The evening times., 1897-07-05

n;ical freedom and leave us an the shat dow
Very truly, yours, w j. BIZ AN.
The reading of the signature was the
signal for a wild and long-continued ova
ion, in which all the ladies joined by the
waving of flags and the fluttering OF hand
kerchiefs.
A tlccfIed feature of the proceedings was
The singing of Star Spangled Banner"
| law Madame Paulina Monteyriffo Mama
The singer gave the anthem in superb
lyric and dramatic style, which stirred
the people on the stage and the audience
generally. II was, OF course, iedemanded.
This last time the song brought the audi
ence to its feet. and all joined in the
chorus, which was sung as such sCng
has seldom been heard in Washington. As
| the dramatic mali, would "a y:fr Nine. Mama
ana the Star Spangled Banner cSeated
| furore.'
The resolutions Were here read.
In offering the resolutions Gen Duncan
5. Walker, chairman OF the committee,
said:
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
BY direction OF your committee, / have the
honor 60 report these resolutions, which |
W i'll now read:
First, however, by way of explanation,
desire to say that they contain no newly
discovered political truth hs, but deal briefly
| with those time-honored principles, dear TO
every Democratic heart, enunciated by
! Thomas Jefferson, the founder OF American
Democracy, formulated by many Demo
cratic national conventions, or applied TO
the issues of our times by that most honest,
most able and most eloquent OF the living
disciples of the author OF the Declaration
of Inderendence-william Jennings Bryan.
The Democraticciubsa and citizens, in mass
NEE ing assembled, at the Capital OF tile
| Uni ed States of Amerc To honor the
| biT: hday OF the Republic and the living prin
| Ciples embodied in the Declaration OF In
| dependence, deem the occasion fitting TO
recuF TO the uniform Endorsement OF those
inmorta al truths by every Derocratlc ma
tional convention, from the first al Balti-
more 20 the last at Chicago IN 1896.
| In the very words OF the Baltimore con
| veltion we declare THAT the American
Democracy place their trust in the intelli-
gence, the patriotism and discriminating
| justice of the American people; that We
regard this as a distinctive feature of our
polit ical creed which We are proud To
moral element in a fom of government
sprincing from and upheld by the popular
will, and we contrast it with the creed
and practice OF federalism, under whatever
name or form, which seeks to PALSY the
viii of the Constituent, and which cnceives
no irnpns.ure tyo Inonstrous for the popular
credulity."
In the very wordso OF the Chicago cCnven-
ton, I'VE DO reaffinm our allegiance 10
those great essential principles OF justice
and liberty, upon which our institutions
| are founded. and which the Democratic
party has advocated from Jefferson's time
| 10 our own-freedom of speech, freedom
| OF the press, freedom OF conscience, the
preservation OF personal rights, the equality
OF all citizens before the law, and the faith
ful Observance of Constitu tional limi-
tations.o
| We indorse the time-honored Democratic
| doctrine that taxes should be laid for reve-
nue. only, and limited to the wants OF
simple Government honestly administered
1 and W denounce the scheme OF the Dingley
bill and the various amendments thereto
| made in secret caucus as more fragrant
| robbery OF the masses than the Repub-
| lican law known as the Mckinley bill, =
twice repudia ted b. the people. Dictated by
| trusts and monopolies, in part payment for
| moneys advanced to corruptthes suffrage,its
| main effects are to enrich the few at the
| expense of the many, and to release accu-
mulated capital from all taxation, while
| restricting our trade, and depriving the
| American producers OF free access 20 the
markets OF the world.
/ We reaffirm the Democr attic doctrine
that the lcgal-tender money of the people
should be issued by their Government, and
we demand that all paper representatives
| of money shall be redeemable in coin, the
| silver and gold OF the Constitution. And
we demand the free and unlimited coinage
" both gold and silver at the present
legal ratio OF 16 to l 4, without waiting for
the consent of any other nation " AS our
forefathers, one hundred and twenty one
years ago. declared that this people were
and Of right ought to be free from all for
cign domination and control, so now do
we demand that this people make its own
national Ia ws, all of them, without asking
the advice or consent of any foreign gov
| ernment.
|, The Democratic party from the begin
nlng has pronounced its sympathy with
every people struggling for the right to
| govern themselves in their own way. So
| now do we extend our hearty sympathy
to the people Of Cuba in their heroic stand
for liberty and independence, and do de-
clare that the day should be hastened, 10y
| all proper means, which shall see the lone
| star of Cuba fixed forever in the oonstella-
ton of American States, and we dem atrd the
Immediate recognition of the belligerent
rights of the Cuban people.
We call the sober attention OF the peopl.
to the condition OF the country, where
labor is taxed, though not always employed
the cost of it's own protection; to the
rapic concentration Of wealth, persona
and real, in the hands of the few; to the
consolidation and pooling of corporations
controlling the great artificial Commercial
ways, and to the menacing increase Of
trusts, all combined to dictate the vicious
legislation OF the Republican party fol
the pecuniary benefit of these alien ~
domestic syndicates and corporations al
the expense of the toiling masses. Ant
we declare that true liberty, In person ant
In property, and the pursuit OF happiness
can only be restored by q return to the
practices and principles enunciated II
forced by Jefferson and Jackson and q
long line OF Democratic statesmen.
Resolved. That we recommend that the
l Democratic clubs and all other patrioti,
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