The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-09-10

| The convention Of sound money
Democrats in convention at Indian
apolis last Thursday nominated Gen
eial John NJ. Palmer, of Illinois, for
President on the first ballot, and Cen
eral Buckner, of Kentucky for Vice
President. The platform adopted
arralgns the friends of free silver and
the advocates of protection. The
following is the platform:
The platform recommended by the
committee on resolutions declares
that in view Of grave departures from
Democratic principles in the Chicago
platform the "Sound Money" Demo
Gratis cannot support the candidates
of the Chicago convention nor be
bound by its acts. 1t then continues:
"The conditions, however, which
make possible such utterances from a
national convention are the direct re.
suit Of class legislation by the Repub-
lican party. 1t still proclaims, as it
has for years, the power and duty of
government to raise and maintain
prices by law, and it proposes no
remedy for existing evils except op-
pressive and unjust taxation.
"The national Democracy here
convened, therefore, renews its decla-
ration of faith in Democratic princi-
pies, especially as applicable to the
conditions of the times.
ave denounce protection and its
ally, free coinage of silver, as schemes
for the personal profit of few at the
expense of the masses, and oppose
the two parties which stand for these
schemes as hostile to the people of
the republic whose food and shelter,
comfort and prosperity are attacked
by higher taxes and deprecated
money. In fine, we reaffirm the
historic Democratic doctrine of tariff
for revenue only.
"Realizing the truths demonstrated
by long and public inconvenience and
loss the Democratic party, in the
interests of the masses and of equal
justice to all, practically established
by the legislation of 1884 and 1853
the gold standard of monetary meas
urement and likewise entirely divorced
the government from the banking
and currency issues. To this long
established Democratic policy we ad-
here and insist upon the maintenance
of the gold standard and of the parity
Herewith of every dollar issued by
the government; and we are firmly
opposed to the free and unlimited
coinage of silver and to the COM
pulsory purchase of silver bullion.
But we denounce also the further
maintenance of the present costly
patchwork system Of national paper
currency as constant source of injury
and peril. We assert the necessity of
such intelligent currency reform as
will confne the government to its
legitimate functions, completely sepa-
rated from the banking business, and
afford to all sections of our country
uniform, safe and elastic bank cur
rency under government supervision,
measured in volume by the needs of
business"
After lauding President Cleveland
and commencing his administration
the platform says:
"We favor arbitration for the settle
ment of international disputes.
'We favor liberal policy of pen
sions to deserving soldiers and sailors
of the United States.
"The supreme court oi ine United
States was wisely established by the
trainers Of our constitution as one OF
the three coordinate branches of the
government. Its independence and
authority to interpret the law of the
land without fear or favor must be
maintained.
"We condemn all efforts to degrade
that tribunal or impair the confidence
and respect which it has deservedly
held. The Democratic party ever has
maintained and ever will maintain the
supremacy of law, the independence
of its judicial administration, the in
volatility of contract and the obliga-
tons of all good citizens to resist
every illegal trust combination or at
tempt against the just rights of pro-
perty and the good order of society in
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