The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-09-20

WISCONSIN DEMOCRATS.

WISCONSIN DEMOCRATS.
The democrats of Wlscon sin held Il state
convention at Madison ON Tuesday 10 nomin-
ate candidates for governor and other state
officers The convention was largely attended
and quite enthusiastic. II was conceded on
all hands that the strongest man in their ranks
for governor, and the only one that could
probably be elected was Alexander Mitchell,
OF Milwaukee, and though that gentleman is
in Europe and before leaving home SAID he
would not accept a nomination. the convention
nominated him by reclamation, though the
question is still open whether he will accept or
question Will only be decided W hen he returns.
The balance OF the ticket nominated were:
Geo II. King for lieutenant governor, Samuel
Ryan for secretary of state, Andrew Hobcn for
state treasurer j. Montgomery Smith for at
torney general, and Edward Soaring for super.
lntendent Of public instruction.
The platform adopted is quite lengthy, the
following being the principal resolutions refer,
ring to national issues:
The democratic party was founded by illus
trous statesmen IN the early days Of the re-
public, to settle customs calculated TO secure
selfgovernlnent to the people and the largest
measure of individual and political liberty
and equality to every citizen, regardless OF
birth, rank or wealth, ana in express and I'M
falling antagonism to all those politicians, by
whatever party name designated, who assert
and support the arstocratic doctrine of cen
tralzation OF political powers in the hands of
Il few for the government Of the many; and it
maintains against its adversarics now, AS here
tOtOrc the right of free citizens 10 local sell
government.
To secure and pcrpetuate the blessings Of
such liberty and equality our system of gov
eminent was formed; that III that system the
national government Is an ndissoluble union;
that within the limit of powers delegated by
the constitution and its amendments the ma
tional government is supreme; that all powers
not thereby delegated to the United States nor
prohibited To the states are reserved 10 the
states respectively or 10 the people; and that
the preservation ~ the jI~i pu"er~ Of The ted
crai union aud the +, rht, Or the states rs vital
parts Of one harmonious WaOlc is essential To
the protection of liberty for ourselves and its
transmission to our poserity.
The government of the union has proved IL
self strong enough to cope with and overthrow
the most powerful attempt AT disruption by
force which can be aimed against it, The
danger to democratic liberty and sclfgovern-
ment from centralized power and oppression,
shown by all history to be the most fatal has
vet to be encountered; and we charge upon
the leaders of the republican party the rcspon-
sibilitv for the most perious steps toward that
end They have sanctioned the use of the
military to ovcrawe electors and control cleo
,ions; they have defended fragrant outragcs in
the counting of votes by illegal returning
boards; they have upheld and supported frau
dulent state governments by military power;
they have established a horde of infamous
partisan officials at the polls IN divers cities,
chiefly in the northern states at the expense
of the national treasury, with power to imprs-
on free citizens, their opponents, without war
rant, in order to intimidate electors and con
troll elections they have, by reasonable con
spiracy, defeated the popular voice in the
election of president and placed in the ex-
ecutive office defeated candidate; and they
have, by forcing him to the unjustifiable eX-
ercise of the veto power defeated the will OF
the people, expressed by decisive majorities IN
the houses of congress, in an effort to secure
the freedom of the ballot-bOX from lnterfer
ence by the central power; while by various
acts, at different times, they have unreasonably
multiplied the number OF federal officials and
unjustifiably increased and concentrated po-
litical power in their hands, and imposed
grievous burdens on the people.
The resolutions also suitably denounce the
great fraud that counted in Hayes over Til
den; denounce IaZooism whether north or
south pay just tribute TO the valor and pa
triotsm of the soldiers of the late war, and on
the tiranclal question resolve
That as the democratic party adheres to the
financial doctrine which it established when
in power, that the constitutional currency of
and the basis Of all other should be
gold and silver coin; SO we maintain that all
treasury notes and authorized currency should
he convertible into the same on demand.