Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-10

circumstances prevented his speaking,
and when he appeared the following
morning just after the chairman had
called the gathering to order, the call for
his appearance on the stage was re-
newed. few Kisses testifying to the
as many friends in the assemblage. He
was, however, given respectful hearing
and made quite a lengthy speech. Mr..
Ochs of Tennessee followed with resolu-
tons of respect for the late William =.
Russell, ex-governor of Massachusetts,
which were unanimous adopted. Sew
eral other persons spoke, pending the re-
ceipt of the report of the committee on
resolutions, which was finally presented
by Senator Villas of Wisconsin.
The Platform.
The platform, which was adopted by
viva voce vote, repudiates the principles
advanced by the Democratic convention
which was held at Chicago.
The financial plank is as follows:
The experience of mankind has shown
that by reason of their natural qualities.
gold is the necessary money or the large
affairs of commerce and business while
silver is conveniently adapted to minor
transactions, and the most beneficial use
of both together can be ensured only by the
adoption of the former as standard OF
monetary measure and the maintenance Of
ed coinage under such safeguards of law.
Thus is the largest possible enjoyment Of
versaily accepted throughout the world
which constitutes the only practical cur
rency, assuring the most stable standard
and especially the best and safest money
for all who earn livelihood by labor or
the produce of husbandry. They cannot
suffer when paid in the best money known
to man, but are the peculiar and ID most nos
tuating currency which offers continued
profits to the money changer at their cost
nnh these and oss thy
Democratic, party, in the interests OF the
masses and of equal justice to. all, prac..
tically established by the legislation OF
1884 ana 1858 the gold standard of none
tary measurement and likewise entirely
divorced the government from banking and
currency issues To this ong-estabished
upon the maintenance of the gold standard
and of the parity Herewith of every dollar
issued by the government, and are firmly
opposed to the free and unlimited colhage
of silver bullion But we Genounce also the
further maintenance of the present costly
rency as constant source of injury and
peril We assert the necessity Of such in
telligent currency reform as will confne
the government to it's legitimate functions
business, and afford to all sections of our
country uniform, safe and elastic bank
currency under government supervisory
measured in volume by the needs of bust
ness.
Following is the tariff plank:
Taxation tariff, excise OF direct, is right
fully imposed only for public purposes and n q
not for private ga5n Its amount is ydstgg
should be limited by scrupulous economy:
The sum derived by the treasury from tarl1,
and excise levies is affected by the state OF
trade and of consumption The amount re-
quired by the treasury is determined by the
appropriations made by Congress.
The demand of the Republican party for
the deficiency of revenue which has it's
cause in the stagnation of trade and re-
duced consumption, due entirely to the
loss of confidence that has followed the
Populist threat of free coinage and depre-
citation of our money and the Republican
practice of extravaganza appropriations be-
arraign and condemn the Popuistic conven-
tons of Chicago and st. Louis for their CO.
operation with the Republican party in in
creasing these conditions, which are plead
ed in Justification of a heavy increase Of
burdens Of the people and further resort
to protection. We therefore denounce. pro-
lection and its ally, free coinage Of silver,
as schemes for the personal profit of few
at the expense of the many, and oppose the
two parties which stand for these schemes
nes oed to the
erty, are attacked by higher taxes and
deprecated money.
In fine, we reaftirm the historic Demo-
cratic doctrine Of tariff for revenue only.
President Cleveland's administration is
endorsed by the platform.
The convention then lost no time in
getting down to the nomination of presi-
Dental candidates. Only two names
were presented to the convention-those
of Gen. Bragg of Wisconsin and Senator
Palmer Of Illinois, the speech for the
former being made by Burr w. Jones of
Wisconsin and for the latter by L. L..
Kimball of Michigan. Various second
ing speeches were made and then the
convention proceeded to a ballot with
the following result:
The First Ballot.