Evening Star Newspaper, June 18, 1896, Page 20

— 3 THE SILVER BOL (Continued from First Page.) erous recognition. Whenever practicable they should be given the preference in the matter of empleyment, and they are enti- tled to the enactment of such laws as are best calculated to secure the fulfillment of the pledges mad» to them in the dark days of the country’s peril. We denounce the Practice in the pension bureau, so reckless- Iy and unjustly carried on by the present administration, of reducing pensions and ar- bitrarily dropping rames from the rolls, as deserving the severest condemnation of the American people. Foreign Relations. Our foreign policy should be at all times firm, vigorous and dignified, and all our in- terests in the western hemisphere carefully watched and guarded. The fian Is- lands should be ccntrolled by the United States ard no foreign power should be per- Eben S. Draper. mitted to interfere with them; the Nica- raguan canal should be built, owned and operated by the United States; and by the purchase of the Danish Isiands we should Secure a proper and much-needed naval station in the West Indies, Armenian Masancres. ‘The massacres in Armenia have aroused the deep sympathy and just indignation of the American people, and we believe that the United States should exercise all the influenc can properly exert to bring these atrocities to an end. In Turkey American residents have been exposed to the gravest dangers and American property destroyed. There and everywhere Ameri- ean cit and American property must be a’ at at any cost. y protected at all hazards and Monroe Doctrine. assert the Monroe doctrine in its nt, and we reaffirm the right of the ed States to give the doctrine effect by Yesponding to the apy State for friendly intervention European encroachment. We have not in- terfered, and s! i} not interfere, with the existing poss pean power in this hem but possessions pretext be extended. We look forward to the eventual withdrawal of European powers from this hemisphere, and to the ultimate union of all Eng aking parts of the continent by the free consent of its inhabitants. Cuba. From the hour of achieving their own in- als of any American in case of dependence thé people of the United States have regarded. with sympathy the strug- gles of other American peoples to free th elves from European domination. We Watch with deep and abiding interest the heroic ba an patriots against Jno. R. Lynch. eruelty and ion, and our hest hopes go out for the full suc mined contest for liberty The government of Spain, having lost control of Cuba, and being unable to pro- property or lives of resident Amer- izens, or to comply with its treaty we believe that the govern- ment of the United States should actively use its influence and good offices to restore peace and give independence to the island. The Navy. ée and security of the republic maintenance of its rightful The and t pe in- fluence among the nations of the earth de- commensurate with We there- mand a naval power its position and responsibility. fore favor the continued enl the navy and a complete sys' and seacoast defenses. Foreign Immigration. For the protection of the quality of our ‘American citizenship and of the wages of our workingmen against the fatal competi- tion of low-priced labor, we demand that the immigration laws be thoroughly en- forced. and so extended as to exclude from entrance to the United States those who can neither read nor write. Civil Service. w was placed on the y the republican party,which rvice ined it, and we renew our ations that it shall be thor- nd honestly enforced and extend- ver practicable. ree Ballot. We demand that every citizen of the United States shall be allowed to cast one free and ui restricted ballot, and that such ballot shall be counted and returned as east oughly z ed whe Lynchings. We proclaim our unqualified condemna- tion of the uncivilized and barbarous prac- tice, well knewn as lynching, or killing of human beings suspected or charged with erime, without precess of law. National Arbitration. We favor the creation of a national board of erbitration to settle and adjust differ- ences which may arise between employers and employes engaged in interstate com- ieve In an immediate return to the mestead policy of the republican perty, and urge the passage by Congress ef satisfactory free homestead measures, such as has tlready passed the House and is now pending in the Serate. ‘Territories. We favor the admission of the remaining territories at the earliest practicable date, having due regard to the interests of the people of the territories and of the United States. All the federal officers appointed for the territories should be elected from bona fide residents thereof, and the right of self-government should be accorded as far as practicable. : Alaska. We felieve the citizens of Alaska should have representation in the Congress of the United States, to the end that needful leg- islation may be intelligertly enacted. Temperance. We sympathize with ail wise and legiti- mate efforts to lessen and prevent the evils of intemperance and promote morality. Rights of Women. The republican party is mindful of the rights and interests of women. Protection { of American industries includes equal