The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1896-09-12
NOMINATIONS MADE.
Senator Palmer for President and Genel
Buokner Vice President.

Senator Palmer for President and General
Buokner Vice President.
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 8. The National
Democratic convention adjourned
shortly after p. m. having adopted a
platform declaring in unequivocal terms
for gold standard and placing in nom.
ination candidates for president and
vice president. There had been consid.
cradle skirmishing as to a candinate.
but when the time came to vote the con.
vention was practically unit in favor
of Senator Palmer of Illinois. There
was only one ballot, which resulted !:
Palmer 7571s, Bragg l241a. For vice
president, General Buckner of Ken.
tucky was nominated by acclamation.
The platform adopted follows:
The Platform Adopted.
This convention has assembled to up
hold the principles upon which depend
the honor and welfare Of the American
people in order that Democrats through
out the Union may unite in their patriotic
efforts to avert disaster from their cOun-
try and ruin from their party.
The Democratic party is pledged to
equal and exact justice to all men of ev-
cry creed and condition; to the largest
freedom of the individual consistent with
good government; to the preservation of
the federal government in its constitu-
tional vigor and to the support of the
states in all their just rights; to economy
In the public expenditures; to the main
tenance Of the public faith and sound mon
ey, and 1t is opposed to paternalism and
all class legislation.
The declarations of the Chicago conven-
tion attack individual freedom the right
OF private contract, the independence of
the judiciary and the authority of the
president to enforce federal laws. They
advocate q reckless attempt to increase
the price Of silver by legislation to the de-
basement of our monetary standard and
threaten unlimited issues of paper money
by the government; they abandon for he
publican allies the Democratic cause OF
tariff reform. to court the favor OF pro-
tectionists to their fiscal heresy.
Cannot Support the Platform.
In view of these and other grave de-
partures from Democratic principles, we
cannot support the candidate of that con
vention, nor be bound by it's acts. The
Democratic party has survived many
defeats, but could not survive victory
won in behalf of the doctrine and policy
proclaimed in it's name at Chicago.
The conditions, however, which make
possible such 1tterances from a national
convention are the direct result of class
legislation by the Republican party. II
still proclaims, as 1t has for years, the
power and duty of the government te
raise and maintain prices by law and II
proposes no remedy for existing evils, ex
cept oppressive and unjust taxation
The National Democracy here convened
therefore renews It's declaration OF a faitf
In Democratic principles especially ap
plioable to the conditions of the times.
"A Tariff for Revenue Only.
Taxation, tariff, excise or direct, Il
rghtfully imposed only for public pur
poses and notfor private gain. It's amoun
isjustly measured by public expenditures
\ which should be limited by scrupulou
] economy The sum derived by the treas
ury from tariff and excise leyies is affected
n by the state Of trade and Of consumption
The amount required by the treasury l