The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-07-31

the republican convention had
fallen upon Mckinley like bolt OF
lightning. 1t had changed the senti-
ment of the whole country. Free sill
yer at sixteen to one would sweep the
nation. Never in the history of Amer
lea had it been so hard to keep gold
here as under the present system. I'm
der it SECS, OOO, 900 worth of bonds had
| been issued and the working people
plundered by the wall street syndi-
Gates and the English bond sharks"
The next one to address the conven-
ton was Mrs Helen. NJ. Cougar, of In
diana She denounced the "gold bug
monopolists," wall street pluto
Gratis" and English, bond sharks" and
said the only salvation of the people
| from serfdom was to declare for the
free coinage of silver. She denounced
Mckinley and the platform on which
he stood. She denounced the repub-
lican party, the liquor traffic and the
rum power of the world. The saloon
| keepers, the rum power and the an
archists, she said. were with Mckinley.
| So were ''the thieves of Wall street"
A general wrangle followed over the
demand made by some of the delegates
that poll of the convention be made
to find out the previous political be-
liefs of the delegates. The convention
had voted to take such a poll in the
! forenoon. The discussion grew out of
an effort to have the secretaries of the
delegations poll their several delega-
lions and report to the secretary OF the
convention. 1t was decided to proceed
with the roll call of states The result
of the poll showed that there were $50
republicans, 135 democrats, AZ popu-
lists, nine prohibitionists, one nation
alist. one greenbacker, and IL indie
pendents. Twenty states failed to re-
port.
ST. LOUIS, July 25.-The silver party
conven ton did very little at their ses-
sion Friday morning as they were
waiting on their conference committee
with the peoples party and the con-
vention, after listening to some
speeches, adjourned until $3.50 in the
afternoon.
1t was nearly four o'clock when
Chairman st. John raped for order.
The report of the conference commit
tee was read and adopted and then
Senator Jones read the platform, the
chief part being as follows:
First-The paramount issue at this time in
the United States is indisputably the money
question 1t is between the gold standard,
gold bonds and bank currency on the one side
and the bimetallic standard, no bonds and gov
eminent currency on the other.
On this issue we declare ourselves to be in
favor of distinctively American financial
system. We are unalterably opposed to the
single gold standard and demand the imme-
date return to the constitutional standard OF
gold and silver, by the restoration by this gov
eminent, independently Of any foreign power
of the unrestricted coinage Of gold and silver
as the standard money at the ratio OF sixteer
to one, and upon terms of exact equality.
they existed price to 1873: the silver coin to bt
a full legal tender, equally with gold, for al
debts and dues, public and private, and VIZ
favor such legislation will prevent for tn,
future the decentralization of any kind of lega
tender money by private contract
% We hold that the power to control and regu
late paper currency is inseparabe from tlN
power to coin money: and, hence, that all cur
rency intended to circulate as money should b.
issued and its volume controlled by the gen
eral government only, and should be lega
tender
The platform then goes on to say
that it is opposed to the issue of bond.
in time of peace; it is against allowing
a syndicate of native and foreign bank
ers to uphold the gold standard anc
letting them make large profit; de
MES that there can be such an economic
paradox as overproduction; favors re-
storing both gold and silver; appeals
to the people of the United States tc
make one supreme effort to free them.
selves from the money power, and rec.
commended the convention to nominate
ha
and vice president.
The platform was adopted after some
de bate.
The convention again took up the
veteran soldier resolution and it was
decided to call the roll of states that
the chairman might announce the
mum Der of veterans in each state dele.
CATION. The call resulted in showing
1876 union soldiers, IS confederates and
four Mexican soldiers, represented in
the convention. Out of the roll call
grew a suggestion that crystallized
into a motion which was agreed to that
the old soldiers and sailors of the con.
vention-union, confederate and Next
can-form the basis of an organization
within the party, for campaign pur.
poses-to save the union.
Mr.. E. c. Little, of Kansas, then
nominated William j. Bryan, of Ne.
braska, for president After a num-
Der of speeches Mr.. Bryan was nomi-
mated by reclamation.
Mr.. Troup, of Connecticut, then
placed the name of Arthur Sewall, of
Maine, before the convention for vice
president and the nomination was
unanimously agreed to.
Col. Pace, of Nebraska, offered
resolution declaring it to be the sense
of the convention that as the demo-
cratic party had arranged to notify
Bryan and Sewall in New York. the
silver party notify them in Bryan's
home at Lincoln. The motion was
agreed to. Thereupon the convention
adjourned sine die.
TO STUDY COINAGE.
NJ embers OF the Silver National Committee