The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-14
MLEAN GETS NOTHING.
Ohio Convention Adopts a New Fin
ancial Plank.


Columbus, o., June 1S.-The Demo-
cratic state convention, after a con-
tinuous session Of over nine hours. ad-
Journed tonight. Itwas a slate smash
ing and d record breaking convention.
The Mclean men said yesterday they
were asking for nothing, and they Ger
tainly got nothing. They helped those
who have been opposing them TO the
places Of the party distinction and
responsibility.
There was notable absence of the
Mclean leaders here this week and
very few Of those who were in the city
outside of the delegations, went to the
convention hall. It is said that MT
Mclean did not care to take any ag-
gressive part on account of the Dewey
candidacy.
During the last hour of the conven-
ton there was much confusion and
disorder. Charles w. Baker, who was
temporarily presiding, sent for squad
of twenty police. ordering them TO
clear the aisles, knock down those who
would not sit down. and compel the
disturbers to be silent The police
filed down the exits and maintained
order during the remainder Of the con-
ventiOn.
Columbus, O., June 13.-Colonel
Abraham W. Patrick of New Phiiadel-
phia, William A. Thomas of Spring
field, and Horace L. Chapman of Jack
son, were declared elected delegates to
the Kansas City convention.
For electors at large General Isaac
r. Sherwood of Toledo and General
A. J. Wagner of Marietta were nomi-
mated without opposition.
Text Of the Platform.
The platform says 1--WE, the Demo-
Gratis of Ohio, in convention assembled,
reaffirm our adherence to the national
platform adopted at Chicago, in 1896.
But new and grave issues have arisen,
threatening the safety of free govern
ment itself, which should command at
tin slime the most serious attention Of
all patriotic citizens"
Trusts and imperialism are de-
nounced. The platform then says:
We denOunce the currency law
passed by the present congress which
| transfers to the banks the entire con-
troll Of the paper currency, thus leaving
the foundation for a money trust,
which will have power to control the
prices of all property and to stimulate
or strange business; on the other
hands, by requiring the government to
redeem all forms of currency in gold,
it continues and multiplies the evils of
the endless chain and imposes upon
the government the entire burden of
supplying gold for export whenever de-
manded, and 10 obtain which it must
issue bonds when necessary, thus
necessitating not only a perpetual
debt, but a perpetually increasing
debt.
Want Expansion of Currency.
'In lieu of currency of bank
promises to pay, to be expanded and
contracted as the interest of banks
alone may dictate, we demand that the
general government shall not only coin
the metals but shall issue and regulate
the volume of paper currency also in
the interest Of al 1.-THE people and that
all currency intended to circulate as
money shall be legal tender and be
maintained at a parity of value and
be regulated with a view to maintain
ing stable price levels and safe busi-
ness conditions.
We affirm anew our undiminished
faith in the acknowledged leader of our
party William J. Bryan and demand
his nomination at Kansas City for
president of the United States, and the
delegates elected by this convention
are Instructed to so cast their votes. ."
A resolution was adopted requesting
the Ohio delegation to Kansas City to
present a proposition to the national
Democratic committee to locate their
HEADQUARTERS in Columbus.