The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-24

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fusion seed.
The deiegates-at-large having been pre-
viously arranged the convention then
went through the formality Of electing
the names Of those found above.
The aIternates-at-large elected are John
F. Roe, Chanute; A. T. Rogers. Mitchell
Edward T. Hackney, Sumner: J. NJ.
Davis, Bourbon; Earl Blackstone. Chase
Harry Mcmillan. Ottawa.
After the routine work was concluded
with a delegate from the Fifth district
moved that the delegates elected be in
structed TO cast the full vote Of the de e.
cation for William Jennings Bryan and
II was unanimously carried by a standing
vote.
The convention became impatient for
resolutions and a committee Of three was
appointed TO ascertain how soon the COM
mittee would be ready to report. The
committee was given instructions to re-
port in five minutes.
Rev. Vernon ]. Rose was escorted to the
speaking platform by a committee ap-
pointed expressly for that purpose, and
he addressed the convention for about
fifteen minutes on the issues of the day
He denounced the Republican attitude on
the Spanish-American and the Philippine
wars and declared without hesitancy, in
speaking on the Boer hostilities, that Nc
K!nley's administration was tied 10 the
British lions tail. His effusion was very
Populistic in Its nature and the half audi
enoe that remained seemed to enjoy it.
Before the speaker had half finished the
and he concluded.
The resolutions were read by Chairman
Thompson Of Crawford county, and are
as follows:
We, the Democrats of Kansas, in dele
gate convention assembled, hereby renew
our allegiance to those immortal prime
pies Of human rights enunciated by JEFF
ferson. defended by Jackson and in tAeir
latest form Incorporated in the Demo-
cratic national platform OF 1896. We an
nounce our unqualified approval Of every
principle embodied in that platform, and
here reiterate the doctrine therein an
nouEced, that the American people should
have a distinctively American system Of
finances, which like our other govern
mental functions, should be forever free
from foreign ENHANCEMENT domination or
influence. That congress alone has the
power to coin and issue money, and has
no right to surrender to the national
banks the peoples prerogative to control
the volume Of the currency. That we are
opposed to gold recommendation as a Brit
ish policy un-Ameriean and antL&meri-
can. and that we favor ten immediate
restoration of bimetallism as It existed in
our financial system prior to the demon
itization act of 1873.
We demand a tariff for revenue only,
which would place all citizens on an
and conform to the Jeffersonian
theory OF equal rights for all, special
privileges for none" The appreciation Of
money under the gold standard insures
low prices for farm products and labor.
while the trusts push up the price Of
everything used on the farm and in the
home, and this they are enabled TO do by
operation of the tariff, the mother Of
trusts" We demand relief from this
odious system by enforcement Of federal
laws against trusts, by throwing open TO
foreign competition. through the enlarge
ment of the free lists every business
managed BY a trust, and by the enact-
ment and rigid enforcement OF drastic
laws by the states, and by congress,
through the exercises of the whole con-
stitutional power Of congress over inter-
state commerce, the mails and all modes
OF interstate communication.
We believe in the theory Of voluntary
self-government upon which this repub-
lie was founded, and as a shining ex-
world for a century. We want no modil-
cation Of that theory by imperialistc con-
struction. We want neither foreign sub
jects, nor citizens. nor imperialistic col /
oniaI governments. knowing that no c0un-
try can endure an empire abroad and a
at home We adhere 10 the
spirit OF the Monroe doctrine and the
Of the fathers against entalg-
ling foreign alliances and world politics
We insist that we canont make citizens
Of millions Of Malays without corrupting
our citizenship. nor can We hold them
subjects without destroying our form OF
government We are against militarism, /
with its costly and corrupting standing
armies, a burden to the tax payers. the /
forerunner OF compulsory military service
anu LflAst.A AiAAt-+ anu t-AG H.
strumept in the overthrow Of every re3ub- /
lie in history. Taxation without repre- /
sentation IS tyranny and we den0unce the /
Porto Rican tariff law as a violation of !
al the traditions that are sacred TO the /
American people, and as an outrage on /
the people Of that island
The continued ascendeucy Of the Re |
publican party is inimical to every prin- /
-in.e above set forth. It has secretly I
and steaIthily aided every scheme by +
which European bondholders and th-ts .
Ame-Icsv. allies have manipulated the I.
financial policy OF this country in their 4
interests and against the interests OF the I
people Il has finally forced through con-
yress their latest demand for gold mono +
netafsm and thu payment OF all their .
obligations in gold, and Il has suErende7- I
"a 10 the national banks the control Of I
the paper currency OF the country. and F.
fastened upon our country a banking /
system which. If adhered To. means the /
7e-aetuIty OF cur national debt with its 4
illS and burdens. L has al /
owed manufacturers 20 take a Part IF 4
he earning Of CONSUMERS through pro-
ective tariff system. untn they have f
grown into giant trusts that defy the law .
md aresnize by The hundreds without
nolestation or protest from the present I
Administration. L has abandoned the .
Monroe doctrine By shrustiug the natlan f
nt5 European and Asiatie diplomacy and /.
intrigue. by establishing q secret alliance
xi.h England and by sioaadonins western
hemisphere domination for eastern hignis-
lhere colonization Il has inaEgarate1 +
Imperialism Or Masking the presitea.
colonial dictator. 10 govern saoject Peo-
,ls p-trhe,,r constitutional guarantee OF /