The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-08-24
THE KEYSTONE STATE.

Z THE KEYSTONE srArE.
Meeting Of ,Ae Dsmse ras,y, of rennsyl-
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HARRISBURG, PA, August 22.-The
Democratic State Convention met in
tho Hail of the House of Representa-
tives at noon, to-day. Many of the
most prominent Democrats i'll the State
were present. At 12 O'Clock noon
Capt. wm.H McClellantl, Chairman OF
the State Central Committee, called the
Convention to order and presented the
list Of delegates returned to him, and
then handed the Convention over to
them. ..i.s-....4 .-Isir .. rl.s... .
The Hon. Mr.. Steager, who, it may
he remembered, made u strong speech,
against the $5lO,OOO, subsidy to the
Centennial Exposition (Which, it is
fair to say, has been paid back) was
elected permanent Chairman Of the
Convention. On taking the chair, he
said: "Gentlemen Of the Convention, :ac-
cept my sincere thanks for the honor Of
being selected to preside over your de-
liberations. congratulate you that
we meet with a full representation from
every district in the State. There is
one striking fact about the Democratic
party-it never dies. Others rise and
fall, come and go with the ideas that
called them into existence, but the
Democratic party lives ON amid all
vicissitudes,. because it's principles are
those of the Constitution. 1t has been
defeated, laid out for dead, defraudetl,
[wiid applause but still it lives, and
our opponents may as well take notice
from it's vitality that while earth lasts,
like seed time and harvest, Democratic
Conventions shall not cease. Defraud-
ed, say, because am not unlnindful
of the fact that while speak the chair
Of Washington and Jefferson is filled
by man rejected by quarter Of u
million majority Of the American peo-
pie, and q decided majority Of the Eiec-
toral votes OF the States. The wisdom
of the recent Democratic policy is being
vindicated by the Hayes administra-
ton in two points, especially. In 1874,
n Democratic majority, elected to the
lower house of Congress instituted
plan for the adjustment of public diff
culties, by applying the policy of econ
Oiny, retrenchment and reform. They
steadEastly adhered to it, and 500, OOO,-
Every Republican newspaper said the
Democratic House Was gripping the
Government, and was cruel to it's en-
ployees but a few days ago the Finan-
cial Secretary of the Hayes Admins
tratiOn goes to Ohio, and claims credit
for his party because it has recently
Dismissed II thousand employees. twas
compelled to 10 SO by the Democratic
House, and now credit is claimed by
the Hayes Administration. The
Democratic party urged the removal of
the army from the South. 1t was felt
that peace and prosperity would come
to the South only in this event, and
that business arrangement only then
would cease. The House stood firm as
Il stone wall against tho proposition to
pay troops unless it was expressly sti-
puiated that it should not he used to
to sustain bogus State Governments.
It was u unit for the bill with this a
unit against it, unless it was included
and now Sherman is praising Hayes
because he adopted the Democratic
Instances Of economy
compelled by the Democratic policy,
credit for which is claimed by Hayes
do not propose to
.letain this Convention with an extend
nl speech, but to follow the experience
Of my predecessor, venerable in Demo-
cr;lcy if not in years. You are compe-
tent to discharge your duty, ana in
that way invoke harmony. But why
harmony I: We are the party oflaw and
order in all history there was no
.srander spectacle than that of the great
party quietly submitting, FOR the sake
Of peace and order and the prosperity
of our free institutions, to the most
political fraud Of any age,
for the act of the Electoral Commission
,f.>s,
honor which all the rains in the sweet
heavens cannot wash out" The
speech was very frequently Interrupted
10y applause, and every allusion to the
act of the Electoral Commission was
loudly cheersd.
MURDERER ARRESTED.