The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-06-15


The Convention then adjourned
till afternoon, to give the Committees
time to report.
The committee on Resolutions had
a stormy and protraeted session
Opinions differed on both the fnan-
cial and Capital questions.
AFTERNOON SESSION
d. d. johnson was chosen perma-
ncnt president and j. Bernard Pey-
ton Secretary, with two assistants.
Mr.. johnson made short speech
exhorting harmony and discreet ac-
ton.
The committee on Resolutions
made two reports The majority re-
port, signed by John ]. Davis as
chairman and seven other members
and a minority report signed by H.
S. Walker and three other members.
The minority report contained the
pith of the Ohio platform with the
addition of a resolution in favor of
submitting the location of the Capt.
tai to vote of the people.
Mr.. Walker moved to substitute
this minority report for that made by
the majority.
After a discussion running through
almost the entire afternoon, some
parliamentary skirmishing and sew
eral collateral votes, the substitute
was rejected by vote of ayes 228, to
nays 200 The detection of Sum
mers county, 4 portion of Grecnbrier
Monroe and Fayette, all of the third
district, voting with the Ohio county
Senatorial District for the purpose of
obtaining that vote for Mr.. Mathews,
prevented the passage of the resolu-
ton in reference to the Capital The
case was handled with consumate
skill on the part of the minority.
PLATFORM.
The following is the platform
adopted by the Convention. The
vote on its adoption being ayes 2S9,
noes 179:
First. That the Democratic and
Conservative party of West Virginia
is not two parties in alliance, but is
and shall remain one homogeneous
party, thoroughly united and har-
monious in its principles, its aims,
and its organization; and that it is
the duty of all its members to dis
courage every effort to disorganize or
divide it by any reference to local
questions, personal animosities or
political division upon matters now
either absolute, or which ought to be
subordinatcd to the more vital issues
of the day.
Second. That the great principles
which, in our opinion, under-lie and
must sustain the National Democrat
ic party, of which we are an intri.
cate part.
1. Restriction of the Federal Gov
eminent to its original sphere of ac-
ton, and to the power prescribed
and limited by the Constitution
2. The independence of the Su-
preme Court of the U. S, preserved
against intimidation, or undue in
hucnce on'the part of the coordinate
Departments Of the General Govern
ment.
8. Subordination of the Military
to Civil power,
4, The equality and constitutions
al self-government of the States,
leaving to each of them the solution
of the questions and difficulties arts
ing therein, subject only to the Con-
stitution of the United States.
5. No occupation of State property
by U. S. forces, except in aid of civil
authority upon demand of the Gov
ernor, as in the Constitution pre-
scribed.
6. Reform of the civil service in
such manner that honesty and COM
potency shall again be regarded in
the selection of Federal officers, and
that such officers shall not be per-
mitted to interfere with the freedom
of elections nor be subjected to con-
tributions to further the political
aims of the appointing power.
7. Complete and universal amnes-
ty, for all those who participated in
the civil war, upon a basis of mutual
reconciliation, such as the spirit of
the age demands, and the permanent
cy Of our institutions require.
s. A return to the old landmarks
of Anglo-Saxon liberty. viz: No sus-
pension Of the writ of haJeas corpus in
time of peace; trial by jury Of the
ricindgc when the prisoner demands
it; freedom of the press; and religious
or expurgatory political tests for
suffrage, or office holding.
8. No interference by the General
government with education or rclig-
ion in the State upon any pretext