The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-23
In THE CONVENTIONS
The Nebraska Democrats Without
Friction Declare for Silver.
GEORGIA IS ALL RIGHT
Cleveland Gets Little Encourage
ment From That Quarter-Re-
publIcans of Connecticut En-
dorse No Particular Man.

Lincoln, Neb., April 22.-The silver
element of the democratic party of
Nebraska was in convention here this
afternoon; 500 delegates were present.
fully representing each county in the
state. The most remarkable feature of
the gathering was the great unanimi-
ty of the convention on all topics dis
cussed. 1t was a gathering of repre-
sentative democrats, many pioneers of
the state, and that faith is identified
prominently with state political af-
fairs.
The convention was convened at
O'Clock, and ]. w. Parks made perma-
nent chairman and the committee on
credentials reported no contests. Con-
gresham Bryan was called upon and
delivered an extended address touching
on free silver and the division of the
democratic ranks in Nebraska along
party lines A number of other promi-
nent democrats of the state spoke. The
following delgates-at-large were Sc
lected: Hon. w. ]. Bryan, c. j. Smyth,
w. III. Thompson and w. ID. Oldham.
The following reported as the choice of
the congressional delegationse and had
been selected before the state conven-
ton convened: First, J. S. Jones and
c. s. Morgan; Second, j. A. Creighton
and c. H. Brown; Third, G. Holenback
and G.. A. Lukehart; Fourth, c. j. Bel
by and S. j. Seward; Fifth, ID. Walsh
and F. A. Thompson; Sixth, A. c.
Blackburn and j. c. Dahlman.
The platform was adopted with much
enthusiasm and no opposition. 1t de-
clares for a direct vote on senators, in
come tax, revenue tariff. initiative and
referendum and liberal pensions. On
finance ii says: I'VE congratulate the
democrats of Massachusetts, upon the
frankness and candor which character
lied their platform utterances of yester-
day. We rejoice that they are no long
err quibbling about the ratio or holding
out a delustive hope of international
cooperation and have at last consented
to submit to the people the question
whether the United States shall have
monometallism or bimetallism; whether
the American people shall deliberately
adopt the English system of finance
or restore the gold and silver coinage
of the constitution. The Massachusetts
democrats demand for a single gold
standard and for the redemption of all
government obligations in gold, alone
presents the paramount issue of the
campaign, and we welcome the contest.
We endorse the language used by Hon.
John G. Carlisle in 1873 when he de-
nounced the conspiracy to destroy
silver as a standard money as the most
gigantic crime of this or any other
declaration then made that the con-
summation of such scheme would ul-
timately entail more misery upon the
human race than all the wars, pesti7
Iences and famines that have ever oc-
CURED in the history of the world
I'VE are not willing to be parties to
such a crime, and in order to undo the
wrong already done and to prevent the
further rise in the purchasing power OF
the dollar we favor the immediate
restoration of the free and unlimited
coinage of gold and silver at the pres
ent legal ratio of 16 to l, as such coin
age existed prior to 1878, without walt
ing for the aid or consent of any other
nation, such gold and silver to be a
full legal tender for all debts, public
and private. We are opposed to the
retirement of the greenbacks, and de-
mand that the secretary of the treas
ury, instead of issuing interest bear
ing bonds for the purchase of gold,
shall recognize silver as money of re-
demption and exercise the right to re-
deem greenbacks, treasury notes and
all other coin obligations in silver
when silver is more convenient"
In opposition to the A. p. A. the plat
form says the party has ever been the
party of religious liberty in the coun-
try: has always been and is now OPP
posed to the union of church and state
in any form or under any pretext what
ever; to the imposition of any religious
test for office; to all secret political or
CARNATIONS of every kind or character,
or any political organization based up
on religious prejudices, as contrary to
the spirit and genius of our institu-
lions and thoroughly un-Amerfcan.