Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-08
TEXT OF THE CHICAGO PLATFORM.
Report of the subcommittee on Rcso-
Iutions to he Presented To-day.

mittee Before be could take the chair
/ committee from the committee on per
manent organization called upon him and
I notified him OF his selection for permanent
chairman Of the convention. Senator White
/ accepted the permanent chairman. and, re
4 turning to the room OF the committee on
resolutions. stated that 1t would be impos-
/ sibie for him, as permanent chairman, II
! the convention should rstify the commit
! tees choice, to serve also as the chairman
! Of the resolutions committee. Senator J. X.
! Jones OF Arkansas then chosen chair
! man OF the resolutions committee. Mr.. A.
/ J. Jones Of Illinois was elected secretary.
The following gentlemen were az.
pointed as the subcommittee: Senator }. h.
Jones Arkansas chairman; Senator F. M.
/ Cockerell Missouri; J. T. George, Missis-
sippi. " Z. WorthtnCton. Illinois; Senator
I Ben Tillman. South Carolina. Mr. owen, In
dian Territory: Senator David b. Hill. New
York; Senator W. T, Villas and Senator George
Gray Of Delaware. The committee then ad-
journed.
Following is the platform as agreed TO
( hy the subcommittee to he submitted 70
the fun committee tomorrow. II is thought
that few II any, notifications Will be made
before the resolutions are submitted to the
convention. although planks favurinE the
. Monroe doctrine and recognizing cuban
bellgerency are favored. The minority viii,
OF course present report taking the GROUND
against free silver.
We. the democrats OF the United States
in convention assembled, do reaffirm our
4 alleEiancc to those great essential prin-
ciples Of justice and liberty upon which our
institutions are founded and which the
/ democratic party has maintained lor gen
erations to our own day-frecdom Of speech,
{ freedom OF conscience. the preservation OF
personal rights, the equality OF al citizens
I before the law and the faithful observance
Of constitutional limitations
Recot nizinE that the money question Is
paramount 10 all others at this ume; We
invite attention to the fact that the federal
! constitution names silver and gold together
and that the first coinage law passed by
congress under the constitution made the
| silver dollar the unit of value and admitted
gold to free coinage at a ratio measured by
the silver dollar unit We dclare that the
act OF 1873 demonctiZinc silver without the
pie has resulted in the appreciation Of gold
and corresponding fan in the price OF
heavy increase in the burden Of taxation
and Of all debts public and private. the
enrichment Of the money lending ,.r class at
home and abroad; paralysis OF lndustrE ana
impovershment Of the people. We are uE-
alterably opposed TO the single gold stand
ard. which has locked fast the prosperity OF
hard times Gold monometGlliSm is a Brit
ish policy founded upon British greed for
servitude s. pSt tii5 10 to london Il is not
only unamerican, but anti-American and 1t
can be fastened upon the United States
only by the sitting Of that indomttable
y
our political independence in lIl6 and won
in the war Of the revolution. We demand
unlimited coinage Of gold and silver at the
present legal ratio OF l6 10 without waiting
for the aid or consent of any other nation.
We demand that the standard silver dollar
shall be fun legal tender, equally with
goid for Tor al , asofs PgenG .i ana PHI nfyaIg an
the dcmonetizauon OF any kind OF legal
tender money by private contract. We are
opposed TO the policy and practice of sur
rendering to the holders Of the obligations
of the United States the option reserved
by law TO the government Of redeeming such
obligations in either silver or gold coin. We
are opposed 70 the issue Of interest bearing
bonds Of the United States in times Of peace
and condemn the trafficlSing with banking
! syndicatcs which, in exchange for bonds
and at an enormous profit to themselves.
maintain the policy Of gold monometallisn.
Congress alone has the mower 10 coin and
= issue money, and President Jackson de-
clared that this power could not be dele
gated 10 corporations or individuals We,
| therefore. demand that the power to issue
notes be taken from the banks and that all
paper money shall be issued directly by the
! Treasury department.
We hold that tariff duties should be levied
solely for the purpose of revenue, and that
taxation should be limited by the need Of
the government honestly and economically
/ administered. We denOunce disturbing
to business the republican threat to restore
the Mckinley law. which has been twice
| eracted under the false plea OF protection 10
home industry and proved a prolific breeder
Of trusts and mODOpolies. enriched the few
at the expense of the many, restricted trade
and deprived the PRODUCERS Of the great
| American staples Of access to their natural
markets Cntil the money question is set
tied, We are opposed TO any agitation for fur
ther changes in our tariff laws except such
as are necessary TO make UP the deficit in
revenue caused by the adverse decision OF
the supreme court on the income tax There
would have been no deticit in federal rev
enue during the last two years but for the
Hnnullment by the supreme court OF the in
come tax law placed upon the statute books
The obstruction TO an income tax which
the supreme court discovered in the consti-
tuition after II had lain hidden for l0j years
must be removed, TO the end that GccUmu-
| lated wealth may he made TO bear its just
share of the burdens of the government
We. therefore. favor an amendment to the
federal constitution that will permit the levy
OF an income tax,
American labor Is to prevent the importa-
tlon OF foreign pauper labor TO couT.te with
| II in the home market and that the value
OF the home market 10 our American farm
trs ana artisans ls greatly reduced by q
the prices o. their products below the cost
( Of production, and thus deprives them OF
the means OF satisfying their needs,
| We denounce the profcate waste Of The
( money Wrung from the peoThe 10y oppressive
taxauon and the lavish appropriations Of
kept taxes high while the labOrer that pays
them is unemp!oyed and products OF the
u. people are depressed in price til they no
longer repay the cost of production
" Nt esInand return 70 that simplicity
government and a reduction In the number
=. ! Of useless offices the salaries az which
drain the substance Of the people
| CunhdinE in the justice of our cause and
I the necessity Of its success AT the polls We
| submit the foregoing declaration Of prinri-
pies and purposes 10 the Cnnsiderate iu6g-
ment OF the American people We invite
| the support o. all citizens who approve
! them and who desire TO have them made
1 effective through legislation for the ,elief
| OF the people and the restoration ,,f The
| cOuntry's prosperity
At 2l5 O'Clock the subcommittee finished
its labors and the anti-silver men went
to Senator Hiil's room TO prepare a minority
4 report, briefly as follows:
The financial plank leads the platform
with a declaration against free silver and
denounces the issue Of bonds In time Of
peace demands that the power 10 issue
notes be taken away from national banks:
declares for tariff for revenue only and
that the re-ensctment of the Mckinley bin
| would he menace 10 prosperity; asks for
a constitutional amendment permitting the
enactment Of m income tax: expresses gyru-
pathy for Cuba; demands that pauper emf
grants be kept cut of tho country: favorg
liberal pension legislation; expresses ap-
proyal Of Senator HillE bin for regulating
cases Of contempt Of court in United states
courts and denouaces the republican house
for not passing that bill: donounces tho
PaciAc railroad funding lill now pending
in congress; opposes third terms FOR prcsi-
/ dents as & cardinal prinCiule Of derpocrav