Show A ti tiBy JUST HISTORY I By ALBERT E F F. PHILIPS S S 4 The Tho platform as originally reported re reported reported re- re ported to the Democratic national convention of ot 1892 1802 pon which tho the convention split and which caused a red-hot red debate for tor a number of hours houra contained the following plank plant which was afterward do do- bated on the tho floor of ot the convention convert conven tion Uon Jand and finally was supplanted by another plank read as follows We W reiterate tho the oft oCt repeated doctrines of ot the Democratic party that the necessity of or the government government government govern govern- ment Is the only justification for tor taxation and whenever a tax Is unnecessary It Is unjustifiable that when custom house taxation Is levied upon articles of any lt kind nd produced in this country the tho difference dif dlf- ference terence between the cost of ot labor hero here and labor abroad when such sucha a difference exists fully measures any possible benefits to labor and the enormous additional Impositions Impositions impositions of ot the existing tariff falls with crushing force torce upon our farmers and workingmen and rind for forthe tho the mere advantage of the tho few whom whole It enriches exact rom from labor labora a grossly unjust share sharo nt itt tho the expense expense expense ex ex- pense of ot the government and wo demand such a revision of ot the tariff laws as will remove their Iniquitous iniquitous iniquitous Ini ini- Inequalities lighten their oppressions and put them on a n. constitutional and equitable basis But In making reductions In taxes It Is not proposed to Injure any domestic Industries but rather to promote their healthy growth Prom From the foundation of this this' government government gov gov- taxes collected at tho custom house have been the tho chief source of ot federal revenue Such they thoy must continue to be Moreover Moreover Moreover More More- over many Industries have come como cometo cometo comoto to rely upon legislation for successful successful successful suc suc- continuance so that any change of law must bd btu at every step regardful of ot tho the labor and capital thus Involved Tho The process I of ot reform must be subject In the execution to this plain dictate of ot Justice This plank was finally relegated and plank three In tho the platform substituted OTHER PARTIES ACTIVE In addition to tho the two great parI parties par- par i I ties that entered the campaign of Qt there were several others that held national conventions and j nominated candidates for president I and vice president The rhe national convention of ot the prohibition party was held In Cincinnati Ohio on June june 29 The temporary chairman of the convention was John P P. St. St John of Kansas and the permanent chairman was Eli Ell litter Hitter of ot In In- In diana There were four candidates before the convention for president press dent and on an the first ballot John Bidwell Didwell of ot California was nominated nominated nominated nomi nomi- for tor president receiving votes against for Gideon T. T Stewart of Ohio 39 for W w. Jennings Jennings Jen jen- Demorest of ot New York and 3 for Henry Cla Clay Bascom of New York There were votes In the convention and necessary to a choice Four candidates were presented for vice president But all votes were cast making malting the number necessary to a choice J. J B B. of Texas lexas received and the nomination against for Joshua Levering of Maryland 26 for W W. W W. of Minne- Minne Continued ContE don on P page Pg g 5 5 JUST HISTORY 1 Continued from page 4 4 sots sola and 19 for Thomas R R. Carskadon Cars Cars- Radon kadon of West Virginia COINAGE RESTRICTION The Tho platform after atter declaring that tha t the liquor traffic was a foe to civilization tho the arch enemy o ol 01 f popular government and a public nuisance and should be suppressed d favored universal suffrage declared declared de de- de- de for gold silver and paper pape r money to be Issued by the tho gov gov- government government government only In sufficient Quantities quantities ties tics to meet the tho deman demands s of business business business busi busi- ness that a tariff should bEt Jati l lea only anly as a ge defense Mains I the foreign governments favored government control of railways and telegraph favored restricted Immigration opposed posed alien allen ownership ownership ownership owner owner- ship of lands dem demanded protection protection tion lon for citizens and right of trial by constitutional tribunals tribunals- declared de declared declared de- de for a Sabbath and one days day's rest rost in seven favored arbitration in settlement of national differences differences differ differ- opp opposed sed trusts and speculation speculation specula- specula tion Ion on margins margins pledged just pensions pensions pensions pen pen- to disabled veterans was un unequivocally unequivocally unequivocally un- un equivocally for the public schools favored liberal appropriation by congress for tho tha worlds world's fair fall and arraigned the Republican and Democratic Democratic Democratic Dem Dem- parties as being false falsa to the standards reared by the founders A plank favoring the free coinage of silver was defeated by a vote of to When the Farmers alliance convention convention con con- met In St. St Louis in December December December Decem Decem- ber 1889 it adopted a plan of federation federation fed- fed with the Knights of Labor and viewed in a friendly manner the greenback and tho the single tax tat party No opportunity was had fiad to hold a national convention until December 1890 and then one was held In Ocala Florida a. a This conventi convention convention con con- venti on adopted a platform but did not name candidates It demanded the abolition of ot national banks and substitution of legal tender treasury treasury treasury treas treas- ury notes in lieu of national bank banknotes banknotes banknotes notes the tho amount to bo be regulated on a per capita capUa basis favored the free and unlimited coinage of sil silver sll- sll ver opposed alien ownership O of lands demanded that taxation Jl state or national shall not be used to build up one class or Interest at atthe atthe t the expense of another The National Peoples People's convention largely made up of the old greenback greenback green green- back party met in Omaha on July 2 and nominated James B B. B Weaver of Iowa for president and James G. G Field of Virginia for vice president H H. L L. Loucks of Sout tf Dakota was was Vas permanent chairman of ot the con con- It was was was' the first national convention of the tho party and tho representation was Irregular no basis for delegates having been de de- de- de It was In reality a mass convention and the vote cast by Texas was three times as many ballots ballot's as the vote cast by t Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsyl Pennsyl- vania and greater than that cast I by New Kew York |