The record-union., 1896-06-18
Night Session.

At S:15 o'clock the convention reas-
sembled, and Eugene Duprey took the
floor and offered the following resolu-
ton:
Resolved, That in any event where
discussion may be allowed by this
convention upon any plank of the
platform which may be submitted by
the Committee on Platform only one
address shall be permitted on either
side Of the issue, and each address
shall be limited to five minutes of
time"
Colonel John p. Irish thought it was
wise to limit speeches to five minutes,
but thought it unwise to limit the
speeches to one address oh either side.
lie offered an amendment that only one
person should address the convention
on either side unless by consent of the
convention.
Mr. Duprey accepted the amendment,
when Seawell, the Senator from the
redwood forests of Mendocino County,
moved to strike out the amendment,
which motion was duly lost.
Afford of Tulare got upon a chair
and proclaimed against the resolution.
delegate moved, to settle the dis
pute, that the resolution lie upon the
table, and the motion went through
with a whoop.
Jacobs of San Joaquin then ascended
the platform and in complimentary
speech of considerable length present
ed Chairman Gould with a gavel made
from wood from the old ship Hartford
Mr.. Gould accepted the gift in a be-
coming manner, and then Afford Of
Tulare, Chairman Of the Committee
or Platform and Resolutions, ascended
the stage and read the proposed plat
form, as follows:
THE PLATFORM.
The Democratic party of the State of
California is unalterably in favor of
the free and unlimited coinage of both
gold and silver at the ratio of Is to /,
without waiting for or depending on
the action of any other nation; and it
demands the use of silver as we'll as
gold as full legal tender in payment
of all debts, both public and private
Resolved, That the Democratic party
OF the State of California resents the
Interference in the politics of this State
of the Southern Pacific Company of
Kentucky; that we denounce the sys-
tenn of boss" politics largely created
and fostered by that corporation, which
has corrupted public men and public
life, and under which only those who
find favor in the eyes of the corpora
ton, and stand ready to DO it's bidding
have held Office. Under this influence
our youths have been taught that po-
litical principle and political duty may
bc justly traded off for personal gain
and preferment at the hands of the
boss" to the almost entire destruction
OF that healthy public spirit, without
which no Government of the people can
hope to continue in existence.
That we are unalterably opposed to
the funding bill now pending in the
Congress of the United States, or to
any other similar measure, and we de-
mand that the Southern Pacific Com
pany and all other corporations sub
sidiZed by the Government be COM
PEELED TO fulfill their obligations in the
same way that private debtors are
compelled to liquidate theirs. In other
words, we are opposed to any system
which will permit the substituting of
Federal corporations to pay their in
terest-bearing debt at the rate of 2
per cent, while the Government itself
is compelled to pay 3La per cent. for
money with which to carry on the
public business.
We request our delegation elected
by this convention to the coming Ma
tional Convention to use their influence