The Irish standard., 1896-06-27

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to IS to- leave no room for quib-.
bling.
| The speaker characterized the late Re
| publican convention as the most brazen
I effort on the partsof organized greed ever
attempted to control the destinies Of the
| country. 1t adopted a platform, he as
serted, In the interest OF England, Its
principles stand for paralysis, poverty
and distress and it put in nomination for
presidents man who will only be a ser
want to carry out the mandates Of his
managers
! The remainder of the governors speech
dealt with state matters. All Of the de-
! partments at the capitol were In admiral
BILE condition, but he condemned the pres
ent revenue system as a monster OF In
justice. The Republican legislature came
in for severe criticism for It's alleged
corruption The establishment of the
state account system in the peitentiaries
he credited to the Democratic party main
ly, but recommended a still farther re-
form which will take the prisons entirely
out of the competition with other Dor.
| In conclusion the governor said that
he appreciated the approval of his friends
as shown by their desire for his re-nomin-
alton, but claimed he was not in condition
to stand for reelection. His health was
broken by his attention to public duties
and his property interests We're suffering.
He had no ambition to be a party leader
and asked that he be permitted to retire
fir ON public life. His closing words were:
Let the world know that We regard our
party platform as sacred as holy writ
tand that any pledge made to the people
will be carried out long before the Ides
of November, the cohorts of plutocracy
and corruption and all their hlrellngs ana
han gers-on will be driven from the great
temple of the people.
Peoria. I'LL, June 24.-The Democratic
state convention yesterday adopted the
following resolutions on the money ques-
ton:
1--WE favor the soundest and safest
money known to man, and as experience
has shown that this consists Of both gold
| and silver, with equal rights of coinage
and full legal tender power, we demand
! the repeal of that Republican and pluto
! cratic legislation which demonetlzed Sill
4 yer and reduced it to the basis OF token
money, destroying by one-haH the STOCK
| Of real money and by doubling the work
| to be done by gold, doubled it's purchasing
| power so that the farmers and producers
! had to give twice as much work to get a
! dollar as they formerly had, and found IT
hard to meet the debts, interest, taxes ana
fixed charges which were not lower t,sin ~.
| this way. the market for those things
| which the. mechanic and laborer made
was destroyed and the factories had to
! shut down.
"But by thus taking out Of the CONNER
cial world one-half of it's blood industry
| ness and misery have been spread over
the civilized world. With the richest ma
! tural resources with most Industrious,
| frugal and enterprising population ana
| with. the most abundant haryests our peo-
! pie are in distress. Three per cent OF our
population owns over one-half the wealth
Of this republic, and almost the only men
| who prosper are the bond sharks and the
! men who fatten off the misery OF their
| country. These are conditions under
which Republican institutions cannot long
endure. We believe in the greatness and
| patriotism Of the American people, In
| their energy, industry and thrift, and
| that such a people with the unlimited re-
| sources of our land are strong enough
to sustain q monetary system without the
| aid Of foreign governments. We belleve
| that the benefit of the independence which
we gained a hundred years ago--the war
| for which was initiated upon matter of
| tribute-should not be lost by yielding
vassalage to a monetary system preferred
| by other governments.
eve believe that the binnetallisrn which
! has done the work of the world since the
dawn of civilization and which was made
| the basis Of the monetary 'sys tenn by Ham
! ilton and Jefferson is absolutely necessary
at present to the prosperity of mankind,
| that its re-esta blishment will check the
present business paralysis, will give to the
| country safe and honest currency OF
! adequate volume, will restore prices Of
agricultural commodities, will encourage
| enterprises and give our people steady and
| profitable employment. Having learned
| through bitter experience that Wall street
has controlled the financial legislation at
! Washington and knowing that every ef-
! fort will be made to defeat the will Of the
| people, we deem it proper to be explicit in
! our declarations.
"Actuated by the foregoing principles
and desiring the prosperity of the people
! we demand the immediate restoration Of
| the free and unlimited coinage of both
| gold and silver as standard money at the
rate of 16 ounces Of silver to one ounce Of
| gold Of equal fineness, with full legal ten
! der power to each metal without wait
! ing for or depending on any other nation
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vention to the national Democratic con-
ventio1, are instructed to use all honorable
| means to secure a similar declaration by
| said national convention and to support
only such men for the presidency as are
| in full and pronounced sympathy with
| these principles. We are also opposed to
| the contraction of the currency by the re-
tirement Of any part of the outstanding
treasury notes."
John p. Altgeld and Samuel P. McCon-
nell, Chicago; w. FL. Hinrichsen, Jackson
Vile, and George w. Fithian, Of Jasper
county, were chosen delegate-at-large to
the Chicago convention.
| A state ticket was nominated as follows:
! Governor, ]. p. Altgeld Heutenant-gov-
! ernor Monroe G.. Crawford; secretary OF
state, F'inis f.. Downing; auditor, w. r.
Beck: treasurer, Edward c. Pace; attor-
nay-general, George A. Trude; university
trustees, Julia Holmes Smith, r. B. Nor
! gan and NJ w. Graham.
| Altgeld tried to decline. but the aconyen,
| ton would not listen to him.
Principles OF Arbitration.
| Arbitration is now. the theme among
| English speaking nations and communi-
| ties or colonies, which have so much in
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