The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-11

SIOUX FALLS, May 1.-THE national
Populist convention concluded Its session
at o'clock this morning, and adjourned
sine die after nominating Hon. w ].
Bryan for president and Hon. c. A.
Towne for vice president This result
was accomplished after a struggle of
several hours Duration at which an ef-
fort was made to have the question of
the nomination of vice presidential can
didate referred to a committee to confer
with the Democratic and silver Repub-
ncan conventions. A motion to this ef-
feet was defeated-268 to 1872.
Both candidates were nominated by &C.
clamation, but before this was accom-
plished various names We're placed IN
nomination and then withdrawn. The
nominations were made amid great en-
thusiasm.
The exciting event of the convention
was occasioned when Congressman Kelly,
Of South Dakota, becoming excited over a
failure to secure recognition, rose in his
seat and denounced the occupant of the
chair as a "bunco steerer." To this
There We're cries of Put him out and
a number of delegates gathered about
Mir. Kelly.
Quiet was, however, soon restored, and
the convention proceeded as Il nothing
unusual had occurred.
PLATFORM OF PRINCIPLES.
Following is the platform adopted by
the convention:
The Peoples party of the United
States, in convention assembled, congrat-
ulating its supporters on the wide extern
sion of its principles in all directions, does
hereby reattirm its adherence to the fun
damental principles proclaimed in its two
pror platforms, and calls upon all who
desire to avert the subVersion Of free in
StitutionS by corporate and imperialistic
power to unite with 1t in bringing the
government back TO the ideals of Wash
ington, Jefferson, Jackson and Lincoln.
1t extends to its allies in the struggle
for financial and economic freedom assur-
ances Of its loyalty to the principles
which animate the allied forces, and the
promise OF honest and hearty co-opera-
tion with its every effort for their sue
cess.
ITO the people of the United States we
offer the following platform as the eX-
preston of our unalterable convictions:
MONEY PLANK.
Resolved, That we denounce the act of
March IA, 1900 as the elimination of a
long series of conspiracies TO deprive the
people of their constitutional rights over
the money of the nation and to relegate
to gigantic money trust the control
of the currency and hence of the people.
I'VE denounce this act, first, for max
Ing all money obligations, domestic and
foreign, payable in gold coin or its equiv
alent, thus enormously increasing the
burdens Of the debtors and enriching the
creditors; second, for refunding coin
bonds, not to mature for years into long
time gold bonds, so as to make their pay
ment improbable and our debt perpetual;
third, for taking from the treasury over
900 in time of war and presenting
1T at premium to bondholders to accom-
plish the refunding of bonds not due;
fourth, for doubling the capital of bank
erS by returning to them the face value
of their bonds in current money notes. so
that they may draw one interest from
the government and another from the
people; fifth, allowing banks to expand
and contract their circulation at pleasure
thus controlling prices of all products;
sixth for authorizing the secretary OF
the treasury to issue new gold bonds to
an unlimited amount whenever he deems
1T necessary to replenish the gold hoard
thus enabling usurers to secure more
bonds and more bank currency by draw
ing gold from the treasury thereby Gre
ating an endless chain for perpetual
debt; seventh, for striking down the
greenback in order to force the people to
borrow $346 600 more from the banks at
an annual cost Of over S2OOOO.OOO
while barring out the money of the
constitution, this law opens the printing
mints Of the treasury to the recoinage