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PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATS.
The State Convention.
Vermont Republican Convention
GREAT FLOOD IN THE WEST.
PEACE OR WAR IN EUROPE!
PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATIC con
NENTION.
The Platform

PITTSBURG, May 2.-The democratic state
convention re-aSsembled at 9 O'clock this
morning, and the report of the committee on
contested seats having been made, and con
testantS seated, a permanent organization
was effected by the election of Hon. Charles
IL. Bucka!eW permanent president. Mr.. Sow
den. OF Lehlgh, obtained recognition, and
moved that after the nomination of governor
the convention proceed TO ballot for lieuten-
ant governor. This being contrary to the reg
ular order OF nominating. was objected to
and the yeas and nays being ordered the mo-
tlon was defeated-yeaS III, nays l25. Mr.
SoWden then moved to lead the nominations
with that of supreme Judge: rejected, and the
chair announced that the regular order would
be adhered to, and that the convention would
SStd plOcee9 & TO ball0t 1or governor, but that he
would first recognize the chairman of the com
mlttee on resolutions, and Mr.. Wallace as
cendng the platform, made his report The
platform IS as follows:
The democracy of PENNSYLVANIA ma nimouSly
declare that the republican party. its measures
ana lis men are responsible for the financial
GistreSs, the misery and want that now exist
III mas had control of the legislation of the
country, and has enacted and perpetuated
policy that has enriched the few and impoy-
erlshed the many. Its system of finance has
unequal taxation. of exemption of classes, of
high rates of interest, and of remorseleSS con-
traction, which has destroyed every enterprise
mat ma. gave employment to labor. Its present
h0ld upon federal power was secured by fraud.
perjury and forgery. Its laws are unjust and
It's practices are immoral. They distress the
people and destroy their substance. The only
remedy Tor 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 United States
legal tender notes is unwiSe and unnecessary.
They should be received for customs duties,
and reissued at fast as received. Gold silver
and United States legal tender notes at par
herewith, are just basis for paper circulation
A close connection of the federal government
VIII the business interests of the peOple
through national banks tends to monopoly
ana ana centraizalon; but in changing the syS-
TEN OF uniformity of notes. the security of the
note-h0lder and protection of the capital in
vested should be provided for: treasury notes
issued rS, IN exchange for bonds bearing long
which the credit of the government can
be given To paper currency Labor and
capital have equal demands upon and equal
responsibilities to law. Commerce and manu-.
features should be encouraged, SO that steady
employment and fair wages may be yielded
TO Labor, whilst safety of investment and
capital. Violence or breaches of order i'm
support of either should be promptly sup
pressed by the strong arm of the law. The
republican party, by its legislation IN 1872,
which reduced the tariff upon bituminOus coal
from $l.25 to - cents per tOn and upon iron.
SteeI. wool, metals, paper, glass, leather, aud
cent, struck a fatal blow at the industries
and labor of Pennsylvania. The public lands
are the common property of the people. and
Cney should 81 not be sold to spectators nor
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 saw
lngs OF the masses may be safely in
vested. Thorough investigation into the
electoral frauds of 1876 should, be made,
iIaud should be exposed, truth vim
dlcated, and criminals punished; but we op-
pose any attack upon the Presidential title as
dangerous to our institutions and fruitleSS i'm
its results The republican party controlling
the legislation OF the state has refused to exc
cute many of the reforms of the new constitu-
tlon. Among other things it has neglected
It's provisions by the corporations of the state
TO pl event undue and unreasonable diScrimi-
nation In charges for transportation of freight
and passengers, and without abatement or
drawback to any to give all equal means
Tor transporting the raw material of the
SIate In such manner and to such points as
monthly statements of where the money of
the people was kept; the republican party Gre
ates new offices and adds enormous perquis-
lies to others, and fills them with favoriteS,
whose chief duty Is to manage its political
machinery Its administration of the state
government grows more expensive with each
year OF It's rule; legislation has been directed
by republican lobbyists, who in turn manip-
ulate and control the nominations of the re-
publican party, and its candidates are the
creation OF Junta whose DEGREES are accept
ed as the Irreversible mandates of absolute
hereditary power. We denounce these meth
0dS, these measures, and these men as un-
worthy the support of an honest and a free
people, and we invite all, of every shade of
POntlcal opinion, to unite with us i'm deliver.
ing the commonwealth from their hateful rule.
The BallQting.
The report of the committee ON platform was
unanimously adopted, and the convention
proceeded to ballot for governor, the follow
ing names being placed i'm nomination: An
drew II. Dill, of Union: Jas. III. Hopkins, of
Alleghany; George A. jerks, of Jefferson;
William MCCandless, OF Philadelphia; Levi
MaiSl of York RObt X. Monaghan of ChpS
ter, and Victor Pielett, of Susquehanna.
The first ballot resulted as follOws-whole
number voting $50; necessary to a choice l26:
Dill, 90; Hopkins, IS; McCandlesS, AZ; jerks,
IA; PiSlett, 10: Maish, ii /; Monaghan, II. There
being no choice, second ballot was ordered.
Dill Nominated.
On the third ballot Dill was nominated unan-
imously.