The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-05
THE ISSUE JOINED.

nomination OF candidates for the Presidency
and Vice Presidency, was the largest, ind
perhaps the ablest, that the party has ever
held..,' Thebe of meeting was the large
hall lll Of to- aber ct CommeEee, sAnA stas
floral deol music III sags94
gested .pt & i III q {.
Mr. Sch q, ithss tlena com com
s %astesI esRssat'o,i e sSsa HI
duties Of He. tiis cen,
tennial aional ndsI ii TO We nave
met to adSf HE means I'd
try to itss osperity. s Nav we net
hope nows sixteen years. OF Republicans
misrule, that the Democratic party may re-
sumo its rightful supremacy i'll the govern
;ment.".
He then nominated Hon. Henry Watterson,
Of Kentucky, for temporary chairman, and
the nomination was agreed to. -.
E MIR. Watterson was escorted to the platform
and said the convention had met to deter
est men should be restored to the American
people: every citizen OF the republic, he
he Of this party or the other, feels and has
felt for many day the depressing influence
Of what are called hard times We look
about us and we see the neglected fields and
furnace door is shut There are myriads of
GUS life is nowhere to be found Loyalists fatten
whilst honest men starve. Empty the mart
and shipless the bay: What is it that has
wrought so great change in this landl The
reason OF men must answer, partisan misrule
and sectional instruction. The Republicans,
my friends, are not alone responsible. With
them rest the disgraces, with us the follies.
These twin agents OF national mischance,
working under the miserable rule OF con-
traries, nave kept the people OF the North
and South asunder and have supplied .sus-
tenance to corruptien" The speaker con-
power and to point the convention to its
duty.
After an impressive prayer by Bishop Mar
vim, the rules of the last convention were Or
dered to stand for this until otherwise Or
dered.
A delegation from the Woman Suffrage
National Convention asked hearing which
was granted, and Mrs. Phebe Cozzens, of St.
Louis, assembled the platform.
Mrs. Cozzens said:
s'The centennial anniversary OF our national
birthday is also happily a centennial leap
year. 1t is in order not only to receive pro-
posals from woman, bat to accept them.
Taking advantage OF this right and your
courtesy /, as delegated authority from the
sex, am here not only to reatfirm tOs them
the principles OF liberty and equality, but to
sue for the hand of those here assembled in
national convention, and the hand, Mr.. Pres
ident, must be neither larger nor smaller
than q mans hand. In the good old days OF
our ancestors it was deemed an objectionable
otfense itthe leap year privileges accorded to
women were not unhesitatingly aqcuiesced
in, and he who would not joytully say ''yes''
died ere yet his race was won, unwept, I'M
sung of woman, So, then, gentlemen, it as
happy, give heed to the warming from out
the gates of paradise. cit is not good tor man
to be alone, and accept for your companion
in the political household, she who blends all
the discordant elements of lite into divine
harmony, sweet natures better half"
She then read the address of the Woman's
Suffrage Association, and presented reso
luton pledging the Democratic party to Sc
cure the right Of suffrage to woman OH equal
terms with the men,
The committee on platform was then an
nounced. Iowa was represented thereon by
II. II: Tremble, Minnesota by Daniel Buck
and Wisconsin by Alex. Mitchell.
A recess was then taken until o'clock, at
which hour the
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION
was effected, there being no contested seats.
John A. McClernand, of Illinois, was chosen
president Of the convention, and one vice.
president and secretary from each State. = E
In taking the chair Gen. McClernand
thanked the convention for the distinguished
the Democracy Of the whole Unionof thirty
seven States, once unnaturally estranged, but
now forever united in one indivisible repub-
lie, brethren of one political family, with the
same heritage of liberty, under equal lawsz
and heirs OF one destiny: Shall we make
that destiny the most glorious in the history
OF free people? If your deliberations, TEL
low democrats, to-day, shall be wise; ifyour
perception of the necessities OF our time, our
| country, our politics, shalt be lust and sagac-
| ious if your sympathy shall be quick with
the hearts of the people, then beyond all per-
| adventure We will transmit to our children,
| our children's children, unimpaired, this
priceless heritage. Incorporate the vital is
sue of reform in andidatessand platform, and
! the States that havd. honored Douglas and
Lincoln, the states that TO day honor Hem.
bricks and Thurman, Hancock and Parker,
Bayard and Tildenz- tliese iStates, with their
vast populations, Will rise and follow You: TO
Tie conyention'the listenedto . speech d ,,eih
from August Belmont, who. presented ares
olution WhichfWas referred to the committee
without reading. The convention thenad-
journed to IL a. m, Wednesday. .ss,s:: -, :,
SECOND DAY. ~ =. $50
President McC}eznand, called the convention
to order at II o'olock, and sprayer'was offered
by Rev. Father Brady: -
! Several resolutions were offered and re-
ferred to the committee, and Mr.. Kelly, of
New York, read remonstrance signed by
men of prominence in the party against the
nomination of Tilden. The chair decided
the proceeding out OF order.
The committee on resolutions was then
announced and presented the following
PLATFORM:
We the delegates of the Democratic party Of the Unr
ted States In National convention assembled do here
BY declare the administration of the federal govern
,nent to be in urgent need Of immediate reform, and
do hereby enjon nomnees Of this convention
and Of the Democratic each state Jealous ef-
fort and co0peration th End; and do hereby APPEAL
ton to undertake with uths trst ard mest prcsstng
patriotic duty: ~ .sesss,.., = If s.ssse