Show THE resolutions nicaragua canal aaion demanded changes in the national banking system A silver plank put in to draw the votes republican party generally denounced CHICAGO jane june 21 the committee on resolutions met during the afternoon the Rna canal committee consisting of Kicara archer reber california chairman george L converse of ohio S if ll awkins of georgia EL 13 F graam of illinois henry D pierce of indiana appeared before the committee on resolutions during the evening and argued for the adoption of the following plank we recognize the monroe doctrine as embracing a cardinal principle of f the de democratic m socratic party and I 1 iu I 1 siet m upon lo 10 it its 3 e enforcement n fo whenever circumstances in may require and to secure tacay the end for both defence and co commerce min erce alik alike e we demand ma it d that the t lie nicaragua canal be built with american money and absolutely controlled by the united states tion of the work wi will 11 bo the greatest achievement of the age in assing in importance port anee the suez canal IF wo favor such ga governmental vern mental aid surrounded by every proper safeguard as will the above object and the speedy completion of the work judge lawrence archer of california Califor uia chairman of the tile legislative committee of the recent nicaragua national convention made an all invincible argument before the committee on resolutions ho ile said we appear er b before fore you gentlemen of th the 0 committee in behalf of the nicaragua canal Wea we are rethe the coni committee mUtee I 1 appointed 1 by the convention held in st louis als that convention had representatives senta tives from nearly all the stat states es delre buthe a h union it was the deliberate opinion of that convention that the project of building the nicaragua canal was feasible a at a cost less than a hundred million dollars the opinion was based upon surveys and experiments made by competent en engineers eer odthe of the united states state s it t was regarded car Z as a measure of de defense fens it in case age of war br bringing by deep ee water ill the e pacific coast so near to tate ane gif gulf M and ill the atlantic coasts I 1 regarded Legar ded equally as a ill matter atter of commerce it ie is proper that the te united states should give the project its aid and slid have governmental cover gover mental control of it other capital will be abed and the control thereof may fall into the hands of some seine other power thing to which the united states could not and would not submit A committee similar to this was appointed to appear before the national republican publican ife convention at minnea minneapolis that convention inserted a resin resolution on the subject in the tile platform and we want to as ask k for so in ething more and better than that t an and have therefore ventured to a nw u epand and present to your cossident cons aaion t the le resolution which I 1 have hare just submitted A number of resolutions on the tariff and silver questions were introduced tentative enta tive bacon of new york handed in ili one which was end endorsed orbed by the democratic members of the committee on banks and banking of the house of tives lives it declared the national banking system under existing laws and partly by reason ortho of the diminished amount and and increased price of national bonds had become inadequate to the needs of the people and fledging pledging the democratic party to av such an a alteration 6 te ration of the laws relating to banking as will affa ord all localities an all opportunity fort port unity nit to all supply t themselves emse yes w with t i adequate ee 1 I t banking n i ng facilities aci aties and safe elastic and pr e r currency e ten ago ow worlds r I 1 ds fair was the subject ofa of a lively discussion before the tile resolutions committee this evening several gentlemen gentlemen prominently connected with the exposition appeared before the committee and argued extensively for the adoption of a plank in the platform favoring the just recognition and a substantial appropriation privation pria tion for the worlds fair ani among on those who spoke on the subject were I 1 hon on john P altgeld the democratic tie nominee for governor of illinois lion lyman J aa gage ex president went of no the worlds CON columbian elbl an exposition president W T baker of the tile local loca I 1 directory congressman 0 aurborn Dur born chairman of the worlds columbian ex exposition 0 n committee of the national house so of representatives and to the surprise of many gov flower of new york who has been in the past somewhat opposed to the project it was near midnight before the platform committee adjourned and then their labors were far for from complete A draft submitted by C 11 II jones of st louis was twice taken take i up and considered with amendments and substitutes s im innumerable finally the committee resigned the matter to a subcommittee of nine consisting of jones of missouri vilas ol 01 of wisconsin daniel of virginia thompson of california russell virgnia of massachusetts patterson of colorado lorado bayard of delaware mcpherson ef of new jersey sewell of maine the sub com cittee is instructed to report the result to the full committee at 10 0 clock tomorrow to morrow the protracted sitting beginning with bet hearing the worlds fair and I 1 nicaragua taing call canal ad advocates vacates was under the tile chairmanship all of lion ifon 0 0 11 II jones of st louis lie ile succeeded ex secretary of state bayard as presiding officer at the tile suggestion of mr bayard himself it was said mr Clev elands ex postmaster general dickinson of Mi michigan elligan had pe personally br recommended that mr jones be thus honored and this with the fact that the tile missourian was known to have given the tile subject of the platform a careful study made the propriety of his selection apparent the interest centered chiefly on with silver don di dickinson entrusted to the michi michigan an representative a plank which wai was un understood f 0 to O r represent besent the most liberal ideal ideas that co could u 1 ear b be to by the supporters of cleveland it favored a bileta bimetallic lie standard a rd a and 11 d 0 opposed 1 bcd any discrimination in favor fa vor ofelt of either t er metal or placing any burden u upon either it omitted the mention of free frenn coinage 0 inage the silver caucus men had three separate planks batzing varying in their radical nature of chic which h they ey e proposed to get into the platform the tile strongest the committee would stand chairman in a n jones silver plank was said to be an contrived compromise beclar ine inix in favor of an all honest dollar and conceded to the silver sentiment all aff that the did in the minneapolis platform the plank was expressively summed up by daniel of virginia as shining in n be several veral directions the woman suffragists i ats I 1 by susan 13 anthony authony I 1 liev e ev Olymp olymphia his brown and others were given a bearing and the addresses and memorials memorial s which were ignored by tho the plat platform forni committee of the ite publican lican