The record-union., 1898-08-04

prehensive mad enlightened monetary
legislation, and we believe that the
declaration in the St.Louis National Re-
publican platform for the maintenance
Of the gold standard and the parity of
all of our forms of money should be
given the vitality Of public law, and the
money Of the American people should be
made like all its institutions-the best
In the world
The tariff plank is as follows: I'VE
reafflrm our belief in the doctrine of
reciprocity and protection to American
labor and home industries and condemn
the Democratic doctrine of tariff for
revenue only as unsound and unsuited
to the best interets of the country's
doctrine, whose falsity has been demon
strated by our experience under the
Wilson revenue bill, that plunged the
country into commercial mad financial
distress from which it is fast recovering
since the change from the Democratic
policy
TEXAS DEMOCRATS.
GALVESTON CTex.), Aug. 3. The
Democratic State Convention met to-
day and adopted the report of the Gre
dentials Committee and installed per-
manent officers. The Resolutions Com
mittee was not ready to report, and an
adjournment was taken until $50
O'Clock. There will be two reports, one
| fathered by Senator Chiffon, in favor Of
expansion, and the other by Congress
| man Bailey, against expansion.
| In its other features the report of the
Committee on Platform reaffirms the
platform adopted at Chicago in 1896,
denounces the Dingley tariff, declares
| that the war must not obscure the
money question, denounces the war rev.
| enue bill for alleged inequalities of tax
| alton, uphOldS the President in his con-
duct of the war, favors a generous de-
velopment of the American navy, de-
mands the carrying out of the letter
and spirit Of the resolution under which
| the Government interviewed in Cuba,
| opposes any increae in the standing
army, and in conclusion declares for the
| nomination of Bryan in 1900.
| The majority resolutions favor the
construction and control of the Nicara-
qua Canal by the United States, favor
| the acquisition of Porto Rico and all
other Spanish possessions in the West
| eTn Hemisphere, and oppose the annex
| alton or continued retention of the
| Philippine Islands or any territory upon
the Eastern Hemisphere.
The Bailey or minority resolutions
| follow:
I'VE believe that a colonial policy is
contrary to the theory of this Govern
inent, and We are opposed to the acqui-
sition of any territory inhabited by a
people who are incapable of self-gov-
ernment because We hold the right of
local government to be the basic
principle of our republic
| We are opposed also to the acuuisi-
ton of any territory by the Govern
ment. control of which will necessitate
any increase in the standing army of
| the United States
4 we reaffirm the declaration of
| Thomas Jefferson that all Governments g
derive their just powers from the con-
sent of the governed, and we are op-
posed to the establishment of any Gov
eminent anywhere by the United States
without the consent of the people gov
| erned."
governor CulbersOn and ex-Governo..
| Hogg opposed Bailey'S resolutions.
| Inc minority report of the Platform
committee was showed under and laid
on the table at midnight. The vote
unofficially, stands 691 to table the
minority report against 334 1t was
an all-night wrangle
| FUSION TICKET IN NEBRASKA.
| LINCOLN (Neb). Aug. 3.-The fusion
forces of Nebraska TODAY selected tha
following ticket, after two hours de-
liberation: Governor William A. Pcyll-
ter OF Boone County; Lieutenant Gov
ernor, E. A. Gilbert of York; Secre-
tary of State, William F. Porter of
Merrick: Auditor, John F. Cornell of
Richardson; Treasurer, John B. Ne
serve of Red Willow; Superintendent
or Public Instruction, w r. Jackson
OF Holt; Land Commissioner. Jacob V.
Wolfe of Lancaster; Attorney General,
Z. j. Smythe of Douglass. All are Pop
| ulists but the Lieutenant Governor.
who is Free Silver Republican ard
the Attorney General, who is a Demo
! crat
Mr.. Poynter may be regarded as a
dark horse, though his name had been
mentioned before the convention. The
| chief antagonism to his nomination
came from the Democrats. who held
| out against him as a Populist Of the
radical stripe for a time but finding
that the Populists would not withdraw
him, and that he professed to be a life
long Democrat Of Kentucky parentage
they finally acquiesced
The Democrats sent the followina
telegram to Colonel W. j. BRYAN. Jack
sonville: The Democrats of Nebra ska
In convention assembled, instruct me
to send hearty greeting, and pledge the
united efforts to make the gallant Col.
onel or the Third the future Command.