Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-09-18

| three cheers ior Gen. Butter were given.
! committee ca resolutions was then sp.
| pointed.
| o. ucti7a Committee was appointed to
report candidates fer the rsmsiliog Offices on
tie STATE ticket,
! 4 RECESS wss then taken.
a. the afternoon SESSION, after tie choice Of
! delegates flr members OF the state ceotrs! com.
! ni:lea had been announced, Major MoCst:erly
Nss called upon. He responded, amid applause.
lie said the ward from which be bad been Sc.
acte1 icstIueied bin to vote for Ger. Butler
s7d be bad obaysd Instructions, recognizing
the right Ct people to iostru,: lin SO to ac:.
| The neo who Instructed Tim recognized the
tie East and hsG made up their minds to be
10 art doing in re great cause Of reforn.-
Reters!us 20 tie state Committee, he said
AFTER the schemes AID Eacbioa.ioDs propos
Il L. these rn=a ia thai- dark closet, | say the
p;op.a were Justified in coming INFO possession
| Of this hall AID hiding it for the people.
| IApp!suse.
Tie committee 10 D1H !Hata tie remainder of
! he s:ato ticket reported as follows:
Lieut. Governor, John T. Arnold, Of North
Adams: Secretary Of State, Chas NJ Strauss,
| q Hi5ghaa: Attorney General. Caleb Cush.
| ior. Of N=v5rryporl; Auditor, J. Boyle
| O. Reilly, 0: Boston; Tlcasu1er,D. \. SsiIilcgs,
| OF Winchester.
The romina,ioas we're unanimously io3ois:i
| by the convention.
Tie following is tie platform:
! The democrats o. the Commonwealth, by
j tie. duly appo|aIed delegates, in convention
! assembled, hereby reahrD aud reiteratc their
| adherence 10 tie sine hooored principles o!
| the democracy euu0ciaied aud acied upon by
| Jef=rsoD, Madison sod Jackson, and pledge
| theic best ex=rtlons to make them effective 10
| the guidance and government Of the nst!on. 80
! that I'll the people OF the States may be main,
| faiaa3 IL their i1st rights, suboriioated Only 10
The rights and powers Ut the Federal Govern.
uent a. dsiaed anl limited by the Constlu.
;ic1 framed By cur fathers and the aneai-
m:its thereto ,4bich snbst4l:n, experience
has :oUod necessary.
r. sa;0a3. That We canlann acl wall s.renu.
tu-iy rs TO ryioTn the cxtta7ags1ce il State
expenditures, the unnecessary Increase OF otn-
ci7s, the T2..c II the IuDAc domain, which
should not have beea gwen away 10 large por.
ti5ls as cndoT nshts, either 10 indl7ldu2ls or
corporations, tu. reserved tor the use OF actual
g. t:icrs oay, - that homes c)uli easily have
been ot;ai5st.e b the Industrial classes upon
the failure Of profitable employment IN other
ebterrrises, whose production Is the only source
q wealth to the country.
Resolved. That with exceeding shane aud
sorvoT We have saen a President, elected by
the votes If i ajority Of Inc people at az
election hvid 10 accordance with the provisions
q the Constitution. ser ASIDE, aod the people
deprived OF kIa services ia that h2h oitce by
series # the most astounding forgerles and
e!jutlcs TIE po:s. bitlty ot a successful exls
tccc3 {: which Eeskcns the very t0uodatlon Of
tie rspub.c. Oar g1!ai il Lot lesEeued be-
cau:c tbs mJI=!roCs Wrocg vas dorc By the
aii {: I'd u1cou=ti,uliouaI commission, which
found il necessary, by party naiorlty, 70 re-
td-a t. receive the evidence Q! the ratcut
frauds 10 The electoral votes 10 ordcr to COO.
! summssc The sc:. We therefore unhesitaticg!y
declare tia. % Inaa ought to be permitted 10
hold ofi;ce VINO is tainted with fraud and cor
rup;lcG, ard il it can be done without r5buke
by the people, then indeed We fear for the per.
pc.ci,y Of republican, institutions.
Resgiycd, That The longer continuance O!
| o.c party 10 power 10 the nation, and especial.
y in the Com tending to corrup.
tor, ais0fding opportunity and temptation 10
nalad uiostfa,i0o ADD pecustion, and the null
tipiica:ion Of salaricd officers, maoy CT them
unknown to the Constitution, thus removing
the responsibility tcr inisgo7crrment from the
officers elec:ci directly By the votes OF tie PEG
pie, giving, in fzc:, he administration OF the
Commonwealth into tie hand. Of the officers
u-c11s.ilu.iola.iy appointed By the executive,
so Is to ;1;@rp1=c c)nmls=lon between 1t and
the people tor the Just accountability OF the
executive officers for extravaganza AID waste.
fal expenditure OF money; the accumulation
Of op!odoc.iVe property 10 the hands OF tie
STATE, the purchase and care OF which have
been paid fer By the bonded debt Of many nil.
liors purposeiy placed IN foreign countries,
so tha. it might be held az an Investment free
people with debt, State AID municipal, to be
paid for By constant Increase of taxation and
exactio0s upon the people st time when al! en-
terp:iscs are hindered when industries 10 bust.
ness yield 20 adequate return and labor gets DO
Just equivalent ioT It's toll, make it o. paramount
necessity thst the administration Of S!sts and
municipal alfsi.s shall be throuehly sad ell.
cient!y reformed. We therefore reproduce the
platform for the Ststs government 8: set forth
by the democratic party in its convention in
1875, more extended reference to which is
found in tho sdd.ess Of our candidate for Gov.
ernor 10 the citizens VINO asked him to he can.
didste, aud in which he pledged himself to IN.
dertske to reform all such abuses.
Resolved, That we deprecate the tendency of
legislation, growing yesr by year, to place i'm.
pediments in tho way of the free exercise of the
rights of suffrage by poor and lsboring men.
Tie democracy hold the bsllot as al Unborn and
inalienable right OF free citizens. All legsla-
ton therefore should tend to give them the full
enjoyment of this right All acts passed. to re-
stric! or hinder its exercise. under sny pretense
whatever arc unconstitutional and void, snd
should be repealed. BY the Constitution of the q.
S. tho fact that a citizen is man gives him
rrima jacis the right 10 vote and he should have
the right 20 have his name registered and be
voter wherever the laws require registration.
No laws ought 70 be passed requiring the ci..
ION earning his bresd by his dsily toll to spend
his time in proving his right to vote before any
tribunal whatever. On the contrary, whose,