Show I I THE nf DEMOCRATIC fM CRA TIC If i I PLATfORM subCommittee Favored Gold Plank Which t Was Finally Rejected by lIy Committee on Resolutions HAS NAS AN ANTI PLANK faou a 3 Wise utilise and Conservative Hc Ke Kelon Generous talon lon of the ShIp Subsidies JulY The nub com Louts Loui ft st committee on resolutions ot of the until 6 In tiny dilY th the c went pent the details or ot the Demo Democratic Perfecting concluding at al t hour cratic crat platform adoption of ot tho Iho gold Kold stand standard the plank voted on The Tho ard rj Plan plank of ot Mr and absence enco during daring tho the and mul tho the bal ballot ballot William la email Con votes ballot tood 7 to 3 the tho lot lot t hy Me Daniel Hill obit Cubic Poo and 1 11 a n stern limn votes voteR by h Shiveley and md ad nd the understanding was wan wanti Ne The I and Williams II If M rs Bryan ti that t they would l ve east cast hid had b help n prevent present nent thus bring bringing totes M tM In tho their opposition to 6 t When the plat pint ing mB th the before the tho whop committee f came mf KO plank was rejected The up of ot tho the plunk precipitated a 1 subcommittee t tP br 7 the debate In which most moat of or tho limn members harp participated Senator opposed it d most vigorously Ho Ito ad nittel the lh Increase In the pro Iro production pron of or gold hud had had tho the effect of oC supply of or money creating a needs but unit said that present for lor nr the of or tho metals Is Isto hI output to 10 as to 10 render It un I and argued that whilo the tho preterit present supply may IMy Ira 1 e to III It I I can ot tM nIl in t the 1111 nit Olt I b d Upon llon permanently Dan DanIels Senator Hi Ip was ni Ins repined railed r to by lei ml II I r Hill lilli wIlD who recognizes contended hU I the the Hill plank presented recognizes ad Ithe theory theor nt ot money the and tind andIran unit by the tho Democratic party Iran Irom rum this point drew the conclusion that the tho In Is not Inconsistent former pronouncements on tha tho t Mu h interest was nn manifested In the tho thool which Bena Renn Benator upon polygamy ol Ramy tar tor presented u n I plank and anil while It was u duel dim ussel UEs l nt III pome some Ion length nth It was la to the tho tb end accepted n without change Ii li Is Ii as follows tollos We Vc demand the extermination of tit within the tho Jurisdiction of ot tho and the th linn of ot and state In political af nt film airs Tha antitrust tariff and other Im mm Or were w ro earnestly debated and ind liberally amended nm nd d that nut an us pre int d 1 they WHO were w ero generally satisfactory to nil all the tho members of ot tho the sub t II r An As agreed upon by tho the sub com o the t text t of ot the platform rel rol relit rolS nS it S TI OF or PLATFORM V the deli gates of the tart lorI of t If le I l jilted d States In national un nd n m declare our do lo lion Inn to 10 the essential c principles of or the lorl tt faith which brings us to Inner in party arty communion I der them lo mi ems national unity and prosperity Noro i sk Ik x 1 They he our lei the tho turo of or our tree fre T f I bill and c e cry i rj r Democratic i i i J him rim om Louisiana to California and im to which preserved In to all nil the tho states slates the tho tie lie be bo bow w n and representation hey yet It Inspire In pre the masses of or our pen peo IK tit guarding jealously their rights Md and Id liberties and cherishing their fra fraternity pram praco If arc out and orderly develop writ rent It t They remind f us of or our duties Ml lad nd as ns citizens and Im IMS upon us particularly nt lit this thin time Ik of 01 reform and 1111 tho the rescue the administration ot of government tam from the Ibe headstrong hen arbitrary and methods which bus lew us es by uncertainty anti and lle the I mind with dread distrust lIst rust and IO n 11 The anon of or these fundamental M ta the living of or the tho thor day r the list first step stell toward th the assured ponce pence safety and progress of t our nation Freedom of o tho the press ot of l of ot of ot speech Mart before the ins of ot all citizens tho the right of l t l III lei bv hI Jury Jun freedom of or tho the person b by tic the writ of ot habeas corpus liberty of ot contract r I 1 b sumptuary lows laH the fr r ot tho lUl Her the tho military a 1 d I the of 01 and und state slate economy In iii oc II J low taxes that labor mil ti hi lightly burdened tho the prompt end acid fd fulfillment ot or Ills his private tit II ens 11 fidelity to pencil mid t t ip with nil nations iu tes with nole rec 11 e iti In the 1111 will of tit tho majority tho the aJ Ipie of ot are 11 ta I 1 Democracy T has hal os es ns 01 of tho the nation sad they then II bo ho Invoked invoiced preached d resorted to tn and andl enforce le be 11 I l TRI mgr readily made In ln the annual expenditure of ot the th t ll without in Impairing ii n the them m hn y 1 or of any brunch of tho the public entice and we shall hn Insist upon I the tho o or tell F e and ml frugality com r hi vigorous and anti naval tra trant ton tion to M be e Ud is denied II ft right or nt ot withheld the th too fo clear In n Ip the ond The hll or of r honesty Herre i alu through log IOK rr ntA o e I nf ot those tho o depart l P rr the 0 already II all 10 with 1 crr Pt hS