The herald., 1898-08-11
INDEPENDENT TICKET
THE DEMOCRATS AND POPULIsTS
UNITE ON COUNTY OFFICES
The First Plank of the Platform for
the Free and Unlimited Coinage
of Silver

SAN BERNARDINO, Aug. 10.-The swell
tering heat of Tuesday night did not pre-
vent the assembling of delegates and can
didateS at the hotel Hobbies and street cor
pers to talk over the situation and prepare
Tor the contest that was inevitable today.
The desert sent in large delegations to
speak for the rights of that section, the
IRepublicans on their ticket having ig-
nored the mining and desert interests en-
tirely, and 1T was long past midnight when
The impromptu caucuses broke up and quiet
reigned in the streets. This morning the
excitement was renewed with redoubled
vigor, Notwithstanding the oppressive heat
that sent the mercury over the 100 mark
by II o'clock.
The convention was called to order by
j. B. Parazette, chairman of the central
committee, and Secretary e. 1. Martin read
the call. Dr. ]. B. Booth of Needles was
made temporary chairman, with Walter
Shay of Highland and Ralph Swing of San
Bernardino secretaries. After a short talk
on the situation from DIR. M. M. Hooten
of Redlands the usual committees were ap-
pointed. as follows: On permanent organi-
cation and order of business, T. r. Archer,
Redlands; W. A. Shay, Highland; ]. l..
johnson. Chino; J. z. Johnson, Vanderbilt:
j. b. Parazette, San Bernardino. On plat
form, Professor N. A. Richardson, San
Bernardino; E. J. Dofflemeyer, Highland
T. e. Duncanson, Ontario: II. w. Nlsbet,
San Bernardino; James f. Drake, Red
lands. On credentials, Il. c. Cody Ontario;
A M. Shepherd, Redlands; j. s. Medlin.
Daggett; J. b. Hanna, Cotton; A. Fl. Fit
ting, San Bernardino.
The committee retired and ]. Noonan
Phillips of Los Angeles addressed the con-
venton, which was ono of the largest in
numbers ever assembled in this city. At
noon an adjournment was taken to the
afternoon session.
Independent Platform
The afternoon session was called to ortier
promptly at 2 o'clock and on calling for the
report of the committee on platform the
chairman produced and read the report.
which was adopted. AS regards the finan-
cial question, 1t starts off with the follow
ing:
Platform of the Independent party of
San Bernardino county, adopted August
TO- 1893
1.-THE Independent party of the county Of
San Bernardino in convention assembled
declare that:
Pursuant with the fundamental princi-
pie of finance that the exchange value of
money depends upon the ratio of the guam
tiy to the demand, and recognizing the
fact that the constantly shrinking vol
ume of money in this alton relative to the
demands of an increasing population and
of business requirements-a shrinkage nee
ecessary to the esta Enlistment of single
gold standard-has for the past quarter of
century resulted in a constant apprecia-
ton of the purchasing power of money.
a steady and ruinous decline in the debt
paying power of labor and labor's produc-
tons and a dangerous accumulation of
the wealth of the nation into the hands of
moneyed oligarchy; that this oligarchy
not only controls our nations wealth, but
its destiny, by its absolute control of our
money volume through the medium of the
gold standard and banks of ISSUE that this
nation can never be free, independent or
prosperous so long as its masses are but
the dependents upon such mas ters--there-
fore we declare it our purpose to fight to
finish for the reform of our present afro
cious financial system and the laws and
conditions whose natural outgr6wths are
menacing concentration of wealth and
power a qualification of American man
hood, a vast system of corruption that is
shame to the world, a horde of trusts and
combines that control every industry that
rob the many for the few, that speak def
ance to the laws, that crush justice that
obliterate every line of competition, that
through corruption and intimidation sub
merge the rock of our national existence,
the freedom of speech, the press and the
ballot.
"As prerequisite to the complete tri-
umph of these reforms we demand:
"First-The free and unlimited coinage
of silver and gold at a ratio of sixteen to
one, without the dietation Of any other ma
ton or nations.
"Second-That every form of money Is
sued in this nation shall be Issued and the
volume thereof controlled by the general
government and that no banks or corpora
tons shall be permittedl as they now are,
to issue our currency or control its value.
"Third-That no contract hereafter made
shall be held valid in which the payment
thereof in any way discriminates against
any form of money authorized by law.
"Fourth-That money that pays for
American labor Is good enough for capt.
talist banker or bondhplder."
The next section of the platform demands
the establishment, through constitutional
amendments, of the principles of the initia-
tive and referendum in the usual form.
Section states that whereas the rates
of taxation that now obtain in this coun-
ty are excessive and out of due proportion
to the industrial and financial condition of
our people: and, whereas. an element of this
overtaxation is tie excessively high sal
aries paid to our county officials the
amount of which is In many cases largely
controlled by themselves; and, whereas,
the financial returns from office holding.
when compared with other industries that
should yield equally large profits, are out
Of proper proportion and excessive; and,
whereas, the schedule of salaries for our
county officers is a matter which in the
construction of county government act
rests practically In the hands of our own
assemblyman,
1--WE hereby demand that he shall use all
lust means within his power to place in
such an act, directly or by amendment TO
the present law, the following schedule of
salaries for San Bernardino county, the