The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-06-25

came close to election Taylor has been a
radical silver leader In the State. while
man, was pioneer free-silver man in Con-
gress and has been president Of the Ameri-
can BmetaIS i al ,ss League eyer since its & or
been cooperating with his party because
of his opposition to President Cleveland
and Ex-Governor Campbell on the financial
question and is now favorable TO Senator
Teller for the presidency.
TAYLORS SPEECH.
The delegates were called to order at
10:S0 by Chairman Smalley. He introduced
Rev. DR.. Fishbdrn. OF Columbus. who in
voked divine blessing. The temporary or
ganzation was announced and Col. w. A.
Taylor, the temporary chairman. read his
speech. Colonel Taylor's declaration for
free coinage at 1s TO gave the silver adj
vocates their first opportunity to cheer and
they did 1t vociferously. In the course of
his address Colonel Taylor said:
There is but one great issue before the
American people, compared with which all
other issues are as mole hills to noun
tain. and that is the issue between the
power of the world Whether or not the
metallic basis OF our currency shall be so
compressed and concentrated that it may
De held by the few to the detriment, de-
basement and enslavement of the many.
is the great Issue. Upon this question YOU
na to mke " plain 5srse
instructed thereto from every county, from
every city. from every town, from
every hamlet. from every cross roads. and
from the shadow of every schoolhouse in
Ohio. For weeks every zephyr which has
blown from every corner Of the State to
this convention, has borne one unvarying
message: the free and unlimited coinage
OF gold and silver at the ratio of 16 TO i,
without awaiting the action or concurrence
of any other nation on earth. That is the
recipe from which you are to frame the
commission of the delegates to Chicago
The danger which threatens this coun-
but that gzasping financial policy which
has made England the home of landlords
and ten2ts and which being s1rrePtsHSas- h P sSsS
man act of 1873, has made ii possible to
tuch the United States treasury into a
broker shop and to enrich a foreign syndi-
tions. by compelling the issue of the bonds
of the people to keep intact stock of
account at pleasure. You have no war to
make on capital. You will make no war
upon 1t. You intend to respect its rights
rights. If you did more or less than these
| things you would be unworthy the title of
Americans. You did not array a section of
the country against all the rest on this
| financial question. Others did that against
your earnest and unavailing appeals Tor
So shape your actions as to send Ohio to
Chicago as the leader of States In the
peoples cause; for what you declare here
whole country, and that in turn will be
| ratified by the people on the I'd or NO
vember."
GROVER CALLED TRAITOR.
| After Colonel Taylor had finished. Reuben
| Turney, of Tuscarawas county, was recog-
nized. He threw the convention into a
! turmoil of Kisses and derisive shouts by
| saying: Looking down on this convention,
is that arch-traitor, that Benedict Arnold
of the Democratic party. Grover Cleve-
land" He wanted the portrait removed
For some moments Mr.. Turney was Kissed
| SO that he could not proceed. but he finally
| moved that A. w. Patrick. who presented
| the minority report on resolutions for
silver last year, and well-known silver
advocate of Tuscarawas county: be, IN
vited to the stage This caught nred the See
| Patrick made free coinage speech.
| The gold men fought the report on rules
ana tha m this rule had
| injected after the committee had agreed
| on its report. The report was ADOPTED
| measures were defeated. After the report
| on permanent organizat ton A. j. warner
| was escorted TO the chair as the presiding
| officer and was received with an ovation
| General Warner was introduced as an
| apostle of the 16-to-1 ratio. He urged al
| to sacrifice personal preferences ana It'll al
people had made the issue and the 81
| Louis convention had emphasized the issue
by adopting single goId sthnGaraT Tbere
was no longer any doubt about wnat woul9
| be done at Chicago on the issue. lie urged
all the the fatSeas and Of the to
unite on one ticket as well as one issue
| He insisted that this union OF the people,
| regardless of party alliances, against the
gold standard money power was now the
| duty of the hour. 1t would save the people
| from being a homeless tenantry, wniie the
| rich are becoming richer by the increasing
value of gold. The values of all the people
| possess are decreasing while the values OF
| foreign money are increasing. ,,,au.
/ When General Warner concluded Judge
| Patrick led in three rousing cheers for the
| ltterances of the chairman. General war
ner's speech was interrupted con.lnuousiy
| the bankruptcy and distress of the masses
| and to the heavy tributes that were being
| ind;ctment of the administration for is
| suing bonds TO maintain the gold standard
was intensely severe. and greeted with
| tumultuous demonstrations.
THE PLATFORM.
| After the report on credentials was
adopted without opposition the following
majority report on resolutions was pre-
| sented:
| 1--WE. the Democrats of Ohio. in conven-
| ton assembled, hold that the money ques-
! tion is the vital and paramount issue
now De1Ore the peOpit VI tiiS COuiitIy, aiiu
| that it's early and correct settlement is
| necessary TO the revival of business and
the return Of prosperity; therefore.
Resolved, That we are unalterably op-
| posed to the single gold standard, and de-
| mand an immediate return TO the constitu-
| tional money of gold and silver by the res
! toration by this government. independent
| of other nations. of the unrestricted coin
| age of both gold and silver into standard
| money at the ratio of is to 1. and on the
terms of exact equality existing prior
| TO 1873 such silver coin TO be full legal
| tender. equally with gold. for all debts
| and dues. public and private.
Resolved. That the delegates at large
| this day chosen by this convention. and the
| the several congressional districts be, and
/ they are hereby. instructed to use all hon.
| orable means TO secure the adoption OF the
| principles contained dn the foregoing reso-
luton i'm the national Democratic conven-
| tion at Chicago July a. and to- vote only
| for candidates for President and Vice Pres
| ident who are known TO be in full accord
| herewith and. 10 accomplish these ends
| TO cast the votes from the State of Ohio as
| unit, as majority may determine
The gold men voted to strike out the
| unit-rule instructions, but were voted down
| by viva voce vote amid much disorder
j. c. Patterson. of Dayton. presented a
| trine. election of Senators by the people
| Cuban question. tariff reform, personal lib
| erty and all the usual declarations of Dem
| ocratic conventions. including the reaffirm-
| alton of the national platform of 1892 The
| Republican Legislature and State admins
| tration were strongly denounced. No ref
| erence to the financial question was made
| the interest of harmony The minority r..
| port was signed by four members oni th.