convention were presented publican gub essers do dowing w ing of new york and christian of P pennsylvania enn sylvania two prominent colored men li pleaded leaded lor a plank plink cisar pro i a mot b law T the h eki mississippi 1 ip p 1 river strong sp supporters who urged the adoption ora of a plank plan which is in a lyrean great me measure asuro a reformation of the plank in the democratic pl platform the anti convict vict and antt anti 1 I imported ampo arted ia labor planks were also placed before the committee immediately after the hearings chairman jones presented the platform prepared in detail I 1 for the consideration of I 1 I 1 I 1 u 11 I 1 e E I 1 the committee it seemed to meet the approval of the committee the preamble arraigns the Ite republican publican party for centralization 0 of power in the e handsol hands of a favorite avor lie few and denounces denounces the th e force bill and and the means by which it is sought to maintain the I 1 republican publican te party in power by the suppression of the free and honest will of e expressed pressed at the ballot box we favor tg the reform of tariff saya say the platform and the reduction of import duties to a revenue basis with protection only to such industries as require it for the protection of american workingmen on the tile financial nacial fi question the platform says wo we denounce the Sherman law of jays lax and demand its unconditional repeal we favor free coinage of both gold and at sll iver iyer on such a basis as will maintain two metals on oil a parity with each other we denounce all the and combinations which have grown up and been fostered under the pernicious and class legislation of tho the republican publican Ite party and demand their regulation or suppression by legislation we congratulate the democratic party for the modern and more efficient navy which had birth under thelast the last democratic ocra tle and we favor all appropriations necessary for a reasonable 0 increase and proper maintenance of the th e navy and for the protection of our seaboard L ea boam we denounce the policy of the republican party which by the oppression of legislation resulted in the aad gradual impoverishment of the farmer a and arraign the Ite republican publican party as an enemy to the a agricultural ri cultural classes as welin well na an iced mor labor we reaffirm affirm ra the he old time I 1 democrat em doctrine of reciprocal trade in relations with foreign powers and denounce the reciprocity pretensions of the republican republic c party arty as a s subterfuge d designed i ed t to I 1 I 1 in mislead I 1 I 1 aap an and d decel deceive ve 21 the tile pint platform T 1 I declares th the e present administration in foreign relations re la t i us to bo be the oppressor of the weak and truckles trickles tru ckles to the powerful on the school quention quee tion the platform P aa ta 0 says we commend the tile common 0 school h 0 1 l system which had find birth under the the democratic administration and stood the test of many years of practical Tactical operation operation and declare in favor 0 oi Ft the e freedom freedo in of education uca and for the right of apparent to control and teachings teach teaching the child which is necessary necee eary to the mal maintenance cenance of civil and religious liberty there seems little doubt that the resolutions will be incorporated in the platform either literally or in substance ita its natural interpretation as a denunciation of the tile past republican legislation in the stat states es of I 1 illinois I 1 and wisconsin is relied upon as an effective means of attracting apon t the e lutheran and other sectarian votee votes in those states it is quite probable that the lie financial plank by chairman jones on the th e platform will be somewhat modified and the committee will receive it with favor the fellow follo whir inc resolution was today to day adopted by a conference of the silver states delegations eions and introduced in the committee by one of their re representatives r es e nta tives we denounce the he demo D ef za i of ell ver by fraudulent legislation of the republican congress in 1878 as its a crime against a a I 1 n at the people and one of a long line of 01 acts by which that party has systematically taken the money and the property of the country from the producers and toilers boilers for the benefit of capitalists and the creditor classes we therefore demand the immediate repeal of all laws discriminating against the tile coinage of silver on an equality it with gold and demand the restoration or of silver allver to the position and full legal leal statue status occupied by it from the foundation odthe of the government AIL it klo monet iza tion 11 on the call of members f for or suggestions various additional resolutions were introduced one demands the repeal of I 1 10 0 per cent of the tax on oil state banks in ili order to enable the institution institutions to compete with the national banks and another disposes of the vexed vestion question of liquor legislation as follows we ve denounce the resort to unconstitutional laws in several states for the purpose of suppressing evils by interfering with the rights of t the I 1 ie people which they have not surrendered to either state or national government the following resolution presented ted by a committee of colored men is likely to be one of those reported by the tile committee as its adoption is generally favored by the sout southern 11 ern members we declare in favor of equal rights of all citizens to protection under the laws from violent punishment for crimes charged cl I 1 half a dozen T worlds kd fair planks were r introduced in addition to the one presented by b the tile worlds fair delegation the hatch anti option bill was approved and its passage urged it in a resolution presented by garard of georgia georgi a and a another er southern member threw out the flag of truce to the peoples larty party by con granulating r agui abing the farmer farmers alliance and afi d farmers fa r me r 8 organizations generally for their victorious victoriou a assaults ill in several suites states upon the republican par party fielder of new mexico ico presented the following resolution on oil the tile financial q question beg and it was referred to a sub commit co it tee with instructions to consider it together with one contained in chairman joness platform and the resolution presented by the silver states we believe gold and anzi silver to be the metal money of the constitution and denounce the e tiza tion of silver by the He republican publican party and demand the enactment reenactment re of the laws which maintained the parity of gold and silver at our min mints to for eighty years ear 11 the they platform of chairman jones lone as approved 1 roved by the committee and the above ove additional pd a d dional resolutions which wh tell were received w with th favor we were r e I 1 referred to a sub aub commit orun ito to tee of nine with th I 1 instructions r t to r revise v I 1 S an and rai I 1 report rt for the approval p y I 1 of the who whole I 1 committee in tte at 10 tomorrow too to morrow |