The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-07-09
the financial policy of the Cleveland


administration.
To that Senator Tillman of South
Carolina will offer an amendment and
address the convention upon it for fifty
| minutes.
Senator Tillman's amendment is in
these words: I'VE denounce the ad-
ministration of President Cleveland as
ironical, undemocratic, and as a de-
| parture from those principles which are
cherished by all liberty loving Ameri-
cans. The veto power has been used
to thwart the will of the people as ex-
! pressed by their representatives in con-
gress. The appointive power has been
used to subsidize the press, to debauch
! congress and to overawe and control
citizens in the free exercise of their
| constitutional rights as voters. A plu-
tocratic despotism is thus sought to be
| established on the ruins Of the repub-
lie. We repudiate the construction
| placed on the financial plank of the
| last democratic national platform by
| President Cleveland and Secretary
Carlisle as contrary to the plain mean
ing of English words and as being an
act of bad faith, deserving the severest
censure. The issue Of bonds in time Of
peace, with which to buy gold to re-
deem coin obligations payable in silver
or gold at the option of the government.
and the use Of the proceeds to defray
| the ordinary expenses of the govern
| ment, are both unlawful usurpations of
authority deserving impeachment"
While it Is conceded the resolution
will be defeated it's Introduction will
| give Mr.. Hill an opportunity to eulo-
gize the presidents administration, es-
pecially the financial part Senator
Tillman has been advised of this, and
proposes to devote fifty minutes to one
of his characteristic attacks on the ad-
| ministration.
Minority Platform Report.
Chicago, July Sit is learned that
the minority report on the platform re
| lates exclusively to the financial plank
| and its text is quite short 1t declares
for the existing standard and endorses
the calling together of an International
| monetary conference.
Senator Hill to Eulogize Cleveland.
Chicago. July S.-Senator Hill said
tonight he contemplated Offering in
| open convention tomorrow a resolu-
ton endorsing President Cleveland's s
administration. 1t will be the plank to-
day rejected by the platform commit
| tee.
To Consider A. P. AHsm.
| Chicago, July SIT developed to-
night that the principal reason for the
reassembling of the committe on reso-
| lutions tomorrow Is to hear Ex-senator
| Walsh of Georgia and J. j. Dwyer of
| California on the question of inserting
an anita. p. A. plank in the platform.
Ex-Governor Russell of Massachusetts,
will, it is said, give his support to such
a proposition During the evening
Representative Bailey Of Texas and Mr..
Bryan of Nebraska entered protest
against the wording of the last clause
of the money plank which refers to
legal tender money. The sentence is
regarded as weak and misleading and
they understand that many silver men
oppose it on those grounds.
1t was this disagreement among the
silver men that,caused the adjournment
tonight. 1t Is hoped an agreement can
| be speedily reached tomorrow, but the
| indications are that the committee will
be in session for several hours. Sena-
tor Tillman, according to the program.
will open the debate on the platform
and will be followed by Senator Jones.
Senator Hill will submit the minority
report The debate has been limited to
| two hours, but 1T may take a wider
range and set at naught any agree
ment