Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-03-29
BRYAN'S PLATFORM.
Nebraska Democrats in Convention
Set Forth His Views.
PIanks Adopted DsnOuncsng Trusts, AIIIl.
tarIsms the DlngIey Bill and Porto
Rico Earif-ChIcagO Platform
Reamrnad.

RAC0 GRrt0-Chic8gO Platform
Reanarmed.
Lincoln, Neb., March 2o.-The demo
cratic convention was called to order
yesterday by James Dahlman, chair
man of the state democratic commit
tee. He announced that Thomas J.
Nolan had been selected as temporary
chairman. Mr.. Nolan took the chair
and, after being presented to the con-
vention, made an address. The tenn
porary organization was afterwards
made permanent The committee on
resolutions made it's report. which
was adopted amid great enthusiasm.
The principal points are as follows:
We, the democrats OF Nebraska, in con-
Vention assembled, do hereby reaff1rm
and indorse, in whole and in part in let
ter and in spirit, the platform adopted
by the democratic national convention
held in Chicago, in 1896.
We favor amendments to the federal
constitution, especially authorizing an in
come tax and providing for the election
OF United States senators by a direct
vote of the people.
We oppose government by injunction
and the blacklist, and favor arbitra-
ton as a means of settling disputes be-
tween corporations and their employees.
We observe with approval the support
given by democrats throughout the coun-
try to the movement looking toward the
municipal ownersip of municipal fran
chises.
We favor the principles of the initia-
tive and referendum wherever it can be
applied.
We are in favor of liberal pensions to
deserving soldiers and to their depend
entS; we believe that names upon the
pension rolls should not be arbitrarily
dropped, and we believe, as stated in the
last national platform, that the fact of
enlistment and service should be deemed
conclusive evidence against disease and
disability before enlistment
We are in favor of the immediate con-
struction and fertilization OF the Mica
ragua canal by the United States.
We condemn the Dingley tariff law as
trust-breeding and extortion inviting
measure, skillful1y devised for the pur-
pose of giving to a few favors which
they don't deserve and of placing upon
them burdens which they should not bear.
We pledge ourselves to wage an I'M
ceasing warefare against all the trusts
the money power, the industrial trust
and the International land grabbing trust.
Instead OF system which would chain
our nation to the gold standard and COM
pei it to participate in all the disturb
anceS which come to European nations,
we demand an American financial sys-
tenn, made by the American people for
themselves, to be secured by the imme-
date restoration of the free and unlirn-
tied coinage of gold and silver at present
legal Tdl4O OIL sixteen TO one, W1CnOuG
waiting for the aid or consent of any
other nation.
We condemn the Puerto Rican tariff
bill, recently passed by republican
house of representatives, as bold and
open violation of the nations organic
law, and a fragrant breach of good faith.
We assert that the constitution follows
the flag and denounce the doctrine that
an executive or congress, created and
limited by the constitution, can exer-
else lawful authority beyond that consti-
tuition or a violation of it. Believing that
nation cannot long endure, half repub-
lie and half empire, we oppose wars of
conquest and colonial possessions.
We oppose mflitarism. It imposes upon
the people an unnecessary burden and is
constant menace. A small standing
are sufficient in time of peace; in time
Of war the citizen-soldier should be a
republics defense,
The platform is practically the Gre
alton of Mr.. Bryan. He did not write
it personally, but he was consulted
concerning it and before it was read
to the convention he had approved of
it throughout.
The pOpuhSt convention was some
what turbulent from the start.
There were numerous candidates for
every position and DIRECTORS to every
measure. Roll calls were frequent
and consequently progress was slow.
The meeting opened with spirited
contest for the position of temporary
chairman, which finally fell to W. II.
Westover, of Chadron.
The committee on credentials de-
cided against the claims of the mid
dle-of-the-road popu1ists from Omaha
to be classed as delegates and barred
them from the convention.
After being denied admission as del
egates to the populist convention the
''middle-of-the-roade held a small
convention of their own and appoint
ed a Nebraska delegation to attend
the populist convention at Cincinnati.
They also decided to hold state
convention in Nebraska at some date
after the Kansas City convention.