The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-06-02

should be referred to the Committee on
Platform, and moved that it be so re-
ferred
Mr.. Swineford made an energetic
protest against this proposed strangling
of his proposition. He said: You
can't 60 into the Upper Peninsula and
find a Democrat who is in favor OF a
revenue tariff"
The chair announced that reference
would carry the whole report back to
the committee, and the motion to refer
was voted down.
HARD VS.. SOFT MONEY.
A delegate moved that the majority
report be adopted except the tariff reso.
luton.
Another moved as substitute the
adoption of the minority report.
Col. Ferry stated that Fidus Liver
more, III. A. Goodyear, G. G. Comstock,
L. G.. Rutherford, and w. M. Ferry, of
the Committee on Resolutions, we're the
signers of the minority report.
j. Logan Chapman, called the atten-
ton of the convention to the fact that
the minority report was soft money
report, and the majority hard money
report.
Fidus Livermore said that the minor.
ity report contained all that was neces-
sary for the convention. The majority
report contained too much, and conven-
tions frequently hurt themselves by put.
ting too much into their platforms.
VIM. p. Wells obtained the floor and
called for the reading of the financial
resolutions of the two reports. This was
done, the chairman reading the plank of
the majority report, and calling on Col.
Ferry to read the minority report The
latter, in so doing, endeavored to inter
ject small speech, but was vigorously
called to order by Mr.. Joslin, of Ypsi.
lanti, and the chair, on being appealed
to, decided that Mr.. Wells had the floor,
and was only yielding for the reading of
the resolutions.
After reading Mr.. Wells took the
platform being greeted with applause,
and said that he proposed to set forth
the true inwardness" and 4" bottom
facts" of this issue, and not to permit
any disguise or false pretense upon it.
Recalling the names of many fathers of
the Democratic party in Michigan, not
now present, and all hardmoney men of
the school of Benton, he called on the
Michigan Democracy to send forth no
uncertain sound upon this great issue.
I Applluse]. Now, if at all-in this
pending campaign-Democratic princi.
Piles are to gain the ascendant in the
country. Let the voice of Michigan be
cast for sound principles OF political
economy and not for sham doctrines.
If the Democracy plants itself on a soft
money platform it will die and it will
deserve to die Great and prolonged
applause. The fundamental doctrine
of the Democracy is hard money Mr..
Wells said that such DISCUSSES and
CLOSES as that Of the minority had been
tried before in other States, and had re-
suited in defeats of the Democracy
wherever such double-dealing had been
attempted. Applause. He denounced
the minority report as clearly a soft
money declaration, and secuted the re-
mark of Col. Ferry that it was for
hard money" He said that the Re-
sumption act was device of the Repub-
lican party, and not intended to carry
out its ostensible object. Cries "Then
why not repeal it ?"] l will tell you
why. Because that is the very trap
the Republicans are setting for us.
They will say that we have repealed the
only act which looks toward resump,
ton. Applause We must stand by |
everything that tends, however slightly,
to bring US back to specie payments.
For myself and my constituents, 1 am a
hard money man, first, last, and all the
time. Applause The opposite course
will bring us to ruin. Mr.. Wells re.
ferred to the action of the Ohio Demo-
cratic Convention last week, and said
that it had done more to destroy the
chances of the Democracy in the Presi-
Dental election than anything which
had happened for many months before.
And that result came because Thurman,
Ranney and Payne, hard.money Demo
Gratis, had failed to do their duty and
make protest in 1875, when this soft.
money doctrine was first mooted in
Ohio. Let US stand by honesty. That
way alone lies safety.
Mr.. Wells closed amid applause.
There were loud calls of question"
and also for Mark D. WILDER. The lat.
ter gentleman took the stand, and made
a long harangue, predicting that the
Democracy could only win by espousing
the soft-money platform. He said that
Tilden was bachelor, and the only
house and home he had was in Wall
street. He appealed for compromise on
this subject. If concessions are not
made to the Greenback party Mr.. Will
Der predicted that Ohio and Indiana
would be lost to the Democracy, and
that without these States the party
would be disastrously defeated. Mr..
WILDER made little Roadway with the
leleoates however Thew launched at