Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-06-14
is A STRONG TICKET.
THE STATE DEMOCRATIC CON.
vENTI0HFIHIsHEs ITS WORK
AND ADJ0UREs.
PLATFORM An ABLE DOCUMENT.
Allen Defeats Pitts fOr Auditor, and
Williams Wins Over Bolts for
Treasurer = Harrington Is
Named for Railroad
Commissioner.
PLATFORM An ABLE DOCUMENT.

IA~u4AutAAtaN parry VI NAlH414AA VA-uA y
nopainated one OF the strongest flcketa
eyer placed before the people. Al
the same time the troubles which had
been prsaagsd dwindled to nothing
and the party presents . united front
to its foe on entering the campaign.
Not word fell from the mouth Of
delegate to indicate the presence Of
any III feeling. Ali day long the dele
gates sat under the hot oanvass and
waited impatlently for the balloting
ON each candidate. The enthusiasm
was pronounced, Notwithstanding the
sultry atmosphere.
Following is the complete ticket as
nominated by the conventions:
For Governor--Alexander M. Dock
cry, Of GaIlatin.
Lieutenant Governor-John A. Lee,
OF st. Louis.
Secretary Of State Sam B. Cock, of
Mexico.
State Audltor-Albsrt o. Allen, Of
New Madrid.
Attorney General-E. O. Grow, Of
Webb City.
State Treasurer-R. P. Williams, Of
Fayette.
Railway Commissioner = Joseph
Harrington, OF sedaiis. !
Presidential Electors-at Large-Jas.
A. Reed, Of Kansas OisY, and WIN. A.
Rothwell, Of Moberly.
James M. Seibert, Of Cape Glrar-
deau, was chosen as chairman OF the
State Central Committee.
RAILROAD COMMISSIONER.
The fifth and final ballot on Railroad
Commissioner stood: Harrington,
eo3; Park, 519.
HOW AuDRAIN VOTED.
On lAeutenant Governor McO Olintic,
4; Lee, Q; Farris, s.
state Auditor Pitts, z; Allen, Q.
State Treasurer Williams, z; BoIte,
THE PLATFORM.
The platform as reported BY the
committee on resolutions and 40
adopted by the convention without
change follows;
we, the representatives or tne DEM
ocratic party Of Missouri, In State
convention assembled, do hereby re-
affirm our allegiance to the time
honored principles Of the Democratic
party 40 formulated by Jefferson,
Jackson and other great leaders Of
political thought In this country. We
believe that In order to perpetuate
the principles enunciated by them 10
Is essential that the Democratic party
shall be In the ascendancy in the state
and federal government. We declare
in favor Of equal rights to all and
special privileges to none; local self
government; the highest degree Of
personal liberty consistent with the
public good, and strict construction Of
the federal constitution. We con-
denim the use of federal troops in the
State unless requested by State au-
thority. We favor income tax, where
by the wealth Of the country, which
now largely escapes taxation, may be
made to bear lie just proportion Of
the public burden. We declare that
the federal government has no con-
stitutional power TO impose and coli
lect tariff duties, except for the pur-
pose Of revenue, and we demand that
the imposition Of such taxation shall
be greatly reduced and limited to the
necessities OF the government when
honestly and economically adminis-
tered, and In the case of trust manu-
factured goods, that they shall be
placed on the free list.
TRUSTS AND THE CHICAGO PLATFORM.
We reaffirm and indorse the DEM
ocrAtic national platform adopted at
Chicago, in 1896, and declare cur con-
tInued fealty to the utterances therein
snunciated upon the free and equal
coinage OF silver and gold at the es-
tablIshed ratio Of le to 1, and We
denounce as unwise and dangerous In
the extreme the single gold standard
bank act OF the present session OF
Congress, which places the control OF
paper circulating medium in the hands
OF the national bank corporations.
We denounce as one OF the most
trying evils Of the day the present
tendency toward monopoly and the
destruction Of competition, particular
ly the industrial combination known
az trusts. We arraign the Republi-
can party ne guilty Of the gsossess
Hypocrisy in the trsatmsnt OF this
question, In that being In the ascend
ancy In Congress II has stsadfastly
refused to pass any Of the legislation
which has been proposed to curb the
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