The age-herald., 1898-08-12
THE DEMOCRATS
 OF MISSOURI
The State Convention Nominates
 Ticket Adopt Platform.
CONFIDENCE IN W. J. BRYAN
War With Spain Declared To Be Just
  and the Outcome of Grievances of Long Standing-The Reten-
 ton of Porto Rico.

~springfield. Mo-, Apg. 1.-The demo- shortly after Il o'clock tonight having nominated the following ticket:
 For Judge Supreme Court, dong term)- William Marshall, of St. Louis.
 z For Judge Supreme Court (short term)- Leroy B. Valiant, of St. Louis.
 For State Superintendent of Public Sehools-Willam R. Darlington, of Greene county.
 + or Railroad and Warehouse Commis- sioner-William E. McCuly, of Macon county.
 ..e platform as reported by the commit tee was adopted without change.
 line resolutions endorse the platform adopted at Chicago in 1896 and demand for the free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at the ratio of 16 to l, without waiting for the consent of any other nation. Confidence in William Jennings Bryan as the leadg exponent of these principles is expressed The republican party was cen sured for the non-enforcement of antitrust laws Issuance of interest-bearing bonds is condemned. Soldiers and sailors are thanked for their heroic work. The plat form then says:
 eve assert that the declaration of war ag&.nst Spain was justified by the causes which called it forth. We direct atten- tion to the fact that the national repuDl- can administration, backed by the republi- can majority in congress, was opposed to war. and yielded only after delay to strong public sentiment, aroused by the just and pers istent demands of democratic senators and representatives, foremost among them those from Missouri; and for their part In forcing the republican president and con- gress to defend the rights of our country we ton.
 "We opposed to waging a war for conquest but as this war was forced up- on us by the intolerant action of the Span- ish government and people, we declare it should be prosecuted until Spain is driven from the western hemisphere.
 And since the prosecution of the war has entaied great loss to us of both life and treasure, we demand that Porto Rio and all Spanish territory in the West h. dies except Cuba shall be seized by the United States or be taken possession of by arms and held under the sovereignty of this country.
 ''We favor carrying out in good faith the resolution of congress under which we intervened in Cuba, and aiding the Cubans to establish and maintain an independent. government of their own, if they- -Ass,l,.s fhis and we VIII tayet.1ts er its peaceful annexation aSsSeVef 1t can be done with the consent 'of the people of the island.
 
 the Monroe doctrine, and hold that any de- partulf from it would both be unwise and hazardous. At the same time, we declare that no American people should be held by force in unwilling subjection to European authority and we oppose any allian-e @ with any European power
 We are opposed to the acquisition of the Philippines other territory in the eastern hemisphere. We declare that as important incident to govern ment should acquire all necessary halbor and coaling stations in the Philippines or elsewhere, and that the treaty of peace with Spain or any government established on the islands should guarantee to us com mercial privileges equal to superior to those enjoyed by any other nation.
 "The Nicaraguan canal should be con- structed and controlled by the United States"
 The resolutions further declare in favor of revival and the rehabilitation of our merchant marine and oppose a large standing army.