The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-04

plause. and between these outbursts COM
manded the closest attention.
AT the conclusion of the senator's ad-
dress, recess was taken until pm.
On reassembling at pm, the commit
tee We're not ready to report, and the con-
Vention was addressed by Evan Settle,
Ollie James w. P. Thorn, James Tyler
and others, on free coinage free silver
greeting from the Kansas Democratic con-
vention was read and loudly applauded.
At this juncture, General P. Watt Har-
DIN, the Democratic candidate for govern
or last year, Who has just arrived from
the wedding of his son in Washington,
entered the hall on Senator Blackburn S
arm The most enthusiastic reception was
given him. He was almost carried up on
the platform.
Chairman Bronston had Senator Black
burn introduce him. General Hardin ad-
dressed the convention at length on the
abuse of the silver men in the past two
years, but counseled peace and harmony
for the future. He believed all the DEM
ocracy would be together on the financial
as well as other questions.
At 1890, the chairman announced that
the committee could not report tonight,
when the convention adjourned till Q am.
tomorrow
The committee on resolutions completed
its work. tonight and was ready to re-
port, but the report on credentials was
wanted first. and that committee will not
be through tonight. The majority report
reatfirms Democratic principles in the
III 81 SCCiiOD. OTHERS DeliS dS lOilOWS.
'Second-We are in favor of an honest
dollar, a dollar worth neither more nor
less than 100 cents.
WE FAVOR BIMETALLISM
and to that end we demand that free and
unlimited coinage of both gold and silver
at the ratio of Is to l as standard money,
with equal legal tender power, indepen-
dent of the action or advice of any other
nation
''Third-We hold that the secretary of
the treasury should exercise his legal right
to redeem all coin obligations in gold and
silver as may be more convenient. and we
are opposed to the issuance of bonds in
time of peace for the maintenance of the
gold reserve or for any other purpose.
"Fourth--We are opposed to the national
banking system and to any enlargement
of its powers, and opposed 70 any con-
traction of the currency by the retirement
of our greenbacks or otherwise.
"Fifth-We are for tariff for revenue
only.
'Sixth-The Democratic party has ever
been the party of personal liberty and re-
ligious freedom and is now and has al
ways been opposed TO any
UNION OF CHURCH AND STATE.
It is opposed to the enactment of all laws
the purpose or design of which is TO sus-
tain or enforce any religious tenet or sect
and to any law, organization or society,
religious or political, secret or otherwise
! that tends to prescribe any citizen for OF
on account of his religious belief or to ap-
ply any sucl. test as qualification fol-
public Office
The seventh resolution condemns Gov
| ernor Bradley.
The eighth declares for party loyalty.
| The ninth instructs delegates to Chicago
! to cast the vote of Kentucky as a unit fol
/ 10 c. S. Blackburn for president.
| A minority report will be presented by
! A. j. Carroll. member of the committee
! from Louisville. 1t omits endorsing Black
burn. Its financial plank reads:
1--WE insist upon firm maintenance Of
the present legal standard of value, witt
such of legal tender silver coins and pa
per, convertible into coin on demand, az
! can be maintained without impairment OF
endanger the credit of the government o.
diminish the purchasing or debt-payins
power of the money in the hands of The
! people, and in the absence of an interna
tional agreement we protest against the
free coinage of silver or the compulsor!
purchase of silver bullion by the United
States as Injurious TO the industrial anC
commercial interests of the farmer anC
the laboring man.