The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-07-08
THE PLATFORM.

Resolutions Adopted by sthe Democrats
of the Fonrth Congressional District,
in Convention Assembled Mt ParkeEs.
bur, July LIST, 1896.
Hon. Chas. r.. Hogg, Chairman
of the Committee on Resolutions,
presented the following Resolu-
tions, which being read, were
unanimously adopted:
BE it resolved. by us, the Demo
District, i'll convention assembled:
That we now demand the free and
unlimited coinage of the standard
silver dollar of our people at the
ratio of 16 to L, without waiting
for the cooperation of England or
any other foreign nation. All
such coinage to be full legal tender
in the payment of all debts, both
public and private.
Resolved, That we are opposed
to the redemption and final cancel
Ilation of the United States notes
and we demand Il sufht lent and
staple volume of money, gold, sill
yer and paper, to meet therequire-
ments of our growing population.
wide-eNtended territory and swell-A
ing tide of trade and commerce.
Resolved, That we are opposed
to the increase of the, public debt,
by the issuance of interest bearing
bonds, in time OF peace, the cause for
which rests upon tho existence of
n monetary gold standard, to which
the legislation and financial policy
of the Republican party have
brought the American people,
Resolved, That we demand that
all laws legalizing contracts for the
payment of of any specific kind
or character of money in the dis
charge of contracts shall be re-
pealed, and that proper legislation
TO that end shall be enacted by
Congress.
Resolved, That we are i'll favor
such tariff laws as will be sufficient
to meet the revenue requirements
of the government economically
administered, and are opposed to
any tariff legislation enacted for
the protection of n few favored in
dustries at the expense and detri-
mont of the great laboring masses
of the country; and we demand
such an adjustment of the tariff
schedule as will afford the largest
amount of revenue consistent with
the lightest burden of tariff taxa
ton
The New York Dispatch is
Republican paper and yot it talks
in this scared way about the Ma
tional walkover that it is in some
quarters supposed Major McKin-
ley will have:
"Immcdiately upon the nomi-
nation of Maj Mckinley on a
gold platform, the New York Dis
patch warned the party of the eX-
tent of the free silver craze and
the fact that the name of the
nominee meant one thing to the
masses before the convention, and
another thing after the convention
made gold platform for him to
run on. The free silver craze is
rooted in every nook and corner
of the country. 1t is stronger in
New York city than any place in
the Union. 1t is strong in the
New England States, supposed to
be solidIy for gold.
"Lct us face the facts. The
gold plank to the laboring people
IS tho plank of the classes. The
Republican party never in it's his
tory had II harder struggle before
it than it has to-day to elect Nc
I<inley on gold plank. Get off
your coats and go to work now.
The masses that Mckinley had
safely coralled before the nomi-
nation, have already escaped.
Stop this twaddle, these insane
and idiotic congratulations and
get to work. The nominee is in
danger; the party is i'll danger; the
nation is confronting it's greatest
peril the prospect of free silver
President Get to work"
The Financial question is the
question before the people, and the
press must take side and show
where each newspaper stands.
People are asking on the streets,
in the road, wherever they meet
you, What do you think of the
silver question:" And they are
going to have an answer. Men
must think, although certain cyni-
cal critics have said "The masses
do not think" When the working
man sees that his wages are cut
down so per cent the farmer that
his wheat, corn, potatoes and other
products do not pay for the seed
and labor, the honest manufacturer
that his his plant is running on
short time, the honest banker that