Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-04-30
THE PLATFORM.
The Party Standing Firmly upon Its Ira
ditional Principles Denounoing Fraud
Flrst Triumphant In American Histo-
ry"-Tho Attitude ofthe Party Respect
tFNF

The Party Standing FIRMLY upon tts IRA
ditional Principles Denounoing Fraud
Flrst Triumphant In American Histo-
ry"-The Attitude ofthe Party Respect
ing Workingmeu.
The Committeo on Resolutions 70.
ported the following
Kfsoir.d. l. That We, the Democratic
party ui Pennsylvania, IN convention
assembled, renew our views ol fidelity
tothe fundamental principles proclaimed
aud practircd by the iliusirlous men
who settled our Tree institutions aud
founded the Democratic party to protect
and preserved them.
9. That the Just powers ut the FEEDER
al Union, the rights ul the states aud
the liberties ui the people are vital parts
of one harmonious system, and Ia save
,arh mart in ilS ~ hole constitutional
yigor Is to save the lie OF the nation.
3 That the Democratic party mann
tains, as Il ever haS maintained, that the
military are and ought to be III all things
subordinate to the Ciyn authorities, Il
denies, as it ever has denied, the right
of the Federal administration to keep on
foot, at general expense, "a standing
army tu invade the States lot political
purposes without rcgarl u Constitu.
tiouai restrictions, a. control the people
Ai the polls, To protect aud encourage
the fraudulent counts OF votes or To IN
augurste candidates rejected by the ma
iouty. ~
1. That the right tn Tree ballot is the
right prCse rvadve oi all rights the only
means u peacefully redrcssln9 grievances
and reforming abuses. The presence a.
the polls ui the regular military power
and OF a host claiming power to arrest
aud ,mprison citizens without warrants
or hearing destroys all freedom OF eiec-
tious and upturns the very foundations
OF seli-guverumeut We call upon all
good citizens to aid us IN preserving
our rinstitutiuns from destruction 10y these
immortal methods OF supervising
The right OF suffrage, aud coercing the
popular will; in keeping the ballot box
omen and free as Il Was % our fathers,
in removing the army to a safe distance.
Nd that tue people can assemble to eG'
press their sovereign pleasure at the
polls, and insuring oocdienee To Their
will when legally expressed by their
votes.
5. That Rutherford Il. Hayes, having
been placed in power against the we'll
known and legally expressed viii OF the
people, is the representative OF con
spiracy only, and his claim OF the righ,
to surround the ballot boxes With troops
and deputy marshals to inhmidate and
obsirucs electors, aud his unprecedented
use Of the veto 10 maintain TINS, Is an
insult ana menace 10 the country.
8. That the Democratic party y OF
old iayors the Constitutional currency
Of gold and silver and OF paper ooGSerti'
bic into coin.
:. That IL is opposed 10 the system OF
subsidies by the general government nn'
der which during the period OF the he
publican ascendancy the political rings
ami corporations prO6ted a, the peoples
expense and to any appropriations OF
public monies or public credit TO any
object bat the public service reforms and
economies such As have been enforced
by the Democratic party since u,
ADVENT to power in Congres. and
which have saved 10 the people many