Griggs courier., 1897-07-09

Judge. j. r. Spriggs; attorney-general,
". 81. Dore; state treasurer, James F..
Wilson; board of public works, Peter
81. Degnan; school lcommissioner Byron
H. Hurd.
Fusion voted Down.
The committee on rules and order
Of business made the usual report, with
the exception of supplemental re-
port on the question of leaving one
vacancy on the state ticket to be filed
by the State League of Silver Repub-
licans. The report referred the ques-
ton back to the convention without
recommendation.
A communication was then present.
ed from the populist state committee,
also asking for place on the demo-
cratic state ticket, with view to fu-
sion. the place to be filled by the state
committee of the peoples party.
The special report and the commune
cation to give the silver republicans
and the populists each place on the
state ticket were laid on the table, after
q heated discussion.
The Platform.
Gen. A. j. Warner, as chairman of the
committee on resolutions. reported the
platform, which was loudly cheered
and adopted. A synopsis follows:
of the Chicago platform and declares that
The money question is paramount to all
others. 1t refers to the demonetization act
Of 1873 and recites a long list Of attendant
evils resulting therefrom. 1t denounces
monometallism as follows:
I'VE are unalterably opposed to mono-
metallism, which has locked fast the pros
perity of an industrial people in the paraly-
Sis OF hard times. Gold monometallism is
brought other nations into financial servi-
tude to London. It is not only un-Ameri-
can, but anti-American, and 1t can be fas-
tened on the United States only by the
sitting Of that spirit and love of liberty
which proclaimed our political independ-
ence in 1776 and won It in the war Of the
revolution.
I'VE demand the free and unlimited coin-
sge OF both silver and gold at the present
egal ratio Of sixteen to one. without wait
ing for the aid or consent of any other ma
tion. We demand that the standard silver
dollar shall be q full legal tender. equally
with gold. for all debts. public and private.
and we favor such legislation as will pre-
any kind of legal tender money by private
contract.
Congress alone has the power to coin
and issue money. and President jackson
declared that this power could not be
delegated to corporations or individuals.
We therefore denounce the issuance Of
notes intended to circulate as money by
national banks as in derogation Of the con-
stitution, and we demand that all paper
which is made a legal tender for public
for duties to the United States. shall be is
sued by the government Of the United
States and shall be redeemable in coin.
''In support of these principles we in
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liberty and hate corruption. oppression and
tyranny. t.s
1--WE hereby declare all trusts and mo-
nopolies hostile and dangerous to the peo-
pies interest. and standing menace to
the perpetuity Of our free institutions:
and we demand the vigorous enforcement
Of all antitrust laws and such additional
legislation as may be necessary for their
immediate and final suppression.
I'VE demand the immediate recognition
Of belligerent rights Of the republic OF
Cuba as an act Of Justice to an American
nation struggling for liberty against for
eign oppression. and we denounce and pro-
test against the motion of Senator Hanna
to congress unanimously by the legislature
Of Ohio in favor Of the Cuban patriots" :"
Will Name Separate Tickets.
The silver republicans held con-
ference at night and expressed great in
dignation. They said It was true they
had announced that they did not want
q place on the state ticket, but the an
nouncement was not made till after
they were told they could not have it.
They appointed state committee to
call convention to nominate sep
arate ticket. The populists also an
nounccd that they would hold state
convention and have a separate ticket.
The prohibitionists will have two sep
aratc tickets. 80 that there will be at
least six state tickets in the field.
Nebraska Liberty Party.
Lincoln, Neb., July 1.-The state con-
vention of the liberty prohibition party
concluded Wednesday. Overtures on
the part of the regular prohibitionists
for an Endorsement of their candidates
were ignored and Mrs. Zara A. Wilson,
of Lincoln, was nominated for associate
justice of the supreme court and r. C..
Bentley, of Shelton, for regent Of the
| state university. The platform de-
clares for the utter suppression Of the
alcoholic drink traffic. for equal suf-
fragc without regard to sex, for re-
form of the present financial system
by the ultimate adoption of system Of
full legal tender paper money distrib-
uted through government bonds on
equal terms to all. the supply being
regulated by the demand and ability to
furnish adequate security.
Illinois Music Teachers.
Kankakee, ILL.,. July 3.-The Ninth
annual convention of the Illinois Mu-
sic Teachers association closed Friday.
These officers were elected: President,
John Thompson, Galesburg; vice presi-
dent, Allen Spencer, Chicago; secre-