The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-08-08
FREE SILVER PARTY
"The Progressive Democratic P2fty"
The Name Selected.
NOMINATE A FULL TICKET IN 0El0
The Platform Adopted Calls For the
Destruction of 1.-The HUney Trust,
The Parent of All Trusts. "

Columbus. o.. Special-"The Pro
gressive Democratic party" was or
ganized here Wednesday. The at
tendance was so small that man,
doubted at first whether an attempt
would Ee made to hold a State conven-
ton, less than dozen men being in
attendance. Features cf. the platform
were the following: Laudation OF
Bryan and the reafirmation of the
Kansas City platform. Planks were
also inserted calling for the public
ownership of all pubic utilities: thar
all money Of whatever kind shall be
issued b. the government without the
intervention of banks; that the
money trust, the parent OF all trusts
shall be destroyed, for without a
money aristOcraCy there can be No
imperialism. The destruction OF all
trusts is demanded. Sucn Democrats
as approve a gold standard and who
supported Mckinley for President. are
invited kenceforth to affiliate with the
Republican party. The following
ticket was nominated:
Governor, DR.. Rudolph Reemling;
Lieutenant Governor, Menry c. Cor
doy; Supreme Court Judge, Rial NJ.
Smith: State Treasurer. J. c. Shepard;
Attorney General, S. l.. Clark; Clerk
of Supreme Court, Charles Ronsall'
member of the board of public WORKS
R. B. Connell.
1t was decided to call the new Or
ganization The Progressive Demo
cratic party.
A State executive committee of nine
members was selected with George A.
Groot as chairman and Bernard hu-
bert as secretary and this committee
spent the evening in arranging for
campaign work.
Groot acted as temporary chairman
of the convention when it was called
to order in the parlors OF one OF the
hotels. Abner L. Davis acted as tem-
porary secretary. Chairman Groot
reviewed the conditions that brought
about the movement. He insisted
that it was not brought about solely
by BRYAN Democrats" but by all
those VINO advocate free silver and are
opposed 10 both the old parties as at
present organized and controlled.
At a meeting held during the morn
ing. attended by George A. Groot. All.
ner Davis. j. W. Lindsay, Bernhard
Hubert, Richard Inglis and others. II
was decided that full State ticket
shall be nominated at the evening
session OF the convention. A state
committee will be named and plans
made tor an active campaign on Ee'
half of the independent movement.
The platform adopted at the C!eve-
land conference OF July II, and which
has been circulated by mail, was en-
dorsed. This document re-afnrmeu
the Kansas City platform, endorses
VIM. J. Bryan and declares particu-
larly for the free coinage OF silver.
1t also includes the following plan%:
I'VE demand that all money that Is
manufactured to be used in this codn'
try as a medium Of exchange, wheth'
er it be gold, silver or paper, shail De
coined by the government and dlstrlo'
uted among the people without the In
tervention of banks. and that every
dollar of it shall be legal tender loF
all debts. public and private
It is customary for the conventions
ALWAYS in Ohio to authorize theii
State committee to fill vacancies out
this was not done. After Chairman
Groot and others left DR.. Reeme!ln
positively declined the nomination loT
Governor and it was reported lha'
others would not accept.