The Portland daily press., 1896-07-10

The applause called out by the opening
passages was Of very perfunctory
character AT the mention of free coinage
there was a cheer, not very loud OF long
however.
A delegate in the rear asked that this
plank be read over again and Mr.. Jones
complied. The Bailey amendment as tc
the national banks was substituted fol
the plank previously published. AS the
reading proceeded it was apparent by
com parison with the platform as pub
lished, that some one had gone over and
had amended the grammatical construc-
tion of the sentences in numerous partic.
ulars
When the Cuban plank was reached
some one in the front aisle unfurled q
Cuban flag and waved it, but this effort
at theatrical effeot was promptly sup,
pressed by the chairman, who raped
sharply and commanded the sergeant-at-
arms TO haul down that flag" This
was Immediately done ana the incident
was thus brought to an ignominious
close.
AS he finished reading the platform,
Senator Jones said that at the request
OF minority Of the committse on resolu-
tions he would now present certain
amendments that were proposed by the
minority; also two amendments that
would be proposed by Senator Hill of
New York. M of them would not be
read, after which by agreement, two
hours and forty minutes would be al
lowed for debate, ons hour and twenty
minutes on each side.
The minority report was thereupon
read by one of the secretaries as follows:
To the Democratic National Con vention:
Sixteen delegates constituting the
minority Of the committee on resolutions
report that there are many declarations
in the report of the majority to which
they cannot give their assent. Some Of
these are wholly unnecessary. Some are
i'll considered and am biguously phased,
while Others are extreme and reyolu-
ticnary of the well recognized principles
of the party. The minority content them
selves with this general expression Of
their dissent without going into specific
statement Of these objectionable features
of the report of the majority, but upon
the financial question which engages at
this time the chief share of public at
tention, the views of the majority differ
SO fundamentally from what the minori
ty regard as vital Democratic as to do
mand distinct statement OF what they
hold as the only just and true expression
of Democratic faith upon this important
issue as follows, which is offared as a
substitution for the financial report Of
the majority:
We declare our belief that the expert
ment on the part Of che United States
alone Of free silver coinage and change
in the existing standard Of value, indie
psndently Of the action of other great
nation as would not only iInperil cur
finances, but would retard or entirely
prevent the establishment of intern alton
al bimetallisna to which the efforts of the
government should be steadily directed.
1t would place this country at once upon
= silver basis, impair contracts, disturb
business, diminish the purchasing power
of the wages of labor and inaiot ire
parable evils upon our nations commerce
and industry. Until International CO.
operation among leading nation, for the
ooinage OF silver can be secured we favor
the rigid maintainanoe Of the existing