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E j. H. ESTHA. President.
BRYAN WAS CHOSEN UNANIMOUSLY.
Wild Disorder Saizsd 113 Ganvantian When Oita
GoncJuded His Nominaiing Speacii.
pandemonium reigned supreme for many minutes.
Representatives of All the States Joined With
out Reservation in the Demonstration.
Alabama Yielded to Nebraska for tlie Nominating Speech—W. D. Oldham
Made a Ringing Address, Concluding: With Bryans Name ns the
Nominee for President, and Bringing: the Vast Audience to Its
Feet in a Perfect Convulsion of Delight—All Differences
Over the Platform Vanished in the Wild Uproar
That Followed—Perkins of Texas, Bill of New
York, Moore of North Carolina and Oth
ers Seconded the Nomination.
Kansas City, July 5.—-William Jennings
Bryan of Nebraska was to-night unani
mously placed in nomination as the Dem
ocratic candidate for President of the
Unwed States on a platform opposing im
perialism, militarism and trusts, and spe
cifically declaring for the free coinage of
silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. The nomi
nation came as the culmination of a fren
zied demonstrations in honor of the party
leader, lasting twenty-seven minutes and
giving Utterance to all the pent-up emo
tions of the vast multitude. It followed
also a fierce struggle throughout the last
thirty-six hours concerning the platform
declaration on silver and on the relative
position which the silver question is to
maintain to the other great issues of tin:
day.
It was late in the afternoon when the
convention was at last face to face w th
the presidential nomination. Earlier in th •
day there had ben tedious d'lays due to
the Inability of the Pla-form Committee
to reconcile their (differences and present
a report. Until this was ready, the con
vention managers beguiled the time by
putting forward speakers of more or less
pr minence to keep the vast audience
from becoming too restless.
The first session, beg lining at 10 o’clock
this morning, was entirely fruitless of re
sults and it was not until late in ‘the af
t-moon, when the second se fin had be
gun, that the Platform Committee was at
lifi able to report an agreement- Already
f*s main features, embodying the 16 to l
principle, had be ome known to the dele
gates, and there was little delay in giving
1 unanimous approval. Th s removed th
I?st chsnce f r an open rupture on Ques
tions of principle and lfcft the way clear
lor th rj supreme event of the day—the
nomination of the presidential cani'date
The vast auditorium was filled to its
utmost capacity when the moment ar
rived for fhe nomination to he made. Not
only were the usual facilities afforded by
tickets taxed to their utmost, but the
doorkeepers wore given liberal instruc
tions under which the aisles and areas and
all available spaces were packed to their
fullest limit.
When the call of states began, for the
purpose of placing candidates in nomina
tion, Alabama yielded*its place at the head
of the list to Nebraska and Oldham of
that siate made his way to the platform
for his initial speech, placing Mr. Bryan
In nomination for the presidency. The
orator wasj strong-voiced and entertain
ing. yet to the waiting delegates and spec
tators, there was but one point of his
speech, and that was the stirring perora
tion, which closed with the name of W 111-
iam Jennings Bryan. This was the sig
nal for the demonstration of the day, and
in a comon purpose, the great concourse
Joined in a tribute of enthusiastic devo
tion to the party leader.
A huge oil portrait of Bryan, measur
ing fifteen feet across, was brought down
the main aisle before the delegates. At
the same time the standard of the state
delegations were torn from their sockets
and waved on high, while umbrellas of
rod, white and blue, silk banners of the
several states and many handsome and
unique transparencies were borne about
•he building amid the deafening clamor of
20.000 yelling, gesticulating men and wo
men* All of the intensity of former dem
onstrations, and much more, was added
to this final tribute to the leader.
