The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-09
 MONEY PLANK IGNORED The Democratic Convention Adopts a Platform With out Slightest Refer
 ence to Financial
 Question.
GOLD STANDARD STRUCK OUT
BRIAN TRIUMPHS OVER HILL
 IN COMMITTEE.

BRIAN TRIUMPHS OVER HILL
 IN COMMITTEE.
 Tne Attempt to Keep the Plank is De
 Feated by Vote of s5 to 15-The
 Other PIanks Follow the Same Cen eraI Lines ms Those of the David B.
 Hill Platform With Some RearranEe-
 ment of Their PositiOn-Bryan's
 Amendment to the TariR Plank Also
 Adopted--The same Principles Ex-
 pressed Only in Stronger Language
 The Other Planks.
 St. Louis, July S-The democratic eonvention tonight adopted a platform minus financial plank. Throughout its many hundred words no mention is made of the money question, and the report of the committee on resolutions, which knocked out Hill's gold standard plank by a vote of 35 to 15, was accept led unanimously by the convention. Aside from this the platform follows the general lines of that prepared by David B. Hill, except that some of the blanks are rearranged as to position land the tariff plank Is expressed in some places in stronger language. The platform follows:
 The Platform. The democratic party of the United States, in national convention assem- bled, declares it's devotion to the essen- Itial principles of the democratic faith which brings us together in party conn munion.
 Under them local self-government and national unity and prosperity were Ialike established. They underlaid our independence, the structure of our free Irepublic and every democratic exten- sion from Louisiana to California; and Texas to Oregon, which preserved faithfully in all the states the tie be- tween taxation and representation. They yet inspire masses of our people, guarding 1ealously their rights and lib- critics, and cherishing their fraternity peace and orderly development. They remind us of our duties and responsihil- Iities as citizens, and impress upon us, particularly at this time. the necessity of reform and the rescue of the admin istration of government from the head strong. arbitrary and spasrnodic meth lods which distract business by uncer- tainty and pervade the public mind with dread, distrust and perturbation
 Fundamental Principles. | The application of these fundamen- ' tai principles to the living issues of the day is the first step toward the assured peace, safety and progress of our ra- tion, Freedom of the press, of con science and of speech; equality before the law of all citizenship right of a trial by jury; freedom of the person defended by the writ of habeas corpus; liberty of personal contract untrammel- ed by sumptuary laws; supremacy of I the civil over military authority; well disciplined militia; the separation of church and state; economy in expendi- lures; low taxes, that labor may be I lightly burdened; prompt and sacred I fulfillment of public and private obii- gations; fidelity to treaties; peace and friendship with all nations: entanglina alliances with none; absolute acquies cence in the will of the majority, the vital principle of republics these doc- trines which democracy has establish led are approved by the nation, and they should be constantly invoked and enforced.
 l Capital and Labor. I We favor the enactment and admin~ l listration of laws giving labor and capi- sI tai impartially their just rights. Capi- tai and labor ought not to be enemies. Each is necessary to the other. Each has its rights, but the rights of labor are certainly no less vested" no less s'sacred'' and no less ''unalienahls" lthan the rights of capital.
 Constitutional Guarantees. I Constitutional guarantees are violat- ed whenever any citizen is denied the right to labor, acquire and enjoy prop erty or reside where interests or inclin- lation may determine. Any denial InGF6OL Uy lAQINluueblSJ Ok fS fS1AlANeseiO1o SA l lgovernments should be summarily re- ibuked and punished.
 We deny the right of any executive to disregard or suspend any constitu- j tionaI privilege or limitation. Obedience to the laws and respect for their re- quirements are alike the supreme duty of the citizen and the official.
 The military should be used only to support and maintain the law. We un- lqualifiedly condemn its employment for the summary punishment of citizens l without trial, or for the control of elec- tions.
 We approve the measure which pass :. ed the United States senate in 1896, but which republican congress has ever since refused to enact, relating to con- tempts in federal courts and providing for trial by jury in cases of indirect # contempt.
 Waterways.
 We favor liberal appropriations for the improvement of waterways of the
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