The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-13
Illinois Democrats Renew Their
Allegiance to Both.
GOLD MEN REPENTANT
BEN CABLE WILL SUPPORT THE
CHICAGO PLATFORM.
Chairman Prentiss Declared That the
Oppressors Are Not All Spaniards
and the Issues of 90 Are the Is
sues of S6-Resolutions Supper
the War.

Springfield, Ills, July 12.-The Demo-
cratic state convention today nominal
ed the following state ticket:
State RECONSIDERATION F. Penlope,
Jacksonville.
State Superintendent of Public In
struction-Perry O. Silver of F'ree0ort.
Trustees of the University of Illinois
Jacob E. Siler of Mt. Carmel; Ma
Doleon B. Nicholson of Odin, DR.. Julia
Holmes Smith of Chicago.
| The convention was held at the ex-
position building at the state fair
| grounds Judge William Prentiss of
| Chicago was both temporary and per-
manent chairman. and A. G. Bentley or
| Pittsfield was secretary.
Judge William Prentiss said: THE
| issues of '96 are the issues of '9S, and
will continue to be until the American
people gain financial independence and
until the essential principles of the
Chicago platform of '96 shall be enact
ed into law
| Referring to the war, he said mo
political party can claim the glory OF
| it and have the claim allowed. 1t is
a war waged by the American people
in the noblest of ali causes, the cause
of humanity But while we wage a
foreign war. in behalf of human liberty,
we must not forget the wronged and
the oppressed at home. We must not
forget the oppressors are not all Span
i2rdS and that men, women and chill
dren go hungry and naked in other
lands than Cuba. We must remember,
too. that chiefest among the many
crime against Cuba have been and are
the sDoilations of the taS-gatherers.
Their deliverance from the Spaniard is
certain, but when he shall be forever
driven from the island the hardest.
almost hopeless task will be to keep
her people free from eternal vassalage
to foreign financiers and bond syndi-
Gates.
BEN CABLE REPENTS.
The chief incident of the convention
proceedings was a bitter fight over the
appointment on the state central COM
nlittee of two men prominent as Gold
Democrats in 1S96-Ben T. Gable OF
Rock Island and Roger c. Sullivan of
the Fifth congressional district.
The fight was carried into the con-
vention. where Cable was denounced
as traitor but the choice of both Gable
and Sullivan as committeeman was
finally ratified. it being announced that
they would hereafter support the Chi
cago platform.
Former Governor Altgeld addressed
the convention at length. He claimed
for the Democrats credit for the present
We.
The ticket was put through without
opposition. For university trustee, ia
cob z Siler of Mount Carmel was
named by the Populists in the fusion
arrangement.
PLATFORM ADOPTED.
The platform endorses the free silver
and tariff planks of the Chicago dec
laration; favors an income tax amend
ment to the constitution and the adop-
ton of national and state antitrust
legislation.
The platform continues: eve reaf-
firm the Monroe doctrine and again
pledge ourselves to abide by the adj
vice of Washington, to keep ourselves
free from entangling alliances with
foreign nations.
I'VE recognize William Jennings Bry-
an as the leading exponent of the fore
going principles"
The war plank is as follows: 1--WE
pronounce the present war with Spain
justified by every consideration of JUS
tice and sound national policy. We
congratulate the Democratic minority
in congress for their firm stand in de-
manding the redress of our national
honor. endorse the declaration of war
with Spain and demand it's energetic
prosecution in the cause Of humanity.
1--WE rejoice in the glorious deeds of
valor of our soldiers and sailors and
greatly deplore the fatalities and inju-
ries which have resulted, and we favor
the adoption of the most liberal policy
toward the sick and wounded and the
families of the slain"
POPULISTS MEET.
The peoples party held a short ses-
sion in representatives hall this morn
ing and appointed a committee to con-
fer with a committee looking to fu-
sion of the parties in the coming cam
paign.
Two names, John c. Tanquary of
Wabash county and ]. A. Kenady of
Prairie City were chosen by the Popu-
lists TO be submitted TO the Democrats,
either of which would be satisfactory
as the fusion candidate for member of
the board of trustees, University of IL
linCis.