When the demonstration had spent it
self the speeches seconding the nomina
tion of Mr. Bryan were in order. Sena
lor White spoke for California, giving
the tribute of the Pacific coast to the Ne
braska candidate. When Connecticut was
reached, that state yielded to Senator Hill
of New York. The audience had anxious
ly awaited the appearance of the dis
tinguished New Yorker, and as he took
the platform he was accorded a splendid
reception, the entire audience rising and
cheering wildly, with the single exception
Of the little group of Tammany leaders,
who sat silent throughout the cheers for
their New York associate.
Mr. Hill was in fine voice and his tribute
to the Nebraskan touched a sympathetic
chord in the hearts of the audience, lie
pictured Bryan as the champion of the
plain people and of the workingman,
strong with the masses, with the farmer
and with the artisan. When Hill declared
with dramatic emphasis that the candidate
would have the support of his pat tv—
a unity parly—there was tremendous ap
plause at the suggestion of Democratic
unity. Aside from the brilliant eulogy of
Bryan, the speech of the New York lead
er was chiefly significant and attractive
In its strong pica for unity. “It is a time
for unity, not for division,” he. exclaim
ed. to the rapturous approval of the
great multitude facing him.
The eloquent Daniel of Virginia added
bis glowing tribute to the candidate,
while eif-Gov. Pattlson of Pennsylvania
spoke for ills state, and Gov. McMillin
Voiced the wishes of a state that hud
“furnished three Presidents ”
Hawaii, through its native delegate,
John-H. Wise, made Its first seconding
speech In a Democratic national conven
tion and finally a sweet-voiced and pleas
ant-faced* woman alternate from 1 tah
seconded the nomination of Mr. Bryan in
lie half of the state of Utah. Then came
the voting. State after state recorded its
vote In behalf of the Nebraska candidate,
nnd giving him ihe unanimous vole of ah
the states and territories. The convention
trvinagers had already agree 1 tint ihD
was sufficient work for the day, and lh
vice presidential nomination was allowed
to go over until to-morrow.
noli Cull Commenced.
"Alabama,” the secretory shouted, com
mencing the call of the roll.
“ The state of Alabama,” said <he chair
man of tne delegation of that state,
“yields to Nebraska the privilege of nam
ing the next President of the United
States.”
W. D. Oldham of Nebraska, who was
to present the name of Mr. Bryan to the
convention, Was waiting by the chair
man's desk, and as the chairman of the
Alabama delegation resumed his seat, he
came forward and in a few graceful words
expressed his appreciation of the favor
extended by Alabama in surrendering ifs
time to the state of Mr. Bryan.
The Nominating Speech.
“Mr. Chairman: More than a hundred
years ago the Continental Congress ot
America adopted a declaration which had
been drafted by the founder of the Dem
ocrotic party, and the joyous tones of the
oid l/.bi ity Bell which greeted the act,
announced to n waiting world that a na-*
tion had been born.
“With hearts line hailed by the selfish
sentiments of cold commercialism, you
have responded patriotically to each sen
timent contained in Democracy’s first pint
form as it was read to you at the opening
of this and in view
of the radical departure which the
party in power had made from the
principles set forth in that historic docu
ment, it is meet that we—true believers
in the republic of old—should, when choos
ing a field and forming our lines for the
bloodless battle of ballots now impending,
say in the language of one of the loved
patriots of long ago. ‘Read this declara
tion at the head of the army, and every
sword shail he drawn from its eeabbard,
and a solemn vow taken to maintain It
or to perish on the bed of honor.’
“Much of the history of this republic
shall he either made or marred by the .ac
tion of this convention. You. as represen
tatives of the only party, which is co
c-xisten.t with the nation itself; the only
party which ever had within its own ranks
sufficient construct./e statesmanship to
create a notion in which each citizen be
comes n sovereign have, true to the tradi
tions you bear, in your platform set out
in simple language, with a decided Amer
ican accent, a plan for the people’s re
demption from each sacrilege and schism
taught by the Republican party. The plan
contains nothing but, the approved pre
cepis of the elders and doctors of your
faith. If. on o platform, you place a can
didate whose devoted nnd unblemished
life shall stand as a pledge to the plain
people that he. in good faith, will carry
out the solemn covenants made therein,
rhen the hour of our ultimate triumph is
at hand.
