Iron County register., 1900-06-14
called the convention ,to order in the

The chairmen of the committees or
credentials, permanent organization
and resolutions announced that they
were ready to report.
James ]. Butler, chairman of the
credentials committee, submitted q
lengthy report, covering the contests
in St. Louis, Kansas City and st. Fran
co.'s county. The committee had heard
only portion of the evidence in one OF
the contests; that of the Kansas City
Eighth ward, and decided in that case
to seat both the opposing delegations,
allowing each half a vote.
In the ST. Louis, st. Francois and
the Tenth and Fourteenth Kansas City
wards, the committee, acting on the
precedents established at the Moberly
and Cape Girardeau conventions, seat
ed the delegations bearing credentials
from the election commissioners. The
report was adopted by the convention.
Permanent Organizations.
The committee on permanent or
ganization reported, through its chair
man, the order of business governing
the convention, which was the order
usually observed at all conventions.
It provided that the temporary officers
be made the permanent officers of the
convention.
Chairman Hicklin of the committee
on resolutions read the report of that
committee.
The clauses relating to the arbitra-
ton of labor troubles and to the tax
alton of franchises evoked applause.
MIR. Pate, of Camden county. IN cid
soldier and minister of the Gospel,
objected to the report because there
was no section denouncing the nation-
Ell administration for its neglect of the
OLD veterans, but the convention would
not listen to him.
Charles Kelley, of St. Louis, attempt
ed to secure the floor to oppose the sec
ton indorsing GOV. Stephens and the
administration, bdt was unsuccessful
The report was unanimously adopt
ed. 1t is as follows:
The Platform.
Following is the full text of the
platform:
1--WE. the representatives of the demo-
cratic party of Missouri, in state conven-
tion assembled, do hereby reaffirm our al
legiance to the time-hcnored principles or
the democratic party as formulated by
Jefferson, Jackson and other great lead
ers of political thought in this country.
We believe that in order to perpetuate
the principles enunciated by them 1T is
essential that the democratic party shall
be in the ascendency in the state and fed
I'VE declare in favor of equal rights to
all and special privileges to none; local
self-government; the highest degree of
iCf mt a H.
lie good, and strict construction of the
I'VE condemn the use of federal troops
in the state until requested by state au-
thority. We favor income tax, whereby
the wealth of the country which now
largely escapes taxation may be made to
bear it's lust proportion of the public bur-
den.
1--WE declare that the federal govern
ment has no constitutional power to i'm
pose and collect tariff duties except for
the revenue, and we demand the imposi-
tion of war taxes shall be greatly re-
duced and limited to the necessities of the
government when honestly and economic
ally administered, and in the case OF
trust manufactured goods, that they shall
be placed on the free list"
Territorial Acquisition.
We unqualifiedly believe in the expan-
sion of the trade relations of this coun-
try with all the world and in such ex-
pansion of contiguous American terri
tory as shall be consistent with the views
of Jefferson and our fathers of the dem
ocratic party. We hold that the consti-
tuition of the United States follows the
sovereignty and jurisdiction is extended.
We deny the right of the government to
therefore denounce the. republican ad-
rninistration for the policy it has pur-
sued in regard to Porto Rico in assuming
ownership over it by the right of treaty
and yet excluding it's people from the pro-
lection of our national constitution.
We insist that the American govern
aT ha orlin nnGCih1a n
store the government of Cuba to the Gu
bans, thereby carrying put -he declara-
ton of the president of the united States
Spain for the liberation of the island. We
favor the anneXation of Cuba whenever
it's people of their own volition shall de-
termine that they wish their country to
become a part of the United States
Nicaragua Canal.
We favor the construction of the Mica
ragua canal as of the greatest Importance
to our commerce and national defense,
but we believe the canal should not only
be constructed but controlled by the Unit
ed States.
Our Merchant Marine.
The commercial interests of the United
States require the upbuiding of our mer-
chant marine which prospered under
rule and ranked with that of
England and promised to outstrip it. Un-
vessels have practically disappeared and
the American flag became a stranger IN
the SeaDOrtS OF the world. TO TINS END We
declare for free ships.
sympathy for the Boers.
We extend our earnest sympathy to the
people of the Boer republic in South At
rica, who are struggling to maintain their
right of self-government and liberty.
ReafIirm Chicago Platform.
We reaffirm and indorse the democratic
national platform adopted at Chicago in
1885, and declare our continued fealty to
the utterances therein enuciated upon the
free and equal coinage of silver and gold
at the established ratio of l6 to /, and We
1enounce as unwise and dangerous in the
extreme, the single gold standard bank
account of the present session of con-
gress, which place the control of paper
circulating medium in the hands of the
national corporations.
Trusts.
We denounce as one of the most trying
ward monopoly and the destruction of
particularly the industrial
combine commonly known as trust. We
arralgn the republican party as guilty of
The grossest hypocrisy in the treatment of
his question in that being in the ascen-
iency in congress it has steadfastly re-
used to pass any of the legislation which
has been proposed to curb the power of
trusts; has failed to withdraw tariff pro-
lection from trust-made goods; and has
the leaders. of trusts as the
eaders of it's party in the nation, and has |
accepted from them contributions of mil
ions of dollars to it's gigantic corruption |
und, which fact in itself is a menace to |
he stability of our free institutions. We |
ieclare that the existence of trusts is op-
posed to the public welfare as regards the |
of thousands of persons who |
,ave been deprived of means of liveli-
lood, and in their exactions from con-
;umers. In addition to this they are a |
hreat against liberty itself in that they |
Undertake to control our elections with |
money. While we would protect legiti- |
nate business corporations in all their |
ust rights, we hereby emphatically voice /
,ur opposition to the continuance of |
rust domination in the business affairs /