The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-07-02
NEW YORK DEMOCRATS.

NEW YORK DEMOCRATS. They Decline to Name Electors at Present and Issue an Address in the shape of Q Platform.
 SARATOGA, N. Y., June 2G-The democratic state convention that con vened yesterday morning and ad- journed in the afternoon has put itself on record on the financial platform and has selected delegates to the na- tional convention, but in doing these things it has followed out the predic- tions of weeks ago, and has not crea- | ted any sensation or even mild sur prise. It has declined to name it's relectors; has not put itself on record on any state issue, and has left the se- lection of a state committee until the next state convention. These things have all beeL done at the instance of the leaders, and with the avowed pur- pose of placing the party in such q position that, no matter what the platform of the national party is, it can be supported by the electors and the party in this state.
 The platform, after stating their reasons for doing so, makes an appeal to the democrats of other states to join them in incorporating the follow. ing principles in the party plat form to be adopted at Chicago
 First-We favor gold and silver as the stand- ard money of the country. We are opposed as permanent financial policy to gold mono- metallism, on one hand, or to silver mono- oNplt FIt.z contained in the repeal of the Sherman law, which repeal was passed by democratic con- gress and approved by democratic president. should be faithfully carried out, wherein it was declared that "the efforts Of the govern ment should be steadily directed to the estab- lishment of such safe system Of bimetallism as will maintain at all times the equal power of every dollar coined or issued by the United States in the markets and in payment of debts "
 We believe such bimetallism. to which the nation is solemnly pledged can be secured and permanently maintained only through the con- current action of the leading nations of the world Neither this country nor any other country, independent and alone, is able to maintain 1t. and it would he folly to attempt 1t Being so convinced. we are opposed to the free and unlimited coinage of silver in the absence of the CO., o-operation of other great na- tions
 We declare our belief that any attempt on the part of the United States alone to enter upon the experiment of free silver coinage would not only prove disastrous to our finance, but would retard or entirely prevent the establishment of international bi metallism. Until international cooperation for bimetallism can be Secured-to which end all our efforts as government and as D peo. pie should be in good faith directed-we favor the rigid maintenance of the present gold standard, essential to the preservation of our national credit, the redemption of our public pledges, and the keeping inviolate Of our coun- try's honor We insist that all our paper and silver currency shall be kept absolutely at a parity with gold.
 Second The democratic party has ever been and still is the hard money party, and 1t will preserve that record. It is opposed to legal tender paper money as part of our financial system. and 1t refuses to sanction any paper currency inconvertible into coin. The United States notes and treasury notes being in fact debts of the government, should be gradually paid off, retired and cancelled This should and must be done in such a manner as to cause nc contraction of the circulating money of the country. So long as they exist, however, and are permitted to circulate as money, they should be redeemable at all times upon de- mand in the standard money of the country.
 The democratic party is pledged to the reso. lute maintenance Of the public credit at all
 
 therefore, opposed to the repeal of any exist. ing statute which enables the secretary of the treasury, by the issue of bonds'or otherwise. to provide an adequate fund for the redemption in gold of our paper obligations whenever nee. essary.
 Third-We reiterate our adherence to the principle of a tariff for revenue only. We arc opposed to government partnership with ITO. tected monopolies. and we demand that import duties like other taxes, should be impartially laid and their imposition limited to the neces. sitieS of the government economically admin. istered Federal taxation should not be im- posed to benefit individual interests at the ex- pense of the general welfare.
 We repudiatc the doctrine that it is the province of the government, by the exercise ol abuse of the power of taxation, to build up one mans business at the expense of another's, or to impose burdens upon one class of citizens for the benefit of other classes, and we insist that no public taxation except for public pur. poses is the true theory upon which our SyS. tenn of government is based and upon which it should be honestly and lmpartially admin. istered Upon this principle of revenue re. form the democratic party takes no step back. ward.
 We indorse the administration of President Cleveland, and particularly commend him for his determined effort to maintain the fnancia, credit of the United States. It is further re. solved that the delegates to the national dem. ocratio convention. selected by this conven. tion. be hereby instructed to enter that con. vention as unit and vote and act as a unil in accordance with the will of the majority thereof.
 The delegates-at-large elected are David B. Hill, Roswell P. Flower, Ed. ward Murphy and Frederick R. Cou. dert.
 Ohio Democrats for Silver.
 COLUMBUS, O., June 25.-The demo