The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-06
Instruct Their Delegates to Vote for
w. ]. Bryan.
THE BODY WAS VERY ORDERLY
The Platform Contains Declaration
That the Party in the State Will
Support the Platform of the
Kansas City Conventions.
Conventions Held in
Other States.

NEW YORK, June 5.-The Democratic
State Convention elected these delegates
at-large to the national convention:
David & Hill, Richard Croker. Edward
Murphy and Augustus Van Wyck,
Alter mates: Frank Campbell, Jacob Rup-
pert. Jr.. G. Morgan Sanford and James
Snevlin.
Electors-et-Large: Frederick Cook. Of
Rochester, Robert c. Titus, OF Buffalo.
The platform adopted contains seaf-
hrmat!on OF the Chicago platform of 1896,
but declaration that the party in the
State Will support the platform OF the
Kansas City Convention The platform
declares against war taxes in time of
peace, declares for parity of gold and sill
Yer rs currency. demands abolition OF all
customs and tariffs between Porto Rico
and the United States. condemns trusts
and mouopolies and eAanguns alliances;
demands just and liberal pension laws and
election of United States senators by the
people, and favors the nomination of W. ].
Bryan.
The convention gave promise of being
very sto- my, but ended qut,tly. The partL-
cular feature of the convention was thd
domination of affairs by ex-senator David
B. Hill. The silver men profess to be sat
istied with the result
THE PLATFORM
Following is a synopsis of the platform:
We insist that the fundamental prtnci-
pies of Democracy. which have been 50
frequently approved by the voice OF the
people, must ever remain as the best and
only security for the continuance of free
government Public taxation should not
be imposed for private purposes and tariff
should be for revenue only. We are on
posed to government at partnership with
protected monopolies and we demand that
import duties. like other taxes, should be
impartially laid.
We oppose war taxes in times of peace
We demand retrenchneut and economy In
all the departments OF the government. AMI
condemn the extravaganza and proiigaey
which have characterized the present Re-
publican National Administration
We favor both gold and silver tha
standard money OF the Constitution and of
our fathars-each to be maintained at d
parity with the other in purchasing debt
paying power. We are opposed to the
foreign policy of the present national adj
ministratton, commonly known as imper-
ialisrn
We demand that our solemn anti-war
pledges made by Congress to Cuba and to
the world should be speedily fulfilled In
good faith. thereby preserving our ma
tional integrity and honor
We maintained that the Constitution fol-
lows the flag over every integral part OF
the United States. y Republican sCon-
SieSS Ills no FiglC TO establish
govern territorial or colonial system
outside of the Constitution than il has to
create king. We demand that every
part of our possession shall be governed
according to American precedents and
American principles.
Cur plain duty is to abolish all customs
tariffs between the United States and
Porto Rico and give her products free ac-
cess to our markets
THE, |TRTrS-T pT,4 NIX
We condemn President Mckinley and a
Republican Congress for a fragrant vto-
lation OF duty and for their hypocrisy and
inconsistency. We express our unauanree.
opposition to those immense combinations
OF capital. commonly known as trusts.
These trusts and combinations are the d.
rect outsrowth of the Eolicy OF the Repub-
ltcan party, which has created, fostcretI
and protected them to properly regulate
and restrain them.
1t condemns as hypocriticaI, the recen,
trust agitation in the House
The chief characteristics of the present
Republican National administration are its
weakness ard corruption. Il Ilas covered
up and sanctioned the scandals OF its milf
tary administration, The disclosures CT the
corruption OF its appointees are breaking
out everywhere.
The platform opposes any alliances of
any sort with any foreign government that
stand in the way of Republican instftl-