WASH IV 



813 



'false and slanderous M the charges made b;. 

 Republican Stair < 'otivention again- 

 of Virginia as to tin- n a>ons which actuated the 

 'ly of the State in submitting to (lie 

 le the question of holding a constitutional con- 

 vention, and pointed t the public-school -y.-tein. 

 to the settlement of the public debt, and to tin [ 

 will that exists among all the ditl. 

 sections of the Commonwealth f the 



wisdom of Democnitic rule." Following are the 

 planks concerning the money question : 



" We are for sound money the soundest t hat the 

 world has ever had or can have t: four 



Constitution, the money of the people, the money ( .f 

 civilization through the ages past and destined to 

 be such, as we believe, for 2 >und 



money should consist of silver and gold, and of pa- 

 per redeemable in silver or gold, at the option of 

 the payer, the units of the whole mass to be kept at 

 parity by coinage rights and equal legal-tender 

 functions, the only method by which the parity of 

 the two metals has been continuously and sin 

 fully maintained. 



We hold to the use of both gold and silver as the 

 standard money of the country, and to the coinage 

 of both gold and silver, without discriminating 

 against either metal or charge for mintage. The 

 immediate and complete restoration of the bimetal- 

 lism of money which existed in the United States 

 from 1793 to 1873 is. in our opinion, demanded by 

 the interests of commerce, manufactures, and agri- 

 culture, which are alike suffering from the continu- 

 ous fall of prices, and the consequent eniba: 

 ment or bankruptcy of those engaged therein. And. 

 in order to restore it. we demand the full and un- 

 limited coinage of both silver and gold, at the ratio 

 of 16 to 1. without waiting for the assent or concur- 

 rence of any other nation.'' 



In conclusion, the delegates were instructed "to 

 for the platform declaring for the free and un- 

 limited coinage of silver and gold at the ratio of 16 

 to 1. and for candidates for President and Yice- 

 President who openly advocate that principle." 



A 



: in the form of a minority n-p. .ri froi 



tering ad: : tin DI-M. Vir- 



gin i.. 

 that " tin- present bn-:i 



the 



:oii of our national currency and the ti. 

 ened change in our standard 

 that nsideration of i 



gard for tlie public weal require- an unequr. 

 declaration of our party's portion" with nfi 

 to the money question, and that "the I' 

 party of Virginia stands ready to abide i 

 laratioiis of the national 1 ' 



'its convention soon to a-x-mble in the city of Chi- 

 indicative of the view-, of Virginia 

 :t declared the following: 



"We demand that tin- volume of our CUTP 

 shall be commensurate with the growii,. 

 tion and business development of the country : 

 every dollar of gold and silver put in circulation 

 shall be of equal intrinsic and exchangeable value ; 

 and that the present gold standard of value .-hall 

 be maintained, neither depreciated by legislation. 

 because thereby the earnings of labor ami the pro- 

 ducer would be lowered and creditors defra;. 

 nor so appreciated, because thereby debtors would 

 have their burdens augmented and the value of all 

 forms of wealth except money be great!} 

 We hold to the use of gold and silver.and t! 

 of every dollar of both metals as long as their par- 

 it yean be maintained. We are unalterably op] 

 to the free, independent, and unlimited coinage of 

 silver by this Government at the ratio of 1C> 

 or at any other arbitrary ratio, without an ftg 

 ment with the leading nations of the world in regard 

 to the same." 



The returns of the election gave the result : 



Bryan. 154.700: McKinl- Palmer. 2.1 '20 ; 



'ing. 5.:-5.~)0. Bryan's plurality over McKinley, 



10.341. The Democrats will have a majority of 64 



on joint ballot in the Legislature. 



WiSHINGTON. a Pacific coast State, admitted 

 to the Union Nov. 11, 1889: area. 60.180 square 

 miles. Population, according to the census of 

 o40.:!00. Capital. Olympia. 



Government. The State officers for the year 

 were: Governor, John H. McGraw: Lieutenant 

 Governor, Frank H. Luce: Secretary of State. 

 James H. Price: Treasurer. Ozro A. Bo'wen : Audi- 

 tor. J. K. Frost, succeeding L. R. Grimes, deceased : 

 Attorney-General. William C.Jones: Superintend- 

 ent of Public Instruction. Charles W. Bean; Land 

 Commissioner. William T. Forrest; Acting Adju- 

 tant General. E. C. Mac-Donald : State Printer. 

 Oliver C. White: Secretary of the Board of Health, 

 Dr. George S. Armstrong': Srate Librarian. G. A. 

 Kennedy, succeeding F. T. Gilbert, deceased : Chief 

 Justice. 'John P. Hoyt : Associates. Elmore Scott. 

 II. <>. Dunbar. M. J. Gordon, T. J. Anders; Clerk, 

 C. S. Reinhart : Superior Judge. Mason Irwin : 

 United States Senators. John L. Wilson. Watson C. 

 Squire all Republicans. 



Finances. 'As the legislative sessions ar 

 nial. there was no Treasurer's report for IS'.H!. 

 That for the preceding fiscal year showed a ea-h 

 balance of Silo.oK.^ in the treasury. The total 

 value of real and personal property in the State 

 .'i4.190.377. 



Immigration. In January a State immigration 

 convention was held in Seattle, attended by 200 

 delegates, to formulate a plan for settling the un- 

 occupied lands. A central organization, com; 

 of one member from each county, was provided for, 

 whose duty it is to select from their number 7 j er- 

 sons to form an executive committee that will 

 practically have charge of the work to be done in 

 promoting immigration. They must provide 

 and means and devise methods for attracting the 

 attention of Eastern people to the adv.-;: 

 the State, and must secure cheap transportation by- 

 means of ample rebate- if the hon: 'ties 

 permanently in the State. This executive commit- 

 tee decided to rai<e S-JIHMHI a year. The amount was 

 :'.-Hows: Kins: County. - nth; 

 Pier omish. What- 

 com. and Walla Walla. 100 each : Thurston. Che- 

 halis. Clark. Skagit. Kittitas. Pacific. Whitman. and 

 Yak h: Island County, ^-l 



Harbor Improvements. The sum of *:J2.000 

 !>propriated by for improvement of 



Olympia harbor, this provision being included in 

 the River and Harbor bill, which \- 

 President Cleveland's v. to. The bill al- 

 for a survey of I'es Chutes river at the entrai. 

 Olympia harbor, with a view to its improvement. 



