The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-23
ALL WE'RE AGREED
NEBRASKA DEMOCRATS, PoPU-
LISTS AND SILVER REPUB-
LICANs GET TOGETHER
PLATFORM Is AGREED UPON
REAFFIRMs CHICAGO DOCUMENT
AND OPPOSES IMPERIALISM
AND TRUSTS
GOV. HoLCoMB IS NOMINATED

wv AOLOOMo Id NUM1NATEI
Opposition to His Candidacy Diss1-
Dated by the Man Who Was
Named to Oppose Him in the Con-
ventfOn-Mr. Bryan Dictated the
Platform Adopted by Democrats
Which Was Indorsed by Otbers
OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 22-Nebraska
Democrats, Populists and Silver Repub.
licans met in this city today and fused
on nominations for judge of the supreme
court and two members Of the board oP
regents of the state university. Former
Gov. Silas A. Holcomb was nominated
for supreme justice by the Populists and
indorsed by the other two conventions.
though not without a fight in the Demo.
cratic gathering, where there was strong
opposition to him, emanating from Doug
las county. This opposition centered on
former United States Senator Allen.
who could have had a majority of tha
ballots in the convention, but he pushed
the proffered honor aside and supported
his friend Holcomb. Allen was chairman
of the resolutions committee in the Pop
ulist convention, and William j. Bryan
was a delegate to the Democratic gathE
ering. Mr. Bryan dictated the platform
of the Democratic convention. This
document declared uncompromisingly fot
free coinage of silver at the ratio of 1e
to 1 and indorsed bodily the Chicago plat.
form of 1885,
The platform of the Populist convena
ton indorsed the platform of the Popu.
list national convention of 1896 and in
addition contained planks denouncing tht
policy of the administration in the Phil>
ippines. The platform of the Silver Re-
publicans was much the same, and con-
tanned, in addition, strong plank de>
claring against the use Of railroad passes
by public officials.
PLATFORM ADOPTED.
The platform adopted by the Demo-
cratic convention indorses and empha-
sizes each and every plank of the ma
tional platform adopted at Chicago in
1885, The money plank is as follows:
Our confidence in the principles set
forth in the Chicago platform has been
increased as those principles have been
Vindicated by events. The gold STAN
dard is less defensible now than it was
in 1896, since the president has confessed
its failure by sending q commission to
Europe to secure International bimetal-
hsm, while the inability of the commits
sion to secure foreign aid is added proof
that the people of the United States must
act alone if they expect relief. The pres
ent legal ratio of 16 to l is the natural
and necessary ratio. and the opponents
of that ratio have nothing to offer in Its
place but the eVasive and ambiguous
phraseOlogy which for years furnished to
the gold standard advocates mask be-
hind which to hide while they secretly
labored TO make gold monOmetaltsm per-
manent. An improvement in business
conditions due to the increased produc-
ton of gold, or to a favorable balance
of trade, instead of supporting the gold
standard doctrine, shows that more mon
ey makes better times, and points the
way to bimetallism as the means of Sc
curing a permanent increase in the vol
ume of standard money throughout the
world. The Republican scheme to lessen
the value of standard money by making
gold the only legal money has at last
become apparent to all, and must be re-
sisted by the debt-paytng and wealth
producing classes of the country.
THE plan TO retire the greenbackS in
the interest of National bank notes de-
nounced by the Democrats in 1896, but
then defended by the Republicans, has
boldly stalked forth from its hiding place
tic paper money trust"
On the question of trusts the platform
declares:
The industrial trusts, springing up on
every hand, testify to the administration s
indifference to monopoly, or its inability
to cope with 1T. We denounce the failure
of the administration to enforce the pres
ent law against trusts, or to recommend
new laws If the present law is deemed in
sufficient
tGyVa orc o,,,,oso5 - +ba orincinIa oP
monopoly wherever 1t manifests itself.
We demand the enforcement of the pres
ent federal law, the enactment OF such
new legislation as may be necessary and
q constitutional amendment II the present
constitution IS construed to protect trusts
to the end that he monopoltZa1on OF IN
dustry by private corporations may be alb
Solutely prevented Every trust rests
upon a corporation and every corporation
is a creature of laws, and the law, state
and national, must place upon the cor
porations such limitations and restrictions
as will protect the public from injury.
The platform praises Nebraska soldiers
for their part in the Philippines and goes
on to say:
But, while we commend the soldiers
for obedience to all orders emanating
from the chief executive, we condemn the
administrative policy which has con-
Verted war for humanity into a war
for conquest. We believe the FiltpinOs
should have received the same treatment
DIS the SuUdilS, anu Tue OUDolIS WSI0
assured Of ultimate independence and
protection, so the Filpinos should have
been assured in the beginning of our
nations intention to give. them independ--
ence, as soon as a stable government
should be established, and protection
from outside Interference. Such assur-
ance should be given now. If the Cubans,
as it is stated in the resolutions of in
terventon, are and of right ought to be
free, the same can be said Of the Fill
pinoS, and this nation would suffer no
humiliation in acknowledging adherence
to the doctrine that governments derive
their just powers from the consent OF
the governed"
The resolutions declare in favor Of ar
hitraticn, favor popular election of United
States senators, the initiative and refer
endum and declare against any increase
in the standing army and against any
foreign allegiance.
For regents of the state university the
conventions nominated Edison Rich, of
Omaha, and J. L. PEBBLES, of Lincoln, the
names going through without opposition.
In the silver Republican convention
but twenty-one out of ninety counties
were represented W. NJ. Maupin, of
Omaha, was permanent chairman and w.
D. Kelly secretary, The proceedings
were harmonious
Silas A. Holcomb, the nominee for SUI
preme justice, has served two terms as
governor, being elected in 1894 and 1886
on the POpulist ticket. He is an able
lawyer and was on. the district bench
when first nominated His home is at
Broken Bow, Custer county. He is about
fifty years of age. ~
Working for MIR. Bryan.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. 22-The firsf steps to
organize the Democrats Of Illinois outside