op- portunities, equal pay for equal work and protection to the Lome. We favor the ad- ission of women to wider spheres of use- and welcome their co-operation in rescuing the courtry from democratic and " “| we will abide aud these policies we will put i into execut.on. We osk for them the con- | siderate jucgment of the American people. | Confident alike in the history of our great party and in the justice of our cause, we present our platform and cur candidates, in the full assurance that the election will bring victory to the republican party and prosperity to the people of the United States. Ma’ pressions Cheered. The audience and delegates followed the reeding with intense interest. The reference to the administration of Benjamin Harrison evoked the first demonstration, but louder still came the roar when words of the platform pledged the party again to the doctrine of pro- tection in the interest of American laber and American industry. The reference to the restoration of “the W. J. Sewell. policy of reciprocity as the twin brother of protection” also came in for a round of applause. Protection to the sugar in- dustry arcused outhern delegates to cheers, and the merchant marine plank brought the Maine, Maryland and Massa- chusetts delegations to their feet with three cheers. The first sentence of the platform pledg- ing the party to “sound money” started a great uproar among the delegates on the flcer, but the galleries did not participate until unalterable opposition to the free coinage of silver was read. Then the delegates, ied by Senator Lodge and Colonel W. A. Stone of Penn- sylvania, rose en masse. Fans, canes, hats, waved wildly until the pit looked like a “Rufficane-tossed sea, and the gal- leries roared their approval. For two minutes the tumuit continued. The mention of the “gold standard,” while received enthusiastically by the Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York delegations, did not arouse such great enthuslasm. Hawaii and the Monroe doctrine were ap- plauded, but the enthusiasm over the Cuban plank was a gen disappoint- ment. Col. A very interesting hewever, in this connection. was read Colonel Fred. on the platform with Fred. Grant’s Demonstration. incident cecurred, As the plank Grant, who sat the distinguished w. guests, arose and wildly waved about his head the flag of the Cuban revolutionists, the flag that was presented by the Cuban junta to James Creeiman, the American correspondent, when he was exiled by General Wey Th was something particularly appropriate in Colonel Grant's action, as {t was largely owing to the ef- forts of his father, General Grant, that Spain was compeiied to make peace with the revolutionists in the ten-years’ war. The invitation to the women of the coun- try to help the republican party to re- deem it from democracy and populism was given a good-natured cheer, and the mo- tion which Senator Foraker made to adopt the platform was also :heered. Cheers for Teller. One of the crucical moments of the con- vention was at hand. The chairman an- rounced that he would recognize to move a substitute for the majority report the gen- tleman from Colorado, Mr. Teller. The name of Teller set the westerners wild, In little scattering squads the handfuls of delegations who had been sitting under the banners of Colorado, of Idaho, of Utah, of Nevada, Cahfornia and Montana and some of those from Tennessee and other western and southern states were on their feet, waving hats, flags, umbrellas, fans and handkerchiefs, and shrieking like mad- men, The fire spread to the galleries and swept across them until they seemed to be almost unanimously carrying the cheer. It was an unusual division of enthusiasm. Down in the arena were little patches of vocal fires blazing in small spots here and there from a broad, dead-level, calm field of si- Our Advertising Columns. Read the advertising columns of The Star carefully. They are an invaluable guide to the buyer. You will find the an- nouncements of all the success- ful business houses and will miss the fake concerns and habitual bankrupts. You won’t find the latter. Reputable advertisers dislike being found in their company. lence. For two or three minutes the uproar continued. Minutes are long at such c’ and each second beats slowly, so the outburst seemed to be a protracted one. Finally the western delegates, ‘‘se- cessionists” they perhaps might soon be called, tired of their work and sank back to their seats. Then there fell over the house a deep, profound calm, for history was to be made. The political allegiance of half a dozen states hung on the moment, and the whole assembly recognized it. The people listened to a man, while the clerk pro- ceeded to read the substitute platform, as follows: “We, the undersigned, members of the committee on resolutions, being unable to agree with that portion of the majority report which treats of the subjects of coinage and finance, respectfully submit the following paragraph as a substitute: therefor: Chas. W. ippitt. “‘The republican party favors the use of both gold and silver as equal standard money, and pledges its power to secure the free, unrestricted and independent coin- age of gold and silver at United States] mints at the ratio of sixteen parts of sil- ver to one of gold.’”” Senator