The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-23

\ means met in this city today and fused
on nominations for judge of the s,.-
pre1ne court and two members of the
board of regents of the state university.
forner Governor Silas A Holcomb was
nominated for supreme Justice bv tbs
Populists and endorsed by the other two
conventions. though not without a.
hght in the Democratic gathering.
where there was strong opposition to
! nm. emanating from Douglas county.
rms opposition conferred on former
United States Senator W. V. Allen WIN
| could nave had majority of the bal
lots In the convention, but he pushed
the proffered honor aside and supported
MS friend. Holcomb. Allen was chair
man or the resolutions COMMITTEES i'm
the Populist conventions and William
j. Bryan was a delegate to the Demo-
cratic gathering
Mr.. Bryan dictated the platform of
the Democratic convention. This docu-
ment declared uncOmpromisingIy for
free coinage of silver at the ratio of is
TO l, and endorsed bodily the Chicago
platform of 1886. The platform of the
Populist convention endorsed the plat
form OF. the POpuliSt national cOnver-
ton OF 1896 and in addition contained
planks denouncing the policy of the
administration in the Philippines. The
platform of the Silver Republicans was
mucn the same and contained in addi-
ton a strong plank declaring against
the use OF railroad passes by public
officials. This pass resolution was
adopted by the PopuliSt convention
without. dissent, but stirred up a great
commotion among the Democrats. many
of whom fought it tooth and nail.
Enthusiasm For Bryan.
Mr.. Bryan addressed all three con-
ventionS and was emphatic in his de-
nunciation of the administrators pol
icy in the Philippines. He also spoke
vigorously IN support of the free COIN
age of silver, declaring it to be the main
issue now before the public. He de-
nounced trusts in strong terms and crit
icised the administration for doing
nothing to regulate them. He was re-
ceived with great enthusiasm.
For regents Of the state university
the conventions nominated Edison Rich
of Omaha and ]. l. TeeterS of Lincoln.
the names going through without any
opposition
There were 1,O29 delegates in the DEM
Ocratic convention w. H. THOMPSON
of Grand Island was temporary chair
man. W. H. Kelliher of Omaha
county was named as permanent chair
man and r. D. Logan of Frontier coun-
ty, secretary. W. j. Bryan was chair
man of the committee on resolutions.
The evening session opened late and
did not close till after midnight. The
report of the resolutions committee
aroused immense enthusiasm, and was
adopted with rush. Then came the
announcement that the PopuliStS had
nominated HolcOmb. and a scenS OF
confusion followed, as an attempt was
made to nominate ex-senator Allen.
The latter, however. sent in a dis
claimer. and Holcomb was finally
named
r. ID. Sutherland was permanent
chairman of the Populist convention,
and e. NJ. Hussing secretary. The pro-
ceedingS of this body were harmonious
in the extreme, and here Holcomb's
nomination met with little opposition
In the silver Republican convention
twenty-one out of ninety counties were
represented. W. NJ Maupin of Omaha
was permanent chairman, and w. d.
Kelly secretary. The proceedings wer,
harmonious.
Platform For Silver.
The platform adopted by the Demo-
cratic convention endorses and en-
phasizes each and every plank of the
national platform adopted at Chicago
in 1896. The money plank is as fol-
lows:
Our confidence in the principles set
forth in the Chicago platform has been
AAlSlC etSCQr Is t4AOoC nave UCCAL
indicated by events. The gold stand
ard is less defensible now than it was
in 1885, since the president has con-
fessed its failure by sending a COM
mission to Europe to secure interna-
tional bimetallism, while the inability
of the commission to enlist foreign aid
is added proof that the people of the
United States must act alone, if they
expect relief The present legal ratio
of 10 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 behind
which to hide while they secretly Ia
bored to make gold recommendation per-
Any Improvement in business
conditions due to the increased produce
ton of gold, or to a favorable balance
of trade, instead of supporting the gold
standard doctrine, shows that more
money makes better times. and points
the way to bimetallism as the means or
permanent increase in the
volume of standard money throughout
the world. The Republican scheme to
lessen the value of standard money by
making gold the only legal tender
money. has at last become apparent
to all. and must be resisted by the debt
paying and wealth-prOducing classes OF
the country. The plan to retire the
greenbacks in the interest of national
notes denounced by the Democrats in
1896. but then defeated by the Repub-
licans. has boldly stalked forth from
its hiding place. and threatens the for
nation Of gigantic paper money
trust"
Republican Trucking to Trusts.
On the question of trusts the platform
declares:
THE industrial trusts spring up on
every hand testify to the adninistra-
ions indifference to- monopoly, or its
inability to cope with IL.
I'VE denounce the failure OF the adj
to enforce the present law
against trusts or TO recommend new