The herald., 1896-05-08


the money plank of the Minneapoli:
platform of 1892. Mckinley was indorsec
most unequivocally and the delegates
were strongly instructed in his favor
-Four delegates-at-large were elected
two of them without contest.
1t was after 3 o'clock when the con
Venlion was called to order in the after.
noon. kilograms of greeting were rea6
from the California and Indiana conven.
tons announcing instructions for Nc
kinley in both. The temporary organ.
1zat1on was made permanent and the
resolutions committee was given fur
ther time, the money plank discussion
having delayed It's progress.
The election of delegates Large was
proceeded with and General r. A. Algei
OF Detroit and Thomas O'Brien were
unanimously chosen. Balloting re.
suited In the choice Of John Duncan ol
Calumet and Mark S. Brewer of Pontiac
as the other delegates.
The contest over the money plank
came next. The majority report read
by ex-Congressman Byron M. Clutch.
con. aserts answering fidelity to the
protective tariff principle and insists
on the repeal of the present 'unwise
un-American tariff act" 1t demands
re-enactment of the Mckinley law
with whatever modihcationspresent con-
ditions may require and commends the
for a revival of protection to ship own
ers to encourage carrying goods In
American bottoms, and expresses SYM
pathy with the Cuban insurgents in
their struggle for liberty. The national
delegates are instructed ito use all hon
orable means to secure the nomination
of William Mckinley so long s his name
shall remain before the convention"
The financial plank was as follows:
we are unyielding in our demands
for sound and honest money. We are
In favor of the use of gold and silver and
paper dollars In our currEncy all to be
maintained at parity as to their pur-
cnaslng ana debt-paying power. We are
opposed to any provision that will invite
depreciation of any portion of our cur
lency and therefore we are opposed to
the free and unlimited coinage of sill
Yer by this country under present con-
dltions and we believe such a course
would destroy the parity of and contract
the currency"
S. w. Hopkins and w. H. Smith ofthe
committee presented a minority substi-
tute, as follows, the first twenty five
words being quoted from the nationtl
platform of 1892:
The American people, from tradition
and interest. favor bimetallism, and the
Kepupiican party demands the use of
potn gold and silver as a standard of
money and demands that all dollars,
whether of gold or silver or paper, shall
be OF full legal tender, possessing full
and equal purchasing and debt-paying
power, thereby having a parity of value,
and to that end we demand a purely
American system of money based upon
gold and silver. without advantage of
either at the mints. We demand that
all paper money issued by the govern
ment shall be redeemable in gold of silver
at the option of the government.
I'VE are opposed to the retiring Of
the greenbacks. the money of the people,
the savior of the union, the money IA
vored by Lincoln. We are opposed to the
issuance of interest bearing bonds in
times of peace, and we condemn the pol
Icy of Grover Cleveland and John G.
Carlisle In contracting the sale of gov
ernment bonds, thereby taxing the peo-
pie to benefit foreign syndicate ten mil
lions of dollars-the profits accruing to
1t at the expense of the people,"
After considerable confusion T. w.
Crissey of Midland moved to substitute
the currency declaration of the Mime
apolis platform of 1882 for both the COM
mittee reports on the money question.
The motion prevailed amid cheers. The
remainder of the majority resolutions
were adopted.
Alternate delegates at large were then
chosen and ]. c. Gray of Kalaska and
Charles Flowers of Detroit were selected
presidential electors.
The contest for chairman of the state
central committee was between two un-
willing candidates, both of whom had
declined the honor. They were General
r. A. Alger and Dexter M. Ferry of De-
troit. Mr.. Ferry, who is now in Califor-
MIA. won the uncoveted honor and it is
believed he will be induced to accept.
The convention concluded shortly after
o'clock,
JERSEY DEMOCRATS
TRENTON, n. j., May 1.-The Demo-
cratic convention met here today, and
after struggle elected the four slated
candidates tor delegates at large to the
national convention at Chicago as fol-
lows: United States Senator James
Smith, jr., OF Essex county, eX-United
States Senator Rufus Blodgett of Mon
mouth, eX-State Chairman Allan l..
McDermOtt of Hudson and ex-Judge
Albert Tallman of Gloucester. The cleo
ton of sixteen district delegates was
also ratified.
The platform adopted declares
strongly for gold money standard and
endorsed the administration of Presi-
dent Cleveland. The fact that Mr..
Cleveland has not expressed himself as
willing to accept the nomination was
the only thing that prevented an effort
to instruct delegates for his renomina-
tion. No effort was made to instruct
the delegates, but much enthusiasm was
evoked by the chairman'S mention in
his speech of the name of ex-Gov. Rus
sell of Massachusetts. Among the dele
gates from the southern portion of the
state the sentiment is largely for ex-
Gov. Pattison of Pennsylvania.
United States Senator Smith. chair
man of the Democratic state committee,
called the convention to order. Perma-
nent organization was effected with
Hon. j. w. Queen as chairman.
The platform adopted opens with
declaration upon the currency question
as follows:
I'VE are in favor of a firm, unvarying
of the gold standard We
are opposed to the free coinage of silver
at any ratio and to the compulsory pur-
chase of silver bullion by the govern
ment.
I'VE believe that the interest of the
people demand that the earnings of
trade, agriculture, manufacture and
commerce, and especially the wages of
labor, should be paid in money of the
intrinsic value and of the high
est standard adopted by the civilized
nations of the world. We are, there
fore. unalterably opposed to all devices
and schemes for the debasement of our
currency.
1--WE believe that the federal govern
ment should be divorced from the busi-
ness of banking. We, therefore, demand
the repeal of all laws authorizing the
issue or reissue of legal tender or treas
ury notes by the government; they
should form no part of tho currency of
the people. We favor the enactment by
congress of such legislation as will in
sure banking currency, ample in vol
ume Tor all the needs of business alb