‘ There is no greater honor reserved for
y citizen of these United Slates, than to
become the standard beared of the Demo
cratic party. It at once enrolls his name
on the scroll of the ‘immortals who are
not born to die. and encircles him with
a halo of the glory of oil the illustrious
,-n hievements which that unconquered
nnd unconquerable organization, has em
b’a zoned on every page of our nation’s
history. It entrusts to his keeping the
fame of that long line of statesmen and
patriots who have knelt for a bleeding at
Democracy’s shrine;
“O bright ore the names of those heroes
and sages,
That shine like stars through the dim
ness of ages.
Whose deeds are inscribed on the pages
of story.
Forever to live in the sunlight of glory.”
“This high distinction must not be un
worthily bestowed. It must follow as a re
ward for noble actions bravely done, for
unrequited tireless toil, for sacrifices made
ai\d strength displayed, for trusts dis
charged and pledges kept. We must seek
a leader whose public and private life most
nearly exemplifies his party’s highest
ideals; who stands unqualifiedly pledged
10 every issue we declare; who will carry
ihe standard we place in his hands, even
as the Block Douglas carried tiie sacred
Jasket that enclosed the heart of Bruce.
"Ho inyst not declare for free trade with
Porto P.ico, and then at Ihe persuasive
suggestion of the sugar nnd tobacco trust,
sign a bill for a tariff on the product* of
that Island.
“He must not denounce a policy as one
of ‘criminal aggression, ’ and then at the
demand of a power behind the throne,
pursue the policy he ha* so denounced.
"He must not. while professing opposi
tion to combines and conspiracies against
trade, send his emissaries lo the trust
haron castles to beg, like I-azarus at
Dives' gales, for subscriptions to his cam
-I,olcn. lie must not lend the moral sup
port of his administration to a monarchy
in its efforts to destroy a republic. But
he must ever sympathize with a people
struggling for the right of self-govern
ment.
"Instead of Ihe Republican policy of
monometallism, lie must offer free and un
limited coinage of the money metals of
the constitution, the gold that polished the
winged sandals of Hermes, and the silver
ihat glitters In the bow of Diana.
"Instead of a panic-breeding, dredlt cur
rency.-controlled by the bank trusts, he
must offer government paper, controlled
by the people.
"He must,he able to distinguish between
Democratic expansion nnd Republican Im
perialism. The first is u natural growth
by the addition of contiguous American
territory, into every foot of which Is ear
th'd the constitution, the fiag and the dee
', log tie. and over t lie shoulders or every
Inhabitant of Ih" udded territory Is thrown
r, purple .robe of sovereign citizenship. It
Is u growth that has added eighteen stars
to the field of blue in the 'Banner of the
Dree.' to symbolize the states thill have
been carved from territory, annexed to
the domain of this nation, by the wisdom
~nd statesmanship of the Democratic |wr
tv; this is un expansion that Is bounded
on Die norib by the constitution of the
United States, on the east by the Monroe
doctrine, on the south by the Declaration
f Independence, and on the west by the
Ten Commandments.
•'How different this from the bandit
policy of the Republican imperialism,
with Its standing army, and bayonet rule
SAVANNAH. GA., Fill DAY, JULY 0. l'.lOO.
of conquered provinces; its government
of sullen subjects against their- will, by
force and fraud; its denial to them of
the protection of either the constitution
or the command which says: ‘Thou shalt
ncx steal; a policy that would send our
Uncle Sam off his American range with
a cowboy l\pt, a rope and a branding
iron, to rustle and brand over all the
loose islands of the Orient, while hypo
critically chanting the long-meter Dox
ology.
