Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-27

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I would not be ready to report until / o'clock,
and the convention did not assemble. Until
half-past there were no signs of the conven-
| ton Resembling, the delay being caused by
! debate in the contested cases in Onondaga
county.
| At 2:45 the delegates entered the hall and
| business was resumed. Erastus Brooks WAS
| chosen permanent chairman.
Hon. Erastus Brooks. on taking the chair,
thanked the convention for the honor con-
ferred. and said regarding the financial issue:
A Democratic convention cannot afford any
| lower standard of value, it seems to me, than
| the coin Of the country, with paper currency
| of equal value to the standard of precious
metals, and always interchangeable the one for
sponsible for the past anomalous condition of
the currency, nor for the presenS uncertain and
unsatisfactory state IF bur finances.
It has been powerless in the federal head
of the nation. and all appointments and
distribution of the power of patronage for the
fourteen of them since the war closed-the
President and Senate have been unit in au-
thority and in all save the present and past
Congress, the executive, Senate and House Of
Representatives have been one in action, power
and responsibility. The panic of 1873 was the
natural result of rnalal7ministration in Wash
lngton, and it's unnecessary continuance as a
part of the follles, mistakes and crimes of the
long dominant party. Whatever remedies
have so far been found for the
past have grown out Of the economies and
experiences of the present, and all substantial
and endurable hopes for the future in relation
to the business Of the country and all its pros
perity depend next to individual thrift, In
| dustsy and integrity upon the success of that
party which, for nearly sixty years of contin-
ued power before the war, gave to the country
unparalleled growth, vitality and success. The
| the government moves for the greatest
good Of the greatest NUMBER. and less
for persons and corporations, business will
| permanently revive and the country prosper.
We need first Of all confidence in the integrity
of the nation that it will redeem in future all
sisnally failed in the past We need stable
currency Of Uniform value throughout the
country. We want legal tender of wise, uni :
form and intrinsic value, whether gold or sill
yer or paper. We need, also, every encourage
ment to successful labor, and especially upon
OF the pub bes o aosp { Eh'h Ii. future
for the relief of present and past distress.
The Federal government shas given away to
such corporations millions upon millions of
acres of the peoples domain. which should
have been devoted in cheap homsteads to the
industrious poor of the land. What is the best
of the nations soil should be equitably and
Justly divided. The country also needs re-
duced taxation. Let official integrity, high ca
pacity, rigid economy, strict ac-
countability, with certain punishment
for all official crimes, be the watchword Of the
Then shall we have union for sake of union,
and victories that will crown the nation with
prosperity and the Democratic party with UNI
fading glory. Mr.. Brooks, in closing, alluded
to the manner in which Tilden was deprived ct
his rightful place at the head of the govern
iaent, and declared that no like outrage will
ever again be submitted to by republican
freemen.
The committee on resolutions made the fol-
lowing report and it was adopted:
The Democratic party Of the State OF New
York reaffirms the following principles set forth
in its platforms adopted in 1874 and 1877, and
endorsed by majority of the people of this
State:
Gold and silver coin and paper convertible
into coin, at the will of the owner, the only
currency Of the country, Steady steps toward
specie payments, the hottest nayment of the
public debt. We congratulate the State and
country upon the Practical relative value. e1
sh g 1nd % % Of the
public faith; tariff for revenue; no govern
ment partnerships with protected monopolies;
home rule to localities guarded most jealously;
restriction of the powers entrusted
to public servants, whether pub
lie, municipal, State or federal;
no Capitalization, equal and exact justice to all
men; no partial legislation; no partial tax
alton; official accountability rigidly enforced
by all civil and criminal remedies; no private
use of public funds by public officers, and
corporations chartered by the State always sub
ject to the State supervisors in the interest OF
the people; the party in power responsible for
all legislation while in power; economy in
public expense that labor may be lightly bur
dened and the laborer fully paid for his work;
uniform and equitable excise laws; nosumptu-
airy laws.
Reso1ved, That the provisions Of the State
constitution are mandatory in regard to the
apportionment of members of the
Senate and Assembly, and the failure
| of the Republican party for three
successive veara after the taking of the census
| to SO apportion the State is a grave crime
| against the people, and dishonest and lnfam-
| Gus refusal to obey the plain directions Of the
| fundamental law.
ReSoIued, That by the infamous conspiracy OF
force and fraud the high officials and unre
pudiated leaders Of the Republican party an
nulled and reversed the nations choice for the
Presidency, put a defeated candidate in the
! chair Of Washington, and cheated the people OF
| that reform of the federal government which
| their ballots had demanded and ordained, anc
| it IL the stern resolve of the American people
| that such fraud has been perpetrated for thu
| last time.
The administration of Gov. Robinson wal
g. b. Bradley was nominated for judge of tht
court of appeals, and the convention adjourned
sine die.