Teller, as he stood on the plat- form to make his final protest to the re- publican party against the adoption of a gcld standard policy, was a striking fig- ure. Tall, gaunt, he wore the old-fashioned frock coat of the old-time statesman. His fece is deep furrowed with lines--of: thought, and no one who beheld him as he stood surrendering all his associations for a deep ccnviction on a single topic, doubted his horesty of purpose. His face is thin, his eye gray and his forehead high. He was evidently deeply aroused by the emo- tions that stirred him, and his gestures at times were almost fierce. But his gentle tone was one of sadness and regret. He was given a most respect- ful hearing by the delegates, but except for those in sympathy there was no dem- orstration on the floor in the early part of his address. The galleries, however, were at times vociferous, and when he asserted the pow- er of the United States to control their own affairs without dictation from Europe in the matter of finance or anything else Asa S. Bushnell. many of the delegates were drawn into the display of enthusiasm by the wild tumult about them, but the Colorado Senator made ro effort at dramatic effect. He spoke in the clear ringing tones which have so often re-echoed through the chamber of the United States Senate. It was not un- til toward the close of his speech that he became both impressive and pathetic. His review of his long service in the party vis- ibly affected him. As he realized the step he was about to take he drew himself together for a final appeal, and declared with an earnestness that impressed all who heard him that in his opinion the morality, the religion and the salvation of the country were at stake. Senator Teller’s speech in full was as fol- lows: Senator Teller’s Protest. “Gentlemen of the convention: I will not attempt to inflict upon you a discussion of the great financial question which is divid- ing the people, not only of this country, but of the world. The few moments allotted to me by the convention-wHil not enable me to more than state in the briefest possible manner our objections to the financial plank proposed for our consideration. I am SCENE a practical man, and I recognize the con- ditions existing in this cgnvention, fore- shadowed as they were by the action of the committee selected by the representa- tives asrembled from different states. “This plank ana the proposition was pre- sented to the whole committee and by it rejected. Loyalty to my own opinion com- pels me in the face of unusual difficulties to present this for our consideration, not with that bounding hope or with that cour- age that I have presented this in other bodies with greater measure of success than I can hope for here. Fhe great and supreme importance of this question is alone my excuse for the few words that I shall say to you. “In conjunction with this subject in a public capacity I have dealt with it, how- ever, twenty years. I represent a state that produces silver, but I want to say to ‘you Here and now that my advocacy fs not in the slightest degree influenced by that fact. (Applause, and a voice, ‘Good!") “I am for it because I believe that there can be no sound financial system in any country in the world that does not recog- nize this principle. I contend for it be- cause, since 1873, when it was ruthlessly stricken from our statutes, there has been a continued depreciation of all product~ of human labor and human energy. I Gonténd for it because in this year of 18% the American people are in greater distress than they ever were in their history. I contend for it because this is, in my judg- ment, the great weight, the great incubus that has weighed down enterprises and de- stroyed prices in this favored land of ours. I contend for it because I believe the ptog- ress of my country is dependent on it. I coniend for it because I believe the civili- zation of the world is to be determined by the rightful or the wrongful solution of this financial question. I am tolerant of those who differ with ime. I act from my Judgment, enlightened as best I have been able to, enlighten it by my, years of study and my years of, thought. In my judg- ment the American people ‘in'the whole line of their history have never been called upon to settle a question of greater im- portance to them than this. Importance of the Money Question. “The great contest, in which many of you participated, for Whether we should have two flags.or one, was pot more important to the American people than the question of a proper solution of what shall be the money system of this land. “I have said enough to show that I think that this is not a question of policy, but a question of principle. It is not a mere idle thing, but one on which hangs the happ!