“Democratic skies are tinged with a
rosier hue to-day, than when we met in
convention four years ago. Then a finan
cial catnelyism bad spread over the coun
try, and although its every inducing
cause was easily traced to <he errors and
follies of the Republican party, yet we
were, in power when it came, and were
wrongly held responsible for the wreck
of shattered fortunes which followed in
its wake. Torn asunder by dissensions
within, and disasters without, our party
faced a gloomy and foreboding future
which seemed to augur its dissolution.
The problem then was to select a stand
ard bearer bold enough to cover the rear
of a retreat, and save the party from
destruction, if not from defeat.
“While discord with her flaming torch
confused the counsels there, from out
the Sunset Realm a champion came and
bade defiance to the oncoming host.
With the strength of youth, and the wis
dom of age, with knightly mien and
matchless speech, he towered above his
peers and all who saw him then with one
accord did hail him ‘chief’ and gave our
party’s banner to his hand. Slowly des
pair gave way to hope; confidence took
the place where timorous fear had been;
the broken, shattered columns formed
again, and behind him singing, came six
million five hundred thousand valiant
men to that unequal tight.
“And the story of how well he fought,
how fearlessly he fell, and how dearly
pfloto by Rice. J ,
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.
William Jennings Bryan sas 4ft year.-: old on March Ift. last, ami was boin at Salem, 111 T!e was graduated from
Illinois Coilege in 1881, bong the valedictorian of his class. He b‘ gan the practice of law at J i itsonville. 111., an<l In
1887 moved to Lincoln, Neb., where he at present realties. lie made his first r pu'atbn as a point al speaker In 1888. He
was elected to t'engress a a Demoeiat in ISrO, In a strong Republican distil t. and was te- ■ ted In i; 1)2. He declined a
third nomination. In ISD4 he was a candidate for United Elates Hmator, hut his party was In the minority In the Legisla
ture. In 1806 he was nominated for President by the Democratic party, ami conduct rl one of the m at rmuirknhie cam
paigns In the political his.ory of the country. On the outbreak of the Spa:.i-ii-.dme loan war he heatin' colonel of the
Third Nebraska Volunteers. Mr. Bryan has been almost continually before the country dm tli ■ numerable campaign of
18:6. No other American Is better known than he. There is, tlier fore, no occasion for an extended biographical notice
of him.
the enemy's vlelory was bought, has all
gone out into history now.
"Back from his 'first buttle' he came,
a baffled but unconquered hero of the
rights of man. Conscious of the recti
tude of his purpose, and cheered by the
belief 'that no Issue Is ever settled until
it is settled right,' he cheerfully ac
quiesced In the result of that campaign,
and girded his loins for (he next great
contest between the dollar and Ihe man.
"For four years he has waged an un
ceasing warfare against the people's en
emy: for four years he has held up the
party's standard and his voice has cheer
ed the hosts of democracy In every state
and teirltory. Winn the trusts begun *o
increase under the protection of a re
publican administration, he win the
first (o point out the clanger and
prescribe a remedy.
"When the alarms of a war for human
ity aroused the heroic spirit of our land,
h# offered his sword to his country's cause
on tiie day that war was declared.
"When inter lie saw Ihe administration
departing from the ancient landmarks of
our institutions, in its enchanted cireim
of empire and m.Utarlsm. he was tl e
first to raise a warning voice, and resign
ing his oommh'Slon on the day the treaty
of peace wa.i signed, lie threw hints* If
on Fifth Fase.J,
UPON THEIR HEADS.
AVILb FAUi PUNISHMENT IF CHI
NESE SLA A EIHOI’EANS.
BRITAIN THREATENS CHINA.
CHINESE MINISTER IN LONDON IS
\Y ARN E D SF. \ EREL V.
Anthorltic* in Pekin Will He Held
Personally Guilty—-Minister Wkm
Asked to Notify Them of England’*
I',fii’l> one—Allied Admirals Working
in Perfect \ coord—Rumor 'Mint
Russia Is Interfering: With Japan
in C hina.
