The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-02
THE CHICAGO PLATFORM
Receives Endorsement From the
Bimetallic Clubs.
FORMING LINE OF BATTLE
Finley Denounced McKnley's Philippine
Policy-Faith in Bimetallism Vim
dicated by Events-Trusts
Condemned.

| egate was in his seat. There was also
marked increase in the attendance
of visitors Three gubernatorial aspir-
ants, Hon. William Goebel, Hon. P.
Harding and Hon. w. J. Stone, were
on the afternoon programme for
speeches. Judge Tarvin of Covington,
KY, presided. Following the outline
of plan which had been adopted at a
meeting of the executive committee of
| the Ohio Valley League of Bimetallic
clubs at the Gait house this morning,
| the following resolution was introduce
| ed by General Finley of Ohio:
Resolved, That with view of TAX
| ing measures to thoroughly organizing
for the campaign of 1900, committee
| be selected, of which the president of
this association shall be a member.
! That said committee be required to
| cooperate with the national committee
| in perfecting a thorough organization
| of the democratic party throughout all
| the states and territories of the Unit
ed States, the president of this associ-
| alton to name the committee.
Judge Tarvin, by virtue of the au-
thority vested in him by this resolu-
ton, accordingly handed in as his Sc
| lection for the committee the follow
ing:
John P. Altgeld of Illinois. George
| Fred Williams of Massachusetts,, w.
| j. Overmeyer of Indiana, W. ]. Semo-
min of Kentucky, Allen w. L. Clarke
| of Indiana and James P. Tarvin of
| Kentucky.
The first speaker on the programme
| for the afternoon session was the Hon.
P. Watts Hardin of Mercer county.
| The speaker lost no time in getting
| down to a discussion of the financial
| question. He said that wherever money
| circulated there were bound to be some
existing evils, either directly or indi-
| rectly resulting from a nations finan-
| cial system.
Hon. Henry Warrum of Indiana
| opened the speaking at the night ses-
| Indiana had remained steadfast in its
| Indiana had remained steadfast in 18th
| determination to have the principles
| as enunciated in the Chicago platform.
| prevail and that it would continue un-
til bimetallsm had been successful. He
paid his respects to the administration.
| saying that Mckinley was in odium
| throughout the land.
| The routine business of the conven-
| ton was then taken up.
Judge James P. Tarvin of Kentucky
was reelected. Later in the session
| Judge Tarvin introduced Hon. e. B.
Finley of Ohio, who in the course of his
| speech said:
I'm forming our lines of battle of 1900
I am opposed to taking any backward
! steps. / am for the Chicago platform
in it's entirety without the change of
| single line or word. Some of these
| gentlemen who are now advising us
| what to do in 1900 are suggesting that
| we get together and drop the money
question and take up the tariff and
other issues and intimate that If we do
| they will forgive us and consent to
again take their positions at the head
of the democratic party. We cannot
enter into an alliance with this coterie
| of So-called democrats; we are aband-
oning the principles which we defend
ed in 1896. There is nothing in COM
| mon between us. [ am opposed to i'm
perialism I do not favor the so-called
expansion policy of President McKin-
| ley. The conduct of the administration
touching the Philippine question has
been un-American and from the first
to last in violation of the principles ex-
| pressed in the declaration of war with
Spain, and our treatment of the Fill
pinos has been simply disgraceful. A
violation of the principles of free gov
ernment in the Philippines may be but
forerunner of a violation of the same
principles in the United States; and we
should never entrust to any president
the power to deprive our people of self
| government upon any preteXt what
| ever"
The committee on resolutions sub
mitted the following report, which was
| unanimously adopted.
'First-Our faith in bimetallism is
vindicated by events The necessity for
the restora ton of the double standard
| was acknowledged by the president
and congress in 1897 when a committee
was sent to Europe to entreat other
nations to establish bimetallsm and
| the failure of the committee to secure
European cooperation confirms the
| friends of free coinage in their belief
| that relief can only come by the inde-
| pendent action of the United States.
The present ratio of 1G to / is the only
ratio at which bimetallism can be re-
stored, and opposition to it is con-
| fined to those who oppose bimetallsm
at any ratio and to those who misap-
| prehend or ignore the reasons which led
| the national convention to adopt it,
| That whatever paper money needs to
| be issued in this country to supple
| ment a gold and silver currency should
be issued directly by the government
of the United States without the inter
vention of any bank or corporation
| whatever.
"Second-We favor and recommend
| the adoption by the democratic ma
tional convention in 1900 of the Chicago
| platform of 1896 without change.
'Third-We especially favor and
recommend the adoption by the dem
ocratic national convention of 1900 of
| the financial plank in the Chicago plat
form of 1896 without any change.
| 'Fourth-We believe that the trust
| Is the result, in large measure of the
methods that have been used, among
| which is the decentralization of silver,
| by which the volume of currency has
| been kept below the demands of busi-
ness. We favor the dstruction of the
result as well as the removal of the
| causes. The establishment of indepenl-
ent bimetallism al Is to | would do more
TO cripple or to destroy the organiza-
tion and operation of the trusts than
any other single act. We favor and
recommend, therefore, the adoption by
the democratic national convention OF
l9OO of an appropriate and specific dec