The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-06-12
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER ,, 1896
THE STATE DEMOCRATIC CON-
VENTION

ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER ), 1896.
THE STATE DEMOCRATIC CON-
VENTION.
The convention which assembled in
Baltimore on Wednesday was one OF
the most harmonious in the history OF
the State A strict attention to bust
ness enabled it to close its work in Il
few hours, but that time was sufficient
to place the Democrats of Maryland
on record and announce in no uncer
tain tone their profound allegiance to
sound money. The advocates of free
silver were given fair and courteous
hearing, but when the vote was taken
the victory was a decided one. The
vote to lay the minority Tor silver res
olution on the table resulted in ST.
ayes and 294 nays.
Hon. A. P. German presided, with a
vice president from each county and
three from Baltimore City. Mr.. John
Rich. Nelson represented Hartford
Mr.. E. G. Hooker served on the Com
mittee on Credentials and Mr.. Walter
Finney on the Committee on Resolu-
tions.
The delegates to the National Con
vention, which will meet in Chicago
on July Z, are as follows:
Delegates at Large-John E. Hurst,
Baltimore city; John Gill, Baltimore
county; John p Poe, Baltimore city;
Marion DeK. Smith. Kent; Edwin
Warfield, Howard; Charles G. Homer,
Baltimore county; R. NJ. Venable, Bal
timore city; Charles G. Crothers, Cecil.
District Delegates-First, Henry Il
Lewis, Caroline; John r. Pattison
Dorchester. Second, Frederick A. Won
Kapff, Baltimore county; Thomas II {.
Robinson, Hartford. Third, john Han
nibal and Louis NJ. Duvall, of Balti-
more city. Fourth, James w. Neil
roy and William L. Biedler, of Balti-
more city. Fifth, William B. Clag-
gett, Prince Georges; Dr. George II =.
Jones, Calvert. Sixth, Spencer C
jones, Montgomery; Heary f. Win
CERT, Washington.
The full text of the platform recon-
mended by a majority of the Resolu-
tions Committee and adopted by the
convention is as follows:
1.-The campaign upon which we are
now about to enter involves no merely
local or State issues; and hence all that
the Democrats of Maryland are at thi,
time really concerned in is to make
known with emphasis and distinct
ness their attitude upon the national
questions which are to be discussed
and settled in our approaching Presi-
dental struggle, in the hope that,
without regard to past differences, all
who believe in the principles of the
party will heartily unite in vigorous
and harmonious effort to preserve our
people from the evils of Mckinleyism
and to restore our State to its true
place in the Democratic column.
'Our position upon the question of
tariff reform is so well and thoroughly
known that nothing more is needed
from us on this subject than a clear
declaration of our steadfast belief in
this article of our political faith us set
forth in the Chicago platform of 1892,
leading to the coming National Demo
cratic Convention such further de.
claration upon this important subject
as its wisdom shall deem proper, and
contenting ourselves with the expires
sion of our satisfaction that under the
vigorous administration of President
Cleveland, who has at all times cour-
ageously maintained the public credit,
and by the patriotic and judicious
action of a Democratic Congress the
country has been extricated from so
many of the evils put upon it by the
ill-advised and disastrous policy of
the Republicans.
''Ordinarily, in advance of the as
sembling of the representatives of the
whole party in national convention,
the framing of the declaration of party
principles might well be left TO them
but the overShadowing Importance at
this time of the financial question
makes it incumbent upon us to speak
with no uncertain sound upon this
subject, in order that the deliberate
views of our people may exert the just
influence to which they are entitled,
and our delegates may be encouraged
and strengthened in strenuously ad-
vocating their adoption as a part of
our party platform.
Believing that the true interests
Of the people require the earnings of
agriculture and trade and the wages
of labor should be paid in all the
markets of the world what it purports
to be worth, we demand the main
tenance of the existing gold standard
of value, and, further, that the govern
ment shall keep all its obligations at
all times redeemabie and payable in
money of the greatest intrinsic value
and of the highest standard adopted
by the civilized nations of the world
and we, therefore, resolutelY oppose
the free and unlimited coinage of silver
at the ratio of 16 to 1.
1.-The safety of the masses of the
people can only be found in a sound
and honest currency, and it is because
we perceive that the hope of relief
held out to them by the advocates of
free and unlimited coinage of silver
bullion will assuredly prove delusive,
that true to the history and traditions
of our party we declare our hostility
to policy so fatal in the absence of
an enlightened international agree
ment, regulating the whole subject,
to the early establishment of which
agreement we believe the efforts of the
government should be steadily di-
rected."
The largest sound-money Demo
cratic State of all, New York, with
its 70 delegates, has not yet spoken,
but its declaration for sound money
and its uncompromising vote in that
direction are certain. Its influence
at Chicago may we'll exceed even its