London. July s.—ln the House of Com
mons to-day the parliamentary secretary
of the foreign office, Mr. William Si John
Brodrick, announced that the government
was hourly expecting a reply to a com
munication addressed to Japan, and -aid
the Chinese minister in London had Ik on
informed that the authorities at Pekin
would be held personally guilty of any in
juries sustained by the Europeans, and he
had been requested to convey this informa
tion, so as to have it reach without fail
the authorities at Pekin.
The purport of this, Mr. Brodrick said,
will be. communicated to the various vice
roys.
Mr. Brodrick said Rear Admiral Bruce
had telegraphed that all Ihe allied cul
mlrals at Taku were working in perfect
accord and that the position of th, Amcr
iean forces is identical with that of tlio
other Rowers.
Mr. Brodri k said he thought it doubtful
if any organized government existed in
China with which Great Britain could
consider herself at war.
In Itunnlu interfering' f
Washington, July s.—lt has hren re
ported from Kuropean capitals that Ja
pan lias been paralyzed in her gooJ in
tention* by Russian Jealousy.
Our government has assurances from
both of these governments directly to the
conirary.
The line upon which the United States
government Is proceeding is in a motauri
disclosed In tne Beriit\ cablegram of last
night, touching the reeelpt there of a
dispatch presenting the United Sinle
policy .is to China. This note lins bon
presented to each of the European,* i ir.i
eelloriet? as well as to the f< -
elgn office, and so far it has been well
received.
The note correctly states that the United
State# government will do Us tharo to*
ward protecting foreign life and prop
erty in China, and particularly in for
wording on international military expedi
tion against Pekin.
j-Vun iry 800* 4 was in conference with
Secretary li.iy for a short time nt the
state department this morning, with a
view, it is understood, to arranging for
the redom-yifton of the promise rotative to
military cad. It is admitted that prepar
atory measures arc being taken that will
admit of any necessary considerable in
crease of the United Slates force in China.
REST CIIINE.sE FEEL PITY.
Tlicy Are Moved Ip (lie llovror of
Report* Front Pekin.
London, July 6. 2:30 a. m.—The story
that all foreigners in Pekin were murdered
on June 30 or July 1 appears to be circu
lating simultaneously at Che Foo, Shang
hai and Tien Tsin. Yet, as it is not con
firmed by official dispatches and is not
traceable to the southern viceroys, who
are still in certain communication with
Pekin, there is a basis for the hope that it
is untrue.
(’ami '.s observers at Shanghai recog
-1 niz. that even though these reports arc re
jected, events in Pekin mus* be galloping
to a tragic end. Correspondents of the
Express at Shanghai gather details from
Chh:cs< sources, which, pieced together,
relate that when the foreigners’ ammuni
tion was exhausted, the Boxers and iin
’ piM-ial troop rushed the Britsh legation
and poured into the courtyard with l mal
ic a l fury.
The foreign troops were so hop: lessly
outnumbered that their fate was certain.
The moment the mob broke, the court
yard was convert ( and into a shambles.
Others of the invader** spr* ad into the
iutc rior of the building. One correspon
dent atldr:
"it Is only left to hope that in Ihe final
rush of tiie murderous hordes the men
of the legation* had time to slay with
th'lr own hand* their womankind nnd
chi Mien. Tin; i lint*, are whispering the
terrlhle story under their breath. Their
attltuie toward* foreigner* in the streets
iin.- uiaii’i'gian _ t s ran.n-Change. The de
rm .inor of tl" batter ala-s of r'hine. c is
one of pity rather than of triumph.
"8 n Bin) oi this 1 minuting tragedy
In t a gbi.a ly hlsiot ■ ■ f recent events in
IVkin -arm: lo j.irv.itl. the very attnns
p!" re her, , and to eomiwl belli f. against
all our hope Tiie i on * :!s i'rar Hint tha
report is to i true, and th* Chinese officials
do tot attempt to seek reasons for a
denial."
