The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-22

political questions, but simply subordi
nate them to the money question GU
convention viii nominate Bryan an
| Sewau upon substantially the financia
plank of the Chicago platform, whicl
will probably be the sole plank of GU
platform. and then an address will prob
ably be issued appealing to the Ameri
can people TO hold in allegiance their be
liefs upon other questions and join win
US in restoring the money OF the consti
tuition. We will be a powerful faction
| in the middle and western states in unit
| ing the silver voters.
THE members of our party undertook
this work from motives of patriotism
| alone; they want no Offices, therefore
| they have no trades or conditions Ii
| delay them. and the silver convention
| will probably complete its work BY
| Wednesday night The party has q
| school district organiza ton in all the
middle and western states. It will bring
to the support Of Mr.. Bryan hundreds
| of thousands who do not wish to vote a
Democratic ticket, or join that party
but who agree with US upon the money
question.
DIRECT LEGISLATION.
seeks to engraft the initiative and ref
erendom system upon the body polite,
and which will be in session here dur
ing the progress of the Populist and
silver conventions, held its first session
today. The objects are to secure:
LIN all future platforms munich
pal and local. as we'll as state and ma
tional, the strongest possible direct
legislation declaration
2.-The widest possible discussion OF
direct Legislation.
"a union of reform forces, local or
national, for the same candidates, but
without necessarily giving up their
separate organizations or distinctive
issues on platform. They demand
a direct legislation through the initia-
tive and the referendum in local, state
and national government.
Among those present are Ignatius
Donnelly. Minneapolis; w. Breen,
Omaha: w. H Bennington, Topeka;
Reed Hiram Vreeman, Baltimore; Mel
son o. Mcclure, Denver: Henry R.
Legate, Boston, and Lawrence J. Nc
Pharln, Lockport. n. Y.
The pledge taken by members is:
"1f the candidate of my party for
iaw-maker refuse to publicly pledge
himself to direct legislation, then I
pledge myself to vote for the candidate
Of any other party who viii so pledge
himself
The members say their purpose Is not
10 form a new party, but to secure the
adoption OF their ideas by parties al
ready in existence. One of them re-
marked: 1--WE have carried our fight
before all conventions and propose to
continue in our work"
THE REFORM" PRESS.
AT the meeting of the representatives
Of the National Reform Press associa-
ton, which claims to have 1900 papers
in the country, the middle-of-the-road
men had large ma ority and adopted
strong resolution in favor of preserv-
ing their organization and keeping in
the middle of the road.
WHAT KANSAS Is DOING.
The Kansas delegation held a meet
ing last evening at which they adopted
a resolution demanding the endorse
ment of Bryan and Sewen. Kansas
has a delegation of ninety-two. the
largest delegation that will be in the
convention.
Topeka, Kan, July H.-The Republi-
can delegates 10 the state free silver
held in Topeka, June is, ap-
pointed a committee 10 publish to the
Republicans of Kansas the reason why
they stand for free silver against the
gold standard plank Of the st. Louis
platform. The address declares that
is the one issue; that free coin
age is Republican doctrine, citing many
quotations from Republican platforms.
alleges that the st. Louis platform is a
complete change of position and de-
clares that the gold standard means
bankruptcy, closing as fol-
lows:
I'VE stand where the party has stood
at all times prior to 1896. We stand for
a dollar as honest as the constitution
Of our country. We do not believe In
amending the constitution to read:
Congress shall have power to coin
money and regulate the value thereof,
by and with the consent of the leading
commercial nations of the world"
HATES M'KINLEY WORSE.
Atlanta, Ga, July 21.-The Atlanta
Journal which led the fight in Georgia
against the free and unlimited coinage
Of silver, and which had not heretofore
declared what course it would pursue IN
the present campaign, says in its lead
ng editorial today that, while 1t can
NOT approye all of the Chicago plat
form. it will support Bryan and Sewell.
The Journals editorial concludes as
follows:
During the campaign within the
,arty. the Journal called upon all DEM
,crats to pledge themselves in advance
TO vote for the nominees of the nation
al convention and in that connection
the Journal pledged itself 10 do so.
I'VE find nothing 10 condemn IN the
platform, except its declaration in Ia
vor of the maintenance of sound cur
-ency, and this declaration is qualified
oy an ill-tempered criticism OF the
course pursued by the present admin
Stration which was absolutely neceS-
sary TO sustain a sound currency. The
party favors high protec-
i've tariff; 1t opposes an income tax, II
S identified with the trusts and mono
POLES of the country, and it can be re-
led upon to give them support at the
expense of the masses. In this condi-
ion of affairs the Journal believes IL is
he part of patriots and wisdom TO re-
main inside the Democratic party. Es-
,eciaily is his true in the south. TIE
Democratic yarty has the constant
OF our section, while the Re
publican party has been its bitter and
worst enemy.
WHAT MMASTERS TIMES