Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-08-12

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Harrison. Beck. johnson and Forgey
withdrew after the first ballot Tra ana w. Ias
dropped, being unable to hold on longer ~
his effort te injure the chances OF SoWsiii'
The eighth re1se ballet inst feW more than
the necessary number.
McCuIIey n Macon Man. -l
The first man to congratulate McCulleyi
was John Carroll. Bill Phelps was Well
ul william ii am E. Mccuiiey. nominee for rail: rail
road commissioner. lives at Macon 1a lily; r,in
and for six months has owned anu .,line ine
the Macon Time TINES iisa he on Is a farm in Macon
county. and for the last fifteen years ; naS
been extensively engaged IN ;t STOCK nIsr +;
enable some ambitious newspaper frien6S
! to operate it, and he gives only POI ~ 4.
Of his time to the e. ensefpf'.TTb rr;eG This was his
! first race in politics, he having never t,hnTeh
a candidate for any office before. a,.nousn aUEsr
Six months ago he was asked by his fr.enas
| To- enter the race. The announcement -.
! his name aroused so much favorap,e ;n,a pa the
! corpment that he went at once iiito aIe nai
4 cen,I,sign and saw the work or hlmseii lss,,
! and friends crowned with success ''' -
( ing. ,or;,. oyer McCulley's S
,icfory had auieted a little, FRANK
Walsh. of Jackson county moved ,nao q, oa,e fhe
B. Cook be again elecieu efsr,oatinn cnai The mo-
zion was carried with whoop ana hur =, 1. -,
and the resolutions were sord Ige" the chair
1cus a,s NJ the committee. The majority re-
port was as follows:
w. j. stones Platform.
.-rhe Democrats of Missouri, IN 6,r,s nta.e
convention assembled, reindofss she 81.
ocratic national platform aaohseu u, q" ranaw
ou- demand for the free and uhiiIiii.s. ,
coinage of silver and gold at ,ine tne p,es. fn,
legal ratio of 16 to /. without Wal.ins ~. ~
the consent OF any 0lheI ,,baoiza ial. at this
ti,ne NV reassertlng our belief that tns
money question is ard will remain the fs,s s.los
important of all political questioiis f az,
ing the prcsperity and happiness Oh ou'
naopie until il is finally settled by the res
j. toration of bimetallic coinage IN acc1iu Ii u,
ance with our demand. Ana we ueyr, u-;,
our unswerved confidence in Co!ohel " III
lam ]. Bryan as the leading exponent o
: the foregoing principles. ana ne 10 ""
! choice for president in 1%o. .-o m,
absolutely confident that the Tree an
: | unrestricted use of gold and SILVER as
standard money by all the American re
publics would promote national prosperl.:
In All of them and result in making Amer
, lea the most prosperous and powerful quar-
Z tor of the globe we would invite the co
operation of our sister republics in estan
: fishing bimetaliism as the american iion
: etary system in contrhGlstlhctIon ~ " p. ~ ~
European monetary system, nohotiieta
c Jism We would oppose America with %
L metal,ism against Europe with monoihs, g
. allisru in commercial competition anu II
dustriai development.
= .:yvbiie we believe the American reput
|. lies should break away from european Gi' m
d tation and combine in establlshlng d ~,
e tinct monetary system of their own. au
- while we should strive to secure the CT
. ! operation of our sister republics IN accoH
> piishing that great object and In promo
. ing American commerce, we neVertnele:
y demand the immediate restoration OF Dol
=. gold and silver coinage at the present rat
re- by our government without waiting Il
X the aid or consent of any other nation.
t. Republicans Denounced.
Ie I'VE call attention to the fact that q
~ Republican party has failed to enforce q
W | anti-trust laws. The 1.G'0 men sad oy 81
!" | tistjcians to control over half of the veal
is of the country have taken complete cohtI
in | of the Republican organization and are U
80 So ! ing IL as a political machine. regarGlesS
a | the welfare or the rights of the people. h
e., gardng trusts and combinations IN
70 straint of trades as evils OF the ersa.s
magnitude. and as organizations OF II
nature not only continue to exist. but mi
;- tiply in numbers in defiance of law a
"a public sentiment, We demand that sl
,d. laws. both state and national. be enact
ITIr,. as will certainly result in suppressins the
ny I'VE assert that the declaration OF "
~ against Spain was justified by the caus
~ ~ which called it forth. We direct attcnti
ii, to the fact that the national Republic
's administration. hacked by the Republic
>, majority In congress, was opposed to W
I'll | and yielded only after long delay TO stro
h public sentiment aroused by the hrst a
g9 persistent demands of Democratic senat
no no and representatives foremost among VIII
me me We're those from Missouri, and for IN
,p ,lie part in forcing the Republican presd
trs and congress TO defend the rights of
IN ,Sn country We extend them our hearty c.
al gratuatlons-
teS ! prosecuted to n successful and speedy
iru without increasing the Understanding d
=. | of the people, we denounce the issue
itt millions of bonds as both unwiSe and
uis nncnssary as the eynense of the war co
eh' en- have been met by the coinage of seiGn
~ age in the treasury and the issuance
Sh non-interest bearing treasury notes.
- | we indorse the course of our Democr:
M III; senators and representatives in oppos
Siss Shs their issue.
lied I'VE send greetings and thanks to
eLe soldiers and sailors whose matchlesS V:
,nar has added luster to our martial history,
III ,o,t their heroic service to the country:
~ We extend our heartfelt sympathy to
rds relatives of those who have fallen in ba
To or died of disease. and declare II to be
BAH DUTY of the country TO provide for Il
did dependent upon the gallant dead.
ster No War for Conquest.
ong
uiet conquest but as this war was forced
us by the intolerent conduct of the Spa
government and people, We declare
it should be prosecuted until Spain is dr.
tion from the Western hemisphere.
J of And since the prosecution of the war
:. I. entaied great loss TO us of both life
I in treasure. We demand that Porto Rico
e, a ! all Spanish territory in the West Indies
nall, cept Cuba. shall be seized by the III
my. States or be taken by possession of {
:. ~. tut and held under the sovereignty of
''oh' | country.
:, 30 I'VE favor carrying out in good faith
S,ho resolution of congress under which W,
car tervened in Cuba, and aiding the Gu
Iton to establish and maintain an indepen
boIls government of their own, if they d
this. and we will favor its peaceful anr
many uon whenever II can oe uoIe win 'he
mo- I'VE insist on the strict maintenant
atiny the Monroe doctrine and hold that an,
,unce | parture from II Wouid ne poth unwise
six hazardous. AT the same Tune, we oe
nders that no American people should be he
Iuent force in unwilling subsection to Euro
op- authority. and We oppose any allance
anted political nature with any European
fight. ernment. believing that the mainter
otion of the Monroe doctrine. in all of II
were tegrity, both in letter and spirit. is Il
made sary to the exclusion of European auth