Ttfi Manehus. who arrived at Shanghai,
certify to the truth of the statement that
i’r.n a Tuan visited the puiare and offered
the Emperor and the Dowager Empress
til" "lien:a Iv" of poison or the sword.
The lln. ■"* t. Ihev ,-,i ~ took poison and
died t*iihin -ti hour. The Dowager Em
pres < .tl.-< chose poison, but craftily tuval
• I only ' portion of what was offered
bar. uc.'l survived. Ori Ihe tome day. the
Chi: " Customs Bureau v. is destroyed,
on Third Page.)
IMPERIALISM THE LEADING ISSUE,
Oamocratic National Convention So Declares in ths
Platform Adopted.
SPECIFIC DECLARATION IS MADE FOR 16 TO I RATIO.
Militarism Opposed as Conquest Abroad and
Intimidation and Oppression at Home.
Imperialism Threaten* tlie Very Foundation of the Republic, Therefor®
the Created! Attention I* Given It—Old Question* Lone None of Their
linpnr'tnnee— A Plain Statement Made With Respect to Cuba,
Porto Rico nnd the Philippines—Full Text of the Kansas
City l*lntform—lt Warn Rend by Senator Hen Tillman
of South Carol Inn—The Delivery Added to the
Effect!veneM of the Rending, and Great
Eu t htiniitiit Was Awakened nt
\ art mi* Point*.
Kansas City, July s.—Following is the
official text of the platform as agreed upon
by the Committee on Resolutions, an*l
presented to the convention:
We. the representatives of the Demo
cratic party of the United States, assem
bled in National Convention on the anni
versary of the adoption of the Declaration
of Independence, do reaffirm our faith In
that immortal proclamation of the in
alienable rights of man and our allegiance ’
to the constitution framed in harmony
therewith, by the fathers of the repußdc.
We hold, with the United State® Supreme :
Court, that the Declaration of Imlepend
enee is the spirit of our government, of
which the constitution is the form a.id
letter. We declare again* that all gov
ernments instituted among men derive
their jtisf powers from the consent of the
governed; that any government not based
upon the consent of the governed, is i
tyranny; and that to inf pose uj>on any
people a government of force is to subtt
tute the methods of imperial
ism for those of a repub
lic. We hold that the constitution follows
the flag and denounce the doctrine that
an executive or Congress deriving their
existence, and their powers from the con
stitution can exercise lawful authority
beyond it, or in violation of it. Wo as
sert that no nation can long endure half*
republic end half empire, and we warn
the American people that Imperial
ism abroad will lead quickly
and inevitably to despotism at home. Be
ll vlng in t! e>?6 fun lamental principles
w- denounce the l’orto Rican law oreacted
ly a Republican Congress, against the
I rotest and oopos ticn of the Democ aM*
minority, as a lx. Id and cpm violation of
th* na ion's ( rganic liw and a flagrant
breach of the national good faith. It im
poses upcn th* people of-I’orio Rico a
government without their consent and
taxation without repres< nt&tion. It dls
lior.ors the American people by repudiat
ing a solemn pledge trade In their behalf
bv the ccmir.rtndirg g. n-jal cf our army,
which the l’orto Ricans welcomed to a
P< aceful and unresisted occupation of
their land. It doomed to poverty j.nl and s
t rests a ptople whosj ht lp'essness appeals
with peculiar force to our justice and
magnanimity. In this the first net of its
Imperialistic programme, the Republican
party tk-eks to commit the United S/a es
to a colonial policy, Inconsistent with Re
publican institutions and condemned by
th© Supreme Court in numerous decis
ions.
Cuba.
