The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-03-05
Democratic Humiliation.
ABJECT SURRENDER In MICHI-
GAN TO THE NATIONALS.
Hard-MOney Den Ocrsts Oufraged-A
Bot fro the Convcn,isn-A Democra-
tic Organs Criticism m-Republican Sue
cess Assured,

B0 { fro the C0nvcnsion-A Dem 0cra-
tic Organs Criticism Republican Sue
cess Assured.
Detailed reports from Lansing to the New
York Times, uuder date of March 1. show tha
EEiday's coalition was most utter and sbject
surrender Of the State Democracy to the Ma
tiorals, under circumstances inexpressbly
humiliating to the hitherto dominant hard
money element in the Democratic Party. The
vote in the Democratic Convention Oh
that questions stood about 2l5 for adopt
ing the National platform to 90 against, ano
the majority forced its programme through a.
rapidly as parlisms ntary law would permit
In SO doing. it entirely ignored its own Com
mittee on Platform, which had agreed upon
some resolutions on the University question,
but was divided on financial utterspces. 1t
never obtained any opportuaity to report, des-
spite the protests of a sjJrity of its mem
bers, who we're Outvoted aud yelled down.
large part Of the party vote was fictitious. The
upper peninsular was not represented at all by
residents, but IT'S proxies were in the hands o.
CONSPICUOUS Detolt soft-money men, For in
stance, John A kinsoD, OF Detroit, who led the
Democratic bolt against Gen. Williams lsst
Fall, because of the lattei's hard-money posit-
iop, Friday represented Marquette County, and
cast its eight votes on every ballot. la other
counties the whole vote was cast by two o.
three men, who thus swung all absentees,
many of them hard money men, into line for
coalition.
TIE bolt of the outraged hard-mouey men
took place under circumstances thus described
in the special the the Democratic Free Press:
"The six the resolution of the National platform
was taken up declaring that the Government
should in all cases regulate the volume OF
money. Bardley NJ. Thompson, late Demo-
cratic candidate for Congress In the Saginaw
tiop, tut he protested against this ole Eugene
Pringle, Of icksop, protested sgainst the res
olution as unpatriotic aud disgraceful. The
Democracy had ever opposed Capitalization,
aud this reso ution mboded the perfection OF
IT, concentr atiDg all the money power in the
| hands of the National Government. 1t was
not Democracy, and never could be Democ-
racy, to put the labJring men under the power
of an individual, and subject his fortune to the
| ch arge of parties. 1t was putting the power Of
| the purse with the power Of the sword, and ne
protf sted against 1t, and would have nothing 70
| do with it. Bradley M. Thompson offered an
amendment that all paper money issued snouio
oe convertible INTO Coin at the will Of tn hold
er. +. A. Backer, City Couu seor of Detroit,
supported the amendment. Hs said the ques-
| ton whether all the paper money OF the coun-
| Try shauld be issued by the Government was
| question concerning which Democrats might
| We'll disagree Someh hing could bs said cn
| each side of the question, but upon the ques
/ tion whether the Greenbacks issued by tue
/ GoyerDmeut should De N maintained, # possible,
/ At par with coin, there could be but one Demo'
cratic opinion. Various sOf s-nOHey leaders re
| plisd bitterly, and the amendment was voted
| upon aud losl-yess 140, nays 174. j, Suong,
Jr of Monroe, said IL was an Outrage on Lrut
Demo Gratis of the convention ~ nave Marquette
County represented here oy eight votes Dy
| LINN Atkinson, who had never cast q vote 10
rh.. county III his life, aud he thought 1t Was
an equally glariDg outrage that 30 votes
shonl be cast by the nslf dozen men from
Wayne WHO renamed in the hall, the Others
having goVs home. Here were uproarloas
cries of' oue~toh' and dem on trations from tne
call4ry. Whicn was densely crowded. Fne I I.s'
olotion itself wac then adopted ~ loo 10 lzo
Tremendous app >use followed"
"Eoeene Priogle protested that he could no
give his ad hesion to The resolutions Just aocpteo
aud SAID Jackson County YOU'D with ea~ =,
the deleg alton leaving amid great uproar JoSe
Strong, Jr, ANNOUNCED tnat Mouroe County
would withdraw and the delegation filed down
| the parquet of the theatre a1id tempest OF
| cheers aud gesticulatio1. w. L. 3. Scaermer-
horn late De nocrA attic candidate for Secretary
| Of state. followed, declaring that the better
portion of the Democracy OF Leoawee woulo
repudiate the plst tfotD, ana LETT with halt the
delegation. o. W Powers, Of Kalamazoo, ex-
post0lated in vain agaiust the wild uproar, ano
was only heard 10 say Lnat he could lot sc-
| cord with what had been dope, and left tbe
| theatre Levi l.. Barbour, OF Detroit, as Que
of the Wayne Delegation, Outcounted by 10,
| also expressed his indignant protest and dt-
| parted Willard Sterns of the Adrisn Press,
| said if there were any more delegations from
| lums, now was their time 10 leave. Matters
| then quie.ed down aud the ooiting OF the Ma
| tioual prog am ne " As promptly finished
| Ia the National Convention there was un'
concealed exultation over the abjsct Domocrat-
| ic surrender, aud the strong element which h2d
| originally opposed fusion found itself Dowerles:
/ TO resst tue wholesale Democratic enlistment
| under the National banner on the National 4
| own terms. Democratic dismsy reiens hert
/ this morning aud there is treme ndous kick
ing" The Free Press, the Democratic organ
saws editorially: "yhe lats hour to which th'
| session of the Lansing convention Was pre-
/ longed, ard the consequent delay 10 tine pro
| ,,eedipgs, made it lm0ossibls to give at th
| time any full or satisfactory anaiysls OF tnem
| w. doubt Indeed, whether Democrats who re
| soect themselves or honor their party Will car'
| tpr anV analysis that the proceedings, a. re
noy,ed. will stand. Unless they have suffered
some utterly unacceuntable change 10 trans
| mission. they tell story of shameless snrren
| der on the part If the majority 10 the conven
/ tion first. 10 those elements in the Convention
ias.t entitled to- the Democratic name, aut
| throneh them TO the stlOnal org aGizst'on, led
hv The most conteruptlSle demsgogne IN The
State We sincerely trust that a fuller iepor
will enable as to modify this opinion, but tn'
nrospects thereof are not at all Cheering,
Ths Rspu 5lican view of the situation IS
inbilant one. Speaking for its party: the Pos
and Tribune saws: ~The character Of he com
ipg contest is now clearly determined. it vii
| be- in q new phase of tlss honest money fight Q
last year. The Michiga" hepaonoans VII M
hold again the fort OF rsuonN nnsnce ana IN
| public faith they defended so .UsgninGentiy |
| 1878, and they will wiD another ,N&. .a v,c.ory
Tbey Will BE- aided by Democrats 30 W',l l"s no
| surrender their convictions on such "s' 9'es g,
tons, aud by Nationals who will not l .~,p y, "
Democratic plottings. With wise sciol' y, y,
| the University question:, the nominst,on )"
men whose names will command conhdepce
! and who will not represent any phase Oh
uuarrel, the Republican party will remove tne
| 6uIy possible source If weakness and orgsnizs
.victory that will nobly supplement- the TIL
| nmpb of last November"