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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 



Senator Pettigrew, of South Dakota. 



Delegates Cleveland and St rot her, of Nevada. 



Senator Dubois, and the entire delegation from 

 Utah. 



Senator Teller, and the entire delegation from 

 Colorado. 



They carried with them the standard marking 

 their position in the hall. The total number of 

 those who retired from the Convention was 21, in- 

 cluding 4 Senators and 2 Representatives. As they 

 marched out the band played " Columbia," and the 

 remaining delegates sang, all standing, spectators 

 joining in. 



After order had been restored, Senator Mantle, 

 a nonbolting delegate from Montana, spoke from 

 his place in the hall. He announced that although 

 he and his delegation intended to remain, they, in 

 the name of the Republicans of Montana, must pro- 

 test against the financial plank adopted, which they 

 could not accept, indorse, or support, and the dele- 

 gation would reserve the right to accept or reject 

 the platform and the candidates. Senator Brown, 

 of Utah, 3 of whose delegates had withdrawn, ex- 

 plained their reasons for withdrawal and secured 

 permission to seat 3 alternates. His speech also 

 contained a protest against the adopted financial 

 plank, but added a declaration that if he could not 

 support the platform on the " sound money " issue, 

 he could at any rate aid in securing protection for 

 home industries. 



a One vote for J. D. Cameron. b 24 delegates absent. 

 Total vote of the convention, 922; necessary to a choice, 

 462. 



Then came the nominations of presidential can- 

 didates, John L. Baldwin, of Council Bluffs, la., 

 named William B. Allison. Senator Henry Cabot 

 Lodge, of Massachusetts, placed Thomas B. Reed, 

 of Maine, in nomination. Chauncey M. Depew, of 

 New York, named Gov. Levi P. Morton, of that 

 State. Ex-Gov. Foraker, of Ohio, namnl William 

 McKinley, of Ohio, and Chairman Thurston sec- 

 onded the nomination. 



Gov. Hastings, of Pennsylvania, named Senator 

 Quay, of that State. The voting on the nomination 

 for President was as in the preceding table. 



The motion to proceed with the nomination of 

 Vice-President was made by Senator Lodge. Gar- 

 ret Augustus Hobart, of New Jersey, received 53:>$ 

 votes ; H. Clay Evans, of Tennessee, 277-J- ; Morgan 

 G. Bulkeley, of Connecticut, 39; James A. Walker, 

 of Virginia, 24 ; Gov. Lippitts, of Rhode Island, 8 ; 

 Chauncey M. Depew, of New York, 3 ; Thomas B. 

 Reed, of Maine, 3 ; Senator Thurston. of Nebraska, 

 2 ; Frederick D. Grant, of New York, 2 ; Levi P. 

 Morton, of New York. 1. 



Democratic Convention. The Democratic Na- 

 tional Convention was held at Chicago, 111., on July 

 7, 8, 9, and 10. The proceedings were opened by 

 Chairman Harrity, of the Democratic National Com- 

 mittee. Prayer was offered by Rev. E. M. Stires, of 

 ( J race Episcopal Church. The Chairman announced 

 Senator David B. Hill, of New York, as the selection 

 of the National Committee for tempoi'ary chairman. 

 Committeeman Clayton, of Alabama, promptly pre- 

 sented a minority report from the advocates of sil- 

 ver, naming J. W. Daniel, of Virginia, for the post 

 of temporary chairman. On the vote of States, Dan- 

 iel was accorded the chair, thus placing the conven- 

 tion under the control of the Silver and Populist 

 delegates. Carrying out their programme, Senator 

 White, of California, was made permanent chair- 

 man. The platform, containing a silver plank, was 

 read by Senator J. K. Jones, of Arkansas. It was 

 as follows : 



We, the Democrats of the United States in National 

 Convention assembled, do reaffirm our allegiance to those 

 great essential principles of justice and liberty upon 

 which our institutions are founded, and which the Demo- 

 cratic party has advocated from Jelferson's time to our 

 own freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom 

 of conscience, the preservation of personal rights, the 

 equality of all citizens before the law, and the faithful 

 observance of constitutional limitations. 



During all these years the Democratic party has re- 

 sisted the tendency of selfish interests to the centraliza- 

 tion of governmental "power, and steadfastly maintained 

 the integrity of the dual scheme of government estab- 

 lished by the founders of this republic of republics. Un- 

 der its guidance and teachings the great principle ot 

 local self-government has found its best expression in the 

 maintenance of the rights of the States, and in its asser- 

 tion of the necessity of confining the General Govern- 

 ment to the exercise of powers granted by the Constitu- 

 tion of the United States. 



The Constitution of the United States guarantees to 

 every citizen the rights of civil and religious liberty. 

 The 'Democratic party has always been the exponent of 

 political liberty and religious freedom, and it renews its 

 obligations _and reaffirms its devotion to these funda- 

 mental principles of the Constitution. 



finance. Kecognizing that the money question is para- 

 mount to all others at this time, we invite attention to the 

 fact that the Constitution names silver and gold together 

 as the money metals of the United States, and that the 

 first coinage law passed by Congress under the Constitu- 

 tion made the silver dollar the money unit of value, and 

 admitted gold to fjree coinage at a ratio based upon the 

 silver-dolfar unit. 



We declare that the act of 1873 demonetizing silver 

 without the knowledge or approval of the American 

 people has resulted in the appreciation of gold, and a cor- 

 responding fall in the prices of commodities produced by 

 the people ; a heavy increase in the burden of taxation 

 and of all debts public and private; the enrichment of 



