The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-06-03
BRYAN HEADS DEL
ECAT|ON
The Kansas City Platform of
1900 Adopted by Ne
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State Convention today unanimously
selected w. J. Bryan to head the Ne
braska delegation to the national con
vention at ST. Louis and adopted a
nlatfotm VIII ch reaffirms the Kansas
City platform of 1900 and places be
70 e the public Bryan's views of wha
should be embodied in the platform
of the coming national convention.
Brycn was himself chai man of the
committee on resolut ons and wrotr
the platform. lie had associated wit
him nen who have been his most loya
supporters.
There was no opposition to the
adoption OF the platform as read, al
though one delegate attempted to Sc
cure the adopt on OF an additiona
plank p'edging the Nebraska DE-.
mocracy to the support OF the nomi
nees os TIE st. Louis convention. re
gardless of whom they might be. r.
his resolut on.
The platform is as follows:
We. the Democrats OF the State o
Nebraska. in convention assembled. re.
affirm our faith In Democratic prime.
pies as those PRINCIPLES were set fort
In the last national platform of tn
party. adopted at Kansas City in 1890
Democracy means the rule OF tn
people--a government esting upon II,
consent Of the governed and admins
tered accord ng to the Will and in th
interest OF the people.
With an Increasing love FOR the prin
ciples Of Democracy and an increasing
confidence In their final tliumph
look upon the present time as oppof
tune for their earnest and courageous
onulgaton. With a chief executis
who has disrega ded constitutions
limitations. stirred up antagonism &c
tween the races. employed all the pow
ers % his office 10 seculs = renomlrR
ton and purchased political support b.
turning the Treasury Department owe
to the hnancie4s and putting the Ia
department into the hands of the trust
with such a chief executive aud VIII
Republican leaders openly and a.tO
ganuy In alliance with o. ganizs'
wealth. the country impe. auveIy neeG.
ieta4n OF the gove nment TO posi
tive and clearly defined Democrat
principles. Democi acy as taught b.
Ieuerson and eAenphLed by Jackson
the hope of the republic and offers ths
only relief from the plutocracy whiel
now dominates the Republican party
and, tn. ough that pa. ty. the country
Democ. acy would oppose as in4miea
TO the welfare of the people all p. ivat,
monopolies and would extei minat,
them by the enforcement of the lem
edies suggested in the Kansas Ci.s
platform. The failure OF the presen
administrat on to ENFORCE existing law
or to suggest more effective laws is
conclusive proof that 1t lacks the de
sire. the intelligence or the mo.a
cou age TO attack the conscienceles'
combinat .ons of capital that hav.
hou ished during recent yeais.
Democracy would relieve the coun
try OF the menace of militar.sm ano
imperialism bv following the example
with Cuba and giving the phil ppm,
an immediate promise of ult mate in
dependence. The administration of
colonial system, according to monar
chial principles, is repugnant to ou
theory Of government and cannot +.
defended without the assertion of doe
triues which. If carried out. will un
dermine { ee government in the United
States.
Democracy would restore the tariff to
revenue only. thus denlollshing the
legal buwarks behind when the pre-
datory trusts have found refuge. Pro
lection for protect on's sake is an In
genious device for the exploitation OF
the masses by the p. ivileged classes. ).
it has wrought eat injustice to the
consumers ard has been the fruitfui
course of widespread political corrup-
tion.
Democracy would adm ster the
Treasury Department In behalf of the
public. not. as now. In the inaaiest OF
Wall street. Ii would prevent the re-
coinage of legal tender silver dollars
into limited legal tender subsidiary coin
ii would secu. e TO the people a volume
OF standa money sufficient to keep
pace with the demand for money II
would favor paper money issued by
the government without the interven-
tion of national banks 1t would re-
S ST the attempt to estab sh asset cur
rency and branch banks. and 1t would
oppose the loaning of government
money to favored banks--a scheme by
Which The eeopie.s money Is elnnlnved