The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-25
PLHNNS FOR DEMOCRATS. DEMOCRATS
KANSAS PLATFORM BELIEVED TO
HAVE BEEN FRAMED UP ON
NATIONAL I4SES
CHAIRMAN JOHNsoN's HAND
Resolutions Adopted That Are Like
Iy to BE Paraphrased at
Kansas City on
July 4.

OF nanullQS lle Itdncldl QueSllOi III IiiS
Kansas Democratic convention, just held
here, is believed to foreshadow what will
be dore with the same question in the
national convention at Kansas City. To-
days platform was nodded by J. q.
Johnson, Of this state, who IS deep in the
confidence of William Jennings Bryan,
and who, as chairman of the Democratic
national executive committee, IS manager
Of the preliminary national campaign at
the Chicago Headquarters.
sixteen to one" is not mentioned IN
the resolutions. The Chicago platform
is simply reafhrmed.
TEXT OF TIE PLATFORM.
This method of handling the financial
question this year has been carefully and
deliberately thought out by Western
Democratic leaders who are iii Mr.. Bry-
ans confidence ana who represent radical
silver constituencies in the West. 1t IS
intended to satisfy these radical SILVER
men who may demand at kansas City
more than mere rcallirmation Of the Chi
cago platform, as in the Iowa platform
and at the same time, by ignoring sixteen
to one, it is INTENDED to be inoffcnsive
to the more moderate Eastern Demo
Gratis" The text Of Ioday's platform fol-
lows:
We, the Democrats of Kansas, in dele
gate convention assembled, hereby renew
our allegiance to those immortal prlnci-
pies of human rights enunciated by JET
ferson, defended by Jackson, and in theIr
latest and best form incorporated in the
Democratic national platform OF 1875. We
announce the unqualified approval Oh
every principal embodied in the platform,
and here reiterate the doctrine therein
announced, that the American people
should have distinctively American sYs-
TEN Of finance, which, like our other gov
ernmental functions, should be forever
free from foreign ENHANCEMENT, domino
ton or influence; that congress alone has
the power to coin and issue money, and
has no right to surrender to the nation
al banks the peoples prerOgatiVe to con-
troll the volume Of the currency; that we
are opposed to gold monOmetallism as a
British policy, un-Amerlcan and anti
American, and that we favor the inTne-
diate restoration of bimetailiSm as it eX-
listed in our financial system prior to the
demOnetizaton act of 1873
We demand a tariff for revenue only,
which would place all citizens on an
10 the JefferSonian theory of equal
rights for ALL special privileges for
none" The appreciation Of money under
the gold standard insureS low prices for
Farm products and labor, while the trusts
push up the price of everything used on
the farm and in the home, and this they
are enabled to do by operation Of the
tarltt-"the mother of trusts We de-
mand relief from this Odious system by
the enforcement of the federal laws
against trusts by throwing open to for
eign competition, through the enlarge
ment Of the free list, every business man
aged by a trust, and by the enactment
and rigid enforcement Of drastic anti
trust laws in Kansas.
REPUBLICAN POLICY AsSAILED.
We believe in the theory Of voluntary
Sell government upon which this repub-
lie was founded, and as a shining ex-
ample Of which it has influenced the
world for a century. We want no modifi-
cations of that theory by imperialistic
construction We want neither foreign
subjects nor citizens, nor imperialistic
co ionlal governments, knowing that no
country can endure an empire abroad and
a republic at home. We adhere to the
spirit OF the Monroe doctrine and the
of the fathers against entang-
ling foreign alliances and world politics
We insist that we cannot make citizens
Of millions of Malays without corrupt
Ing our citizenship, nor can we hold them
subjects without destroying our form of
government
We are against militarism, with its
costly and corrupting standing armies, a
burden to the taxpayers, the forerunner
of compulsory military service and con-
scripuon and the unfailing instrument in
the overthrow of every republic in his
tory.
The continued ascendency Of the Re
publican party is inimical to every prin-
Ciple above set forth. 1t has secretly and
stealthily aided every scheme by which
bOndhOlders and their American
allies nave manipulated the financial pol
icy OF this country in their interests and
against the interest of the people 1t has
nnally forced through congress their la
test demand for gold monometallism and
the payment of all their obligations IN
gold, and 1t has surrendered to the ma
uonal banks the control Of the paper cur
Tency of the country.
1t has allowed manufacturers to take
part OF the earnings of consumers,
through a protective tariff system, until
they have grown into giant trusts that
qely the law and organize by the hun
dreds without molestation or protest
from the present administration.
FOR WITHDRAWAL FROM CUBA.
1t has abandoned the Monroe doctrine
py trusting the nation into European and
ASlauc diplomacy and intrigue; by estab-
llSnlng a secret alliance with England.
anu by abandoning Western hemisphere
Qomlnatlon for Eastern hemisphere colon
tzauon: 1t has inaugu ated Imperialism
by making the president a colonial die
Iator, TO govern subject peoples without
guarantees or restriction,
ana II established militariSm when II
quadrupled our standing army to shoot
into subsection peaceable people. whose
only otfense is that they object to being
SSIiit Dought ana sold like chattels, and are de-
Inanqlng the same liberty our forefathers
loGght Tor in l776 and in 1912.
we protest against the administration
longer keeping the government of Cuba
Cubans are not capable of self-govern-
ment, then our war against Spain was
unlusuhable, and our solemn declaration
QI mat Iact, as ground for interven-
Jlon, was untrue. If they are capable of
self-gOVernment then our further occ,1-
pancy OF their country is tyrannical and
UNJUST. The looting of their postaI rev
Shues py carpet-bag Republican officials
IS an object lesson in colonial administra-
uQn and disgrace to the nation.
We sympathize with the South African
republics in their heroic struggle 10 main
"a Tan n Ihelr lndependence against the here
dltary Zoe OF republican institutions. AS
we view the unequal struggle we are re-
minded Of our own experience with the
same enemy during the dark DAYS of the
tIeN !1'e No.utI1h, , and we fervently hope that
africa by the same miraculous power
that preserved IT in America a centurv
ago.
We are for the income tax. for dirao+
legislation wherever practicable for mn
nc ownership of public utilities, and for
lhe election OF United States senators nv
Popular POI aaI, vote vote. We urge our candidates
support legislation to prohibit raiir,oo9 y
against small dealers and
Bumpers excessive hours for railway eno
ployes and the black list
we send SEND greeting to that ideal Demo-
crat, William Jennings Bryan, of Ne
6raska, and pledge him and the princinIee
70 H9r &d,,S winch he stands the loyal support of
at the national election. --'-0h ana
OH" Prohibitiontsts Meet.
COLUMBUS. O., May M.-Tba Ob.o
Prohlbltionists met in convention bero
THIS afternoon, State Chairman ] +