- ness, the prosperity, the morality and the independence of American labor and Ameri- can producers. (Applause.) “Confronted for the first time in the his- tory of this glorious party of ours, con- fronted, I say, for the first time with the danger of a financial system that in my judgment will be destructive of ail the great interests of this land, we are called upon to give to this provision of our plat- form our adhesion or rejection, Republicans and Monetary Standards “Mr. President, I do not desire to say un- ind or unfriendly things, and I will touch for a moment, and only for a moment, upon why I object to this provision of the platform. The republican party has never been the party of a single standard. (Ap- plause.) “It was a bimetallic party in its origin, in all its history. In 1888 it declared for bimetallism. In 1892 it declared for bi- metallism. In 1896 it declared for a single gold standard. In 1888 we carried the state that I here represent for the republican nominee; we carried it on a bimetallic plat- form. We carried it with a majority that {s equal, considering our vote, to that of any other state in the Union. (Faint ap- plause.) It has been a republican state from the hour of its admission. It has kept in the Senate republican Senators and in the Hovse republican members. “Mr. President, I promised you that I would not discuss the silver question, and I will not, except to say that thi$ platform is such a distinct departure from every- thing heretofore done by the party that it challenges our republican name to accept it. International Conferences. “The platform contains some platitudes about international ccnferences. It pro- vides that we will maintain the gold stand- ard in this country until the principal na- tions of the world shall agree that we may do otherwise. This is the first gathering of republicans since this party was organized that has declared the inability of the American people to control their own af- fairs. (All the silver delegates arose in a” body at this and‘ howled their approval of the sentiment.) To my horror, this decla- ration comes from the great political party of Abraham Lincoln and U. 8. Grant. Do you believe that the American People are too weak to actually maintain a financial system commensjrate with the business of the country of their own fruition? Gentle- men of the convention, you will have no bimetallic agreement with all the great commercial natigns of the world, and it cannot be obtained. “So this ist a ‘declaration that the gold standard is to be put upon this country IN THE CONVENTION HALL. and kept here for all time? Do you be- eve that Great Britain, that great com- mercial nation of the world, our powerful competitor in commerce and trade, will ever agree to open her mints to the coinage of silver? er that we shall open ours? We are the great debtor nation of the world. Great Britain is the great creditor. We pay her every year millions and hundreds of millions of dollars as income on her in- vestments in this country, on her loans.” Yells and Hisse: After he said “I must sever my connec- tion with the political party which makes the gold plank one of the principal articles of its faith,” the Senator paused and swept his eyes around the hall. For an instant the full significance of his defiance failed to impress itself, then it sunk home, and the galleries rose with another yell, and mingled with the yell a fusillade of hisses. A moment after when he said that if un- Ex-Gov. W. D. Hoard. der such circumstances he remained in the party he would be unfaithful to his trust, enthusiastic cries of “No, no!” came from the delegates in the eastern and southern states. There was deep feeling, almost pathos, in the Senator's voice, and those nearest could detect the glimmer of tears, when he said there were heartburnings and grief in the sacrifice which he and his colleagues were to make for their consciences. Another demonstration arose when Sena- tor Teller folded his arms across the pink rosebud on his coat and sank into his seat. The cheer began this time with the silver men and spread to the galleries, and caught up in its whirl many of the gold delegates who were on their feet from admiration, not of the cause, but of the man, and, this time, the hisses were very few. ‘The demonstration was followed by loud cries for ‘Foraker, Foraker” from all parts of the hall. The Senator-elect from Ohio, the chair- man of the resolutions committee, arose, but not to reply to the speech of the Colo- rado Senator. Without a word he moved to lay the sub- stitute offered by Mr. Teller on the table. Richard C. Kerens. Senator Lodge o®Massachusetts, from his place on the floor, seconded the motion. This motion, which is not debatable, had the effect of calling off further debate, and Senator Teller demanded a roll call of states. His demand was quickly supported by Senator Mantle on behalf of Montana and Delegate Cleveland of Nevada. Chairman Thurston's announcement of the result, 818% to 105%, was the signal for great applause. After the vote had been announced, Young Dubois, the broad- shouldered Senator from Idaho, stood in his place and repeatedly asked for recon- sideration, but the chairman said that he would recognize Senator Foraker. Foraker moved the previous question on the adoption of the financial plank, but Du- bois stood there shouting “Mr. Chairman,’ and finally he made himself heerd, saying: “I ask the gentleman from Ohio not to pres sthis until I can ask him a courteous question.” ‘Does the gentleman from Idaho have unanimous consent to propound a ques- tion?” asked the chairman. “Thet shouted en. Henderson of Iowa, “I demand the regular order,” and shouts of disapproval followed, whereupon the chair coolly ruled, “The chair hears none,” and was applauded. Dubois wants separate vote on financial plank, A separate vote will financial plank. Previous question on platform ordered. 