The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 6, 1900, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1900 'ANTI-IMPERIALISM MADE THE PARAMOUNT ISSUE Platform Adopted by the Conven- tion Dwells Upon Expansion and Trusts and Sinks the Silver Plank Prepared by Bryan to the Bottom of Democratic Declara- tions. AXNEAS CITY, Mo., July 5.—Follow- tng ern Hemisphere. We insist on the strict main- Monroe® doctrine in all its in spirit, as necessary of European authority d as essential to our su- affairs. At the same American people shall e in unwilling subjection ty. official text of the pla on resolutions and adopted he Democratic National Con- aration of In that tmm enative rights It means conquest and oppression at & arm which has ever utions. It is what mil- ens have fled from in Europe. our peace-loving people a 5 unnecessary burden menace to their lib- ¥ and a well-dlsci- ¥ sufficient in time When the volunteer soldier is his er. The National Guard ee people. the first time in our Philippine conte: has ale departure from our ved system of volun- unce it as un- 2d es & subversion inciples of & free story e an and fixed p “"'* ON THE TRUST EVIL. ies are indefensible and in- destroy compstition, and finished product, er and of labor and arbt: er. are the most vised for appropria efficient means yet de- ng the fruits of industry few at the expense of the seir insatiate greed is check- be aggregated a few tn The dle- by the and national plat- ¢ the truth of the legitimate product are red istration in return s and political sup- DEMOCRACY’'S PLEDGE. -t We pledge the Democratic party to an un- o cessing warfare In on, State and city 4 wEe Exist- o rced and enacted providing irs of corporation merce and requiring ore doing bus: of their origin that t their stock and that they i are not attempting to r the production of the whole 1 ve laws upon the 1 be amend- upon the under the plea Republican admin- trol over all rent, to enact revent or even bing power of trusts and ii- £ 10 enforce the anti-trust = ¢ the statute books, proves the < -~ ¢ the high-sounding phrases of the the people which created penalties . we Philippines trust-breeding me: man give the few favors which the: TERRITORL falr D ® are n sed to st and uni 1 rates. THE SILVER PLANK. 'm and indorse t les of the rat eans. But we are seizing or purchasi e governed ou e people can nev e in favor of ex and maintain & b s part of such sys- ng the na storation of the free and » silver and gold at the st through th » of 16 to 1, without wait rable exa any other nation s not pe: We d bill enacted at the before the Ame: n nowise dimin- | last session of Cor a step forward in ished, and the Dem: no back- | the Republican pol aims to discredit them, but the | the sovereign right of the national Govern- growing out of | ment to issue &ll money, whether coln or pa- the Spanish War, in per, and to bestow upon national banks the ©f the republic and the power to issue and control the volume of paper for their own benefit. A permanent na- bank curr: secured by Government bo must have a permanent debt to rest upon, and If the bank currency is to in- crease with population and business, the debt | muet also increase. The Republican currency scheme is therefore a scheme for fastening upon e taxpayers a perpetual and growing debt for the benefit of the banks. We are opposed to private corporation paper circulated as money, but without legal tender qualities, and demand the retirement of national bank notes he Government paper of silver certificates can be substituted for them. We favor an amendment to the Federal con- stiution providing for the election of United States Senators by direct vote of the people, 4 we favor direct legislation wherever prac- able We are opposed to government by injunction; we the blacklist and favor arbitra- tion as a means of settling disputes between corporations and their employes. AMERICAN LABOR. interest of American labor and the of the workingman, as the corner- erity of our country, we rec- gress establish a Department charge of a Secretary with a seat in the Cabinet, believing that the elevation of the American laborer will bring with it in- creased production and increased prosperity to | our country at home and to our commerce abroad. We are proud of the courage and fidelity of the American eoldiers and saflors In all our wars; we favor liberal pensions to them and their dependents and we reiterate the position taken in the Chicago piatform of 159 