Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-07-08

duct unvsxsd BY sumptuary laws, the faithful
education Of tho hsipg genera tion, and urges
reform ~ nsesss aEy to rebuild and establish 10
the hearts Of the whole people tho Union,
eleven ysazs ago happily rescued from tho
danger OF secession Of States, but now 10 bs
saved from corrupt osntralism. Tho cur
renoy plank says that reform 10 necessary to
establish . sound currency, restore public
credit, aud maintain the national honor, aud
denounoss the failure for Ill these eleven years
10 make good tho promise Of the legal tender
notes, which arc . changing standard Of value
In tho hands Of the people, and the nonpay-
mont Of which u disregard Of tho plighted
faith Of the nation. II dsnounoes the impro-
violence which for eleven ysars has prevailed,
allowing NO steps TO bs taken toward rssump-
ton. II dsnounoss the resumption clause Of
the act OF 1875, and demands repeal, demand
ing judioious system Of preparation BY pub
lilo economies, by official retrenchments. and
BY wise finance. which shall enable the nation
soon 10 assure tho whole world Of IL perfect,
ability, aud Ito perfect readiness 70 meet any
Of it, promises at the call Of the creditor en-.
titled to payment, and believes that . system
we'll dev ised, and intrusted 10 competent
hands for execution, would inspire credit, gen.
eral confidence, aud set in motion the wheels
Of commerce. 1t denounses tho present tariff
~ . masterpiece Of injustice and false
pretense, and demands that all custom
house taxation shall be only for revenue.
II declares that reform 10 necessary In Federal,
State and municipal departments +; that Federal
taxation has swollen from sixty millions, gold,
In 1860, to four hundred and fifty millions,
currency, in 1870 or, in a decade from less
than five dollars per head to moro than
eighteen dollars per head. Since the peace,
the people have paid to their tax gatherers
more than thrice the sum Of the national debt,
and more than twice that sum for the Federal
government alone, aud demands . vigorous
frugality in every department, and
from every officer Of the government
Reform 10 necessary to stop the waste Of pub
lie lands, toprotsct American citizens abroad,
and denouncss the policy which disoards the
liberty loving German and tolerstes the ro-
vival Of the coolie trade in Monaghan women
imported for immoral purposes, and Monaghan
men hired to perform servile labor contracts.
and demands such modification Of the treaty
with the Chinese empire, or such Legislation
by Congress, within constitutional limitation,
~ shall prevent the further importation or I'M
migration Of the Monaghan race. 1t declares
that reform IL necessary in the higher grades
OF the public service, and that public officers
are not private perquisite, but public trust,
and concludes ~ follows: All these abuses,
wrongs and GRIMES, tue product Of sixteen
years asoendancy of the Republican party,
create necessity for reform confessed by Re-
publicans themselves, but their refOrmers are
voted down in convention and displaced from
the cabinet. The party's mass Of honest vo-
ters are powerless to resist the eighty thou
sand officeholders-its leaders aud guides,
Reform can only be had by peaceful civic |
revolution. We demand Q change Of system,
. change Of administration, . change Of par |
ties, that we may have change of measures |
and Of men. At the conclusion Mr.. Dorshei- |
mer said the committee had adopted aud in |
dorsed, though not o. part Of the platform,
the resolution which he had read, indorsing |
the action Of the House of Representatives |
cutting down the appropriations and exhorting
them to firmness; also the resolution as to the
just claims Of soldiers and sailors widows and |
orphans. An effort was made in the shape of |
q minority report to strike out the section re-
aouncng the resumption clause of the act of
1875 for specie payment, but it failed, and the
platform was adopted.
Samuel J. Tilden, nominated by the Demo-
The United States, was born at New Lebanon,
Columbia county, N. Y, March Is, 1914, and
g therefore sixty-two years of age. He was
educated at Yale College and at the University
If New York. and then commenced the study
If law. In 1874, then practicing law, he pub.
ished the Daily Ne,os in New York city. He
eft editorial life after the campaign of that
7ear. In 1916 he was elected to the New York
State Legislature, and was also member Of
he State constitutional convention. In 1847
10 withdrew from politics and gave his atten-
ion wholly to law, in which he amassed q
arge fortune. He succeeded Dean Richmond
10 the head of the Democratic State conven-
Ion of New York, and became interested in
he local politics of New York sity. In 1874
10 was elected over Gen. John A. Dix (Rep.
nd Morgan H. Clark (Temp.) by majority
4 S8,649, out of . total vote of 794,233. Mr..
ilden is . bachelor, is five feet ten inches in
leight, and has what is called the purely
ervous temperament, with the usual accom-
animent Of spare figure, blue eyes, and fair
omplexion. His hair, originally chestnut, is
low partially silvered W a.e.
In the Democratic convention at st. Louis,
Governor Tilden Of New YORK. was nominated
or President on the second ballot He was
ominated by Senator Herman, Of New York,
be other nominations being Bayord, of Della
are; Hendricks Of Indiana Parker, of New
ersey; Allen, of Ohio; and Hancock. OF Penn
ylvania The result of the first ballot wa, as
ollows: Tlden, 4OSH Hendricks 1881
hancock. Is; Allen, Sc Bsysrd, ~, and Park
+, IS. Before the result Of the second ballot
'as announced, . number Of States changed
heir votes, leaving the result as follows:
7hole vote on second ballot .73S [
eceesary to choice. ......................4 92
iuen ............ .........n'........ 900 1
lonorlchs .....'.......... OO
lien. ....... ................ ............ 81
arkor ....................... 10 :
lSpcoCh' .................... %
Ay3rO. ............ II | i
huFm"n .'......'.. .:...............
Indiana seconded Pennsylvania motion to
lake the nomination unanimous and it was