Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-05-20
The Democratic state. Convention.

OOuttutiOu WAS ntlu III 4uhuicUu vi |
Wednesday last week. The dele
gates representing Grant county |
were, A. r. Bushnell, W. ]. Mccoy,
G. D. Streeter, N. Dewey, N. III.
Virgin, Geo. Whicher, H. +. Mcneil
ly, t. j. Brooks.
The convention was summoned to
order by Mr. Parkinson, State COM
mittee chairman. DR.. j. B. Whiting,
of GAINESVILLE, was made temporary
chairman, and w. A. Walker, of Man.
itowoc, temporary secretary. The
Hon. John w. Cary, Of Milwau-
kee, succeeded as perIanent chair.
man, and Mr.. Walker was continued
in his position. Mr.. Cary is a fine
looking man and quite competent in
such Q position. He is lawyer, and
has frequently been in our courts in
Lancaster, attending to cases for the
Mil. d St. p. Railway, whose attor-
nsy be is. He is good speaker, but
is altogether behind the times in pol
itics. He imagines the Democratic
party was born about the time the
family of Noah came out OF the ark,
and says it's mission "will not be full.
filled SO long Is the human family
continues to exist" etc. In the make
up of COMMITTEES we notice that A. r.
Bushnell, Of this county, was one of
the committee on resolutions, and we
judge by the timber in the platform
he had much to do with constructing
it. The tenth and eleventh resolu.
lions are twaddle, but the others with
but little modification would do for a
Republican platform. If "the right
to free ballot is the right preserva.
tive of all rights" it is certainly worth
doing little fighting for, when there
ACCOMPLISHMENTS upon it. What folly
to declaim that it should be preserved
only by the civil law! And an ex
preston of hankering wish that the
cipher alley man should have been
made President of this "nation" is
damaging, and that only. The fol.
lowing is the platform entire:
| First-The union of the states is perpetual.
and indisoluable ; and, for its maintenance in
the future, as in the past, we pledge our for
tunes and our lives.
Secondly that union, under the consti.
tuition, she United States is nation already
one Of the greatest of the earth and, If true
to its ideas and mission, before the end of it's
second century, will be the greatest Of them
| all.
Third-In order to preserve that union.
the national government; by the constitution
opon an Interstate and international affairs
Is clothed with sovereign and supreme DOW
ers while the same constitution, upon all
local affairs, reserve and guarantees to the
states an independent republican form of
government. thus securing union without
despotism ; liberty without secession.
| Fourth-Ws denounce the heresy of seces-
sion which caused the late civil war and we
denounce also the opposite heresy of CEN
tralism. as at var with the rights, liberties,
and independence of the people of the several
states; and with the constitution
Fifth-The national debt incurred in the
war to preserve the union is of binding obi
CATION, and tho national faith is pledged tha.
il shall be fully paid.
Sixth-All debts obligations, or claims of
| any kind, including claims for pensions or war
damages BY both parties engaged in war 70
destroy the Union. has no shadow of legal or
moral obligation upon the government Of the
United States, and they should therefore be
forever rejected.
Seventh-Gold and silver coin is expressly
recognized as legal tender money BY the con.
stitution, and all paper currency used az
money should be of equal value and at par
with coin and the unit Of value should be,
and remain the same as established by our
fathers.
Eighth-The course of our democratic re.
representatives. in congress, in retrenching ex,
pendtures and reducing taxation, during the
past Six years, in spite of pertinacious oppesi-
| ton, has effectively contributed to improve
the condition Of our material affairs and meet
our hearty approval
Ninsh-We hold in grateful remembrance
Ia our prosperity. the brave men who in the
time OF trial, volunteered to save by their
labors, perils and sacrifices, the constitutional
order and freedom upon which our property
| has been restored.
Tenth-The right to free ballot, is the
| right preservative Of all rights, and She only
means OF peacefully redressing grievances.
| and reforming abuses. But that right in every
citizen, white or black, should be protected
by the civil law. In England, as in every
other country where political liberty exists, as
well as IN this country. the presence at the
polls, OF regular military force, and host
Oh hireiing officials, claiming power to arrest
ana imprisien citizens without warrant or
hearing tends directly to destroy the freedom
| OF elections and to upturn the foundation of
self government
Eleventh-Our candidates for president
and vice president, in 1876, were elected at
the polls by large majorites and yet upon a
false count of the votes Of three states. sus-
tanned the partisan action Of an electoral
commission which refused to hear and deter
mined the very question they were organized
70 try, those candidates were defeated. That
great fraud by which the will Of the people
was thus set aside by the fslsehood duplicity
and threat o. military force, was most
deadly blow aimed at our representative
government
Twelfth-That this convention is ir favor
OF maintaining the twosthirds rule in the
national convention, ia the nomination of
candidates.
Below are named the delegates
with their alternates chosen to rep. |
resent Wisconsin Democracy N the
Cincinnati Convention, also the cleo.
tors to be voted for by Democrats at
the General election.
First Congressional Observation-Disclosures |
Arson Rogers, of Rock, and II Mackley. OF |
Waukesha alteruates. Hannibal Rogers. of |
Rock, and Fred Robinson, of Kenosha: cleo. |
tor, N D Fratt, Of Racine.
Second Observation-Disclosures, j C Gregory
OF Dane. and Trip, of Sank alternstes'
John Massey, of Columbia, and P 6 Stroud
Of Columbia; elecsor, Charles Stoppenbacb'
Of jefferson.
Third Observation-Disclosures, Geo. Krouskon
OF Richland. and N Smith, of Iowa slter,
mates, + G Rodolf and A r Bushnell: cleo
tor Hugh Campbell, of La Fayette.
Fourth District-Delegates, A thinner
man, of ozaukee, and Hon Ed Keogh. OF
Milwaukee; alternates, John r Bohan and
Joseph Duesser; elector, John Bentley.
Fifth District Delegates, Joseph Rankin
and William Eivali. alt.roa,n. 49,, |