his wIll well b bang ntH u of or her har harn the tit of n nm fur lur er ar laser without or rc regard r to persons ot the Iral I nl refusal thes to l 1 house h tt o f mt h Jr Such to bo ho boM d 1 of n oily the Ille only 11 y n change In rah rUh complete and aM exposure lit of b ho hll ob oh The Th should not hunt ot trite tn to lie 1 b by entering M II is IA With trusts or In III restraint of trio l i 1 lc W Wo We nf nl If that rim h b 11 ono one st Im r of oC procuring Olm I 1110 b In econ econn n the t to horn hll public service pen rles j puNic retUrn turn as an asto of nt nil 11 II bl to Jl 1 A Tn j 1 i ln I MN MAN Fan l NT Thu Wc Cr rt nr favor the Iho II 11 Illation I 11 and or of limn president t trained In the tho h f who shall hl p fon Mon Inns tunc futi wn V under thor t Yelled Of Ue exe the tho guise KUlse utne utie rn of ot I laws or whether It II take refuge In the i assertion of or superior wisdom TARIFF QUESTION Fourth The Democratic I emo party has been and will continue to b ho he r tho the con consistent opponent t of or that class clus of or legislation by hy which certain Individuals have havo been permitted through congressional favor tavor to draw n II heavy henvy tribute from mono the American people This mon monstrous monstrous trous perversion II of or those equal op opportunities which our Institutions Institution were established to secure Iun has ban unused caused what may once ones been beell Infant Industries to become the greatest great Nt combinations of or orI I that the tho world wor has hns over ever known These rhese publicly favored enterprises have been converted Into monopolies thus bringing to nil nn end domestic competition flan tion which teas tho mho only check upon the tho extravagant made possible by It the tho protective sy system tem These In Industrial In Industrial combinations by the they can give now control the policy of limo tho 1 Republican part party WISH REVISION m lAION FAVORED I Wo Wa 11 favor a II wise conservative tint nn businesslike hu revision 1101 a n re me reduction reo of or the tariff by tho the friends nf or orthe the tho o for tor the tho commonwealth t tand and nn pot not ot by II the thA friends of ot Its abuses Its HH am nail Its It II discriminations disc keening Jn In viol view the ultimate end lId of ot eq ul y of lit hardens l and equality ot or opportunities and nn tho the constitutional purpose Of or raising n a revenue by taxa taxation line tion to 10 wit The support of ot tho the fed led real government In III nil all r ll Its Integrity and virility mid keeping also ullo In III view exist existing leg ing conditions n however wrongfully mistakenly ml or unjustly brought about rind and the tho danger to the cause of ot tariff reform twit Itself I of ot abrupt abruN reversal of or polIcy pol 1101 policy icy Ic Wo WI should hear bear In mind In short these t to two vo things First the tho general that the tho solo folo deviation of the tho power of o taxation Is III the tho support of 01 tho the federal government economically ef of and constitutionally and Ind second tin tho equal truth that In III tho tin assertion of o any an general pried principle pie Ile and In righting any an ultimate end elul however sacred old nil logically una old able duo due regard must trust nod should bo be paid to actually existing conditions Wo Re favor the reduction of ot tariff tax taxation lotion atlon upon articles to tho the point whom where foreign competition COlli petition unity may enter the flue American market when whenever whenever whenever ever trusts and combines seeking mo monopoly raise e their prices to the Amerl Ameri American can consumer n 1 reasonable rell nm and lust just profit by such Buch reduction depriving ing ti trusts and monopolies of or the power to extort from the American people under tatter shelter of ot American law 1111 prices higher that than those charged foreigners for tor Identical articles QUESTION QUI STION The discoveries of ot gold Kold within tho the past few fell years and the tho great Krent Increase In tn the production thereof thereat adding two thousand million dollars to the worlds supply of which seven coven hundred mil null millions lions falls to tho the share of ot the tho United d slates tins has contributed l to the main maintenance of ot a a money standard of ot value no longer open to 10 question quest lon removing the Issue suo from the tho field of or political con COli contention conten ten lion The committee on resolution BubKe subsequently eliminated this tills plank PANAMA CANAL ANAl Our party having long and earnestly advocated the construction of ot an Inter oceanic o canal for tor tho the purpose of or na nil national und and commerce between the stales MaIeR and with foreign nation we favor 01 the early efly completion of the tho Isthmian Isthmian mian canal But Dut while 1 making this declaration and accepting the results as 1111 an accomplished fact we cannot Annot loo forcibly express our disapproval of ot thelt the lt methods by b which tho the canal route hut has been acquired or too solemnly record our hope that this precedent Ir of or defiant I diplomacy may never be bo used against UH us to our humiliation and Injury i TRUSTS AND We that tho the gigantic trusts and aul combinations designed to to secUre