The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-06-03
PROCEEDINGS
PROCEEDINGS
THE
DtMOCRATC STATE CONVENTION,

temporary Chairman, and Hon VIM. Hop,
klns acted as permanent President. The
following were the nominations, with first
ballot, for Auditor General A D. Mark
| ley, of Bucks, IS; VIM. McCandless. of
Philadelphia, q Ii. D. Neiman, of North,
ampton, %; +. M. Crane, of Wayne. 10;
| Geo. w. Skinner. of Franklin, 25 ; S. 7,
| Shugert, of Centre, 81. On first ballot Crane
was withdrawn on second Neiman. and on
| third Skinner. On fourth ballot Markley
had 80 votes, Wn. McCandless 10, and Sbu
/ gert 10. MoCandless was declared elected
/ and the nomination was made unanimous.
| The following was the result Of the first
ballot for Surveyor General Geo. Sander
/ son, 10 Edward White. 8 5; j. J. Spicer. S
! w. Donnelly, 27 H. Stewart Wilson. SO
w L. Pauley. 8; John A. Morrison, Is
/ Thomas ., Brooks, . !; Samuel Keterman. l:
j. IL. Cooper, Is; w. Serwell, 3. On third
! ballot the candidates were narrowed down
| to-Wilson. q; Donrelly, AZ; Cooper "a
I On fourth ballot the vote stood Donuellv
/ 90, Cooper II. Cooper was thereupon de
ca ei elected and the nomination was made
unanimous.
The following resolutions were reported
and adopted unanimously, except the ninth.
which, after discussion. was adopted by
vote of yeas 76; nays 81:
l. ResOlred, That the Democratic party is
IN favor OF revising and amending the Con-
stItution Of the State, and, recognizing the
right Of the people to be fully heard on
subject so vital to their interests. they do
| hereby endorse the course of Democratic
members of the Legislature, in favor Of sub
mlttlng at the next general election the dues
| ton whether or not State convention should
| be called for that purpose.
z. ItsSOtrcd. That the persistent refusal of
the SePubiican party in the Legislature to
consent TO proper modification Of those
| provisions of she registry act relating to the
| city OF Philadelphia by which at least one
! half of the electors Of that city are utterly
deprived Of representation in the election
boards, and fraudulent election returns, for
gerry and murder encouraged. must be con-
demned by every just man and ought to be
rebuked by the ballot of every upright citi-
zen.
8. Resolred, That the action Of the Demo-
/ cratic majority Of the Senate Of Pennsylva-
MIA upon the apporIicnment bill and the
! Philadelphia registry law meets our urqual-
/ flied endorsement, and ought to receive the
/ appreciation of every citizen who values fair
| representation and pure elections
4. ReSOtre6, That the force and bavouet
bills recently enacted by Congress are gross
attacks upon the reserved rights Of the States,
destructive Of the elemental principles of
civil liberty, intolerable to free people.
centraliziug in tendency, and should be forth
with repealed.
5. Rcsoicsd, That the language of Senator
| Carl ShurZ, iD his St. Louis speech, wherein
he says: 81 consider it one of the most press
| ing needs of our day that we should return
to the sound practice of constitutional gov
ernment. The safeguards of our common
l iubt r. nd ,,aI -,
tuition are toe sacred and valuable boon 10
be permanently jeopardized in providing for
passing emergency. 1t is time that the
American people open their eyes to the dan
gerous character of this tendency, an6 that
neither great name nor an object appealing
to our sympathies should be permitted to
disguise it. As for me, have seen the
working OF Irresponsible power and person.
| al government 10 other countries, and | may
assure my constituents that while am
| citizen of this republic I shall struggle 10 the
last gasp against its introduction" ;" was but
| the utterance of well known and frequent
| ly announced Democratic doctrine.
6. ReSolUed, That the public debt is bind
ing upon the nation, and must be paid and
that we are unalterably opposed to any and
all movements looking towards repudiation
| direct or indirect, but in justice to tbs labor,
ing and producing classes the rate of interest +
thereon should be reduced at the earliest
practicable date.
Z. Resolved. That the Democratic party
is opposed to the existing system of federal
taxation and finance, ruinOus as it is in its
effects upon the laboring, producing, mining
and manufacturing interests of the people,
and the fruitful source of "hard times" per-
sonal indebtedness and individual bankrupt
cy.
8. Resol0ed, That labor and capital have
no just cause of antagonism, that we depre-
cate strife between these two great forces
and earnestly seek to place the laborer and
the capitalist on such a platform rs will Gu
able both TO amicably adjust their differ
ences, and we are unaltsfably opposed to o
importation Of a servile race for the purpose
of degrading the standard ard lowering the
position Of the laboring men of the nation.
8. ReSotced, That we recognize the bind
ing obligation Of al the provisions of the
Constitution of the United States as they
now exist, and we depIs;ate the discussion
of issues which have been settled in the man
ner and by the authority constitutionally
appointed
10. Resolved, That we are for govern
ment vigorously frugal aud simple, applying
all the possible savings Of the public revenue
to the discharge of the pational debt and op-
posed to multiplication of officers and
salaries, merely to make place for partisans
and for the increasing by every device the
public debt.
IL. ReSot1ed, That tbs continuance by a
Republican Congress of the income tax,
when the same is at least of doubtful consti-
tutionality, and the necessity therefor has
long since ceased to exist, is an exercise of a
power oppressive to the people, aud gross
| violation of their rights and interests.
| II. ResolDed, That the present tariff is,
! in many of its features, oppressive and should
/ be revised, aud that we herewith request our
! Representatives in Congress, when the tariff
shall be the subject OF readjustment, to see
| that the immense products Of the State and
| her industries properly cared for.
| Is. ReSolUe9, That the soldiers and sailors
Of Pennsylvania are entitled to and should
receive at the hands of the national govern.
ment o prompt recognition of their claims to