The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-05

part Of the. report instructng the whole
delegation for free silver.
Senator Daniel replying, maintained,
with great earnestness, that the cOnven-
ton had the right to adopt this course.
] He insisted that there was no justice in
the whole delegation and state Of Nir-
ginia being held down by the coat tails
! by the TWO gold delegates from the second
district.
The resolution instructing the delegates.
as was expected. provoked more earnest
discussion than any other feature Of the
convention. The proposition was finally
separated and so voted upon. It was
/ adopted by a vote Of 100 to 542.
The gold men of the second district
| whom IL particularly affects. made a siren
nous effort TO defeat these instructions.
The convention reassembied for the
night session at 10 o'clock. Upon the
question Of the body confirming the nom
nations by the districts Of two members
each TO the Chicago convention. Mr.. VIII
liams of Prince William county moved
that these gentlemen declare whether
they would ABIDE the instructions Of the
convention. The proposal was tabled.
Mr.. Glennan OF Norfolk one OF the gold
delegates TO the national convention said
If the instructions added had the effect
Of a unit rule he would go 10 the con-
vention and have his vote recorded as
directed by the majority Of the delega-
ton. II, however. he had to cast that
vote himself under these instructions he
would do so as his district had directed.
Mr. West of Nanesmond county, the
other gold delegate from the Second dis
LTlcL. explained LndL MS DQSlIlOn was
similar TO that of his colleague. The eN-
PLANTATION of these two gentlemen caused
the convention to suspend the rules and
adopt the unit rule. The resolution pro-
v.ding for this authorizes the chairman
of the Virginia delegation at Chicago TO
cast the votes of all its members as a
majority thereof shall determine.
A resolution was adopted expressing a
desire that John w. Daniel shall be
named by the national convention as one
| of the members of the Presidential ticket.
| John w. Daniel w. A. Jones, II. ). K.
\ Morrison. G; A. Swanson were elected
! delegates-at-large; The alternates are w
| o. Hardaway, j. p. Keezet, Frank Hume
! and Archer Gregory
The electors at large chosen are James
! W. Marshall and w B. McIlwaine.
Peter J. Otey of Lynchburg was made
| the member Of the national committee
The platform declares adherence to the
| principles of the democracy as announced
by, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe oI,o9s
| Of their day; opposes Mckinley
| ism. which proposes to tax the poor man
for the benefits of trusts and capitalists"
/ favors a tax for revenue limited to the
| necessities of an economically admins
/ tered government; opposes the republi-
can party, because while protesting to
| protect our laboring men and mechanics,
| they are in practice filing our mines and
/ factories with pauper labor from Europe;
! opposes a third presidential term and then
! declares: 1--WE are for sound money, the
soundest the world has ever had or ever
/ can have; the money Of our constitution,
/
! civilization through the ages past and
| destined TO such, as We believe, for ages
to come This sound money should con-
| sist of silver and gold and OF paper re-
deemable in silver or gold at the option
! of the payee the units of the whole mass
| to be kept at parity by coinage. rights
| method by which the parity of the metals
| has been continuously and successfully
| maintained.
I'VE hold TO the use of both gold and
! silver as the standard money of the coun-
| try, and to the coinage OF gold and silver
| without discriminating against either met
| al or charge for mintage The immediate
and complete restoration of bimetallsm
| Of money which existed in the United
| States from 1898 TO 1873 is, in our opin-
| ion, demanded by the interests of COM
| merce, manufactures and agriculture,
which are alike suffering from the fall
ing prices and consequent embarrassment
| or bankruptcy of those engaged therein,
| and in order so to restore il. we demand
the full and unlimited coinage of both
without waiting for the assent or concur
renee of any other nation
| 1T cannot be that this great nation, the
foremost of the earth in riches and power,
is unable to form a financial system of
its own, and while we would welcome an
| international agreement that would set
! tie the VeNed question. We are unwilling
| to defer action or make the interest of
our own people dependent upon the course
| of the others.
1--WE warn our countrymen that unless
/ silver be upheld as the money of redemp-
I llOn ana sustained at parity with BOld
by equal privileges at the mint and by
| equal legal tender function a further con-
traction of the currency and the further
accumulation of public indebtedness
would be inevitable. We have four dol
Oars less per capita in circulation now
than we had in November, 1893 when the
Sherman law was repealed and in the
present strained condition of our re-
sources the deficits of revenue aud the fall
Of prices each further contraction OF
money and accumulation of debt would
paralyZe business, lower wages and bring
upon the country widespread panic and
ruin.
I'VE hereby instruct all of the delegates
from Virginia to the national democratic
convention at Chicago to vote for a plat
form declaring for the free and unlimited
coinage of silver and gold at the ratio OF
l6 TO i and for candidates for president
and vice president who openly advocate
that principle"
AT the instance of friends of Hon. j
Taylor Ellyson. the present chairman al
the state committee, the question of selec
ting his successor was relegated to the
committee.
The convention adjourned a 1870 O'CLOCK
tonight.