Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-26

70 90 our tnlnktngf
SIT 10 In the line Of an imperialIstIc
form Ut government.
"Mr. President: In case should l
make q nomination or a substitute I
do IL for principles sake-I have po-
itical preferences and Mr.. Clay 10
one Of them, as is also Mr.. Cook. I
desire, sir, to submit the name Of Jas.
Bradley as q substitute for the one
recommended for president by the
committee
Mr. Brown had made mention Of.
''the common peoplen in his address
and ]. ID. 0rear, who secured the
floor after Mi. Brown had finished,
yielded the privilege to Mr.. Cook,
who quite brilliantly defended the
"common people," "If there are any
d. B. Hills in this house, continued
MIR. Cook, in answer to Mr.. Browns
speech, "they are not named by the
committee. ! ask Mr.. Brown to point
out the Hills present."
Nj. Brown arose and explained his
meaning in the use OF the term COM
mon people. In the remarks he said;
81 am q commoner--I am neither .
plutocrat nor q bond-holder. In my
reference to Hill, 1 did moi desire to
cast the least shadow on the In
tegr:.y CT Democracy Of the mem
bers OF the committee or on those
incorporated in their report"
Hon. O. F. Clark secured the floor
and seconded the substitution OF Mi.
Bradley TOR president.
]. d. orear: nThis club sprung
into existence shortly after the nomi-
nation Of W. J. Bryan for president;
IL has, no doubt, increased the county
majority 600 votes. During the
election Of three sets of officers we
have had no muss. This matter 10 Of
small Importance and all talk Of q
scheme Is rot and bosh."
B. T Orear arose to ask who con-
stituted the membership OF the club
and the chair stated that all who had
authorized their names placed on the
roll we're considered members.
"Question" being called for and
Mesars Cook and Brown being named
as tellers the following standing vote
was counted:
For the substitution, 10.
Against the substitution, II.
The chair declared the amendment
lost.
Mr.. Cook moved to adopt the
entire report of the committee and
was given a second by ]. d. orear.
Mr.. Brown: ST don't rise to make
another amendment. l am satisfied
with the rule OF the msjority-that's
Democratic. With the position 1
have taken in view, l cannot allow
my name to come before the meeting
as a nominee in a committee report
and will ask that l be allowed to
withdraw for the sake of consistency"
Col. Green CLAY: 81 move you, hi.
President, that the name Of MFR. Brown
be withdrawn from the committee re-
port. After the report OF the com
mittee shall have been adopted, l will
move to nominate Mr.. Brown for
secretary In open session."
The motion met q second and was
carried.
Mr.. Clay then made the nomination
he said be would and Mr.. Brown was
elected secretary by an unanimous
vote.
Chairman Rhodes CLAY then took
the chair and expressed his thanks
for the honor and Mr.. Brown wal
escorted to the secretary's desk.
REVOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
The committee on resolutions, COM
posed OF II. II. Larimore, ]. v. VIII
liams and 81. L. Buckley, reported AZ
follows:
WHEREAS, The existence and per-
petuity OF the Government Of the
United States as a Republic depends
upon the purity and justice Of its
Iaws-a decent report for the opinions
and rights of its citiz enship-a sacred
regard for the Constitution and Q
faithful and honest administration of
It's laws guarding and granting the
blessings Of free government to all OF
its citizens in every rank and station
OF life and; whereas these principles
set forth in the Constitution have
been entirely dIsregarded by the
party now In power; therefore, be. ID
Resolved, fret, I'VE, the Bryan
Free Silver Club of Mexico, Mo-, in
dIvidually and collectively do indorse
In spirit and in letter the principles
and precepts snunciated In the plat
form adopted at Kansas City, no., BY
the Democrats Of the nation In con-
vention assembled July 4, 1900.
Second: This year being the cen-
tenary of the election Of Thos. Jeffer-
son, founder Of the Democratic party,
to the Presidency and In view Of the
profound truth that "History repeats
itself,n we direct the attention Of all
patriots to the Conscience Of the
Democratic party and Its fidelity 10
principle and In support of this claim
we point with pride TO the fact that
the Democratic platform promulgat-
ed one hundred years ago displays .
striking similarity Of tone and import
to the platform herein Endorsed and
for its historic value we incorporate
an abridgement Of q portion Of that
platform In these resolutions:
1. InvoiIable preservation Of the
Federal Constitution, according to the
true sense in which 1t was adopted BY
the states.
2. Opposition to m~Onarchizing its
features.
8. Preservation TO the states OF the
powers not yieIdedto them By the I'M
ion.
4. A frugal administration OF the
Government.
s. Reliance for internal defense
solely upon lie citizen soldiery and
opposition 10 q large standing army
In time OF peace.
6. Friendly relations with al
nations, entanglIng alliances with
none.