We demand the prompt nnd honest ful
fillment of our pledge to the Cuban peo
ple and the world that the United Status
has no dlspos tion nor intention to exer
cise sovereignty, Jurisdiction or control
over the island of Cuba except for i.s
pacification. The -war ended nearly two
years ago. profound peace r -lgns over all
the island, still the tfdrmn at ration ke ‘ps
the govei nm> nt of the Island from its
people, while Republican carpetbag of
ti lals j-lunder is revenues and exploit
the colon al theory to the disgrace of the
American people.
TTie I'lt ili pp i n*.
We condemn and denounce the Philip
pine policy of the pros nt administration.
It has involv'd the r<'public in miner* s
r.ary war, sacrificing the lives of many of
our noblest sons and placed the United
Shitus, prevlcu ly known and applaud and
throughout the w ill as the champion <f
freedom, in th fata and un-American
j oeition rf crush ng with rr.ilitaiy force
the efforts of fo.mer all es to achieve lib
erty and self-government. The Fil pinos
cannot be citizens without endangering
our civilization; they cannot Ik* subjects
wi bout imjer. llhg our form of govern
nii ut, and as we are not w illing to sur
r-nher our civilization or to convert the
r public Into an empire, we favor an im
m* diatc declaration by the nation as fol
lows: First, a stable form of govornm nt;
second, indep ndene\ and third, protec
tion from outside interference such as has
been given for nearly a century to the
republic of Central and South Arne?lea.
The greedy commercialism which dic
tated the Philippine policy of the Repub
lican administration, attempts to Justify
It with the plea that it will pay, but even
this sordid and unworthy plea falls when
brought to the test of facts. The war
of criminal aggression against the Fili
pinos, entailing an annual expense of
many millions, has already cost more than
any pos.nl hie profit that could accrue from
the entire Philippine trade for years to
come. Furthermore, when trade is extend
ed with the expense of liberty the price Is
always too high.
K.\ pan si on.
We nre not opposed to territorial expan
sion when it takes in desirable territory
which can be erected into states in the
Union, and whose people are willing and
fit to become American citizens. We favor
expansion by every peaceful and legiti
mate means. But we are unalterably op
posed to the seizing or purchasing of dis
tant inlands to be governed outside the
constitution, and whose people can never
become citizens.
Wo are in favor of extending the repulv-
Hc'h influence among the nations, hut be
lieve that that influence should be ex
tended not by force and violence, but
through the iM-rsmislvo power of a hlg.u
and honoraWe example.
The importance of old questions now
pending before the American people Is In
nowise diminishing, and the Democratic
party takes no backward step from its
poslrlon on them, but ns the burning is
sue of Imperialism, growing out of the
Spanish War, involves the very existence
of the republic and the destruction of our
free institutions, we regard it a a the par
amount issue of the campaign.
The declaration In the Republican plat
form adopted at th* Philadelphia Conven
tion held in June, 1900, that *he Republi
can party “steadfastly adheres to the pol
icy announced in the Monroe doctrine, M
is manifestly insincere and deceptive. This
profession is coutradicted by, the avowed
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policy of that party in opposition to thfr
spirit of the Monroe doctrine to acquire
and hold sovereignty over large area*
of territory and large numbers of people
in the Eastern Hemisphere. We insist
on the strict maintenance of the Monro©
doctrine and in all its integrity, both in
letter and in spirit, as necessary to pre
vent the extension of European authority
on this continent, and as essential to
our supremacy in American affairs. At
the same time we declare that no Ameri
can people shall ever be held by fore© in
unwilling subjection to European author
ity.
Wo oppose militarism. It means con
quest abroad and intimidation and op
pression at home. It means the strong
arm which bis ever been fatal to free
institutions. It fs what millions of our
clt'zens have fled from In Europe. It
will impose upon our peace-loving people
a large standing army and unnecessary
burden of taxation and a constant men
ace to their liberties. A smal standing
army and a well-disciplined state militia
are amply sufficient in time of peace. This
republic has no place for a vast military
service and conscription.
When the nation is in (longer the volun
teer soldier is his country’s best defend
er. The National Guard © f the Unite.!
