Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-04-06
UNIT RULE AND BRYAN
Two Features of the Declarations
Made by the Pennsylvania
Democrats.
TARIFF PLANK DEMANDS REVISION

! Especially In the Direction of Opposittbn
to the eTrusts-Anti-Briti and Pro- -Boer
PlaDks-Opposition to ExpanHon-Mu-
nicipal Ownership Favored-Democratic
Subcommittee on National Convention
TO Consider the Kansas City Situation.
Harrisburg, April 6.-The sixty-four
delegates from Pennsylvania to the
national Democratic convention in
Kansas City were instructed by yeSter-
days state convention to support Will
lam J. Bryan for president. They are
bound by the unit rule and cannot
change to any other presidential aspir-
ant unless it be so decided by Il ma
Jority of the delegation. The platform
strongly indorses Bryan's candidacy;
denounces the war policy of the Nc
Kinley administration and advocates
numerous state reforms. Except for
slight breeze over the contests from
Dauphin. Lunerne and Philadelphia the
convention was quiet and harmonious.
The following ticket was nominated:
Auditor general. L. Gray Meek. of Cen
tire county; representatives-at-la
Harry +. Grim. of Bucks county: y.
VI. Edwards. OF WilliamspOrt; electors
at-large y. II. COffroth. of
Somerset; Otto Germer. of Erie; Fran
els Skunk Brown. of Philadelphia;
Andrew Kaul. of Elk.
Demands Revision of the Tariff.
The platfrom begins with Il demand
for a careful and thOrogh revision of
the tariff and declares in favor of
such duties only as are necessary for
an economical administration of public
affairs. Democratic congressman are
urged to secure the enactment of IL law
making it obligatory upon the secre-
nf IN
free list every article of raw material
and manufactured product now used
and manufactured by any trust, mo-
nopOly or combine. There is strong
antitrust plank. Home rule for the
FilipinoS under the protection of the
United States is favored. 1t is de-
manded that the army be withdrawn
from Cuba and that congress observe
the pledge made to that people.
Anti-British PIanks.
1--WE deplore the subserviency of the
present administration to the behestS
of England and English statesmen.
whether the same he intentional or
caused by the ignorance of our Of
fetal in the state department. We de-
nOunce the Hay-PauncefOrte treaty as
a complete abandonment of the claims
of our statesmen of our right to con-
struct and control an interocenanic
canal. and rs un-Amcrican and n base
surrender of our inherent right of self
defense" The state and national ac-
tion in the Occur dAlenes in also de-
nOunced. Sympathy TO the Beers is eX-
tended and il is declared that the war
of conquest and determination now be-
ing carried on by the British empire
in its greed for gold power is Il menace
to advancing civilization. We favor
united action on the part of all the re-
publicS of the world To maintain the in !
dependent existence Of the two repub- |
lies in South Africa" |
9th h.r Declarations Made.
Other things the platform favOrS
are: No further surrender of Alas
kan territory; fertilization of strategic |
points on the Pacific; no entangling al |
lance with England OF. other country, |
secret or open; free trade with Porto |
Rico: no subject people; no colonial |
dependencies; vigorous foreign pol |
icy: an income tax; election of United |
States senators by popular vote. and |
municipal ownership of public fran /
chises. The appointment of NJ. :. Quay /
as United States senator by Governor /
Stone is denounced in strong terms.