Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-07-16

Our platform.
YhAaMUl
The following IL the full text Of
the platform as finally adopted by
the. committee on resolHtieus.sf ths
Eationai Democratic Convention
today: e ~ a;-e-n i- '-er
: We, the democrats of the United
States, in national convention as
sembled, do reafiirm our NlegiApta
to those great essential principles of
Justice and liberty upon .ffiigh osia
institutions are founded. and which
che democratic party hsi ff0{fat3l
fzan IeaeEsaa Ains & AR H.
- ! aBsss dSF| o4Ihs
press, freedom of conscience, the
preservation of personal rights, the
oqnafitgxof nan citizens before the
law and the faithfully observance Of
constitutional limitations
. Capitalization Of ROwer.
During all these years the demo-
cratic party has resisted the ten
'aency Of selfish interests to the cen
tralization of governmental power.
and steadfastly maintained the in
tegrity of the .duafscheme Of gev--
ernment established by the found
ers of this republic of republics.
UndsFiiECEWapnce aud teachiags
the grasp4MAM of blliselfgGl
ernment has found its best express
ion'in the maintenance Of the rights
Of the6tstRegd,p it aa,assertien
of the necessity of confining the
general gotsrnmeht Ito ltkd ltereisS.
pf the powers granted by the con.
ktitution of the United States.
eN'"AoAeEs. p ""L -
Recognizing that the moneyques-
tion is paramount to all others at
this time, we invite attention
toIthe fact, that She federal consti-l
tuition names silver and gold to-
gether as the money metals Of the
U hited States and that the first
coinage law passed by Congress
under the eoBstitutionAsmadeothe
silver dollar the monetary .unit and
gold TO free coinage at q
ratio based upon the silver dollar
unit - a~-e - H-z ..'"'o'- - 80
We declare that. the act of 1873
demonetizing silver without the
knowledge - or approval .of, the
American people has resulted in the
of gold and acorre-
spondihg fall inthe price of commo-
dities produced by the, people q
heavy increase in The burden of tax
Alton and .of7an debts, public and
private; the enrichment Of the mon
ey lending class at home and
abrQl 4 ppst Rtioa of industry epd
impoverishment OF the people.
i 1 Oppssed to Aonometalsism9'
i We4afe unalterably opposed 10
monometallism which has, locked
fast the prosperity Of an industrial
people in the paralysis "of hard
times. Gold monometallism is q
British oplicy and its adoption has
brought other nations into financial
seryitude to. London. II is not
bhly un.Amerioan, ,tbut anti-Ameri-
can and it, can be fastened on the
UNITED States only by sitting of
that spirit and love Of liberty which
proclaimed our pob indepen-
.dence in 1?7e aSi> ID It in the war
of'the revoiutivn. '--:Hl =: ;:-rs'
Free Coinage Of Gold and Sslres, I
Z We smand the free and unlimi-
tedc Cpl A. gold and silver
at the present legal ratio Of 16 10; l
without waiting for the Gid or ceh-
sent aof any other nation. NE de-
mand that the standard silver dol:
lar shall be q frrl legal tender
equally with gold Tor all debts: pub
lie and private, and we favor sach
Legislation as will prevent for the
future the demonetization of any
Kind Of legal-tender mopay by pri-
vate contract. '.:-:., : :. s-...'- s.r--''
} No, Bonds II fitpis Of peace. :,
We are opposed to the policy and
practice Of surrendering TO the
holders OF the obligations Of the
United. States the option reserved
by law to the government Of redeem.
iIlg such OBLIGATIONS in either silver