ths the fact of enlistment and service shall be deemed conclusive evidence against disease and dis- ability before enlistment. We favor the Immediate construction, owner- ship and control of the Nicaragua canal by the United States, and we denounce the insin- cerity of the plank in the Republican national programme of an isthmian canal in the face of he failure of the Republican majority to pass | the bill pending in Congress. We condemn the | Hay-Pauncefote treaty as a surrender of Amer- hts and interests not to be tol HAMILTON LEWIS, THE EC- s e s . : | the American people. CENTRIC STATESMAN FROM _ | We denounce the failure of the Republican WASHINGTON. x party to carry out Ita pledges, to grant state- hood to Territories of Arizona, New Mexico G+ 9+ 9+ 9+ 90+ 6649+9+@ | and Oklaboma, and we promise the people of mont tic the campalgn. e Geclaration in the Rep Pted at the Philadelphia con 900, that the Republica: al the avowed policy of the party he spirit of the Monroe doctrine, to & the in upbu: stone | omme: | of Labor in AR R R L S S SN NS R S . R o = = N Y SCSr Sy EX-CONGRESSEMAN JAMES R tory and large numbers of people in the East- | +eeee W | place for & vast | should ever be cherished | Such | ent of strength | control | v:o-@»o@o0‘@o@o@i@o@oo'004000¢0. Gttt 444444 444440 PILOP O PIPEIEBIIOIIIODIOGIIIB It eDIIede e * @ * b . . £ . 4 4 ® * @ * > . * pS * E3 * o * e * o0 s e those Territories immediate statehood and home rule during their condition as Territories and we favor home rule as a territorial form of government for Alaska and Porto Rico. ‘We favor an intelligent system of improving the arid lands of the West, storing the waters for purpose of irrigation and the holding of such lands for actual settlers. We favor the continuance and strict enforce- ment of the Chinese exclusion law and its ap- plication to the same classes of all Astatic races. Jefferson said: ‘‘Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alli- ances with none’” We approve this whole- some doctrine and earnestly protest against the Republican departure which has involved us in so-called world politics, including the diplomacy of Europe and intrigue and land- grabbing of Asia, and we especially condemn the fll-concealed Republican alliance with Eng- land, which must mean discrimination against other friendly nations, and which has already stified the nation’s commerce while liberty is becoming strangled in Africa. FOR SELF GOVERNMENT. ‘Belteving in the principles of self-government and rejecting, as did our forefathers, the claim of monarchy, we view with indignation the pur- pose of England to overwhelm with force the South African republics. Speaking, as we be- lieve, for the entire American nation, except its Republican office-holders, and for all free men everywhere, we extend our sympathles to the herolc burghers in their unequal struggle to maintain their liberty and Independence. We denounce the lavish appropriations of the recent Republican Congresses, which have kept taxes high and which threaten the perpetua- tion of oppressive war levies. We oppose the accumulation of a surplus to be squandered in such bare-faced frauds upon the taxpayers as the shipping subsidy bill, which, under the false pretense of prospering American ship- bufiding, wowd put unearned millions into the pockets of several contributors to the Republi- can campaign fund. We favor the reduction and speedy repeal of the war taxes and a re- turn to the time-honored tic poliey of strict economy in Governmental expenditures. ‘Believing that our most cherished instftutions Aaasa e R Rt a Rt ahatadad d S S S e e e s ad TROUBLESOME SILVER PLANK WHICH IS SUBORDINATED E reaffirm and indorse the principles of the National Democratic platform adopted at Chicago in 1896, and we reiterate the demand of that platform for an American financial system made by the American people for themselves -which shall restore and maintain a bimetallic price level, and as part of such system the immediate restoration of the free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at the pres- ent legal ratio of 16 to 1 without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation. e e e e e e e e o e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e g B R O e S SN ® Senator Benjamin Ryan Tiliman of South Carolina Reading the Platform to the Convantion. & MWMW+O+OW‘ our constitutional republic is at stake, and that | the decision now to be rendered will determine | whether or not our