Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-01

age their own affairs They had suf-
fered grievousIy at the hands of mo-
nopolies and trusts, but hereafter they
would look after their own affairs.
Ex-Gov. John p. St John, of Kansas,
was then called upon to speak. He
was greeted with cheers He told how
corn was worth ten cents and oats
eight cents a bushel in Kansas and DO
tatoes six cents busheI in Minnesota
This was one of the reasons SO many
farmers believed in free silver. Three
months ago nearly everyone believed
that nothing on earth could defeat
William Mckinley for president,
but the surrender of American
interests to Great Britain at
the republican convention had
lightning. 1t had changed the senti-
ment of the whole country. Free sill
yer at sixteen to one would sweep the
nation Never in the history of amer
lea had it been so hard to keep gold
here as under the present system I'm
der it 1852, 600. 900 worth of bonds had
been issued and the working people
plundered by the wall street syndi-
Gates and the English bond sharks
The next one to address the conven-
ton was Mrs. Helen NJ. Cougar, of In
diana She denounced the gold bug
monopolists,' wall street pluto
Gratis" and English bond sharks and
said the only salvation of the people
from serfdom was to declare for the
free coinage of silver. She denounced
Mckinley and the platform on which
he stood. She denounced the repub-
lican party, the liquor traffic and the
rum power of the world. The saloon
keepers, the rum power and the an
archists. she said, were with Mckinley
So were 1.-The thieves of Wall street"
general wrangle followed over the
demand made by some of the delegates
that poll of the convention be made
to find out the previous political be-
liefs OF the delegates The convention
had voted to take such a poll in the
forenoon. The discussion grew out of
an effort to have the secretaries of the
delegations poll their several delega-
tions and report to the secretary of the
convention. It was decided to proceed
with the roll call of states The result
of the poll showed that there were a56
republicans. 135 democrats, At popu-
lists, nine prohibitionists, one nation
alfst, one green hacker, and Il indie
pendents. Twenty states failed tc re-
port
ST. LOUIS July 25.-The silver party
convention did very little at their ses-
sion Friday morning they were
waiting ON their conference committee
with the peoples party and the con
vention. after listening to- some
speeches, adjourned until $3.50 in. the
afternoon
1t was nearly four o'clock when
Chairmau St. John raped for order.
The report of the conference commit
tee was read and adopted and then
Senator Jones read the platform, the
chief part being as follows:
FIrst-The paramount issue at this tine-in
the United States is fndisputably the money
question 1t is Between the gold standard
gold bonds and bank currency on the one side
and the bimersllic standard. no bonds and Cow
erument currency ON the other.
On this issue declare ourselves to be-iu
favor OF disainctiyely American financial
system We are unalterably opposed to the
single gold standard and demand the imme-
date return TO the constitutional standard of
gold and silver. By the restoration by this gov
eminent. independently of any foreign power
of the unrestricted coinage of gold and silver
as the standard n,onev at the ratio of sixteen
to one and upon terms of exact equality,
they existed prior 30 1873 the silver coin to be
4 full legal ten der equally with gold, for all
debts ard Dues public and private, and we
favor such Legislation as will prevent for the
future the demonstration of any kind of legal,
tender money by private contract
We hold that tine power to control and rogu-
late paper currency is inseparable from the
power to coin money: and. hence, that all Cur
rency intended to circulate a money should be.
issued and its voigme controlled by the gen.
eral government emily and should be legal
tender.
The platform then goes on to say
that it is opposed to the issue of bonds
in time of peace> it is against allowing
a syndicate of native and foreign ban h
ers to uphold the gold standard and
letting them make large profit; de-
MES that there can be such an economic.
paradox as owerproduction; favoTs re-
storing both gold and silver; appeals
to the people of the United States to-,
make one supreme effort to free them
selves from the money power, and rec
commended the convention to nominate
the democratic nominees for president
and vice president
The platform was adopted after some
debate.
The convention again took, up. the
veteran soldier resolution and it was
decided to call the roll of states-that
the chairman might announce the
number of veterans in each state dele
CATION The call resulted in showing
1856 union soldiers, Is confederates- and
four Mexican soldiers, represented in
the convention Out of the roll. call
grew a suggestion that orystallized
in to a motion which was agreed to. that
the old soldiers and sailors o the COM
venuion,-union. confederate and MeAj-
can-fOrm the basis of an organ ton
within the party. for campaign. pur-
poseS-to save the union.
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