The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-06-07
RESOLUTIONS s
adopted by the Democratic
Territorial Convention at
Fl Reno

/ the nomination of Bryan to be made at
/ Kansas Ctv, on the nations natal day
Will be ratified by his triumphant elec-
! tion in next November. and we hereby
/ instruct the delegat'on to be selected bv
! this convention 20 support him i'm the
convention at Kansas City.
| We declare our adherence to :he Chi
| cago platform Of 1896. which IS the Sec
ond Declaration Of American Independ-
ence; the principles therein enunciated
including the free and unlimited coinage
Of gold and silver az the ratio Of sixteen
to one are as vital today as ever before,
and upon their success depends the per-
petuity Of our republic.
We favor perpetuating forever inde-
PENDENT forms Of government with no
backward step whatever, and look for
ward to the time when these govern
ments may dominate the earth We be
lieve the constitution follows the flag.
and the flag can never rtghtfully float
over any territory not a. part Of our
union, nor over any people not a part
Of our citizenship.
That governments derive their lust
powers from the consent of the governed
is as true today as when Jefferson wrote
it, and we declare that neither this,
nor any other country has n right 20
force government on a people against
that peoples will and in furtherance
Of this resolve and more emphatically to
express our zeal in this direction, we
pledge the sympathy and support Of the
democracy OF Oklahoma territory 10 all
people, in all climes, and at all times,
where there is sufficient intelligence to
maintain an organization, and adopt a
constitution in consonce with ours. Be
Eeving in the inherent right Of peoples
10 govern themselves, we hereby extend
our sympathy to the republics Of the
Transvaal in their heroic struggle for
existence against the tyranny Of Eng
Nand. and denounce the action of the
Mckinley administration in it's dealings
with the unfortunate people Of the Phil
ippine islands: after our land and ma
val forces had availed themselves Of the
assistance Of these brave peop'e .strug-
Cling against the outrages Of Spain. as
our fathers Of 1776 struggled against the
outrages Of George the Third. IN endeav-
oring to exnel the invader from their
shores, for turning against them, our
faithful and unexpected allies. and
awarding their assistance with a war Of
oppression rapine and subiugation. and
in attempting to rob them Of their inal-
ENABLE right to govern themselves
We condemn the Mckinley adm 'nistra-
tion for its dunlicity and dishonesty in
its course toward Cuba and Porto Rico;
it declared to the world that this govern
ment made war against Spain that Cuba
Should be free" that vlsJ the demo-
crate party approved Of. as a righteous
! q Ct in ha iota CF
laration has been falsi1ed, vuba is not
free. and never will be so long as the
policy of the present administration pre-
walls.
We condemn the Mckinley administra-
tion for it's dunlicity and dishonesty in
dealing with Porto Rico. whose people
gladly transferred their allegiance from
Spain to our own country this allegi-
ance entities the people Of Porto Rico
to every guarantee of our bill of rights
and our constit utton: these guarantees
have been wrongfu'ly withheld, and we
condemn, as cowardly subterfuge the
pretense Of the republican party that the
tariff between the United States and the
island of Porto Rico is for the purpose
OF creating revenue for Porto Rico"
and declare that the pernic'ous legisla-
tion of this congress in relation TO this
matter is solely to prevent the Amer can
people from having an object lesson in
free trade.
The grasping greed Of putocracy which
acuates the unjust and unconstitution-
al course Of the Mckinley administration
toward Porto Rico controls its inhuman
and bloody policy in the Philippine is
lands resulting in the sacrifice Of thou
sands Of the best and bravest Of our
loyal and patriotic boys in blue this in
human policy we denounce and condemn.
We favor legislation that will emphat-
scally @xterminate and ann hilate those
vicious combinations denomnated as
trusts and believe that one Of the most
effective methods Of their destruction in
the passing OF laws placing on the free
list every article manufactured or pro-
duced by trust.
We believe tn the most rigid economy
in public affairs and in holding to strict
accountability the public servants of the
people, whether at home or abroad and
20 believing we impeach the present ad-
ministrat'on Of high crimes and misde-
meanors in its dealings with the Cuban
people we declare it's policy wrong in
principle and most vicious in practice,
disgrace to the American people and
blight on civilization. Justice demands
that every public office implicated in the
Cuban postal fraud should be severely
punished.
We adhere TO the belief that the judg-
ment of the many is superior, and more
nearly right than the Judgment OF the
few, and that the will Of the majority,
whether in party convention or at tho
polls, should rule and we insist that the