Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-25
COULD'T DOWN THURMAN.
He WILL GO AS DELEGATE AT LARGE
Silver Men Were in Full Control of the Con-
yehtion at Columbus AStraghtout
Free Coinage Plank Adopted. :


Convention Hall, Columbus, o.. June
24.-Delay in reaching an agreement in
the resolutions committee delayed the
opening of the democratic state conven-
tion till 1880 O'Clock this morning.
Chairman M. A. Smally in calling the
convention to order made no speech, sim
ply read the list of temporary officers
selected by the state commattee and in
Producing Temporary Chairman w. A.
Taylor, who made a pronounced free sill
yer speech.
At the conclusion of Colonel Taylor's
speech a delegate secured the floor and
declared his qualification at the disap-
proval expressed by the convention of
Grover Cleveland, whom he characteriz-
ed the Benedict Arnold of the democrat
fc party. He was hissed down at that
point, and the report Of the committee
on rules was called for and read by AL
len Smalley Of Wyandotte, the chairman
of the committee.
Senator McMackin tried to have the
clause of the report of the committee on
rules which required all resolutions to be
sent to the committee on resolutions to be
stricken out but the motion was defeat
ed by an overwhelming vote.
The committee on permanent organiza-
tion presented its report, which was
adopted A committee was sent to es-
the hall.
The overwhelming vote by which the
report of the committee on rules was
adopted showed that any opposition from
the gold delegates would be futile. The
only thing they objected to was the rule
sending all resolutions to the resolutions
committee, thus shutting off debate prac-
tically when the report of the resolutions
committee comes in.
In taking the chair as permanent chair
% do Oh. .0rk
speech. His only criticism of the present
national administration was in that it
had created an enormous debt in time of
peace. He said she believed Major Nc
kinley was honest in his money theory,
but he could no more bring prosperity
to the nation than he could lift himself
by his boot straps.
The report of the credentials commit
tee, seating the silver faction delegates
In Stark county, the only place where
there was contest, was adopted without
opposition
A minority report from the resolutions
committee recommending the addition to
the minority report of a tariff plank, a
Cuban sympathy plank, and other resolu-
tions denouncing the republican admins
j. c. Patterson of the Third district. 1t
was promptly tabled. A motion was then
made to strike out the unit rule resolu-
tion. This was also tabled.
The roll of counties was demanded on
the question adopting the majority re-
all opposition to free coinage having ap-
parently been withdrawn.
Following is the PLATFORM
We, the democrats of Ohio, in conven-
tion assembled, hold that the money
question is the vital and paramount issue
now before the people of this country
and that its 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 consti-
tutional use of gold and silver by the res
toration by this government, independent
of other nations, of the Unrestricted COIN
age of both silver and gold into standard
money at the ratio of 16 to 1, and upon
the terms of exact equality existing prior
to 1875; such silver coin to be a full legal
tender equally with gold coin for all
debts, public and private.
Resolved, That the delegates at large
this day chosen by this convention and
the delegates to the national convention
from the several congressional districts
be and they are hereby instructed to use
all honorable means to secure the adop-
tion of the principles contained in the
foregoing by the national democratic con-
vention to be held at Chicago July 7, and
to vote only for candidates for president
and vice president who are known to be
in full accord Herewith; and to accom-
plish these ends to cast the votes from
the state of Ohio as a unit, as a majority
may determine.
The vote on adopting this platform
was: Yeas, 542; nays, 12S.
The following were selected for dele
gates at large: Allen w. Thurman, Co
lumbus; E. B. Finley, Bucyrus; l.. e.
Holden, Cleveland, and John r. Mclean,
Cincinnati