children are to enjoy these blessed privileges of free government which | have made the United States great, prosperous | and honored, we earnestly ask for the foregolng | declaration of principles the hearty support of | the lberty-loving American people, regardless | of previous party affiliations. | T sk e ok ok i ke ke ke ek ke ok ek ok okok R ENTHUSIASM FOR PLATFORM AND NOMINEE Continued from Second Page. Im in great peril, that the very existence of gave up one voluntarily better than any you give me (great applause and cheering), and the man or newspaper that makes the statement that I was forced to leave the administration against my will absolutely, unqualifiedly and maliciously les. (Thunderous applause and cheering). 1 love ifberty, I love equality of rights and I love justice; and when the party that I De- iong to has been too cowardly to take a stand TOF liberty, when it allies Itself with British aristocracy and monarchy, I leave it and leave it for good. (Wild and enthusiastic applause and cheering). I every part of B and Africa the is made by the British press and the British officials that there is a secret alliance between this country and Great Britain; that in case of any foreign nation e e Boers this republic 5 tain deit A ety and its navy. (Cries of ““Not S tion In every address I have z‘ndmmmum‘ . i Oibs 4444444444 44440 R e B B R e L R R R B o e e S s that country—tor me, I say unfortunate, finan- clally and "politically—but I say now I will never defe it again, because it has not taken the chance at its national convention to tell the American people that we are for liberty and republican forms of government. (Great applause; Liberty! We all love the splendid word—the sweetest word that ever blossomed upon the tongues of men, and as one great Republican Senator said in the United States Senate, it has come to pass that we must whisper the word “liberty’’ in Washington. In Britain’s Footsteps. Mr. Davis made eloquent reference to the universal response of American citi- zens, North and South, to the call to arms at the ouizreak of the war with Spain, his words producing one of those scenes of disorderly enthusisam which so often marked the proceedings of the day. When gorder was again restored the speaker said: Up until that nt the war was right, but when we passed 4 that point the admin- istration went too far. But it was another indication of following in the footstepn of Great Britain. en our flag rose over the flag of the rotten Spanish monarchy the Amer- fcan republic could not resist the temptation of following in the footst of Great Britain and it thirsted for land gold, and there where the mistake was made. We should ha: stopped at the end of the Spanish victory, when we brought liberty to the people who were being ground to death under the heel of S sh tyranny. e do love liber can people stan erty, justice and equality of rights, and I dare say to-day, If it were le to get the news over the British cable to the Boer farm- ers in the two South African republics, - that these representatives of Six or seven million American voters send a word of sympathy to them many a Boer would shout for joy in the hills of the Transvaal, A grander struggle for 1iberty was never made in all the world's his- tory than the struggle being made by the re publicans and democrats {n South Africa. Let us sympathize with them, and I am glad that you have taken this action to-day, and at the polls in November follow it up. Let Ameri principles ever live. Let them go on down for' . The masses of the Ameri- or the blessed idea of 1in- Jennings Bryan, In conclusion, in announcing his inten- | committee's | attitude of the part | this point both the sub-committee an | full | the Western State | President will, | ent were reported as fo Silver Republicans Will Nominate Bryan and Towne by Acclama- tion Despite the Action Taken by the Democrats--Almost a Free Fight During the Proceedings of the Convention, ANSAS CITY, Mo., July 8.