Evening star., 1896-06-11
FREE SILVER BEATEN
Action of the Maryland Democratic
Convention.
SOUND MONEY PLATFORM ADOPTED
Major Stewards Substitute Tabled
by Large Majority.
DELEGATES-AT-L LARGECHOSEN

| After The Stars report of the Maryland
| democratic convention at Baltimore closed
yesterday the committee on resolutions re-
| ported 1he following platform, favoring the
| single or gold standard of money:
The campaign upon which we are now
| about to enter involves no merely local or
| state issues, and hence all that the demo-
| Gratis Of Maryland are at this time really
| concerned in is to make known with en-
| phasis and distinctness their attitude upon
| the national questions which are to be dis
| cussed and settled in our approaching
! presidential struggle: In the hope that
| without regard 10 past differences all who
| believe i'm the principles of the party will
| heartily unite I'm vigorous and har-
| monious effort to preserve our people from
| the evils of McKinleyism and to restore
| our state TO Its true place In the demo-
| cratic column.
Our position upon the question OF tariff
| reform Is so well and thoroughly known that
nothing more is needed from US on this cub
| Ject than clear declaration OF our stead
| fsst belief In this article of our political
| faith as set forth in the Chicago platform
| of 1882 leaving to the coming national demo-
| cratic convention such further declaration
| upon this important subject as it's wisdom
| shall deem proper and contenting ourselves
| with the expression of our satisfaction that
| under the vigorous administration of Presi-
| Gent 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
| eXtrfcated from many of the evils put
| upon 1t by the ill-ad'lsed and disas rous
| policy of the republicans.
| ordinarily in advance of the assembling
| 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 i'm
| portance at this time of the financial ques-
uon makes IL incumbent upon us 10 speak
| with no uncertain sound upon this subject
| I'm order that the deliberate views of our
people may exert the just influence to
| which they are entitled, and delegates
| may be encouraged and strengthened in
| strenuous!y advocating their adoption as a
part Of our party platform.
| believing that the true interests of the
| people require that the earnings of agri-
| culture and trade and the wages of labor
| should be paid in money that is Intrinsic
| ally worth In all the markets of the world
| what II purports to be worth. we demand
| the maintenance Of the existing gold stand
ard of value, and further. that the govern
| ment shall keep all its obligations at all
| times redeemable and payable I'm 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 /.
| Tine safety OF the masses of the people
| can only be found in sound and honest
| currency, and it is because we perceive
| that the hope of relief neld UP TO them by
| tHe ADVOCATES OF Tree ana unlimited coinage
| Of silver at ratio nearly, if not quite
| twice the real value of silver bullion, will
| assuredly prove delusive, that, true to the
history ana traditions OF our party, We de-
| clare our hostility TO policy fatal. in
| the absence of an enlightened interna-
| tonal agreement regulating the whole SUBJ
ject, to the early establishment of which
| agreement we believe the efforts of the
| government should be a1ily directed"
Free silver Substitute.
| Free silver was sfrepuously -ad In,
a minority report from five members of the
| committee which had drafted the platform.
| 1t was offered by them a substitute for
| the sound money plank In the majority re-
! port, and was presented to the conve ntion
| by Maj. William Z. Stewart of Talbot
| county, as follows:
| I'm firm confidence of the beneficence of
| the principles OF Jefferson, jackson and true
democracy. the democrats of Maryland, in
| state convention assembled, do first de-
| clare that We are In full accord and hearty
| sympathy with our brethren, the farmers
| and working men of these United States,
| ana demand the restoration of the free
coinage of silver as 1t existed prior to the
| iniquftous legislation of 1873. when by the
| publican votes, IL was demonetized: and
| we construe the financial planks I'm the
| platform OF the last national democratic
convention 10 mean the free, unlimited and
| independent coinage of gold and silver at
lhe coinage ratio of l6 TO /, as fixed by
| patriotic democrats in Congress and an
| proved by Andrew Jackson
We indorse the Presidents action in
many respects, but we do not agree with
| the fresident when he denounces the action
| or democratic Senators and members of the
| House OF Representatives.
we agree with the President in his mes
| sage IN regard to the Monroe doctrine
| I'VE demand revenue sufficient for the
! support Of the government
| Ihls minority report at first dra afted
! IN committee denounced the President for
| his position with regard TO the Cuban revo-
| luton, and the President and Secretary Car
| Isle for issuing bonds in time of peace
These, These clauses were stricken out before the
! In addition TO Major Stewart the commit
| teemen who signed the minority report veye
Dent Downing of Prince Georges, Thomas
! 7. Owen, Charles: r. w Jones Kent and
| Thomas B. Turner, Calvert
| Alter remarks by Major Stewart, J. Frank
| Turner and ID. A. Lynch, Col. Baughman
| moved to lay tho substitute the table
| and demanded the previous question on the
| majority report. The vote was then taken
resulting In SIis yeas to 2alh nays. and the
| free silver platform was dead. The sound
| money platform was then adopted.
Delegates-at-Larxe.
| The following delegates-at-large TO the
| national convention at Chicago July were
| elected: John i. Hurst, Major Richard NJ
| Nenable OF Baltimore, Charles G. Homer of
| Baltimore, John p. Poe OF Baltimore
General John Gill of Baltimore county,
| Edwin Wariield of Howard county Charles
| c. Crothers of Cecil county, Marion de kalb
| Smith of Kent county.
For electors-at-largr there We're bu; two
| nominations. and the selection was made by
| acclamation. Col. John Walter Smith nomi-
| mated Mr.. Purnell, and Mr.. Julian +. Jones
proposed Mr.. Randolph Barton.
| Prefers an Easy Chair to q Wheel.
| From ths Chicago Tribune.
There is a man somewhere in town who
| evidently looks upon the pleasures of picy-
| cling as delusion and a snare. He it was
| who inserted the following ad. in yeste--
days Tribune: