Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-07

circumstances prevented his speaking,
and when he appeared the following
morning Just after the chairman had
called the gathering to order, the call for
his appearance on the stage was re-
newed few Kisses testifying to the
fact that he had some enemies as well
as many friends in the assemblage. He
was, however, given a respectful hearing
and made quite a lengthy speech. Mr..
Ochs of Tennessee followed with resolu-
tons Of respect for the late William e..
Russell, ex-governor of Massachusetts,
which were unanimous adopted. Sew
eral other persons spoke, pending the re-
ceipt of the report of the committee on
resolutions, which was finally presented
by Senator Villas of Wisconsin.
The Platform.
The platform, which was adopted by
viva yoce vote, repudlates the principles
advanced by the Democratic convention
which was held at Chicago.
The financial plank is as follows:
The experience of mankind has shown
that by reason of their natural qualities,
gold is the necessary money of the large
affairs of commerce and business while
silver is conveniently adapted to minor
transactions, and the most beneficial use
of both tog ether can be ensured only by the
adoption of the former as a standard Of
monetary measure and the maintenance Of
of silver at a parity with gold by it's limit
Thus is the largest possible enjoyment of
both metals gained with the value uni
versally accepted throughout the world,
which constitutes the only practical cur
rency, assuring the most stable standard
and especially the best and safest money
for all who earn livelihood by labor or
suffer when paid in the best money known
to man, but are the peculiar and most
defenseless victims of debased and fuc--
tuating currency which offers continued
their cOSf
Realizing these truths, demonstrated by
long public Inconvenience and loss. the
tic party IN the interests re OF the
AND 1888 ae god He Of mon
divorced the government from banking and
currency issues. To this long-established
Democratic policy we adhere and insist
and of the parity Herewith of every dollar
issued by the government, and are firmly
opposed to the free and unlimited coinage
Of silver and to the compulsory purchase
further maintenance of the present costly
patchwork scheme Of national paper cur
rency as a constant source of injury and
peril We assert the necessity of such in
teligent currency reform as will confne
the government to its legitimate functions,
completely separated from the banking
pusiress and afford to all sections of OUT
country a uniform, safe and elastic bank
currency under government supervision,
measured in volume by the needs of bust
ness.
Following is the tariff plank:
Taxation, tariff, excise or direct, is right
fully imposed only for public purposes and
not for private gain. It's amount is justly
measured by public expenditures, which
should be limited by scrupulOuS economy.
The sum derived by the treasury from tariff
and excise levies is affected by the state of
trade and of consumption. The amount re-
quired by the treasury is determined Dy the
concentrations made DV Congress.
The demand of the Republican party for
an increase in tariff tax has its pretext in
the deficiency Of revenue which has its
cause in the stagnation of trade and re-
duced consumption, due entirely to the
loss of confidence that has followed the
Populist threat of free coinage and depre-
citation of our money and the Republican
practice of extravaganza appropriations be
yond the needs of good government. We
arraign and condemn the Populistlc conven-
lions of Chicago and st. Louis for their CO.
operation with the Republican party IN In
creasing these conditions. which are plead
ed in justification of heavy increase OF
burdens of the people and a further resort
to protection. We therefore denounce pro-
lection and it's ally, free coinage of silver,
as schemes for the personal profit of few
at the expense of the many and oppose the
two parties which stand for these schemes
as hostile to the people of the republic,
whose food and shelter, comfort and prop
erty, are attacked by higher taxes and
deprecated money
In fine we reafirm the historic Demo-
cratic doctrine of tariff for revenue only.
President Cleyeland's administration is
endorsed by the platform.
The convention then lost no time in
getting down to the nomination of presi-
Dental candidates. Only two names
were presented to the conyention-those
of Gen Bragg of Wisconsin and Senator
Palmer of Illinois, the speech. for the
former being made by Burr w. Jones of
Wisconsin and for the latter by l.. L.
Kimball of Michigan. Various second
ing speeches were made and then the
convention proceeded to a ballot with
the following result:
The First Ballot.