North Park union., 1900-05-25
BRYAN AND ToWNE
NOMINATED BY THE PoPvLlsrs

After . Long, Hard Fight the siou1 Falls
Convsntion Refuses 70 Walt and Con
suit the Democrats.
Sioux Falls, s. D.. May 1.-THE Ma.
tionnl Populist convention cohciuueu
It's session mt o'clock this morning
and adjourned sine die, after nOmlnat-
ing the Hon. W. ]. Bryan for president
and the Hon, Charles A. Towne ior
vice president. The nomination OF MT.
Towne was only accomplished atter
struggle of several hours DURATION IN
which nn effort WAS made to nave the
question of the nomination OF a vice
presidential candidate referred TO
committee to confer with the Demo-
cratic and Silver Republican parties
In their national conventions. motioh
to this effect was defeated by a vote
OF 26s to 402.
The committee on permanent organ
ization reported Thomas NJ. Patterson
of Colorado for permanent chairman
Il. II. Curran of Kansas. Leo vincent
Of Colorado and +. NJ. Deisher or fehh-
sylvania as permanent secretaries.
Mr.. Pattcrson's name was greeted
with great applause as he came to the
front. He briefly sketched the history
OF the Populist party and the causes
which led up to Its organization.
AT 3 o'clock the committee on plat
form reported. The platform says:
Resolved, that we denounce the act
OF March il, 1890. as the elimination
Of long series Of conspiracies to de,
prive the people OF their constitutional
rights over the money OF the natioh
and to relegate to gigantic money
trust the control Of the finances, ana
hence OF the people.
We denounce this act, first, Tor max
Ing all money obligations. domestic
and foreign, payable In gold coin or It's
equivalent, thus enormously increasing
the burdens of the debtors and enrich
ing the creditors.
Second, for refunding "coin bonds
not to mature for years, into long
time gold bonds. so rs to make their
payment improbable and our debt per-
petual.
Third. for taking from the treasury
over $5O,OOO,OOO in n time OF war ana
presenting 1t at premium to pond
holders to accomplish the refundins
of bonds not due.
fOuTtu, lOT uOubllHE the Na''"I -
bankers by returning to them the face
value of their bonds In current money
notes. SO that they may draw one In
terest from the government ana an
other from the people.
Fifth. for allowing banks to expand
and contract their circulation at pleas
use, thus controlling prices OF all
products.
Sixth. for authorizing the secretary
of the treasury to issue new gold
bonds to nn unlimited amount when
ever he deems It necessary to re-
plenish the gold hoard, thus enabling
usurers to secure more bonds and
more bank currency by drawing gold
from the treasury. thereby creating mn
"endless chain" for perpetually add
ing to n perpetual debt.
Seventh. for striking down the
greenback in order to force the pco-
pie to borrow S3i6.OOO,OOO more from
the banks, ut IN annual cost OF over
$40 600 600.
While barring out the money Of the
constitution. this Inv opens the print
Ing mints of the treasury to the free
coinage OF bank paper money, to en-
rich the few and impoverish the
many.
We pledge anew the Peoples party.
never to cease the agitation until this
eighth financial conspiracy IL blotted
from the statute books. the Lincoln
greenlmck restored. the bonds NIL paid
and all corporation money forever re-
tired.
We reafiirm the demand for the re-
opening Of the mints OF the United
States to the free and unlimited COIN
age OF silver and gold Mt the present
legal ratio of 1G to l. the immediate
increase In the volume Of silver coins
and certificates thus created to he sub
stItuted dollar for dollar for the bank
notes Issued by the private corpora
tions under special privileges granted
by the law OF March II, 1900. and
prior national banking laws, the re-
manning portion of the bank notes to
he replaced with full legal tender gov
ernmcnt paper money md its volume
80 controlled ns to maintain Mt all
times n stable money market and sta
BILE price level
We demand graduated income and
Inheritance tax. TO the end that ag-
gregated wealth shall bear its Just
proportion of taxation.
We demand that postal savings
banks be established by the govern
ment for the safe deposit of the saw
ings of the people and to facilitate ex-
change.
With Thomas Jefferson. we declare
the land. including all natural
sources of wealth. the inalienablc her.
itagc Of the people. The government
should so act as to secure homes for
the people and prevent land monopoly,
The original homestead policy should
be enforced and future settlers upon
the public domain should be entitled
to free homestead. while all who
have paid an acreage price to the gov
ernment under existing laws should
have their homestead rights restored.
Government ownership of railroads
is favored. and trusts nre denounced.
Applauding the vnlor of our army
md navy in the Spanish war, we de-
| nounce the conduct OF the adminlstra.
tion In changing war for humanity
into n war of conquest. The action
Of the administration In the Philip.
pines is In conflict with all the prcc-
edents of our national life: Mt war
with the Declaration of Independence
the Constitution and the plain pre-
cepts Of humanity.
Murder and arson have been our re.
sponse to the appeals of the people
who asked only to establish free
| government In their own land. We de-
mnnd st1ppnge Of this war of ex-
termination by the assurance to the
Philippines OF independence and pro-
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