably on account of its "at-
tack on the Supreme Court and its
"upholding of anarchy by denying the
right of the use of Federal troops in a
State to suppress the violations OF
United States laws in those States
Among the propositions offered and
read for the information of the commit
tee was one by C. Vey Holman of Maine
regarding the merchant marine. 1t
was, he said, radically different from
the plan pressed upon the committees
Of the St. Louis and Chicago Conven-
tions (and adopted by the latter by
the representatives of the American
Shipping League, of which Arthur
SewaI is President 1t reads:
we demand that henceforth modern
and liberal policies toward American
shipping shall take the place of our i'm
itation of the restrictive statutes Of the
eighteenth century, long ago abandoned
by every other maritime power but the
United States. To this end we favor the
repeal of those navigation laws which
to the nations humiliation, have driven
American capital and enterprise to the
made the stars and stripes almost un-
known in foreign ports, and have virtu-
ally extinguished the race of American n
seamen.
"We oppose the pretense that discrim-
mating duties will promote Shipping.
rnercial warfare upon the United States,
un-American in the light of our great
commercial treaties, offering no grain
whatever to American shipping, while
greatly increasing ocean freights on our
agricultural and manufactured prod
uctS."
The subcommittee tonight began the