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the morning news. iT.t-blished ISSO. - Incorporated I?SS 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 DAILY, $8 A YEAR. 5 CENTS A COPY. WEEKLY 2-TIMEB-A-WEEK.fI A YEAR 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 (u.initniied cn S.xth Page.)