The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-26
The NORTH CAROLINA DEMOCRATS
DECLARE FOR FREE COINAGE OF
SILVER.
y Very Large Gathering of the Party at
Raleigh Yesterday-The Resolutions
Declare Against the Capitalization of
Power and Wealth and Demand the
Money of the Constitution.

cratic State convention met at noon, and
was called to order by State Chairman
Pou, who congratulated the party that
ninety-five counties were represented,
and that there was not n contest.
Theodore F. Kluttz was made tempo
rary chairman, and, after brilliant
speech and the appointment of. commit
tees the convention took Il recess till 2:30
p. III.
1t is anybody's race for governor. Judge
Clark could have it, if he would take it
The names most favorably mentioned
are: G. b. Watson, X. A. Doughton and
Judge MacRae, in the order named
When the convention reassembed in
the afternoon, there was Il long wait for
the committee on platform. There were
numerous speeches. The hail was sti-
flingly hot, and the delegates grew intol-
erably impatient. A motion was made
that, the convention nominate candidates
for State offices before subcommittee on
platform returned. This stirred the con-
vention, and caused IA great uproar
There were heated speeches and motions
and dilatory tactics, and Just rs the mo-
ton came to II vote the committee on
platform returned.
The portion of the platform relating to
national affairs is as follows
Whereas, The Democratic PARTY had
against the Capitalization of the powers
of the Federal Government, and in behalf
of the strict construction of the Federal
constitution embodied in the tenth
amendment thereto, in which all powers
not delegated to it were expressly reserved
TO the States, respectively, or to the peo-
pie: and,
Whereas, The Republican party has
ever been the party of Capitalization;
al -n1 4
people to observe this fundamental differ
ence between the Democratic party and
its traditional enemy in respect to the pow
ers of central government.
- That the Constitution of the United
States recognizes both gold and silver rs
the primary or reduction money of these
States, and that, in the words of
the national Democratic platform of 1884,
we believe in honest money the gold and
silver coinage of the constitution, and.a
circulating medium convertible into such
money without loss
80. We favor, independently of other
nations, the free and unlimited coinage
of silver and gold, without discrimination
against either, ut the present legal ratio
of III to |, and we condemn the system
which in time of peace, with millions of
silver bullion lying idle in the Treasury.
has forced the Government within the
short period of two years, to issue S262
600. 600 of bonds, entailing this enormous
debt upon the people in order to main
tain its credit upon "A single standard and
gold basis.
-. We condemn the action of the Sec
rotary of the Treasury in following the
Republican precedent of paying the obi
cations of the Government i'll gold which
were specifically made payable in coin.
-. We hereby instruct our delegates
to the national convention, both as to
platform and candidates, to advocate and
vote as unit, unflinchingly and at all
hazards, for the restoration of silver and
otherwise in obedience to the letter and
spirit of the principles herein enunciated.
We further instruct our delegates, State
and district, to use all their efforts to
abrogate the two-thirds rule, if necessary
To secure the nomination of Il candidate
in complete, in hearty, and in known ac-
cord with the principles herein enunciat-
ed by us.
80. We warn the people against the
threatened combined evils of the gold
standard and the Mckinley tariff These
twin monsters 90 hand-inhand in their
mission of destruction, drawing the very
sustenance from the body of the people,
and concentrating all wealth and power
in the hands of few.
- We denounce the Mckinley tariff
and all other forms of protective tariff