—The Silver Republican National Con-f vention spent all of to-day in waiting for the report of the com- mittee on resolutions. It was ex- pected that the platform would be out of the way and nominations be in order at of the afternoon ses ch friction developed in the to which the drafting ol platform had been referred that it until late this afternoon that the formal enunciation of the party’s prin- ciples was adiness to be presented to the f tee. Once disputed points had be 1, however, the committee s lost no further time, but voted its approval of the sub- work. The main point of difference lay in the - on ¢ least before the close sion, but so mu sub-committee the committee were on geographical . the E: bers favoring a condemnation rialism, while most of the memb: d this cours divided practica oppo. A plank denounci 1 finally adopted. a form will be to-morrow. morning and after in listening to speeches Unless the unexpected vention will reach a fin morrow afi there will be a the convention « piatform an both Bryan appens, the con- | djournment to- expected floor of of the nominate acclamation ramme of speeches in placing the ticket in nomination in addresses. Dr. Howard cago will place William J. Bryan in nom ination for President and speeches will be made b of California and for: Joseph B. Cheadle of I ination of Charles A. Towne according to the gramme, be made by Senator Her Teller and the nomination will be ed by Stanle; Parkill of Michigan a former Congressman Hartman Mon- tana. The delegates struggled into the Audi- torium Hal the seconding | Judge Phillips Congressman dfana. when ¢ 10:30 a. m. not more than half the gates were present. Chairman Telie extremely hoarse as a result of his long yielded the chair Nebraska. convening the led for, was speech yesterday to Frank Ran Immediately call on was not ready until its report was completed. The California delegation came to the Auditorium to-day with the determination to force the nomination of B and Towne, th after ilver Republicans as a_matter of principle, and as and Towne represented the views of Silver Republicans there was no nced proceedings by waiting on the plat- forr Affer a short recess the commitiee on credentials reported. The delegates pres- Tilinois Arkansas New Jerse 3 Utah 5 Oklahoma Louisiana The report was adopted | Brown Permanent Chairman. The committee on permanent organiza- tion_then reported the selection of Judge W. G. Brown of Iowa as permanent chair- man of the convention and H. A. Me- Craney of California as permanent secre- tary. Judge Brown received hearty recogni- tion by the convention as he took th= chair. He said that the East had turned to the West in the time of Lincoln, so it again turned to the West and found a leader in the person of William Jennings Bryan. | The mention of Bryan's gamé gave the convention an opportunity of showing ¥ to the Democratic leader. The rman’s further allusion to Charles Towne as the candidate for second place caused more emphatic applause than that accorded to Bryan. The chairman re- | viewed the history of financial legisla- | tion. | “The money question will not be settled until the natio banks are driven out of power,” he said. | The ‘question of money and trusts, he | declared, were Inseparable. The small banks of the rtry were in the power especially the banks of ker declarec duties on trusts. The der ership of t tem, as m: slastic ag ign and P trine. P he took his se The repor The and order of he said, In ref war, “that the shambles ed on the ruins of Amer:- alled upon the delegat ted for Abraham Lince ed w Som ent who v stand men a Ma who saw when he pror € negro vot An adjorn 2 reassemb: rhis repor agreed upc agreed u gations h Dakota introd the name o publican of Lin to listen to speeches a for A latter ngressma respe d him in cadle of Indiana interrupted speaker to announce that the Demox National Convention had appointed a committee to confer with the Silver Re- publican committee in regard to t didacy of Charles A. Towne. burst of applause followed and the of Bryan and Towne were cheered a and again. Fighting Barely Averted. When the convention quieted David M. Kernedy, delegate from Minn tempted to make a speech ing a few minutes a Kan velled “Sit down for two min the convention was in_an uproa: Minnesota delegate positively ref » sit down and rolled up his sleeves to 1 It looked for a deleg emphasis to his refusal time as though a few fist fights woul occur, but the angry delegate fina eted down and “Foghorn” Worsley Visconsin, a member of the Populist con . made a brief addre ates on the pend- n ¥ al efforts. Judge Phillips of Calffornia and J. R. Sovereign former president of the Federation Labor, addressed the convention brief At 5:3) there were still no prospects of an early report of the platform commit- tee and the convention adjourned until 9 o'clock to-morrow. A sub-committee from the Stiver Repub- lican committee called apon Senators Tille man-and Jones to-d: conference of the fu ee from the