The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-12
Virginia Democrats Endorse the
Chicago Platform
AndDeclare Specifically for Free
Coinage 16 to i.
CHEER BRYAN'S NAME
And Declare He Will Be Presi-
dent in 1900.
Popular Vote For e. s. Senator
Causes Trouble.

I
noon session of the Democratic state
| convention yesterday, Mr.. E. w. San
ders was made permanent chairman.
His denunciation of the gold standard
ELECTED applause, but the first consid-
cradle outburst of cheering was evoked
by the declaration that w. ]. Bryan
would be the president in 1900.
A communication was presented from
the committee appointed by the Pop
ulist state convention which nominated
Edmond r. Coke for lieutenant govern
or. This committee simply advised the
Democratic convention of the Populists'
action.
Action on the subject was deferred.
This incident was the first one in
which there had been any reference
made to the Populists of to the action
taken by that party at the recent state
convention. The convention at 5
O'Clock took a recess until s.
Immediately after the opening of the
night session, ]. Hoge Taylor of Pu-
lask1, was nominated by reclamation
for governor. j. Taylor Ellison, who
had been Taylor's only competitor for
the honor withdrew his name and was
Immediately afterward reelected
chairman of the state committee also
by reclamation.
Senator Daniel, chairman of the com
mlptee on resolutions, made his first
appearance before the convention
when he brought in the platform as
agreed upon by the committee. He
was greeted with tremendous cheer
ing.
The platform makes the following
declarations:
we reafhrm the platform of the ma
t1onal Democratic convention adopted
at chicago, in July, 1896, and upon which
w, j. Bryan was nominated for the
presidency of the United States, and
we extend our congratulations to our
nopie champion upon the able and bril-
liant manner in which he discharged
the trust reposed in him.
The fact that he received more votes
than any candidate for the presidency
party, saving alone his successful OPP
ponent, is evidence that Democratic
principles are still dear to vast mass
of the American people and that De-
mocracy is living in the hope of an
early and complete triumph.
We especially indorse the doctrine
of the national Democratic party upon
the four great issues that are before
the people of this country, viz: The
tariff, the income tax, the regulating
of trusts and the currency. Tariff du-
ties should be levied for revenue pur-
poses and only for so much revenue as
may be needed for an economic adj
miniStration of the government, the
great surplus in the treasury in its ma
ture being useless absorption of the
public wealth and constant tempta-
ton to extraVagan We denounce the
tariff bill recently passed by the Re
publican congress as dictated by trusts
ana monopolieS and in the interest of
the classes which live upon the favor
itism of the government and not upon
the fair and just earnings of industry.
We favor an income tax for the sup
port of the federal government, that in
duStry may be less burdened and that
wealth may bear its proper share of the
general public burden, and, if necessa-
ry, we favor a constitutional amend
hot oh, r11nl Ia Tod
that the power of taxation and the
powers of regulation of foreign COM
merce be furnished to a federal con-
gress, to employ means of restraining
the great trusts that break up small
Industries and aggrandize themselves
by illicit combinations, and we favor
the exercise of such powers to their full
extent to the end that these monopo-
lies may be curbed.
Upon the subject of the currency we
declare ourselves unalterably opposed
to the British system of monometallism
which has aggrandiZed that empire at
the expense of the nations producing
food supplies and raw materials. and
it's adoption has only aggravated our
financial servitude to London. 1t is not
only un-American, but antl-Amerlcan
and it can only be fastened on the Uni
ted States by the sitting of that spirit
and love of liberty which proclaimed
our political independence in 1875, and
| caused the war of the revolution. we
demand the free and unlimited coinage
of both gold and silver at the ratio of
| 16 to /, without waiting for the aid or
consent of any nation. We demand the
repeal of the 10 per cent on the issue of
| state banks which pays not dollar in
| to the treasury of the United States
! and which remains upon the statute
| books as monument of arbitrary and
perverse legislation inspired by mo-
| nopoly and conceived in distrust of the
| people,"
The platform also declares for pri-
[ to It'd he a
| choice for United States senator and
| commits legislative candidates to ac-
| cept the result of the primaries.
| The platform as given was reported
| from the committee on resolutions, but
| final action on it was deferred until
| today.
At 2 a m. the convention adjourned
| until IL a. m. today.