The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-06-08

| were entitled to seats
Observation-Disclosures Beall, S. G. Null
10y, P A. Scaggs, B. J. Gallant A. NJ
| Parker.
Bladensburg-B. D. Stephen, W. T
Casey, w. Brooke Hunter, Ernest F
Gasch, Robert W. Wells.
Marlboro'-John H. Traband, Anthony
c. Wyvill, Henry E. Morris, John F. Mar.
tin, James Jones.
Nottin gham-W. F. Perrie, Isaiah Frye
R. E. Baden, N. c. Duley, J. S. Rawlings
| Piscatawav-W d. Blandford, c. b
Boswell, w. r. Dyer, Willard Thorne, W
d. Barry
Spaldings-R. J. Swami, T. 3. Middle
ton, George S. Dove, S B. Suit, Joseph T
Bayne.
| Queen Annc-F NJ Hall, Henry Jones
| A. Seahorn Isaac Wood, William Berry
| Aquasco-John T. Downing, Charles l..
| Turner, J. Howe Rawlings, r. NJ. Hyde
T. NJ. Naylor.
Surratts-W. B. II. Blandford, r. II
| Curtin, John Z. jenkins, Fred Johnson
George W. Hardy.
| Laurcl-John w. Gray, Charles Young
Louis H. Wootton, j. A. Brown, Albert G.
| Shaffer.
Brandy T. Robinson
Joseph H. Blandford, Charles p. Baden
James II. Murray, Charles S. Early, Jr
| Oxon Hill-James T. Grimes, James p
Dean, r. Lee Cox, Grafton Owens, A
Baker Baden.
Kent-G. NJ Henault, r. J. Cox, B. c.
Scott, Edward Magruder, Joseph Tayman
| Bowie-George NJ Smith, ]. D. Wells,
Bernard Luers, Thomas Hynes, c. G. Clark
| Mellwood-Joseph S. Wilson, Gabriel
Moran, Alexander Moore, Robert S
Fraser, Charles W. Clagett.
| Hyattsville-Johr Miller, George A
Guide r. Henry Lewis, Charles B, Calvert
J. H. Ralston.
| A minority report signed by two mem
| bers of the committee was submitted also
but the majority report was adopted, there
being but one single dissenting vote an
| nounced.
| The committee on resolutions through
Mr. J. W. Ralston reported as follows
We declare that in the person Of WIlli I'm j. By
| an, CT Nebraska. the Democrats of this nation pos
| sess leader Of honest and sincere purpose-one
| upon whose fidelity to the basic principles of hui
| man liberty they can ever rely. For years,
through good report and evil report, he has untir-
ingly devoted himself to the welfare of the people
never pausing to consider whether his actions
brought to him the praise blame of the multi
| tude, but standing
| -Four square to all the winds that blew
| AS just recognition OF his services, we di-
| rect our delegates to the State Convention to IA
vor such resolution will instruct the delegates
| to the Convention at Kansas City to support from
first to last as our candidate for President, W liam
j. Bryan.
We condemn the present administration as trait
orous to every American prii cpie 1t has in Idaho
substituted military oppression for civil govern
ment. 1t has i'll Cuba, violating Cong essional
pledges retained control and imported officials who
have robbed the island and dsgraced the American
| name 1t has in Porto Rico, Obeyng the behests OF
trusts but in detiaic If what the President has de-
| clared to be "our plain duty, Set up tariff a.
| against the rest of the United States, consistently
avoiding submission to the courts of a test of the
legality Of its action. lie has in the Philippines
| claiming them under title derived from dis
| graced and expelled monarchy, carried on war CT
criminal aggression against the distressed Fiji
pinos, throttng freedom of speech and freedom OF
the press, disregarding all the incidents of liberty,
and furnishing government a corrupt military
satrapy all under the hypocritica guise of religion
and civil zaton, judiciously combined with COM
| mercial exploitation. 1t has sought to compel
| America to choose between amalgamating ten mil
| lion Malays into our body polite, or holding then
as our suhjects-either proposition offering disaster
| to this Republic While claiming absolute SOW.
ereignty over the Sulu Islands under an alleged IT,
tie derived from Spain it has by treaty with their
Sultan recognized and permitted a system CT sla-
very under the protection Of the American flag
and this notwithstanding recent constitutional
amendments aad it has at the same moment fur
nished money for the maintenance Of polygamous
! Institutions. 1t has although we have no just
quarrel with any foreign people, and need feal
none. increased the standing army fom twenty
five thousand to more than one hundred thousand
| men, whose employment swells the Golfers of trans
| portaton companies and contractors, atfordinl
splendid opportunities for public under. l. ha
added fifty millions to the yearly expense Of the
navy, purchasing armor plate at double prices, ell
abing and requiring steel trusts to contribute large
| sums to debauch elections
Although at the beginning Cf the present admin
istratOn, we enjoyed the friendshpot every nation
it has SO lowered the moral standing OF the United
States that the smaller republ Ct America regar,
us with su cion and fear and the nations Of o. he
continents view us with distrust, while are hum
BILE suppliants for the favor of Great Britain, no
daring to tender national Symp ,thy 10 the UNI
foriu republics of South Africa.
| 1t has abdicated in favor of bond holders and IA
| ton bar ks national control over the currency It.
fostering care through manipulation of the tariff
and governmental favor in other d rectons has de
veloped trusts and comb nations contro ling the ne
/. cessitieS of life
We demand that the federal military arm shall
be withdrawn from Idaho, and the people permit
ted to rule through their civil Institutions.
| We demand that our armies leave Cuba, an
that the Cubans be permtte: to form Their indie
| pendent government
We demand that Porto Rico shall be treated "A
integral part OF the United States, AMI not
cast OFF sister.
| We demand that war upol the Fill Pine, slal
stop, and declare that the FilipinDs should lie sim
| Ply protected from outside inter ference while the
are forming government based upon their own il
= dependence.
| We demand that the standing army shall he re
dnced to the figures prevailing bef,rc this AL mini,
I, tratiOn come INTO power, and that naval develop
l ment in the interest Of trusts shall Cease.
We demand that the government shall reg lin fu
control of the currenc~ and IN order that there
be the broadest basis OF circulate long met
| ais are used as money, we insist upon the COMA
without preference, of both COL and silver.
| We demand that the protective tariff be abolish
p ed an that tax alton be levied up monopoly All
not industry.
: We extend our fullest sympathy 10 the Beers
their struggle for liberty against grasp.ng MOI
archy and declare that the vt admins traitor
. if democratic, will urge upon Great Britain II
abandonment Of her unjust pretensons.
4 We call upon all AL lovers of liberty, all symp
thisers with the glorious traditions of America, Il
believers in government by consent and not by bay
onet all who care for American ideals, to join viii
Us, irrespective Ct past aft latiOns, in helping
a save this country srom the peril confronting 1t.
ReSOired, That in consideration of his high stan,
s ing among people. his deserved popularity, h
Il eminent fitness for the POSITION his long and vote