The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-08-11

SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST II, 1878.
TIE DEMOCRATIC STATE CONTENTION.
IT'S PLATFORM AND NOMINATIONS.

ITS PLATFORM AND NOMINATIONS.
The Convention met in Baton Rouge NJ onda
morning and remained in session till abou
noon on Wednesday. The Platform adopte
is as follows:
1. That the Democratic Conservative part,
of the State of Louisiana in convention as
sem bled, do hereby reiterate all the pledge
contained in tae party platform adopted il
July, 1876. and particularly the following, t.
I'VE hereby pledge our party to the satsfao
| tion of All the legal obligations issued by tn,
State OF Louisiana; to the most strenuous eff
| forts in the direction of reform, and an ecopo
mical administration of the government, es
peoially to the abolition of all unnecessary
public sftices; to the reduction of the fees And
salaries of Office to the STANDARD of q fair re.
muueration the consequent reduction of tax.
alton to the lowest posi- BILE limit commensurate
Win the necessary expenses OF the govern.
ment the preservation of the public faith, and
roOage OF the Chief Executive Of the State"
2. That the interest of the industrial and
wealth producing classes is of paramount i'm.
poreeuce to the people of the United States !;
those whose labor and enterprise produce
wealth should be secure in its enjoyment. Our
Termest sympathy is extended to the laboriDg
Glasses who have been thrown out of employ.
ment by the ruinous financial policy and
unjust legislation of the Republican party,
and We pledge toe Democratic party to re-
Dol Va 0ulo pOilCy SnO TO D RESTORATION OF all
the rights they are entitled to upon it. ascend
ENJOY to power.
3 That Francis T. Nichols, by his prudent
and ststesmanlike management of the many
delicate Issues growing out of the success of
the party in 1876 and resulting in the firm es
tablishment of the peoples government in
Louisiana, deserves the gratitude of all LON
lslanlans; that his wisdom, justice and modera
ton in the administration of his high frost is
in strict accord with the principles announced
by him in accepting the nomination, and has
won for him the respect of all as the Governor
Of the whole people of Louisisue, and entitled
him to the support of all who love good gov
ernment
4 Tat we remember with gratitude the
heroic and pat:iotio efforts of Gen. F. N. |
Ogden, and the ct zen soldiers of Louisiana
under him, in the estsb!:sH eut and maiute- |
nance of the peoples government of the State
D That the vote of Louisiana at the election |
in the year 1876 was cast tor Samuel J. Tilden |
for President and Thomas A. Hendricks for |
Vice President by msj >rity of over 5000
votes, and was frRudulsuCIy counted for Rut 1- |
erford B. Hayes and William A. Wheeler, un- |
der the pretense th at the result W as accomplish
ed by intimidation and Wholesale murder, and |
th at the failure f the Republican party to
produce witnesses to sustain these charges |
when invited to do 50 by the Potter committee |
is a confession of their inability to maintain |
their allegst :ors and of the falsity of the |
charges th themselves, aud that the result of the |
investigation If the said committee is an |
affirmative proof that there wa, DO foupda-
ton for the false and unjust charges and ale
cations.
6 That the recent sd mission of w. P. Kel
logg Senator from this State, was an
abuse of partisan power for a transient psrti-
san purpose, and q breach of the Constit ution,
which assures to each Ststs two Senators,
be chosen by the Legislature thereof; that
long before Kellogg's admission it had been
settled that the General Assembly
known as the Nichols Assembly was the true
and sole Legislature of Louisiana; that, in the
opinion of this convention, it was beyond the
of the United States Senate, by o
.faa,.- l. 49, r.
and legislative power another assembly, of
whose existence there is no token npon the
:tstute books of the State, and which dissolved
before gaining recognition anywhere, and that,
N view of the unprecedented character of the
case, revision by the Senate of its action on
his subject is due to Justice
Z. That we regard WITH serious dissatisfAc-
ion the Indifference and opposition of the
members of the National Congress to o. system
If internal improvements, to develop the in
lustries, and restore the prosperity of the
lrge Our Senators and Represen tStives to uSe
heir utmost endeavors in order - seoure such
nifty of cotton as will lead to the speedy COM
1lstion, by the aid OF the National Go y ernment,
If the Texas Pacific Roilroad, on or near the
parallel of latitude, and o sys-
EN- of 1evees to protect the SlluviAl lands Of
he Valley of the Mississippi from overflow,
md of navigation adequate to the wants Of
commerce, which measures are national in
character, and beyond the control of the re-
Psctive State Government.
8. That We cordially indoTse the memorial .
# the Chau bar of Commerce of New Orleans
o Congress in behalf of the South American
md Brs lillian steamship line, calling upon our |
in Congress 20 urge for said
inc the mail contract via New Orleans, with !
go bsidy in such amount as has been called
or, in order to facilitate the opening of this !
rAde, of such great and valuable inn portsnce
O t1e West and South, making new high
Vsy for the exit and sale of our surplus grain, I
lour and other products, and bringing In re-
arm the articles and products Of South Anne
ica, Cf which ccffse alone conttitutes trade !
{ mBch interest to this StBts Ia
9 That the Democratic paity Of Loui0tnna II