The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-07
DID NOT NOMINATE.
SILVER REPUBLICANS LEFT 1T TO
THEIR NATIONAL COMMITTEE.
T0WNE GAVE THIS COUNSEL.
CONVENTION WANTED HIM IN SPITE
OF DEMOCRATS.

Nhusce oI thc convention 1Or Pres-
ident-NationnI Committee May De-
eide on Stevenson Delegates
Thought Dem ocrats Should Have
Named Towne-PlatfOrm Adopted
by the Party.
Kansas City, July 6.-After a longer and
exciting debate, during which it looked
several times as if Charles. A. Towne
would be nominated for Vice President in
spite Of his protest against such action,
the National Convention of the Silver Re-
publican party adjourned sine die without
making a ncmina,icn for Vice President,
the whole matter being referred to the
National Committee, with power to act.
w. j. Bryan was made the unanimous
choice of the convention for President.
During the morning session, the plat
form was adopted, and it was the inten-
ton to comolete the ticket in the after
noon by the nomination of ex-Congress-
nan Towne. The action of the Democrat
ic Convention, how ever, in placing Mr..
Stevenson in nomination, took delegates
off their feet but most Of them asserted
their determination to nominate Mr..
Towne Notwithstanding.
Fer two hours Senator Teller, former
Congressman Shafroth of Colorado,
Cheadle of Indiana and others made
speeches in favor of indorsing the Demo-
cratic ticket. But it was not until Towne
himself appeared and appealed 10 the con-
vention not to nominate but to concen-
ft-a4 bnSv~ hot 1aTA
Gained down and. the vice presidential
nomination was referred to the National
COMMITTEES.
The platform adopted by the convention
was as follows:
Their Platform.
We, the Silver Republican party, in ma
tional convention assembled. declare these
as our principles and invite the co-opera-
ton of all who agree herewith:
We recognize that the principles set
forth In the Declaration of American In
dependence are fundamental and ever
lastingly true in their applicat ton to GOV
ernments among men. We believe the
patriotic words of Washingtons farewell
to be the words of soberness and wisdom,
inspired by the spirit of right and truth
We treasure the words of jefferson as
ship We hold in sacred remembrance the
broad philanthropy and patriotism of Lin
coin, who was the great interpreter of
American history and the great apostle OF
human rights and of indus rial freedom,
and we declare as was declared by the
convention that nominated the great
emancipator that the maintenance of the
principles promulgated in the Declaration
of Independence and embodied In the Fed
oral oil
ated equal; that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain inalienable rights
that among these are life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness; that to secure these
rights governments are instituted among
men. deriving their just powers from the
consent of the governed" is essential to
the preservation of our republican insttu-
tions.
For etadIisn.
We declare our adherence to the princi-
pie of bimetallism as the right basis of
a monetary system under our national con-
stituton; a principle that found place re-
peatedly in Republican platforms from the
decentralization of silver in 1873 to the St.
Louis Republican Convention Of 1896.
Since that convention a Republican Con-
gress and a Repu blican President, at the
dictation of the trusts and money power
have passed and approved currency bill
which in itself is reputation of the doc
trine of bimetallism advocated heretofore
by the President and every great leader
of his party.
money power of the silver dollar provides
for the payment of all government obliga-
tions and the redemption of all forms of
paper money in gold alone-retires the
time-honored and patriotic greenb backs
constituting one-siXth of the money in
circulation, and surrenders to the bank
ing corporations a sovereign function of
issuing all paper money thus enabling
those corpora tons TO control the prices
of labor and property by increasing or
diminishing the volume of money in cir
culation, thus giving the banks power to
create panics and bring disaster upon bus
mess enterprises The provisions Of this
currency law making the bonded debt of
the republic payable in gold alone changes
the contract between the government and
the bondholders to the advantage of the
latter and is in direct opposition to the
Matthews resolution passed by Congress
in 1878, for which resolution the present
President, then member of Congress,
voted, as did also the leading Republicans,
both in the House and in the Senate
We declare il to be our intention to
lend our efforts to the repeal Of this cur
rency law. which not only repudiates the
ancient and time-honored principles of
the American people, before the constt-
tuti, was adopted, but is violative Of
the .uciples Of the constitution itself.
and we shall not cease our efforts until
there has been established in its place a
monetary system based upon the free and
unlimited coinage of silver and gold into
money at the legal ratio of l6 to /, by
the independent action of the United
States, under which system all paper
money shall be issued by the government.
and all such money coined or issued shall
be fun legal tender In payment of all
debts, public and private, without excep-
tion.
We are in favor Of a graduated tax
upon incomes and If necessary TO accom-
pl!sh this, we favor an amendment 60 the
constitution
Election of senators.
We believe that United States senators
ought to be elected by direct vote Of
the people. and we favor such amend
ment of the constitution and such legls-
lation as may be necessary to that end.
We favor the maintenance and extension
wherever practicable OF the merit sys-
tenn in the public service, appointments
to he according 10 fitness, comparatively
ascertained and public servants to be re-
tained in Office only so long as shall be
compatible with the efficiency Of the SER
vice.
AEninst Trusts.
Combinations, trusts and monopolies.
contrlved and arranged for the purpose
Of controlling the prices and quantity of
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