Arizona republican., 1896-07-09
It's Main Plank 1ffiO,-@ leffiool 10,
 Silver Plank.
Tariff to Be Levied for Revenue
 Only.
The Funding Bill Denounced-No Female Suffrage-Against
 Civil Service.

SHIOAGO, July o.-l uc CouAhiIeoo on resolutions was not very prompt in assembling today, owing to the fact that the subcommittee was at work until late this morning. Shortly after convening the full com mittee heard delegation from the Woman's Suffrage association who de- sired to have incorporated in the plat form strong woman suffrage plank. The anti-suffragists were then heard. The plank was not incorporated.
 The subcommittee then made it's re- port to the full committee, submitting the platform prepared last night.
 w. w. Gatewood of Texas. a dele gate, made argument in favor of mod eration in the tariff declaration and submitted the following which has been incorporated Resolved. We favor a tariff for revenue sufficient to defray the necessary expenses of the govern ment economically administered and so adjusted as not to discriminate against the industries of any section and es- pecially raw materials of the south and west, including wool, hides, sheep, cattle and other livestock interests"
 Allan w. Thurman of Ohio offered St. Johns amendment to the financial plank providing for the issuance of coin certificates in times of money stringency in exchange for United States bonds, and spoke in it's favor The argument led to an animated de bate. Several opposed the amendment on the ground that it was not polite or wise to make any suggestion or possibility of the free coinage of silver causing panic. Others, in support of Thurman, declared that they believed the banks would not hesitate to pre- cipitate panic in case of the adoption of free coinage in order to gain the power which they had wrongfully wrested from the people, It was de- clared that the banks were even now locking up their money in preparation for such a chance. The previous ques- tion was ordered on Thurman's amend ment and it was rejected.
 The Pacific railroad plank offered by Senator White was adopted.
 Jones of New Mexico, contending for the insertion in lieu of the plank re- ported by the subcommittee of the platform declaration of 1892, which takes the explicit ground in favor of the admission of New Mexico, Arizona and other territories as they may be able to show their capability of con- ducting the affairs of state. He de- clared that if the Democratic conven- tlon would take this position it would make the territories Democratic when they become states. The amendment suggested was adopted
 The silver men complain that the mi nority report is being unduly delayed and say it should be before the full committee to consider together with the majority report. Later it was stated by member that the minority report will not be presented to the com. mittee, but to the convention. It may take the form of a protest The re. port on the platform as a whole was adopted by a vote of 30 to i by the resolutions committee.
 The following is synopsis of tht platform to be submitted by a major ity of the committee
 we, the Democrats of the United States, in National convention assem bled, do reaffirm our allegiance to thos, great essential principles of justice anC liberty upon which our institutions ar, founded and which the Democratic par ty has maintained from Jefferson' time to our own, freedom of speech freedom of the press, freedom of con science, preservation of persona rights, equality of all citizens befor the law and the faithful observance o the constitutional limitations.
 Recognizing that the money ques tion is paramount, we invite attention to the fact that the federal constitu tion names silver and gold together a money metals of the United States an the first coinage law passed by con gress under the constitution made tn silver dollar unit of value and ad m1tted gold as free coinage at the rati measured by the silver dollar limit We declare that the act of 1873 de monetizing silver without the knowl edge or approval of the American pee pie has resulted in the appreciation C gold and corresponding fall of price of commodities produced by a peopl heavy with an increased burden of tax ation, the enrichment of the money lending class at home and abroad paralysis of industry and impoverisl ment of the people. We are unaltel ably opposed to a single gold standart Gold monometallism is British polio founded upon British greed. We d. mand the immediate restoration of th free and unlimited coinage of gold an silver at the present legal ratio of ] to without waiting for the aid or COT sent of any other nation. We deman that the standard silver dollar sha be full legal tender, equal with gOl