more that than Its It just share shull of ot tho Just product of capital and labor and which have been heen fostered and promoted under tinder Republican rule rulo are a 1 menace to beneficial competition Lund an nn obstacle to 10 permanent prosper prosperity ity We demand the tho vigorous and Impartial enforcement of or tho the laws lawn In ws already ul re 11 made node to prevent and control such Much Musts and combinations nod wo we favor talor such nuch further legislation In restraint thereof as aA experience shows to bo be i necessary Corporations chartered by authority of ot the tho people must remain forever sub subject subject Jeet to regulation m In the Iho Interest of tho tim people RIGHTS OF CAPITAL CAPITALA A private monopoly Is Indefensible and Intolerable Wo We recognize tho the right of ot capital In all nil legitimate lines pines of or enterprise to combine for the In Inert increase ert crease of o business for enlarging capacity nod for decreasing the cost of or production but when such luch combination In Its purpose or effect create or tends to create a II monopoly In Its productions to restrain trade or orto orto to tn sUllo stifle competition to Increase cost CONt to tho the consumer or to control the tho mar market market ket It tt violates violate the tho spirit of ot our laws lawn In becomes Inimical to the public welfare and peace should be BO so regulated cot con controlled trolled or prohibited by law hail ns liS to tu limply amply protect the public nubile Interests Wo io demand that the restraint of ot such Illegal combinations bo ho 1 0 entrusted to tho the Democratic party arty which Is not responsible sible for their their existence end 1111 1 which II hits hM user 0 er protested against their continuance ance Wo We condemn the Republican system of ot legislation under which trust mo monopolies are enabled to exert exact higher prices for tor their manufactured products from our own oln hoopla than they the sell seU them for or abroad We Wo defined nil nu of the powers of ot the Interstate commerce commission lon to 10 the tho end cud that the travel travelIng lug Ing public nubile and shippers of ot this coun country country try may have 1111 prompt and adequate toilet for tor till thin abuses they ar are ArA subjected In In the tha platter matter ot of transportation Wo w favor Inver tho the maintenance of ot the tM Monroe doctrine in Its full tull Integrity We fa favor or n liberal trade treaty treat with Canada REDUCTION OP Ol ARMY AU I IWo Wo We favor the reduction of or the tha army end of ot urmy army expenditure to the point historically demonstrated to 10 be safo WP WI favor faor the tho maintenance and lib liberal oral eral Increase of III the navy as ns our best defense In our Isolated continental condition a eldest a 1 foreign foe top aid a n source of nt no possible danger to the tho liberties lib 1111 of or our null people We Re favor the pie enactment null adminis administration of ot laws giving labor and capital capitol Impartially their Just Ju t rights Capital and labor ought not lIot to he be enemies Each Is necessary parr to time the other Each och lane has Its rights but hut the rights of ot labor are certainly no lets less vested no less snored and no less Inalienable than the Iho rights rl of ot capital PROTECTION OF or ITI I NH We pledge ledge ourselves to 10 Insist upon the just aiM add lilt lawful protection of or our rill citi citizens z zens ns nt at home on I Abroad and to ln use all proper to lu secure for Cor them whether native born or Ir naturalized nn 1 without distinction of ot tare race or creed the tho actual protection of ot laws lasts and A 1111 the tho en Ill of or nil alt rights old and privileges pen vIen to them under tho the covenants covenant of or our treaties t of ot curd com 1011 commerce merce and If Ir under colder existing treaties the tho right of ot travel truel and sojourn IH is d to American Amerlan citizens ens or recognition Is IH withheld from American passports by h any luny country countr on the Iho ground of or moire men or need creed we use favor the beginning I pets Horn with the governments R of or such uch countries to secure by II new lIe t treaties rent leu the removal of or these unjust discriminations OI PENSIONS II L A OBED The rhe Democracy would secure to tho the surviving soldiers mud sailors rued their dependents generous pensions Pint not by hy byan byan an nn arbitrary executive order Imler but by legislation which a n grateful people stand ready to enact Our soldiers and 1 sailors who defend with their IKea Ives the Constitution and moil the laws s have hae a n sao sac sacred I Ired red Interest In their Just administration I IThe They The must therefore share with UH us the tile humiliation with Ith which wu 10 have havo wit n nell en ml the tho exaltation ot or court favorites ts without distinguished service over the scarred heroes of or ninny tunny battles lief or as ng by executive appropriations out of ot limo tho treasuries of ot n II prosperous people In of ot the net act nf ot Con COil gress which w fixes limn compensation urn and ancl allowances of or the tho military Shill HUll BILl HILL DENOUNCED Wo Vo Ve denounce the Ihu ship phlp subsidy uJ IJ blip bill re 10 recently coolly passed 11 by h the tho United as M |