Year: 1878

PUEBLO, COL, July 1s-The democratic state
convention today nominated w. A. III. Love
land Tor governor. and renominated ThoS. NJ.
patterson Tor representative in Congress, both
by reclamation.


The platform affirms strict construction of
the constitution, with all the amendments, as
follows Supremacy of civil over military
power; complete severance of church and
state, and the protection of the common school
system; that every honest voter should ap-
prove of an investigation and exposure of the
mOnstrouS frauds by. which the will of the
American people has been set aside, and their
choice for President and Vice PresidenC de:
prived of the high offices to which they were
elected: 1t disclaims any purpose of interfer-
ing with the title of the President, made valid
by the order of Congress. To the end that
such crimes be rendered impossible in future
and the perpetrators made infamous, il de-
mandS that such investigation be fair aud
searching, and the author of the crimes be
held accountable; that the commercial and
Industrial distress that prevails is the result
of vicious financial legislation of the monpyed
power, effected through the agency of the re.
publican party in Congress 10y the demOneti-
ZitI0n OF silver, the enactment of the reSump-
tlon law, the retirement and destruction Of
legal tender notes, the exchange of bonds orig
lnaliy redeemable in greenbackS for those
which are to be redeemed in coin, and the
maintenance of the national banking system:
that before trade and business enterprises
can be checked in their downward course
an increase in the volume of the currency
is imperatively required. 1t demands free
and unlimited coinage of silver. SO that





without further interference by the gov
ernment, circulate the same; also that
the government shall issue TO depoSitorS
of silver bullion coin certificates for circula-
tiOn as money. 1t denOunces the Senat.
amendments to the silver bill passed by Con
gress, because they enabled the Secretary of
the Treasury to entirely control the coinage
of silver and to hoard the same in the Treas
ury. 1t demands the repeal of the resumption
act and a substitution of L. S. legal tender
paper for national bank notes, and Its perma-
nent establishment as the sole paper money
of the country, to be made receivable for all
dues to the government, the amount of such
issues to be regulated by legislation of Or
ganlc law. 1t atfirms the exclusive right and
duty OF Congress to furnish to the people of
the country their circulating medium, whether
gold, silver or paper, and it should always
mention the values of such currency so as 70
meet the demands of trade. The full faith
and credit of the government should be
pledged TO maintain whatever currency it
may furnish of equal value and power. There
shall be no further increase in the bonded
debt and no further sale of bonds for the pur-
chase of coin for resumption purposes. The
platform recommends a graded extinction OF
the public debt by the redemption of the
1nterestbearing portion thereof, in such
currency as the law will permit, in Z. 5. notes
where coin is not demanded by the letter of
the law and in Siluer equally with gold where
ever coin is required,