Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-04-05
Pennsylvauia Democratic.

Harrisburg, April Estate Chair.
man Killing called the democratic con.
vention to order OF lbs o'clock. Tenn.
porary Chairman Fiizsimm0ns put the
delegates Ia q good humor with bis al
It's Hns to The gold democrats, who
he said should be put to work on the
deck Of demOcracy's craft and put on
probation. Continuing, he said: 1--WE
need them ell 10 the effort to re.engulf
the pirates of the opposition" His ref.
ences to Admiral Scbley as shaving
been exiled from bis own country Tor
his gallant work at Santiago" and Gen
eral Miles we're received with great sp-
Dlause, but when he referred 10. Marx
Hanna ss "aiuenGpss, there were hisses.
He brought dom the convention with
his allusiOn to ths ",sllant Boers,n
aud the mention of tn name OF Bryan
caused perfect uhisisind of acclaim.
Chairman Fitzsimmons made no men
lion of DewSN!He concluded with
the statement tha6 Penney lvania should
speak loudly and distinctly at the Kan,
sas City convention for Bryan.
The platform pledges fidelity to de.
mocratic principles, demands thorough
revision Of the tariff end declares in
favor OF such duties only as are neces-
sary for an economical administration
OF public affairs, urging democrats ia
Congress to secure the enactment OF
law that will oblige the secretary Of the
treasury to place upon the free liss
every article of raw material and every
item of manufactured product now used
and manufactured by any trust and re-
quire all the trusts 10 make COM
prehensive and accurate public reports I;
it deDOunces trusts and monoplie-,
opposes Imperialism Of the present ad-
ministrstion end favors granting the
Filipinos home rule under the protec-
ton OF the United st tee; demands SOL
emu pledge by Congress to people CT
Cuba to be faithfully observed and their
independence granted them, and tbst
the army of the United States be with
drawn; demands free trade for Porto
Rico and denounces sinister influences,
ths t have caused the President to de-
part from that which he termed his
plain duty; demands vigoross
American policy in Intercourse
with foreign nations and de.
nounces the Hay-Pauncsfots ties tV :;
declares In favor OF the Nicaragua canal
controlled by this country, no further
surrender of Alaskan territory and no
entangling alliance with foreign cour-
trie favors election of United States
Senators by direct vote of the peopl.
declares for bimetallism; extends sym
patty to the Beers and declares the war
IN south Africa to be one of conquest
and extermiustion, and condemns Gov.
Stone for bis appointment OF Quay for
United States Senator.
This ticket will be nominated: Au-
ditor eenersl-P. Gray Meek; Congress
men at laree-Henry Grimm ard n.
NJ. Edward; delegates at large to the
national convention-Jsmes NJ. Gufey,
Robert E Pattison, John B. keenan,,
w. h. Snowden, James Kerr, Rufus K.
Polk, Charles J. Reilly and John Nj.
Gsrman; electors at lsrge-H. A. Cot
froth, Francis Skunk, Andrew Ksul
and Otto Corner.
The platform concludes: "As the
democracy of Pennsylvania have since
1895 regarded William ]. Bryan as the
ideal democrat, intelligent, honest,
able, sincere and loyal, we hereby in
convention assembled invite him to bt-
come . candidate for the pres depcy
upon the democratic ticket and pledge
the united support of the democratic
delegation OF Pennsylvania to vote aud
labor for bis nomination and election