The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-21
MONTANA DEMOCRATS.
DEL EGATEs ELECTED TO THE Ma
TIoNAL CONVENTION.
Cleveland and the Administration
Severely Censured in Speeches
Ills of the Country Due to the
Decentralization of Silver.
(special to nae Herald.l

Especial to The Herald)
BUTTE, Mont, June 20.-The state
Democratic convention met here today
to select six delegates to the Chicago
convention.
1t was the first harmonious gather
ing of Democrats held in the state in
number of years, the Clark and Daily
factions being united in the conven-
ton, and beth were given represen-
tatives on the delegation.
BY reclamation, Hon w A Clark of
Butte, the millionaire banker and
mine owner: State Senator E. S.
Watts of Anaconda, a leading Daily
man, and Ex-Governor Hauser of Hell
ena were chosen delegates-at-large
They are probably the three most
prominent Democrats in the state and
have a national reputation The three
other delegates elected are Joel A.
Fusz of Granite county, W. c. Downing
of Cascade and Sydney Fox of Sweet
Grass
The platform makes no mention of
Grover Cleveland or his administrat ton.
but both were roundly scored in
speeches The financial plank reads:
"As a question overshadowing all
others which today engages the
thoughts and affects the welfare of the
people of the United States, we are in
favor of the restoration of silver as
money as it existed prior to it's covert
decentralization in 1873
For this purpose we demand, that
the minis of the United States be
opened to the free coinage of silver as
well as gold, at the ratio of 16 to 1,
without awaiting the action of any
other nation.
I'VE declare it as our belief that the
characterization of silver is the prime
cause of it's depreciation and also of
the general stagnation and depression
that exists In all branches of industry
and trade throughout the United
States, and that permanent prosperity
can be restored only by the restoration
of silver to its former position as
money equally with gold.
I'VE believe that the free coinage of
silver will not only revive the dropping
industries Of the country, but the ma
tural and inevitable result of free
coinage will be to enlarge and extend
the foreign commerce of the country,
particularly with all nations having a
like system of currency as our own.
That in this respect 1t will be more
promotive of reciprocity in trade than
all tariff laws or treaty stipulations
that can be devised or entered into.
Finally. we believe on this question
that the use of both gold and silver
as money will put it beyond the power
of any. combination of capitalists,
whether at home or abroad, to so con-
cantrate money as to be able to raise
or depress at will the products of labor
throughout the world-a condition not
only possible, but probable, if gold is
the only money by which values are
measured
The platform declare s for a tariff
for revenue sufficient to meet the ex-
penses of the government, and that
it shall be levied for the equal benefits
of all sections of the country. 1t de-
clares against the issuance of bonds in
times of peace and favors an amend
ment to the constitution, providing for
the election of senators by popular
vote The American Protective asso-
oio tion 1Uas also denounced