The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-05

Ellison called the Democratic state
convention to order and named j. Bell
Bigger of Richmond for temporary
chairman. Bigger expressed the hope
that harmony would characterize the
proceedings. He paid compliment to
Senator Daniels.
There was the usual preliminaries,
when an adjournment was taken.
Immediately upon the reassembling
of the convention the committee on
permanent organization reported, re-
commencing Major Woods of Able
marie for chairman.
Major Woods addressed the conven-
ton briefly. He declared he was for
the masses as against the classes. The
intended to restore silver to its proper
place in our currency system.
While waiting for the committee on
credentials to report, ex-Congressman
Marshall and Thomas S. Martin adj
dressed the body. The latter called
Cleveland a wrecker of his party. The
silver men cheered and the gold men
Kissed at this
Congressman Tucker followed. He
said:
There is in the White House big
man Cheers and hisses), a great. big
man (more cheers and hisses). While
1 do not agree with all Mr. Cleveland
has done, L tell you ne is an honest
man and q patriot"
When the committee on credentials
reported Senator Daniel read the ma
jority report of the resolutions COM
mittee 1t deprectates the growing in
huence of trusts" declares for tariff
I tax for revenue, limited to the neces-
sites of an economically administered
government, and opposes third term
of the presidential Office.
THE FINANCIAL PLANK
is substantially as follows:
Eve are for sound money-the sound
est the world has ever had or can
have.
This sound money shall consist of
silver, and of paper, redeemable in
silver or gold at the option Of the gov
ernmeut the units of the whole mass to
be kept at parity by coinage rights
and equal legal tender functions, tho
only method by which the parity of the
two metals has been continuously and
successfully maintained.
1.-The immediate and complete re-
storation of the bimetallic system of
money which existed in the United
( States from 1893 to 1873 is, in our opin-
i ion, demanded by the interests of
commerce, manufacturers and agricul-
| ture which are alike suffering from
! continuous fall of prices and the con-
Sequent embarra Ssment or bankruptcy
of those engaged therein. And in or
der to restore it we demand the
FREE AND UNLIMITED COINAGE
/ of both silver and gold at the ratio of
| is to 1, without waiting for the assent
or concurrence of any other nation.
1--WE hereby instruct all of the dele
gates from Virginia to the national
Democratic convention to vote for
platform declaring for the free and
unlimited coinage of silver and gold
at the ratio of 16 to 1, and for candi-
dates for president and vice-president
who openly advocate that principle"
Mr. Munford, of Richmond, presented
minority report signed by himself
and five others which declares the
Democratic party of Virginia stands
ready to abide by the declarations of
| the Chicago convention soon to assem-
BILE but as indicative of its own views,
| it declares unalterabfe
OPPOSITION TO FREE COINAGE
at 16 to or any other arbitrary ratio
without international agreement.
After some discussion the minority
report was rejected by vote of 1875
! to 81, and the majority report was
adopted as it came from the committee.
The convention then took a recess until
| D. m.
At the evening session the unit rule
was adopted and resolution passed
! declaring the Democrats of Virginia
would hail the nomination of Senator
Daniel as one of the candidates of the
party on the national ticket.
Delegates at large are John A. Daniel,
! W. A Jones, Claud w. Swanson and
! H. S. K. Morrison.
The electors at large are w. B. Nc
Ilwaine, of Dinwiddle, and N. w. Mar
shall, of Craig. Peter Otey was chosen
for national committeeman.
The convention at 11:3O adjourned
sine die.