Hutchinson gazette., 1900-07-12

N"' ~ NH'N htUtt WIS NWlltN the rllulfs
man OF the state delegation would an.
nouncc the vote.
The secretary then called the roll OF
The stntes and on the first bnlot and
only balloL 1t resulted In O3O votes
100 per cent,--for William Jennings
Bryan,
Al the conclusion of the roll call of
The st0tes the chairman announced
that there had been O90 votes cast;
that there was necessary to u cholca
69i; TINT William Jennings Bryan had
received O3O votes and he declared
him unanimously nominated by tho
convention.
The third days session OF the con
7cnuon wns called to order Nrlday
morning shorlLly before II o'clock.
Following The invocation the roll
call OF states for the nomination OF q
candidate for vice president was he.
gun, Alabama mndc no response, but
when Arkansas was reached, Jefferson
Davis of that state announced thnl
Arkansas wished to yield to Illinois
for the purpose Of placing the name
OF Adnl Il, Stevenson In nomination
Congressman James II. Williams OF
Illinois was recognized by the chair
and proceeded TO name Mr., Stevenson
for the vice presidency
The roll call was then resumed and
Colorado asked permission TO bG
pnSscd for a few minutes. COnnCcti |
cut was called and the chairman OF
that delegation yielded to Minnesota,
and Leonard a, Rosing asccnded the
platform for the purpose of putting
IN nomination Hon, Charles A, Towne
He was greeted with grcnt applause.
Other states seconded the nominU
dion OF Stevenson and Townc.
The secretary was then istructed tC
call the roll Of slntcs. AS the roll call
proceeded 1t became apparent thai
Stevenson would be nominated The
applause was deHfening when Illinois
cast her forty-elght votes for him, nnt
Indiana followed with her twenty
eight Before the roll call was fin,
isbed the states began changing theiIl
votes to Stevenson from other candk
d0tcs Alabama went over to Stew
enson and other states followed. Af,eI
The commotiou had subsided the chair
announced that all Of the D3G votes
had been cast FOR Stevenson
Following is the platform In full:
IMPERIALISM.
We. the representatives ot the Dem
ocrntic party Of the United States MS
semblcd IN National Convention on tho
anniversary of the adoption Of The
Declaration of Independence, do re
affirm our faith in that immortal pro
clnmntion or the inuliennblp rights Of
man and our allcgiuucc 10 he C0nSti
tuition framed in harmony herewith by
the fathers Of The RepnbIic, We hold
with the United States supreme court
that tho Declaration OF Independence
is ihe spirit OF our government, Oi
which the Constitution Is the form ana
letter We declare again that all gov
crnmcnts instituted among men derive
their just powers from the consent Of
the governed; thnt any government mol
based upon thcconscnt oGthe governed
is tyranny; and that to impose upor
any people government of force Is tt
substitute the methods Of imperialism
for those of u Republic. We hold thai
the Constitution follows the flag anC
denouncc the doctrine that an ENecu
tive or Congress, deriving their exist
tencc and their powers from the Con
stiiulion, can exercise lawful author
ity beyond il or in violation OF it. W.
assert that no nation can long endure
half Republic and half Empire, and W.
warn the American people that imper
ialism abroad will lead quickly anC
inevitably to dcspotism ut home.
PORTO RICO.
Believing in those fundamental prin
ciples. we denounce The portoRico law ,
cnnctcd by a Republican Congress
against the protest and opposition o.
the Democratic minority ns a bolt
and open violation of the nations or
ganc law and fragrant breach OF tht
nntionnI good faith 1t imposed upor
the people of Porto Rico government
without their consent and taxation
without representation II dishonor
The American people Ivy repudiuting
solemn pledge made In their behnV
by the commanding general of the
army, which the Porto llcnns wei
coined to peaceful and unrcsisted oc
cupntion of their land. 1t doomed t
poverty and distress people who's,
appeals with peculiar
force TO our Justice and magnanimity
In this. the first net of its inperinlistii
che Republican party
seeks to commit the United States II
q colonial policy. inconsistent will
the supreme court in numerous de
cisions.
CUBA AND THE PHILIPPINES.
We demand the prompt and homes
of our pledge to the Cubal
pcoplc and the world that the United
States has no disposition nor intention
to exercise sovereignty. jurisdiction o.
control over the island Of Cuba eXcep
for its pacifcation. The war ended
nearly two years ago, profound peac'
rcigns over all the island and still thu I
keeps the government
of the island from its people,while lie
publican carpetbag officials plundtr Its
revenues and exploit the colonial the
ory to the disgrace Of the American
people. We condemn and denounct
the Philippine policy of the persenl
administration. 1t has embrolled the
Republic in unnecessary war, sacrificed
the lives Of many Of its noblest sons