The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-10-06
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Democratic Platform Adopted at
Kansas City, July 4, 1900.

The Party (Democratic) Stands
Where 1t Did In 1890 on the
Money Question.--William j. Bryan
at GAINESVILLE, Ohio, Sept. 4, 1000
Nominated:
For President-WILLTAM J. BRYAN
OF Nebraska.
vice-President-ADLAI E. STEVEN.
SON Of Illinois.
PLATFORM.
| We, the Democrats Of the United
States, in national convention assembled,
| do reafirm our allegiance to those great
essential principles Of justice and liberty
upon which our institutions are founded,
and which the Democratic party has adj
vocated from Jefferson's time to our own
freedom of speech, freedom of the
press, freedom of conscience, the preser-
walton Of personal rights, the equality of
all citizens before the law, and the fait-
full observance Of constitutional limita-
| tons.
State Rights.
During all these years the Democratic
party has resisted the tendency of selfish
| interests to the Capitalization of govern
| mental power, and steadfastly maintain
( ed the integrity of the dual scheme OF
government established by the founders
| of this republic or republics. Under it's
| guidance and teachings the great princi-
pie of local self-government has found
its best expression in the maintenance
Of the rights Of the States and in its as
sertion of the necessity of continuing the
| general government to the exercise Of the
the United States.
The Money Question.
Recognizing that the money system is
paramount to all others at this time, we
invite attention to the fact that the
Federal Constitution names silver and
gold together us the money metals of the
United States, and that the first coinage
law passed by Congress under the Con-
stitution made the silver dollar the mon
etary unit, and admitted gold to free
coinage Mt a ratio based upon the silver
dollar unit.
We declare that the act of 1873 demon
etizing silver without the knowledge or
approval of the American people has re
suited in the appreciation Of gold and
corresponding fall in the prices Of com
1;st I.
increase In the burden of taxation and of
all debts, public and private; the enrich
mcnt of the money lending classes at
home and abroad; prostration of indus
try and impoverishment of the people.
We are unalterably opposed to gold
recommendation, which has locked fast
the prosperity Of an industrial people in
the paralysis Of hard times. Gold mono
metallsm is a British policy, and Its
adoption has brought other nations into
financial servitude to London. 1t is not
only un-American, but anti-American,
and 1t can be fastened on the United
States only by the sitting OF that spirit
and love Of liberty which proclaimed our
independence in 1916 and won it In the
war of the Revolution.
Free Silver.
We demand the free and unlimited
coinage Of both gold and silver at the
present legal ratio Of 10 to |, without
waiting for the aid or consent Of any
other nation. We demand that the
standard silver dollar shall be full legal
tender equally with gold for all debts,
public and private, and we favor such
legislation as will prevent for the future
the demonstration Of any kind Of legal.
tender money by private contract.
We are opposed to the policy and prac-
tice of surrendering to the holders of
the obligations of the United States the
option reserved by law to the government
OF redecming such obligations in either
silver coin or gold coin.
Bond Issues.
We are opposed to the issuing Of inter
est-bearng bonds Of the United States
in time of peace, and condemn the traf
ticking with banking syndicates which,
in exchange for bonds and at an enor'
nous profit to themselves, supply the
Federal treasury with gold to maintain
the policy Of gold monometallism.
Congress alone has the power to coin
and issue money, and President Jackson
ueclhTeu tnat tnlS power cOuln NOT De uel
egated to corporations or individuals. We
therefore demand that the power to issue
notes to circulate as money be taken from
the national banks, and that all paper
money shall be issued directly by the
Treasury Department, be redeemable In
coin, and receivable for all debts, public
and private.
Tariff for Revenue.
We hold that the tariff duties should be
levied for purposes Of revenue, such du
ties to be so adjusted as to operate equal
ly throughout the country and not dis
criminate between class or section, and
that taxation should be limited by the
needs Of the government honestly and
economically administered. We de-
nounce, as disturbing to business. the Re
publican threat to restore the Mckinley
law, which has been twice condemned by
the people In national elections, and
which, enacted under the false plea of
protection to home industry, proved
prolific breeder Of trusts and monopolies,
enriched the few at the expense Of many,
restricted trade and deprived the pro.
ducers Of the great American staples of