States should ever lx* cherished In tho
patriotic hearts of a free people. Such
organizations are ever an element of
strength and safety. For the first time
in our history and coeval with the Philip
pine conquest has there been a wholesale
departure from time honored, and ap
proved. system of volunteer organization.
We denounce it as un-American, un-D*mo
cralic and un-Republlcan, and as a sub
version of the ancient and fixed princi
ples of a free people.
Deiitinc&a t lon of Trusts.
Private monopolies are indefensible and
intolerable. They destroy competition,
control ihe price of all material, and of
the finished product, thus robbing both
producer and consumer. They lessen tha
employment of labor and arbitrarily fix
the 4 terms and' conditions thereof, and de
prive. Individual energy and small cap
ital of their opportunity for betterment.
They are the most efficient means yet
devised for appropriating the fruits of In
dustry to the benefit of the few at th©
expense of the many, and unlcus their in
sitiato greed, i;- checked, all wealth will
hr aggregated in a few hends and the
repu 1)1 ic dest royod.
The dishonest paltering with the trust
evil by the Republican parly In state and
national platforms is ooncQusiv© proof
of the truth of the charge that
trusts and legitimate products of Repub
lican policies, that they are fostered by
Republican laws, and fhnt they are pro*
tec ted by the Republican administration
In return for campaign subscription® and
political support. /
We pledge the Democratic party to an
unceasing warfare in nation, state and
city against private monopoly In every
form. Existing laws against trusts must
be enforced, and more stringent ones
must be enacted providing for publicity
ns <o the affairs of corporations engage
in Interstate commerce, and requiring all
corporations to show, before doing busi
ness outside of the state of their origin,
that they have no water In their stock
and that they have not attempted and
are no attempting to monopolize any
branch of business or the production of
any articles of merchandise, and th©
whole constitutional power of Congres*
over interstate commerce, the mails and
all modes of interstate communication
shall be exercised by the enactment of
comprehensive laws upon the subjects of
trust. Tariff laws should be amended by
putting the products of trusts upon the
free list to prevent monopoly under the
plea of protection.
The failure of the present Republican
administration, with an absolute control
over the branches of the natioflfcl govern
ment, to enact any legislation designed to
prevent or even curtail the ab
sorbing power of trusts and
Illegal combinations, or to en
force the anti-trust laws already
on ihe statute books, prove the Insincer
ity of the high sounding phrases of tha
Republican platform.
Corporations should lie protected in all
their right* anti their legitimate interesra
should he respected, but any attempt by
corporation* to interfere with the public
affair* of the people or to control tha
sovereignty which creates them, should
he forbidden under such penalties os will
tnake such attempt impossible.
Tariff mill Interstate Commerce.
We condemn the Dingley tariff as a
trust-breeding measure, skilfully devised
lo give the few favor* which they do not
deserve, and to place ui>on the many bur
dens which they shou'd not bear.
We favor such nu enlargement of tha
scope of the interstate commerce law as
will enable the rommlasion to protect In
dividuals and communities from deserlm
in:llions and the public from unjust and
unfair transportation rates.
Tin- Monetary I’lnnk.
We reaffirm and endorse the prlnrtples
of the National Democratic Platform
adopted at Chicago In 18%. and we reiter
ate tiie demand of that platform for an
American financial system made by tha
American people for themselve*. which
shall restore and maintain a bimetallic
price level, ami.a* part of such svstem
the Immediate restoralion of the free and
unlimited colnnge of sliver and gold at
the present legal ratio of 18 to 1, with
out waiting for the aid or cofisent of any
other nation.
As to Hanks nm] Currency.
We denounce the currency bill enacted
at the last session of Congress as a step
forward In the Republican policy which
alma to ditcredlt the sovereign right of
tin- notional government to Issue all
money, whether coin or paper, and to be
stow upon national banks the power to
Issue and lontrdl the volume of paper
money for their own benefit. A permanent
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