New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-09-18
THE PLATFORM.

The resolutions adopted by the Butler delegates
| TO the Worcester Convention are as follows:
| The Democrats Of the Commonwealth. by their
| duly appointed delegates in convention assembled,
| hereby reatlirm and reiterate their adherence to
! the time-hOuOred principles OF the Democracy
ouunciated and acted upon by Jefferson, Madison
| and jackson, and pledge their best eXertiOns 10
| make them effective IN the guidance and govern
| ment of the Nation, that all the people Of the
States may be maintained in their just rights, sub
! ordinated only to the rights and powers of the
| Federal Government rs defined aud limited by the
Constitution framed by our fathers, and the amend
ments thereto which subsequent experience has
| found necessary.
| Resolred That we condemn and Will strenuOusly
| try to reform the extravaganza in State expendi-
lures the unnecessary increase of officers the waste
! of the public domain, which should not have been
given away in large portions as endowments, either
90 individuals corporations, but reserved for the
us0 of actual settlers only so that homes could
easily have been Obtainable by the industrial classes
upon the failure of profitable employment IN other
enterprises whose production is the only source Of
Pssoired, That with exceeding shame and sorrow
we have seen President, elected by the votes of q
majority of the people ut an election held IN accord
ance with the provisions OF the Constitution, set
aside, and the people deprived OF ms services
IN that high Office by a series of the most
astounding fOrgeres aud PERFUMES, the possibility
of n successful existence Of which Weakens the
very foundation of the Republic Our grief is not
lessened because this mOnstrOus wrong was done
by the and OF an unconstitutional commission which
found necessary by party majority, to refuse to
electoral votes in order to cOnsumnate the act We
therefore unhesitatngly declare that no man ought
10 DO permitted TO hold office who Is tainted with
fraud and corruption, and II t can DO done without
rebuke by the people. tnen indeed We fear for the
perpotuty OF republican Institutions.
ResoIred That the longer continuance OF
one party in power in the Nation, and
especially in the Commonwealth, teuding to
corruption, aftOrdlng opportunity and temp
taton in maadminlstrallon aud peculaton,
and the multiplication of salared officers, many OF
them unknown 20 the Constitution, thus removing
the responsibility for msgOyernment from the Off
GERS elected directly by the votes OF the people CIV
ing, In fact, the administration of the Common
wealth into the hands of the officers unconstitu0n-
ally appointed by the Executive, so as TO lnterpOse
a commission between It and the people for the just
accountability of the executive officers Tor eXtraV-
agance and wastelu expenditure of money; tue ae-
emulation OF unproductive property in the hands
of the State. the purchase and care OF which
have been paid for by the bonded debt of many
millions, purpOsely placed in foreign countries, so
that it might be held an investment
dened the people with debt, State and Mu-
nicpal, to be paid for by constant increase
OF taxation aud exactions upon the people, at time
when all enterprises are hindered when industries
in business yield adequate return, and labor gets
no lust equivalent for its toll, make II OF paramount
necessity that the administration OF state ana
Municipal affairs shall be thoroughly and efficiently
reformed We therefore reproduce the platform Tor
the State Government as set forth by the Demo-
cratic party in its convention IN 1879 a more eX-
tensive reference to which is found IN the address
of our candidate for Governor TO the citizens who
asked him to be candidate, and III which he
pledged himself to undertake to reform all such
abuses.
Resolrcd That we deprecate the tendency Of legis-
latIon, growing year by year, to place mpedmentS
In the way of the free exercise of the rights OF SUI
fraRe by poor and laboring men. The Democracy
hold the ballot ap Unborn and Inallenable ngnG
of free citizens. All legislation, therefore, should
tend TO give them the full enjoyment of this right.
All acts passed to restrict hinder its exercise,
under any pretepce whatever, are unconstitutional
and void and should be repealed. BY the Consti-
tuition of the United States the fact that citizen
is a man gives him. prma face, the right to vote,
and he should have the right to have his name regis
tered and be o voter wherever the laws require
registration. No law ought TO be passed requiring
the citizen earning his daily bread by his daily toll
20 spend his time in proving his right to vote before
any tribunal whatever. On the contrary, whose
ever denies that right should be held to make good
that denial.
ever political views to unite with the Democracy