The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-07-10
NOMINATION FOR
VICE PRESIDENT
Was Not Made by the Silver
Republicans.
BY ACCLAMATION.
BRYAN
The National Committee VIII Name the
Man For Second Place-Towne
Refused To BE Nomi-
mated,

Kansas City, July 6.-W. ]. Bryan
was nominated for president by accla-
nation by the Silver Republican con-
vention.
The delegates to the Silver Republic
can convention were very late in as
sembling this morning Notwithstanding
practically all the important work of
the convention was scheduled for to-
| day. 1t was past 10 o'clock when Chair
man Brown raped for order.
A committee was appointed to in
vite former assistant secretary of the
Interior Webster Davis to address the
convention.
The committee on resolutions report
ed and d. c. Tillotson, of Kansas, read
the party's principles.
After recognizing the principles set
forth in the Declaration of Indepen-
dence, the platform declares against
the present standard of currency. The
| currency plank says in part:
"Since the st. Louis convention a
Republican president at the dictation
Of the trusts and money power has
passed and approved a currency bill
which in itself is a reputation Of the
doctrine Of bimetallism advocated
heretofore by the president and every
great leader OF his party.
This currency law destroys the full
money power Of the silver dollar, pro-
vides for the payment of all govern
ment obligations and the redemption of
all forms of paper money in gold alone
-retires the time honored and patriotic
greenbacks, constituting one-sixth of
the money in circulation and surren-
ders to banking corporations a sover-
eign function of issuing all paper
money, thus enabling these corpora
tions to control the price of labor and
property by increasing or diminishing
the volume Of money in circulation,
thus giving the banks power to create
panics and to bring disaster upon busi-
ness enterprises. The provisions of
this currency law making the bonded
debt Of the republic payable in gold
alone changes the contract between the
government and the bondholders and
Is in direct opposition to the declaration
of the Matthews resolution passed by
congress in 1878. for which resolution
the present Republican president, then
a member of congress. voted, as did also
all the leading Republicans, both in
the house and senate.
I'VE declare it to be our intention to
currency law which not only repu
dates the ancient and time honored
principles Of the American people be-
fore the constitution was adopted. but
is violative Of the principles of the con-
stitution itself and we shall not cease
our efforts until there has been estab-
lished in it's place a monetary system
based on the free and unlimited coin
age Of silver and gold into money at
the present legal ratio of 16 to by the
Independent action Of the United States
under which system all paper money
shall be issued by the government and
all said money coined or issued shall
be full legal tender in payment of
all debts public and private without
exception. We are in favor Of gradu-
ated tax upon incomes and II neces-
sary to accomplish this we favor an
amendment to the constitution"
Trusts and monopolies are then given
dab. The Porto Rican tariff law and
the war tax was then attacked.
After the reading Of the platform the
convention then adjourned until $3.50
p. M, after passing a resolution maxi
ing every delegate member Of G. COM
| mittee to attend the Democratic con-
vention and word for the nomination Of
Towne for vice-president. At $3.50 the
| convention reassembled and commence
ed the discussion of the respective
merits of the various vice-presidential
candidates.
The convention wanted to nominate
Towne for the vice-presidency but he
came into the convention hall and
urged them not to do SO and urged the
delegates to support the Democratic
| ticket. He said:
THE Silver Republicans have made a
good fight They have been defeated,
but" he said, st is your duty to sup
4 port the ticket nominated by the ma
tional Democratic convention"
After much confusion the convention
adjourned sine die without naming
mate for Bryan.