The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-27

ernor by adjournment from Music hall.
A resolution was presented by M. NJ.
Iomancy endorsing the nomination of
Bryan and Sewall and the Chicago con-
Vention The resolution was put to a
vote and declared adopted. Thomas ].
Gargan then took the platform and
called for a. bolt Of sound money men
from the convention.
The designations OF H. C. Thatcher,
II. S. Halton. c. c. Spellman. n. Mat
thews, jr., Walter Cutting and several
other members of the state committee
were then formally presented and were
accepted with a great shout. The usual
committees were then appointed.
Phillip j. Farley, of Lowell, was
elected permanent chairman. The COM
mittee on state nominations presented
the name of George Fred Williams for
governor and the report was adopted,
but without enthusiasm. Christopher
Il. Callahan was nominated for lieuten-
anG-governor A special committee was
appointed TO complete the ticket. E. c.
Marshall of Boston, and J. NJ. Murphy,
of Lowell, were nominated for electors
at large
The convention then adjourned.
THE PLATFORM
adopted at the Music hall convention
was in part as follows:
THE Democracy of Massachusetts
pledges its loyalty and support to William
J. Bryan and Arthur Sewall, and en-
dorses the platform adopted at Chicago as
representing the very essence of Democ-
racy in its unfettered advocacy of the
rights of the whole people, and in their
defense against the exactions of all who
through privileges and n1onopoliStic COM
bines wou'S prey upon them The DEM
Ocratic party has again become the party
of the people, as it was in the days Of
Jefferson and Jackson.
I'VE demand the restoration of silver to
its fun money function and its free COIN
age at the present ratio of is to l, with
out waiting for the consent of any other
nation. The Democracy of Massachusetts
recognizes no difference OF the rights of
mon before the law and insists the rich
and poor alike are entitled to its pro-
lection.
''OuT country, only remarkable for the
equal distribution OF wealth and the pros
pertty OF all its citizens is now dominated
by an oligarchy of millionaires, many of
whom possess wealth acquired by unjust
privileges and frauds permitted by our
laws. They find
THEIR NATURAL HOME
in the Republican party whose cardinal
principle is to build UP one mans bust
ness by the taxing many other, which has
become the party of those who pay for
public favors-
'.'IThe modes of despoiling the people are
mainly, through unjust taxation. monopo-
lies and the appreciated dollar. Our ma
tional taxes, based on consumption, fall
with undue weight on those least able TO
bear them. The income tax passed by the
Democratic congress attempted to remedy
this Injustice. We endorse the minority
opinion of Justice Harlan of the supreme
court that the recent income tax decision
overthrowing the settled construction of
the constitution. as applied in 100 years
Of practice. may not improperly be regard
ed as a Judicial revolution. The Republican
party is the hull1wark of monopoly. Its
campaign and presidential candidate are
dominated by the magnate of an ore trust
and the destroyer of labor unions, and
the nominee for the second place is the
attorney for coal combine that this year
despoiis the people of Massachusetts of
two millions of dollars by raising the
,,,-ioe ~ incl
"Government by injunction should not
be tolerated in this land. When courts
OF equity assume unusual Jurisdiction,
they become liable to ali the abuses and
tyranny Of the infamous star chambers
OF England"