Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-07-02
Great Democratic Conventions.

for the purpose of selecting dele
gates to the Democratic National
Convention which convenes at Chi
cago next Tuesday, nominating State
tickets, ETC., were held in the great
States Of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
New York, Georgia, North Corolina,
Texas and Wisconsin. We present
below brief note of the results:
OHIo-In the great Convention at
Columbus, the silver men were i'm
overwhelming majority, having 5i2
out of the 673 delegates. Gen. A. j.
Warner, President Of the American
Bimetalic Union, presided, and John
II. Mclean, Editor Of the Cincin-
natl Enquirer, Allen w. Thurman,
son of the "Old Roman, l.. T.. Hol-
der, and Gen. +. b. Finley, all strong
free silver advocates, were selected
as the delegates at large. The unit
rule was adopted with single plank
plntfOrm, declaring unalterable OPP
position to the gold standard and de-
handing an Immediate return to the
constitutional money of gold and
silver by the unrestrained coinage of
both into standard money at the ra-
ito Of 16 to l.
INDIANA-In this State the Con-
ventiOn was the largest Of recent
years, being composed of l747 dele.
gates, Is per cent. of whom were
enthusiastic advocates of the free,
independent and unlimited coinage
Of both gold and silver as standard
money at the existing 16 to l ratio :;
and they so declared with tremen.
dous emphasis. L. S. Senators
Voorhees, and Turpie, with James
ID. M'Cabe and G. Y. Menzics, were
sent to Chicago as delegates at large
and the unit rule will guarantee a
solid delegation for the white metal.
a ringing platform demanding, in
no uncertain sound, the rehahilita-
ton of silver was adopted, and a
State ticket nominated with Hon. b.
+. Shively as the candidate for Gov
.ernor. Ex-Governor Mathews is the
States candidate for President.
1LLINOIs--Here the triumph of
Gov. Altgeld, a consistent and very
Jealous friend of silver, was over
whelming and complete. He was
the undisputed hero of the hour, as
much, if not more so, as Daniel was
in Virginia, Crisp in Georgia, or
Blackburn in Kentucky. He had
absolute control, and the speech be-
fore the Convention, in which he de-
picted the condition of the country,
and demanded for silver, free access
to the minis, aroused the widest en-.
thusasm. AS described in the press,
nothing like it has been seen in Illi-
nOis for years. Gov. Altgeld was
re-nominated by rising vote for
Governor, and sent as a delegate at
large to Chicago to head the State
wv iSSo'iohf "hiSh III Nott dS Il uIllt
for free coinage plank in the Ma.
tional platform and for free coin
age candidates for President and
Vice President.
NEW YORK-In the Empire State
the Convention, under the lead of
Senator Hill, Mr.. Whitney and ex-
Governor Flower, endeavored 10
formulate a platform which they
hoped might meet the approval of
the silver men at Chicago. The gist
of the platform is found in the fol-
lowing resolution:
We are in favor of gold and silver
as the standard money of the country
We are opposed as permanent fl
nancial policy to gold monometalism
on the one hand or to silver monomet-
alism on the other. The pledge con-
tanned in the repeal of the Sherman
law, which repeal was passed by a
Democratic Congress and approved
by Democratic President should be
faithfully carried out, wherein it was
declared that 'the efforts of the gov
eminent should be steadily directed
to the establishment of such safe
system of bimetalism as will main
tain at all times the equal power of
every dollar coined or issued by the
United States in the markets and in
the payment of debts.'"
Whilst taking this decided stand
for the bimetalic principle, the con.
vention strongly declared against
independent action by the United
States. Senators Hill and Murphy.
Ex-Gov. Flower and Fred r. Cou-
dert are the delegates at large. The
unit rule was adopted and New
York's ~ votes will be cast as one
against free coinage.
GEoRGIA-Thet triumph of the sill
yer men in Georgia was complete
Evan p. Howell, Of the Atlanta
Constitution, Ex-senator Patrick
Walsh, AL. Lewis and Pope Brown
were sent as delegates at large to
Chicago, a strong free silver, 16 to |,
platform was adopted, and the dele
CATION will vote as one man under
the unit rule. Gov. Atkinson was
re-nominated for Governor.
NORTH CAROLINA--The white
metal swept deck in the old North