12:32.—Roll call asked on financial plank. Colorado and Montana second demand. Roll call ordered. Platform adopted. Senator Teller arose to a question of personal privilege. He wants to file protest and asks it be read. be taken on the The Silver Men's Farewe! Senator Cannon of Utah presents the pro- test of the silver -nen as follow: “To the republican national convention: “In announcing the purpose asserted in this paper, it is dueto cur constituents and to ourselves that there shall be a public showing of vindicating facts. | “The sole authorized expression of na- ‘tional republican faith from June #, 102, until the present date has been the plat- torm adopted in national convention at Minneapolis. Neither the utterances of State conventions nor ‘the ‘attitude of indi- viduals can change the tenor of that pla form or abate the sanctity of its binding force. Every delegate to this convention vas elected as its adherent and advo- cate. True, one of its most impor- tent paragraphs has been subjected to such a divergene of construction as to make its language unsatisfactory during the intervening time and dangerous if con- tinued in the future, but of the intent contained within that language there has never been a doubt. “It is the rightful province of this con- vention to revise party tenets and to an- nounce anew the party purpose. The ma- Jority of this convention in the exercise of such authority has this date made official enunciation of republican law and gospel. With much of the platform we agree, be- lieving that in many essential particulars | it compasses. the needs of humanity, af- firms the maintenance of right and pro- peses the just remedy for wrong. But it declares one elemental principle, not only in direct contravention of the expression of party faith in 1892, but in radical opposition to our solemn conviction. We recognize that in all matters of mere method it is but just and helpful that the minority shall yield to the will of the majority, lest we have chaos in party and in government. But as no pronouncement by majorities can change opposing knowledge or belief sin- cerely entertained, so it cannot -oblige mi- norities to abandon or disavow their prin- ciples. As surely as it is requisite for peace and progress that minorities shall yield to majorities in matters of mere method, just so surely is it necessary for that same peace and progress that minori- ties shall not yield in matters of funda- mental truth. “The republican platform of 1892 affirmed that the American people from tradition and interest favored bimetallism and de- manded the use of both gold and silver as standard money. This was accepted by us as a declaration in behalf of the principle upon which rest the interests of every citi- zen and the safety of the United States. In such terms the platform was then satis- factory to the believers in bimetailism within our party; only because of equivocal construction and evasion has it since been demonstrated to be insufficient. The plat- form this day adopted in the national re- publican party convention at St. Louis says: The republican party is unreservedly for sound money. It caused the enactment of the law providing for the resumption of specie payments in 1879; since then every dollar has been as good as gold. We are unalterably opposed to every measure calculated to debase our currency or impair the credit of our country. We sre therefore opposed to the free coinage of silver, except by international agree- ment with the leading commercial nations of the world, which we pledge ourselves to promote, and until such agreement can be obtained, the existing gold standard must be preserved. All our silver and paper currency must be maintained at parity with gold, and we favor all measures de- signed to maintain inviolably the obliga- tions of the United States and all our mon- ey, whether coin or paper, at the present standard, the standard of the most enlight- ened nations of the earth. “As the declaration of 1892 has been by a majority of the party construed to justify a single gold standard for our mon- etary basis, and as the recent trend of the official power of the party has been in that direction, we can but assume that the money plank of the new platform being much more favorable to perpetuate gold monometallism will be determin- edly used by us in behalf of that idea. The republican party has won its power and renown by pursuing its purposes courageously and relentlessly. It is, therefore, only in accordance with the party’s history to assume that if it shall come to present authority in the United States it will crystallize into law and ad- ministration under this tempting platform, the perpetual single gold standard in our finances. This, if long continued, will mean the absolute ruin of the producers of the country and finally of the nation itself. “The American people not only favor bi- metallism from tradition and interest, but from: that wise instinct which has always been manifest in the affairs of a people destined for the world’s leadership. Under the operation of our great demand for ad- vancement we have become to other na- tions