The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-09

THO the free coinage party. ana 50 sure
as ths sun l.ses On election day. the day
OF se-iTerarce VIII come" sG-ea. eheers)
The chairman called 70 the front Orange
Jacobs. IAN old-li1e Republican whose
head Is now hozry with age. and VINO ASS
been covered with honors by hts party"
NJ. Jacobs s5Fe-ted 20 the fact thai he
had been Z Republican when il cost some
thing. He had lived in what came 70 be
called Little Africa" ard he had faced
tho logic OF lard names, and all thst ma
M-fo1s ingenuity could devise To call
names was last resort. as n those other
days the conclusive argument had hesn
summed up in the query. do you want
your daughter 20 marry q niger There
was no need 20 vince even though names
were called By leading journals Go on.
gentlemen" called out Mr.. Jacobs. turn
ing toward the reporters table. ~go On
Cal Us goats. crazy men. half-wstted.
and eyel ything OF that kind. In the mean
time the people viii see the potency OF
the arguments we are now addressing -
them. and they will do their duty 20 them
selves and 20 their country" tApplanse)
Referring 20 the Haas incident, Mr..
Jacobs dramatically asked. Are we the
bond slaves OF corporate power" and his
willing auditors shouted back. mo, no."
and then gave prolonged cheer. When
men who know their rights" continued
Mr.. Jacobs and who dare maintain them
have such things Haunted in their faces,
isn't IL abolt time that we call halt,
and make new declaration OF independ-
ence7" He closed by saying that his
swallow" was pretty large. but was not
large enough for the dose prescribed az
St. Louis. and therefore he was out OF
the Republican party for a time.
Scion T. Williams was called 10 the
platform. Il stated no longer ago than
yesterday he said, that there were not
horsethieves enough IN the Republican
Party TO drive me out. Today I confess
that I made a mistake, not OF the heart,
but OF Judgment, as 10 the number OF
horsethieves that party contains UaugA-
ter) I was born n the Republican party.
and for Ii have a leve such as the love
of a mother for her child, but now crisis
has come in which the patriotic man must
place country before party. When the
party has been chasiened by defeat II will
again return 10 its first love and Will be-
come the champion Of the peoples rights"
(Applause.l
The chairman learned that the confer
encs committee had finished its labors.
ana John Wiley read the report on the
Haas incident When the convention was
told OF Haas statement TO the effect thai
his object was TO give his employees an
object lesson in free silver, there were
derisive shouts from ali parts of the house
and cries OF Rats" Rats" The report
was handed TO the committee on resolu-
tons with instructions 10 draft resolu-
ton suitable to the case.
Owing to the fact that the platform
was not yet ready 70 be brought before
the convention. Thomas j. Mcpherson.
seconded by Frank II. Knapp. moved that
the convention proceed TO the selection OF
delegates before the adoption OF plat
form. The motion was carried. and that
action later gave rise 10 the only dissen-
sion manifest during the day. On motion
OF D'Heirry, who said the representation
from some OF the senatorial districts was
very small, the chair appointed nom
mating committee OF one from each dis
trict The committee appointed was as
follows the various members being named
In order, beginning with the Twenty-fourth
district: w. c. Rutter, Homer NJ Hill.
T. H Dempsey, ]. L. Crotty, Scion t.
Williams. A. ]. Goddard. In addition to
this committee the chair appointed as an
advisory committee G. G. Lyon, John
Wiley, III. Hagan. Harry White. Orange
Jacobs and others. The two committees
withdrew and consumed nearly an hour
in making up the lists. IN the interval
John p. Fay and C. j. Jenner delivered
earnest speeches from the standpoint OF
silver.
The Platform.
Speech making was cut off by the re-
port OF the committee on platform. The
report was adopted unanimously, as fol-
lows:
I'VE hereby indorse the platform Of the
Republican Free Coinage party of the
state of Washington as adopted at Ia
coma, Wash. June 50. 1885, namely:
I'VE believe the financial question 20 be
the paramount national issue OF this
campaign.
I'VE believe that the power given TO
congress to coin money and regulate the
value thereof Is a high attribute OF sover
eighty and should be exercised as such.
Eve believe that the people OF the
United States should take their metallic
money from their mountains instead OF
issuing bonds In time of peace and mort
gaging posterity to secure their payment.
I'VE believe in the use of both gold and
silver as equal standard money. and that
the government OF the United States
should Immediately open its mints TO free.
unrestricted, unlimited and independent
coinage OF silver al the ratio of sixteen
parts OF silver 10 one OF gold.
I'VE believe that thirty years of fruit
less efforts and the failure OF five interna-
t.onal monetary conferences to &C
oonplish anything. except TO en-
plastic the unaterable opposition
into any compact looking 10 the restor-
alton OF silver "a a standard money, has
conclsisively proven international bi-metal-
ism TO be a delusTon, and that the pretend
ei desire of certain class OF politicians 10
restore silver by international agreement
is last refuge Of the foes Of silver.
while agreeing with the vivid state
ment made IN the national Republican
piatforrn as 10 the distress prevailing
throughout the country. we disagree as
10 the cause producing the same. We be-
lieve that these conditions are directly
traceable to the contraction Of the volume
OF the standard money resulting from. the
decentralization of silver. and not 10 the
slight difference Of six per cent between
he Mckinley and Wilson tariff laws.
And We are uualterably opposed 20 a
nerpetua ton OF those Cleveland and Car
isle measures which have produced this
condition.
Resolved. That We commend the off,
eial record OF Senator Watson c. Squire.
as evidenced by his votes and speeches
during seven years service. We and
therein tust cause for uustinted approha-
ton. conclusive reason for perfect conf
dence IN his integrity % purpose and proof
OF answering loyalty 10 duty in act, in
soeech and vote. His attitude, his decla-
rations and pronounced purpose upon the
great issue now before the American peo-
Die. the free and unlimited coinage OF ST.
yer. elicit our hearty appreciation. pro-
found respect and strengthens cur conf
Ssuce in patriotism and Official rsctitude.
we unquslihedly commend and indorse
his public declaration Of opposition 20 the
gold standard ard the concluslve rea-
sars assigned therefor. Be X
Resolved. That inethe event OF a union
II as