The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-30
MASSACHUSETTS S|LVER|1ES
IN AN UPROAROUs CONVENTION
YESTERDAY THEY NOMINAL
TED CANDIDATES.
PLATFORM OF AAARCH|AL BLUSTER
They Stand Squarely on the Rickety
Chicago Flimfam of Last Summer,
and Republican Undertakers
VIII Omciate mt the Funeral.

Worcester, Mass, Sept. 2S.--George
Fred Williams of Dedham was today
nominated for governor of Massachusetts
by the democratic state convention on q
platform that squarely indorses that
adopted by the national convention at
Chicago lost summer. The other nomi-
nees are: Lieutenant governor, Christie
pher Il. Callahan of Holyoke: secretary,
C. d. Nash of Whitman: attorney gen.
eral, John A. O'Keefe Of Lynn; treasu-
rer and receiver general Il. A. Watson of
Boston; auditor. J. A. Chalifoux of
Lowell
The convention was SO disorderly at
times as almost to require the interven-
ton of the police. George Fred Will
liams was the principal figure in the con-
vention. There was no opposition to his
nomination for governor. but his insist.
cnce on the turning down of old party
leaders who were lukewarm in support
of himself and Bryan last fall created a
tumult at the outset before permanent
organization had been effected.
The convention reassembled ut 1926
o'clock.
Col. John T. Rice was elected perma-
nent. chairman and addressed the con-
ventiOn.
Congressman Fitzgerald obtained the
floor and said he and his friends felt in
suited at the decisions of Temporary
Chairman D0herty. The convention
squelched Congressman Fitzgerald by
passing a vote of confidence in Mr.. Do
herty.
The platform, which is a lengthy docu-
ment, opens with a re-affirmation of al
the democratic national convention in
Chicago in 1896. and expresses an ap-
probation of the campaign waged by Mr..
Bryan. 1t says:
"Whether it is judicious to abandon
half of the world. is the supreme ques-
ton. The demonstration of silver begun
in 1871 with little or no thought of Eu-
rope and America has been potent and
increasing factor in the disastrous depres-
sion of the last twenty years, not uniform,
but with ups and downs, each level being
ted in purchasing power more than 3 per
cent year, demoralizing the producing
classes with paralysis of trade, through
falling prices and causing cruel unem-
ployment of labor and reduction in wage
funds. The destruction of silver money
already in process WILL if completed,
have doubled the demand for gold, its
price and its purchasing power. while
all other prices will have suffered an
enormous decrease. with the burden of
debts doubled
Debtors bankruDted and vast share
of the worlds wealth transferred from
debtors to creditors by the malignant
magic of an approaching standard of
value.
1.-THE democratic party opposed the at
tempt to fasten OIL the country gold mon
ometallism and demands the remonetiza-
ton of silver at the ratio to gold of
16 to 1.
"The demand for silver would be 40
enormous and the demand for gold so re-
duced that the two would meet and re-
main at parity and the paralyzing battle
cease and the world enter on Il period
of assured prosperity.
Just now a shortage of the worlds
food crops, eliminating in widespread
and CHASTITY Asiatic famine has raised
prices for our products. These abnormal
conditions have largely eliminated the
competition Of siver-using countries. But
n recurrence of good crops will renew
the fierce competition of these countries
which will again underbid the American
farmer and reduce the worlds prices of
agricultural products. While republicans
may place their reliance upon temporary
distress abroad, democrats demand such
Just and broad basis of money as will
maintain stable standard Of value and
stable prices with steady employment of
labor and capital.
"The grcenbacks issued by the govern
ment have proved the country's best pa
per money and should not be cancelled
There should be no privileged classes
and there is nothing more dangerous
than the control of our currency supply
by private bankers, and we stoutly OPP
pose their attempt to strengthen such a
monopoly by the substitution of bank
notes for our national notes"
In subsequent plank of the platform
condemnation is passed upon govern
ment by injunction" This plank says:
"The country has seen with Indignation
the logical results of this judicial tyranny
which. after an unequal struggle lasting
nine weeks, conducted with remarkable
self control and long suffering ny thous-
ands of starving miners appealing in