Show ci 0 I JUST HISTORY I IBy 1 By J ALBERT F. F PHILIPS J f The Peoples People's party was again in evidence during the campaign of l 1000 OO the national convention of the tho party part being held In Sioux Tails Fails S S. S. S D D. on May 9 and 10 The Tue chairman chairman chairman chair chair- committee was wiS man of the national Marion Marlon C C. C Butler of or North Caro Caro- lina A A. J. J Edgerton of or Colorado was secretary The national committee committee com corn recommended P. P M M. Ringdale Ringdale Ring Ring- dale of Minnesota as temporary chairman of the convention and Thomas M. M r J Patterson of Colorado for permanent chairman and the recommendation was approved The convention w was s made up of delegates several of them be being being being be- be ing women but the delegations dId cid Id not represent all the tho states and territories les several not attending or sending delegates Jho rho convention se set se tho the example for Utah In the sending of w women men delegates the Democrats of Utah sending Mrs Joseph Coen Coon to the national conventi convention con j held in Kansas Kansas Kan Kan- venti On of that party party- sas City in July It was the first instance where women were dele dele- delegates delegates gates to partisan national conven conven- In the Sioux Falls convention convention convention conven conven- tion the delegates present Vere were permitted to cast the tho entire Vote ote to which their states were entitled BRYAN WINS EASILY I The Tho nomination of pr Bryan Dryan was a foregone conclusion and his nomination nomination nom nom- nom was by acclamation For Tor vice 1 president re ident there was a spirited contest and finally Charles A A. A. A Towne of Minnesota was named by acclamation In the tho preamble to the platform the convention congratulated the party supporters throughout the country on the wide extension of its principles reaffirmed its ad adherence adherence ad- ad to the fundamental principles principles prin prin- proclaimed in its two prior platforms and to tho I country a platt platform rn in which it I denounced the gold standard act and a number of other things Said the platform We uWe denounce the act of or March 14 1900 as the culmination of along a along along long series of ot conspiracies to de deprive deprive deprive de- de the p people le of their constitutional constitutional constitutional rights over the money of Jf the nation and relegate te to a gi gigantic i i- i gantic money trust the control of the purse and hence of the people we also denounce this act first for making all aU money obligations domestic and foreign payable in ingold ingold ingold gold coin or its equivalent thus enormously increasing the burdens of the debtors deb and enriching the creditors I I I I n n REFUNDING SCORED Six other reasons for the de denunciation denunciation do- do were given including the refunding of coin bonds for foi taking from the treasury 50 in time of war and presenting it t to bondholders for doubling the capital capital capital cap cap- ital of bankers by to them the face value of their bonds In current money notes for allowing allowing allowing allow allow- ing banks banIs to expand and contract their currency at pleasure foi tor authorizing au authorizing authorizing au au- the secretary of the treasury treasury treasury trea trea- sury to issue new gold bonds to an unlimited amount and for striking down the greenback in order to force the people to to- borrow from the banks at an annual cost of over as this law opens the mints of at th the treasury to the free c coinage inage ort bank bani paper paper mone money r Reaffirmation was was declared of the demand for the opening of or the mints of the United States to the free tree and unlimited coinage of eliver silver ell eller eli sil- ver er and gold at the ratio Of 16 to 1 and the Immediate Increase in the volume of silver sliver coins and certificates certificates certificates to be substituted dollar doHar for dollar for bank notes issued by private corporations I POSTAL BANKS WANTED A graduated income and Inheritance Inheritance inheritance Inherit Inherit- ance tax was demanded and the establishment of postal savings banks Enforcement of the original original original inal homestead law was demanded as was government ownership of the railroads as also that ownership ownership ownership owner owner- ship of or and anti control of trusts the I latter to be assumed by the people Direct legislation was demanded giving the people the initiative and referendum Conduct of the administration in the Philippines was denounced also as was the same with Porto Rico The administration was also denounced for Lor its us military mnary policy Sympathy for Lor its us military mnary policy Sympathy was extended the Boers Doers The state government of Idaho I and the federal government were denounced for employing the military military mili mill tary arm of the government to abridge the rights of tIle the people and enforcing a permit system Exclusion Exclusion sion slon of Chinese and Japanese from the country was promised and ownership of municipal public utilities was recommended Issuing Issuing Issuing ing of injunctions in disputes between between between be be- tween employers and was condemned Direct vote voie for senators senators sena sena- senators tors as all other officials was demanded and coercion and in intimidation in- in at the polls was de denounced denounced de- de denounced while home rule in the territories was fa favored voted as was the there re led tape methods pursued in the pension department This was the platform upon which the Peoples People's party asked ed the suffrage of ot the country In the year jear ear 1900 |