Evening star., 1896-06-18

of disapproval followed. whereupon the
chair coolly ruled. The chair hears none,"
and was dpplauded.
Dubois wants separate vote on financial
plank.
A separate vote will be taken on the
financial plank.
Previous question on platform ordered.
12:32.-Roll call asked on financial plank.
Colorado and Montana second demand.
Roll call ordered.
Platform adopted. Senator Teller arose
to a question of personal privilege. He
wants to file protest and asks it be read.
The Silver Mems Farewell.
Senator Cannon of Utah presents the pro-
test of the silver men as follows:
TO the republican national conventions:
I'm announcing the purpose asserted in
this paper, it is due to our constituents and
to ourselves that there shall be a public
showing of vindicating facts.
The sole authorized expression of ma
tional republican faith from June q lS,2
until the present date has been the plat
form adopted in national convention at
Minneapolis. Neither the utterances of
state conventions nor the attitude Of indi-
Viduals can change the tenor of that plat
form or abate the sanctity Of its binding
force. Every delegate to this convention
vas elected as its adherent and advo-
cate. True, one of its most impor-
tsnt paragraphs has been subjected to
such a divergence of construction as 10
make its language unsatisfactory during
the intervening time and dangerous if con-
tinued in the future but of the intent
contained within that language there has
never been a doubt.
1T is the rightful province of this con-
vention to revise party tenets and to an
nounce anew the party purpose. The ma
Jority Of this convention in the exercise of
such authority has this date made official
enunciation Of republican law and gospel
With much of the platform we agree. be-
iieving that In many essential particulars
1t compasses the needs of humanity. af-
firms the maintenance of right and pro-
poses the just remedy for wrong But IT
declares one elemental principle not only in
direct contravention of the expression of
party faith in 1892. but in radical opposition
to our solemn conviction. We recognize that
IN all matters of mere method ii is but Just
ana helpful that the minority shall yield
10 the Will OF the majority. lest we have
chaos In party and in government. But as
no pronouncement by majorities can
change opposing knowledge or belief sim
cerely entertained, so it cannot oblige mi
norities to abandon or disavow their prin-
ciples. AS surely as 1t is requisite for
peace and progress that minorities shall
yield to majorities in matters of mere
method, just so surely is 1t neces sary for
that same peace and progress that minori-
ties shall not yield in matters of funda-
mental truth.
The republican platform of 1892 affirmed
that the American people from tradition
and interest favored bimetallism and de-
manded the use of both gold and silver as
standard money. This was accepted by us
as a declaration in behalf of the principle
upon which rest the interests of every citi-
Zen ard the safety of the United States In
such terms the platform was then salts
factory 10 the believers in bimetallism
within our party; only because of equivocal
construction and evasion has it since been
demonstrated to be insufficient. The plat
fern this day adopted i'm the national re-
publican party convention at St. Louis says:
The republican party is unreservedly for
sound money. 1t caused the enactment of
specie payments in 1879; since then every
dollar has been as good gold.
We are unalterably opposed to every
measure calculated to debase our currency
or impair the credit of our country. We
are therefore opposed to the free coinage
of silver. except by international agree
ment with the leading commercial nations
of the world. which we pledge ourselves to
promote, and until such agreement can be
obtained, the existing gold standard must
be preserved. All our silver and paper
currency must be maintained at parity
with gold, and we favor all measures de-
signed to maintain inviolably the obliga-
tions of the United States and all our mon
ey, whether coin or paper at the present
standard. the standard of the most enlight-
ened nations of the earth.
"As the declaration Of 1892 has been by
a majority of the party construed to
justify single gold standard for our mon
etary basis, and as the recent trend Of the
official power Of the party has been in that
direction, we can but assume that the
money plank of the new platform being
much more favorable to perpetuate
gold monometallism will be determin-
edly used by us in behalf of that
idea. The republican party has won
its power and renown by pursuing its
purposes courageously and relentlessly. II
is, therefore, only in accordance with the
party's history to assume that If IT shall
come to present authority in the United
States 1t will crystalline into law and ad-
ninistratior under this tempting platform,
the perpetual single gcl6 staads.r6 IN cur
finances. This, If long continued. will mean