The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-05-30
THE PENNSYLVANIA DE-
MOCRACY.


Their NOminatiOns and Platform.
The Democrats of the old Keystone
State held their Convention in Liber-
ty Hall, Pittsburgh, on the 22d inst.
The attendance was large and the pro-
ceedings harmonious and enthusiastic.
Hon. Andrew III. Dill, of Union
county, was nominated for Governor;
John Fertig, OF Crawford county, for
Lieutenant Governor; J. Simpson AZ
RIGA, OF Huntington county, for Secre-
tary of Internal Affairs, and Henry p.
Ross, of Montgomery county, for Su-
preme Judge.
The Committee on Resolutions,
through its Chairman, Senator Wal
lace, reported the following admirable
Platform which was received with en-
thusiasm, and adopted with great
unamity:
The Democracy of Pennsylvania
unanimously declare:
"That the Republican party, it's
measures and its men. are responsible
for the financial distress, the misery
and want that now exist; it has had
control of the legislation of the country
and has enacted and perpetuated a pol
cy that has enriched the few and i'm.
poverished the many; its system of
finance has been one OF favor to mon
eyed monoply. of unequal taxation. of
exemption OF Classes, OF high rates or
interest, and Of remorscless contrac.
ton, which has destroyed every en-
tcrprise that gave employment to la
Dor; its present hold upon the Fcder-
al power was secured by fraud, per-
jury and forgery; its laws are unjust
and its practices immoral, they dis
tress the people and destroy their sub.
stance. The only remedy for these
evils is in an entire change of policy,
and the dethronement of those in
power. And we resolve that further
contraction of the volume of the
United States legal tender notes is un-
wise and unnecessary. They should
be received for customs duties and re-
issued as fast as received. Gold, sill
YER and United States legal tender
notes at par herewith are just bases
for paper circulation. The close con-
nection of the Federal Government
with the business interests of the peo-
pie through national banks tends to
monopoly and Capitalization; but in
changing the system, uniformity of
notes, security of the note holder and
protection. of the capital invested
should be provided for. Trcsury notes
issued i'll exchange for bonds bearing
low rate Of interest, is tho best form
in which the credit Of the Govern
ment can be given to paper currency.
Labor and capital have equal demands
upon, and equal responsibilities to,
law. Commerce and manufactures
should be encouraged, so that steady
employment and falr wages may be
yielded to labor, whilst safety of in
vestment and moderate returns for its
use belong to capital, Violence or
breaking of order, in support OF the
real or supposed rights of either,
should be promptly suppressed by the
strong arm of the law.
The Republican party, by it's legis-
lation in 1872, which reduced the tariff
upon bituminous coal from 81 ,25 to Is
cents per ton, and upon iron, steel,
woods, metals, paper, glass, leather and
all manufactures of each of them, ten
per cent, struck fatal blow at the
industries and labor of Pennsylvania.
The public lands are the common
property of the people, and they should
not be sOld to speculators nor granted
to railroads or other corporations, but
should be reserved as homesteads for
actual settlers.
Our public debt should be held at
home, and the bonds representing it
ought TO be of small denominations in
which the savings of the masses may
be safely invested.
Thorough investigation into the
Electoral frauds of 1876 should be
made fraud should be exposed, truth
vindicated and criminals punished
but we oppose any attack upon the
Presidential title as dangerous to our
institutions and fruitless in its results.
The Republican party controlling
the legislation of the State, has refus-
cd TO execute many of the reforms of
the New Constitution among other
things, it has neg lccted and refused to
compel tho acceptance of all its pro-
visions by the corporations of the
State; to prevent undue and unrca-
sonablc discrimination in charges for
the transportation OF frcigh ht and pass
cngers, and without abatement OF
means for transporting the raw mater
ial of the State in such manner and to
such points as they may prefer; and to
publish in good faith monthly stato-
ments of where the money of the pco-
pie was kept.
The Republican party creates new
Offices and adds enormous perquisites
to others, and fills them with fayoritcs
whose chief duty is to manage its po-
litical machinery, its administration of
the State Government grows more ex-
pensive with each. year of its rule.
Legislation has been directed by Re-
publican lobbyists, who in turn ma
nipulate and control the nominations
of the Republican party, and its can
didates are the creation of a junta,
whose DEGREES are accepted as the IT,
reversible mandates of absolute hered-
itary power. We denounce these
methods. these measures, and these
men, as unworthy the support of an
honest and free people, and we in-
vlte all, of every shade of political
opinion, to unite with us in deliver
ing the Commonwealth from their
hateful rule. i
The platfOi n awakened consider
able enthusiasm, especially the resolu-
tion referring TO the Presidential cleo
ton matters. When he had finished
the reading, Senator Wallace moyed
adoption of the resolution as whole.
They were adopted unanimously.
TuE ulifOr.ium Of tho houoo n f