The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-08-21
~ The Democrats Congressional Con-


~ The Democratic Congressional Con-
ven'iou for tho Fourth District, held at Flem-
ingtnn week before last. was gathering ex-
employing tho fraud of crying fraud" The
resolutions were fraud throughout.
The first resolution is as follows:
LIST. ResoIced, That the investigation of the
frauds committed in connection with our
late Presidential election meets with our hear
tyapproval, and that such investigation should
be continued until all parties guilty of con-
cocting. committing, or in any way implicated
in such frauds, shall be exposed and brought
to justice
It is matter of history that when the Re-
pubcans in Congress wished to make the in
vestigaton thorough one-to make it cover
all frauds "committed in connection with the
late Presidential election" Including the at
tempt of Tilden to steal one elector in Ore
gon, aud the polling of larger Democratic
votes ia some districts than there were voters
of all parties in said districts) the Democrats
voted solidly against such an investiga-
tiop.
I'd. Resolred, That the commercial and in
dustral stagnation that has so long prevailed
throughout the country. and the consequent
and widespread suffering, are due directly to
the pernicious legislation of the Republican
party.
This is simply an assertion which the Con-
vention knew to be false. The Democratic
party has been in power in the lower House
of Congress for two years and has made no
effort to " repeal the pernicious legislation "
which it is claimed produced these results, for
the very good reason that legislation has Moth
ing to do with them. True, it did cut down
the wages of clsrks and laboring men in the
departments while 1t left the salaries of Con-
gressmen at five thousand per year-true it
refused to make reasonable appropriations to
complete government works and buildings,
and thus refused employment to working men
true, that one-third of the party in Congress
was in favor of "expansion,' OH third in fav-
Or of contraction, and one-third were in fa-
vor of both, or anything to make votes for
the party-but not one thing has the party
done to make times better.
The third resolution is tumble of contra
dictions. 1t ratifies the platform of the Ma
tional Convention of 1875, which favored
speedy resumption on gold basis it favors
the reconciliation of silvef--which is oppos-
ed to the spirit of the above named platform
it is opposed to "forced resumption !" in fa-
vor of "free banking" (which means infia-
tom it favors equal taxation, and also cen
tains several obscurely worded statements cal
culated to rope-in verdant Greenbackcrs.
The fourth resolution promises just what
the party has promised heretofore and never
fulfilled
ResOlped, That the interests of the indus
trial, wealth. producing classes are Of para
mount Importance to the people of the United
States those whose labor and enterprise pro-
duce wealth should be secure in It's enjoy
ment our warmest sympathy is extended to
the labOring classes thrown out of employ
nlent by the ruinous policy and unjust legisa-
ton OF the Republican party and we pledge
the Democratic party, so far as in our power
lies, to reversal of this policy and restora-
ton of all the. rights to which they are ell
titled, Oh its ascendaDcy to power.
What the "ruinous policy" &C., of the
Republican party is that it refers to, 1t does not
deign to inform us. The workingmen will
notice, too, that its promise is a guarded one.
g As far as in it lies,' it viii reverse the pol
icy of the Republican party. A party that is
uncertain of being able to reverse the policy
of its opponents " on its ascendancy to pow
Or" must be poor reliance for working men.
These resolutions are intended for buncombe
The actions of party are the best proof of
its intentions. During the recent Congress a
bill was introduced by Fernando Wood, one
Of the brilliant Democratic lights, to alter
the tariff, aud some of its provisions were to
increase the tariff on sugar, coffee, &C., which
workingmen consume, and take off the duty
on various kinds of manufactured goods, thus
making closer competition between foreign
products and our own manufactures, the neces-
sary result of which competition would be to
lower the wages of our own mechanics and
operatives This measure received the support
of large majority of the Democratic mem
bers.
The fifth and last resolution is gem
Res0lDed That we hereby approve of the
frank and straightforward course of our Rep
resentative in Congress- and heartily recon-
mend him to the sufffages of the voters of
our District at the ensuing election.
Now 1t is well-known that Alvah A. Clark
voted and talked in favor of what the Green
hackers call "the bloated bondholder" and
the gold dollar. IL this was right, then the
resolutions favoring the reconciliation of
silver, repeal of the resumption act and the
sly encouragement of the Greenback theory,
are wrong. 1t is we'll known that Clark voted
in favor of the Hartridge resolution, " de-
claring the fraud sacred,'' as the New York
SIM expresses it and that he lodged vote
on the Burchard resolution. If this was right
then the resolution in regard to " fraud" is
wrong. The truth is, Congressman Clark's
straightforward course " has been a very
crooked one, but not SO much so as that of
the late Congressional Convention. Its reso-
buttons are grossly inconsistent one with the
other. But consistency was nevcr of as much
Importance as success with the Democratic
party.
The Democrats have begun their fall cam
paign against I" franc" in a vigorous man.
Ber. At the recent primaries in Cincinnati