Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-05-25
STATE CONVENTION.
THE DEMOCRATS ASSEMBLE IN
SPOKANE,


RippIes of Discord Had subsidized Thu
Question of Eligibility of King County Con
testing Delegations Settled After Careful AM
Searching Dellberation- which the Del
esation to the National Convention was Sc
lected without Difficulty Bryan and Levi
Endorsed Amid Great Enthusiasm.
At five minutes to ii A. NJ. Satur
day, the 18th inst, the Democratic
State Convention was called to ordel
10y Chairman of the State Committee
Thomas Mallory, in the pavilion a
Natatorium Park, near Spokane.
The chairman made the opening adj
dress, which was as follows:
AS chairman of the Democrat,
State Central Committee, it devolve.
upon me to call this convention t
order.
The fact that SO many of you are
present, leaving your homes and bust
ness at this busy season of the year, i.
evidence that you not only take ar
active interest in your party's vel
fare, but that you desire that your
sentiments shall be reflected not only
in the councils of your State, but O
the National Democracy when it shall
assemble i'll national convention al
Kansas City on July 4th next.
AS to your choice for the great office
OF President of the United States
there is but one name upon the lips
of every Democrats man whose
character is SO deeply imbedded in the
hearts of his countrymen that NO
power on earth can eradicate it-a
man whose love of humanity is world
wide, who is the embodiment of love
himself and whose name is the hope
of all men, no matter of what color or
cline, struggling for liberty against
special privileges and fer equal oppor-
tunities-our next President, Hon.
William Jennings Bryan. Prolonged
applause.
AS to our choice for a candidate for
the exalted position OF Vice President
the State of Washington has but one
her ever-honored son-ever ready to
battle for her rights and the best in
terests of the Pacific coast-Hon.
James Hamilton Lewis. lGreat ap.
plause.]
As to our position upon the plat
form to be adopted by the Democratic
National convention, / know that
voice the sentiments of many of the
Democrats of the State when say
that if the ticket have named shall
be that OF the national convention, we
will be willing to accept the candi-
dates rs the platform.
But as State we yet favor bimetal-
lism. 1t was right in 1896 and is
right now. We favor the free coinage
OF gold and silver. We believe we
were right on this question in 1886
and know that we are to-day. We
not only favor free coinage, but be-
lieve the ratio should be 16 to1.
We are opposed to farming out the
issue oil our paper money and shall
ever oppose such an iniquitous scheme
as lately enacted by the Republicans
in their attempt to foist the gold
standard upon this country. We
want the greenbacks to stay and want
them to displace the national bank
currency as rapidly as it can be done,
and want all kinds of money, gold,
silver and paper, to be full legal ten
der
In short, we favor the re-adoption of
the second Declaration of Independ.
ence, adopted by the Democrats at
Chicago in 1896 as their national
platform.
We are opposed to militarism, be-
lieving that the best security a nation
can have is not in standing army
but in that OF her citizen soldiery
called in emergencies directly from its
people.
We are opposed to militarism, be.
lieving in the good old Jeffersonian
doctrine that there can be no free gov.
eminent except it be based upon the
consent Of the governed.
We are opposed to all agencies or.
gained in restraint of trade, and pro.
claim that trusts can never find an
abiding place in the Democracy oil
this nation.
l regret with you that we have moi
with us on this occasion that genial
and whole-souled Democrat, who foI
several years has given his time and
his means toward the reorganization
of the Democracy of this State-the
Hon. II. T. Jones, our late chairman
While he is not with us in person he
is in spirit and pleads with the De
mocracy of this State to so conduct it.
self in the future as he endeavored to
guide it in the past-that when the
next great convention opposed to Re
publicanism in this State, for nomi
mating full State ticket, shall have
met and performed its functions, al
will hail the name Democrat" and
willingly nail it to the masthead oil
the party banner and all unitedly
press on to as glorious q victory al
was gained under the leadership oil
Bryan in 1896. [Applause.l
A temporary list of members, which
had been prepared from returns to the
Executive Committee was submitted
embracing all uncontested delegations
from which King had been omitted by
request Of members of both contest.
ants,
The Chairman then called for nom
nations for temporary presiding off,
Ger, whereupon c. q. Heifner, of Thurs
ton, was placed in nomination and de-
clared unanimously elected by acclaim
alton Phil Steinberg was elected tenn
porary Secretary by reclamation.
MIR. Heifner upon taking the gave
(Which was crescent-shaped portion
of barrel-head) spoke as follows:
Mr.. Chairman and Fellow Demo
Gratis: Disclaiming any particular
qualification for the position with
which you have just honored me, 1 an
still deeply sensitive OF the honor con
ferred, and l hope with your assistance
to discharge the duties devolving upon
me with absolute impartiality and will
justice and fairness to all.
The political skies under which De
mocracy begins the campaign OF 1900
IN both State and Nation, are unuues