Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-03-16
A LEADER Is CHOSEN.
Thomas E. Barkworth Is Honored
by Michigan Democracy.
Named rs Its Candidate for supreme
Court Justice-Rest of the Ticket
Platform Adopted by the
state Convention.

Kalamazoo, Mich, March 9.-Thomas
f. Barkworth, leading attorney of
Jackson. was nominated Wednesday
afternoon by the democratic state CON
vention for Justice of the supreme
court. He received ASP of the 772 dele
gates votes cast on the first ballot, and
it was made unanimous. The contest
was wholly between Mr.. Barkworth
and ex-Justice Allan b. Morse, the
four other candidates having with
drawn before the first ballot was com
pleted. Prior to the convention it was
asserted, and denied, that Judge
Morse's sympathies in the last presi-
Dental campaign were with the gold
standard democracy, and this is be-
lieved to have affected the result.
other Nominees.
All the elements of silver fusion were
we'll represented among the delegates,
and the nominations for regents of the
state university were given to Edward
F. Legendre (dem), of Calumet. and
Stanley Z. Parkhill (pop), of Owossc
Hon. Justin Il. Whiting, of St. Clair
| late fusion candidate for governor, was
the temporary chairman. His address
was a strongly-put argument for free
| silver. an arraignment of republican
| policies and condemnation of the en-
| croachments of trusts and combines
| EX-Judge John Miner, of Detroit, was
made permanent chairman.
The report of the resolutions com
! mittee was greatly delayed by discus
sion of resolution offered by Fred n.
! Baker. of Detroit. indorsing the Hill
| amendment to the Chicago platform to
the effect that the free coinage of silver
at the ratio of sixteen to one should
not apply to existing contracts. This
amendment was presented to the con-
vention as a minority report and was
| tabled.
| The Resolutions.
A synopsis Of the resolutions adopted
| follows:
They reaffirm the Chicago platform pro-
| test against retirement of treasury notes.
| denounce trusts, demand an amendment
| to the constitution making an income tax
possible. favor equal taxation OF all prop
| erty in the state: declare for disposition OF
| the colonies for the best interests of the
| people: protest against a large standing
! army and navy, and congratulate the party
| on having the leadership of Col Bryan.
| The plank upon trusts says: I'VE believe
| the greatest menace at the present time to
American civilization and to the industries
! and political liberty of the people consists
! in the growing tendency to place the buSl-
| ness of the country in the hands of com
| binations and trusts; and we denounce the
| gold trust. money trust, sugar trust. oil
| trust, match trust, tobacco trust ana every
| other trust, having for it's object the con-
| troll of production and prices; and we sub
| init as our candid opinion and deliberate
| judgment that a graduated federal and
| state income tax would furnish effective
means of suppressing trusts. We request
immediate passage of an income tax meas
ure by the state legislature
| The plank upon expansion says: 1--WE are
| in favor of making such disposition of ter
! ritory brought into the possession or under
the control of the United States in the war
| with Spain as shall best promote the in
| terests and secure the welfare of the Amer
| lean people, and that to advance the cause of
civil and religious freedom, a government
should be established in the islands having
for its fundamental principles self-goyern-
ment for the people"