The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-04-10
THE DEMOCRATS.

Portland. April Tho Democratic s:nte
1 convention met today ai,d elected p. Il.
| darcy. OF Salem. temporary chairman.
| After the appointment or committees, the
convention took a recess until O'Clock
When tnc convention rcaasembled at
I p m, ula committee on credentials
( made a report which was adopted.
/ Two reports were presented on order
[ OF business. The difference between tue
/ two rtportH was thai The majority report
I provided for the election OF a chairman
I OF the state central committee by the
convention. and The minority that the
central committee ulect him. Another
point OF difference was that the majority
report provided FOR the election OF dele
gates To- the national convention and
congressman by the entire convention,
instead uf by districts as provided for
In the minority reports, The majority
report also provided that "A platform be
adopted before any nominations were
made. The minority report provided
that this should be done after the nomi-
nations Wcathcriord. OF Linn moved
the adoption OF the majority report. la
Icy. OF tmatilla. moved TO substitute the
In the minority reports, The mnJofily
considerable discussion. In which Il was
developed that the tree silver element
favored the majority report. II being
their intention to make certain that only
free silver delegates should 80 10 The
national convention. vote on the mo-
tion was taken by counties. and the bal
lot resulted: In favor or the majority re-
port. l50: IN favor OF the minority re-
port, s.
Tho adoption OF the report made darcy
permanent chairman and Noland per-
mancn( secretary
MulliniN. OF Clatsop. then presented
the majority report OF the committee |
on platform, Flood, of Douglass, then !
submitted the minority rapport.
Pipes OF Multnomah. moved that the |
minority report be substituted for the |
first resolution OF tho majority report
II was twenty minutes after 8 o'clock |
before the vote was reached. The voting |
was done 10y counties.
Marion. l aye, II noes; Clatsop, I noes. |
when Multnomah county was reached |
individual names were called
Ex-Governor Thayer said while he was
In favor OF free silver, he would vote
aye, as he thought It presumptious for
this convention to so declare in advance
OF the action OF the national convention
The total vote east was |S, The vote
stood; Ayes ~; noes, ihe. a majority OF
sixty one for the free silver element
A motion to adjourn TIL I;S0 was lost.
and the platform proceeded with. section
by section, When the plank inswuctlng
the delegates to the national convention
TO vote for u free silver man only was
reached, Pipes moved that IL he stricken.
and the call OF the roll was demanded.
The vote resulted. yea, ll5; nay. l22
The section was amended by striking
out the word only" The platform was
then adopted without further amcnd-
ment, after which 4 recess was taken
till 1;SO y. IN.
When the convention re-assembied.
Pipes, OF Multnomah. offered resolu-
ton commencing President Cleveland for
his courage and honesty, DAILY, of Polk,
moved the resolution be referred to the
national Democratic convention. The
DAILY motion was lost. and u motion
was then made to lay Pipes motion on
the table. The motion was lost by a
vote OF III to 72.
The question was then received on
Pipes motion, which was carried. by a
vote OF 1855 to 80.
W.. r. Butcher, ], w. Howard, l., L.
MuihniS, Chas. Nickel, Dr. j. Welch. J.
Il. Townsend, NJ A. Miller. and j d,
McKinnon were elected delegates to the
national convention. A great many OF
no dnll-lTNt SllNtI utlSkittS Nultu pltillhs ,
This subjected them to considerable crit
cism from the victorious silver element,
rhe convention adjourned till lO:SO to-
THE PLATFORM
The financial plank of the platform
ends us follows:
Whereas, the present depressed con-
lltion of the country and the shrinkage
II values are largely due to the financial Z
ystem which has controlled the nation
or more than twenty years past. we, S
he Democrats of the state of Oregon.
lereby declare ourselves as unalterably q
opposed to the single gold standard, and
lemand the immediate return to the
standard of gold and silver I
y restoration by the general government. T
Of any foreign power, OF
he unrestricted coinage OF both gold and c
liver into standard money at ratio OF h
to !. and upon terms Of exact equality a