The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-11
THE TICKET.
For President-WILLIAM JEN-
NINGS BRYAN of Nebraska.
For Vice Observation-Disclosures A.
T0WNE of Minnesota.
THE PLATFORM.


| form consists Of a preamble and a long
series of resolutions. The preamble
| congratulates the Peoples party on the
: marvellous growth of its principles dur
4 ing the last four years among people
/ of all political parties This condition
+ the platform continues gives renewed
1 hope and courage for the future, in the
/ efforts of the party TO avert the subver-
] sion Of free Institutions by corporate
/ power and to resist. the evident pur-
! pose of the Republican party to estab-
{ lish strongly centralized imperial
! government.
/ The resolutions on Imperialism and
militaTism deDlOre the conduct of the
/ administration in the SDanish-Ameri-
/ can war, and denOunce its conduct in
connection with the Philippines. Re
/ ferring to the latter matter they say
/ It is in conflict with all the presidents
Of our national life at war with the
/ constitution and without reasonable
! excuse. Demand is made for the ces-
! satiOn Of this war
J With reference to Porto Rico it is
+ declared that the Declaration Of hide
/ Dendence. the Constitution and the
/ American flag are one and inSepaTable.
1t also declared in this connection that
/ the island of Porto Rico is a part of
/ the territory of the United States, alike
/ by our promises and the consent of the
Porto Ricans themselves
J The increase of the standing army is
/ denounced as wholly unwarranted by
/ the conditions of the country, and it is
/ asserted that its extension viii newt
( ably result in unnecessary burdens on
7 the taxpayers.
Sympathy For Beers.
There is a strong resolution Of SYM
patty for the Beers. a declaration
against the mOnOpOliZing of public
land for speculative purposes, d demand
for a. return to the original homestead
policy, d declaration for the placing
OF all goods controlled by the trusts
upon the free tariff list, condemnation
for the governor Of Idaho and the fed
era government in connection with
the Occur d'Alene troubles. and the
usual demand for the initiative and
referendum.
Trusts are denounced and the POpu-
list method for the control of public
utilities, such as the railroads and the
telegraph systems and Of the issuance
Of money is recommended as the proper
remedy to cope with the trust evil. tt
! is said the people must act directly.
without the intervention Of representa-
tives. who may be controlled or inf1u-
enced, hence they demand direct Iegis-
lation. giving to the people the law
making and veto power under the in
itiative and referendum. A majority
of the people, they assert, can never
be cOrruptly influenced.
The Financial Plank.
The gold standard act Of the present
congress is denounced in strong terms.
. nd is 4aI h
out the money of the constitution. this
/ law opens the printing minis of the
treasury to the free coinage of paper
money to enrich the few and imDOver-
/ ish the many"
The platform says: We reaffirm the
demand for the reOpening of the minis
/ of the United States to the free and
| unlimited coinage Of silver and gold at
! the present legal ratio Of 10 to 1. the inn
mediate increase in the volume of sill
/ yer coins and certificates thus created
/ to be substituted dollar for dollar for
/ the bank notes issued by the private
/ corporations under special privilege
! granted by the law of March a. 1890
and prior national banking laws. the
/ remaining portion of the bank notes to
4 be replaced with full legal tender gov
( eminent paper money, and its volume
so controlled as to maintain at all
times stable money market and q
stable price level"
Wipe Out Financial Conspiracy.
The party is pledged anew never to
| cease agitation until the financial con
/ spiTacy is blOtted from the statute
/ books the Lincoln greenback restored
and the bonds all paid and all corpo-
ration money forever retired
The system of issuing injunctions in
some cases of disputes between en-
| plOyers and employees Is, under certain
circumstances, denounced as an evil.
and to remedy it legislation is de-
manded.
The election Of president vice presi-
/ dent and United States senators by di-
rect vote of the people is also urged, as
is the government ownership of rail-
roads and telegraph lines, home rule in
the territories, the employment of idle
labor on public works in time of de
preston, the payment Of just pensions
to disabled soldiers and the establish
/ ment of postal savings banks.
A fair ballot is also demanded and
| ''the wholesale system of disfranchise-
| ment by coercion and intimidation in
some states is condemned as unreDub-
| lican and undemocratic. To remedy this
defect it is declared to be the duty of
| the several legislatures to take such
/ action as will secure a full. free and
fair ballot and an honest count
Sioux Falls. S. D. May 1.-THE ma
tional PopuIist convention concluded
! its session at 1 O'Clock this morning and
adjourned sine die after nominating the
Hon. W. J. Bryan for president and the
Hon Charles A. Towne for vice presi-
dent.
The nomination Of Mr.. Towne was
only accomplished after a struggle Of
several hours duration in which an ef-
for was made to have the question OF
the nomination of a vice presidential
candidate referred to committee 10
confer with the Democratic and SILVER
Republican parties in their national
7 conventions. A motion 90 this erect
was defeated by a vote Of 26S 70 452.
Both candidates were nominated by
reclamation, but before the result Nes
reached various candidates were placed
in nomination and their names success
sively withdrawn. Both nominations
o