committ emocrats in r Towne all in their power conference. tlon of supporting the Democratic party and its ticket, Mr. Davis sald with great emph: d upon this platform and shall support William Brennings.” T curious and laughable confu- ston the syllables of Mr. Bryan's name. But the crowd knew what he meant and cheered him wildly. Mr. Davis concluded the band struck up ~“Hail to the Chief,” and while it was rendering the air he held an impromptu reception upon the platform. Chairman Richardson was the first to grasp his hand as he concluded. Others crowded around him until he had great difficulty in retaining his feet. He left the platform as soon as he was able, but all the way to his seat he was given shouts of approval by those he passed. The band passed from “Hail to the Chief” to “America,” and the convention sang with it until the band would play no more. Nominations in Order. Sergeant at Arms Martin rose to his feet and waved desperately for silence. When a few degrees of noise had been eliminated Chairman Richardson sald: “The next business before the conven- tion is the nomination for the Presidency of the l'ni\edfssla(tes. ,, The secretary will roll of States. fl)}?}eg‘:e doing so the secretary read the names of the committee appointed by the chair to confer with the Silver Republi- cans and Populists, in accordance with the resolutions introduced by George Fred Willlams of Massachusetts at_the morning session. They are: George Fred Williams, Massachusetts; Judge Berry, Arkansas; W. H. Thompson, Nebraska Charles Thomas, Colorado; J. S. Rose, Wisconsin; Thomas Martin, Virginia: James G. Maguire, California; B. R. Till- man, South Carolina; Carter H. Harrison, s o n}}f{?}abama," the secretary then shouted, commencing the call of the roll. ““The State of Alabama,” said the chair- man of the delegation of that State, “yields to Nebraska the privilege of nam- ing the next President of the United States. Olham of Nebraska, who was to present the name of Mr. Bryan to_ the convention, was walting by the chairman’s desk, and as the chairman of the Alabama delegation resumed his seat he came forward and in 2 few graceful words expressed his ap- reciation of the favor extended by Ala- gnma in surrendering its time to the State of Mr. Bryan. | Oldham Presents Bryan’s Name. | Mr. Oldham is a man of about 50 years of age, something under middle size. | with a slight forward swop. His face i clean shaven and his black hair was close iy cropped. His volce is clear and pleas- ant and carries far; his delivery was agreeable and throughout his address hc received the close attention of the con- ention. He said: ago the Continental adopted a declaration which had been drafted by the founder of the Democratic party, and the joyous tones of the old Liberty Bell which greeted the act announced to & walting world that a nation had been borm. With hearts unchilled by the selfish ments of cold commercialism, you have sponded patriotically to each sentiment tained in democracy’s first plat as it was read to you at the opening of this convention; and al departyre which the party In power has made from the prin ples set forth in that historle document, is meet that we, true bellevers In the public of old, should when choosing & fleid and forming our lines for the bloodless battle of ballots mow impending say In the language of one of the loved patriots of long ago: ‘‘Read this declaration at the head of the army, and every sword shall be drawn from its seabbard and a solemn vow taken to maintalm it or to perish on the bed of homor. Much of the history of this Republic shall be either made or_marred by the action of this convention. You, as representatives o the only party which s co-existent with the nation itself—the only party which ever had within its own ranks suffictent constructive statesmanship to create a nation in which each citizen bacomes a sovereign—have, to the traditions you bear, in your platform set out In simple language, with a decided American accent, a plan for the people’'s re- demption from each sacril and__ schism taught by the Republican party. The plan contains nothing but the approved precepts of the elders and doctors of your faith. If, on a platform, you place a candidats whoss devoted and unblemished life shall stand as a pledge to the plain people that he, in good faith, will carry out the solemn,covenants SENATOR JONES OF ARKAN- e e e A R R S R IR RO 2 B 2 B e e e o S = o o SAS IN HIS PLANTATION CLOTHES. Prer o o sorororev