Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-07-18

indorse was equivalent to a censure, no with
drew his amendment At 4:37 p. m. the roll OF
states was called on the adoption OF the plat
form as reported by the committee on resolu-
tions The result was announced: Ayes 62s.
noes 3Ol absent I. The convention then took
o recess until p. m.
THE PLATFORM.
We, the democrats of the United States In
national convention assembled, do reailirm our
allegiance to those great essential principles OF
justice and liberty upon which our institutions
are founded and which the democratic party
has advocated from jefferson time to our own
freedom OF speech, freedom of the press, free
dom OF conscience, the preservation of person
al rights, the equality of all citizens before the
law and the faithful observation OF constitu-
tional limitations. During all these years the
democratic party has resisted the tendency OF
selfish interests to Capitalization of govern
mental power and steadfasty maintained the
integrity OF the dual scheme Of government es-
tablished by the founders OF this republic OF
republics Under its guidance and teachings
the great principle OF local self-govcrnment
has found it's best expression in the mainten-
ance Of the rights OF the states and in it's as
sertion OF the necessity Of combining the gener-
al government to the exercise OF the powers
granted by the constitution OF the United
States.
The constitution OF the United States guar
antees to every citizen the rights of civil and
always been the exponent OF political liberty
and religious freedom, and 1t renews its obliga-
tions and reaffrms its devotion to these funda-
mental principles OF the constitution
Recognizing that the money question is para
mount to all others at this time, we invite at
tention to the fact that the federal constitution
names silver and gold together az the money
metals of the United States and that the first
coinage law passed by congress under the con-
stitution made the silver dollar the monetary
unit and admitted gold to free coinage at a
ratio based upon the silver dollar unit. We
declare that the act OF 1873 demonetizing silver
without the knowledge or approval Of the
American people has resulted in the apprecia-
tion Of gold and a corresponding fall IN the
prices of commodities produced by the people;
q heavy increase in the burden of taxation and
OF all debts, public and private; the enrich
ment OF the money lending class at home and
abroad; the prestration of industry and Inn
poverishment Of the people
We are unalterably opposed to monomet-
allsm which has locked fast the prosperity OF
an industrial people in the paralysis Of hard
times. Gold monometallism is British policy
and its adoption has brought other nations into
financial servitude to London. 1t is not only
un-American, but anti-American, and it can
be fastened on the United States only by the
sitting of that spirit and love of liberty which
proclaimed our political independence in l77f
and won it in the war of the revolution
We demand the free and unlimited coinage
| of both silver and gold at the present lega
ratio of l6 to 1, without waiting for the aid OF
consent of any other nation. We demand that
| the standard silver dollar shall be full lega
tender equally with gold for all debts public
, and private, and we favor such legislation as
/ will prevent for the future the demonetizatior
of any kind of legal tender money by private
contract. We are opposed to the policy ant
| practice OF surrendering to the holders OF the
| obligations OF the United States the option re-
served by law to the government OF redeeminl
such obligations in either silver coin or golt
| coin
We are opposed to the issuing OF interest
bearing bonds of the United States in time o
| peace and condemn the traficking with bank
| ing syndicates which, in exchange for bond
| and at an enormous profit to themselves, sup
| ply the federal treasury with gold to maintain
the policy of gold monometallism.