the greatest debtor nation of the world. We pay the vast charges which every year accumulate against us in the clearing house of the world, with the money of the world, procured by the @its- posal of our commodities in the markets of the world. “We are a nation of producers. Our cred- ftors are nations of consumers. Any Sys- tem of international or national finane: which elevates the price of the human Product makes our burden lighter and stves promise of that day when it shall tirely lifted and ovr country freed firt cially, as it is politically, from the domima- tion of monarchy and foreign autocraey. Any system of finance which 5 to de- preciate the price of human productions which we must sell abroad but in so far adds to the burden of our debt and conveys a threat of the perpetual seryitude “of the producers of our de! r nation to the con- s of creditor nations. ‘To us it is a folly without a parallel that sux | this country or any political party therein should deliberately acc-pt a money system which enriches others at our cost. History, philosophy, mo-als—all join with the com- taonest instinct of self-pr rvation in @e- manding that the United es shall have a just and substantially unvarying stand- ard composed of all available gold and silver, and with it our country will progress to financial enfranchisement. But with a single gold standard the country will become the hewers of wood and the drawers of water for the consumers fn creditor nations of the earth. “To such an unholy end we Will not lend ourselves. Dear as has been the republican name to its adherents, that name is not so dear as the faith itself, and wedo not sacrifice one jot or tittle of the mighty principles by which republicanism has ‘up- lifted the world when we say that at the parting of the ways we cling to the falth, Thomas C. Platt. let the name go where it will. this convention has seceded fi that the triumphs of suc! be the eventual destruct! and our civilization. We hold that pm the truth; : jon would mn of our freedom To that end this peo- ple will not knowingly follow any political party, and we choose to take our place in the ranks of the great mass of elt- izens who" realize” {hat the hour has me for justice. Did we deem this issue important to humanity we would yield, since the associations of all our political tives have be with the men and the measur n intertwined of this party of past mighty achievements. But the peo- ple cry aloud for relief. The bending beneath a burden growing heavier with the passing hours. Endeavor no longer brings its just reward; fearfulness takes the place of courage and despair usurps the throne of hope, and unless the laws of the country and the policies of the political hall be converted into mediums of the effect of human desperation may some time be witnessed h other lands and in other age “Accsptime the fiat of this convention as the present .purpose of the party we with- eas in draw from this convention to return to our constituents the authority with which they invested us,.believing that we have better discharged their trust by this action, which restores to them authority unsullied, R. W. Thompson. than by giving cowardly and insincere tn- dorsement to the greatest wrong ever will- fully attempted within the republican party, once the redeemer of the people, but now about to become their oppressor, providentially restrained by freemen.” This document was signed Teller of Colorado, unless the votes of by Senators Dubcis of Idaho and Cannon of Utah, Congressman H Montana and Mr. Cleveland of N as the representatives of their respective states on the committee on resolutions. When Canncn reached the point that it was just that the minority should yield to the majority there was loud app! Near the conclusion of the protest he grew very impassioned, end at one pause a delegate shouted “Good-bye.” Another voice in the convention said: “Take a train for Chicago.” Hisnes and Cheers. 1:18-There was hissing among the dele- gates the conclusion of Cannon's pro- test. Cheers were heard in various parts of the hall. Cannon still occupied the stage, but the convention did not leave the stage. There were voices trom ali over the hall, “Let him print it,” “Get out.” Thurston said the republican party need not fear any declaraticn, and the wildest scene of the convention ensued Delegates rose to their feet, mounted chairs, waved fans atd hats and cheered lustity, while voices from far off in the hall said: “Let them go and be Gamned.” Thurston said whatever is to be said within reasonable mits should be listened to with respectful attention, and trust to the action of the American people at the polls. Loud cheers followed this announcement, As the name of Teller was read, and Du- bois, Cannon, Hartman, Pettigrew, Cleve- land of Nevada, there were hisses after each name. Saying Good-By. At the conclusion, Teller and Cannon are shaking hands with Thurston and others and bid them good-bye. Mantle of Montana is on his chair, seek- ing ercognition. Bolters are walking out, amid cheers of delegates. The band is playing “Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean. Delegates on chairs and every one in the hail on feet. The entire audience and delegates sing- ing. Waving of flags and handkerchiefs