The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-04-30
PEN NSYLVANlA.
DELEGATES cHosEN TO olsoINNATI
they are Aboat Evenly D'sidea
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the Halter Philadelphia tae'
tioas Iiar,asntssd Tho
Resolutions, hte'

Oh Credentials 81 oHly appeared aud made
their repor, through Mr. Dill The commit
Too reported the decisions they had ArrlvedN
In the case OF tho contest 10
Philadelphia, while the Naur delegation IL
admitted, they aud tina. the Modowan dele
gates were regularly elected under tho e''ao'
lished rules Of tho party. For the sake OF
harmony and united party In FhlladelphlA
both sIdes aro anxious ~ secure harmonious
and concerted action, The committee Will,
therefore, meet In Philadelphia some mture
day aud make such rules forlhe organization
of the Democracy In Philadelphia As In their
Judgment may be deemed necessary They
will determine what the regular organization
shall be, and how II IL 10 DO made up Each
delegation Is to be- admitted TO sean In this
convention, and each delegate 10 10 casl one
hall Of ono vote through rs chairman,
The report was then adopted and the roll
of delegates called Az .he conclusion Of
roll call n. ", Monaghan nominated A. II.
DIN for temporary chairman, lilo was unan'
imously elected. Mr.. Dill made no speech
II was resolved that the order Of buslnees
shall be- NJ foloWs; The appointment of com.
mittcos on organization and resolutions oil
rosolu,iona 70 DO referred 10 the latter, with
out debate; tho election Of delegates NJ
large; no nomination for Judge OF the SUI
pre,ne court and Auditor.Gcnoral and tho
appointment Of representative delegates cleo
tors and members Of tho State central COM
mittoe.
Aher the appointment of committtoos on
resolutions aud organization, and before pm
ceeding with the regular order Of work. II.
II. Monaghan WINS nominated and unani'
mously elected permanent Presldent
Mr. Monaghan said that four yoars ago he
had been similarly bonor,d by the oonyen-
ton which assembled ut Lancaster. Tildcn
and Hendricks were prevented bya stupon'
dous fraud fro,u occupying tho positions 10
which they were elected, but the grand old
| Democratic party true to its history and
principles, then c0unsellcd peace rather than
confusion, and are now waiting until Noyeln-
Der next, when the peopl of the United States
| will approve their course by eleeting the
Democratic candidates, when they shall, and
they must be inaugurated. The future Is
bright ono for Democrats and gives brilliant
promise Of happy result,
Tho COMMITTEES on Resolutions reported us
| follows:
Resolved, first That We, the Democratic
party Of Pennsylvania, In convention assem-
bled, rcnew our ows Of fidelity TO the fun
damental principles proclaimed and prsc-
ticed BY the illustrious men who settled our
| free institutions and preserved them.
Second, That the Just powers Of tho FEEDER
al Union, the rights of tho States aud the
liberties Of the people are vital parts Of one
harmonious system, and to save each part In
| It's whole Constitutional vigor Is to save the
life of the nstion.
Third, That the Democratic party main
tains, as II ever has, that the military are,
and ought to be, in all things, subordinate TO
the civil authority, and II denies, as II ever
has denied, the right of the Federal admins
tration to keep on foot, ut the general ex-
pense, standing army to invade tho States
for political purposes without regard 10 con-
stitutional restrictions, TO control the people
at the polls, to protect and encourage fraud
ulent counts Of votes, or to inaugurate can
didates rejected by the majority.
Fourth, That the right to free ballot Is
the right preserva'ive of all
rights--the only meaps Of peace.
fully redressing grievances and
reforming abuses, The presence at the
polls of a regular military force and of a
host of hirellng officials, claiming power to
arrest and imprison citizens without war
rant or hearing destroys oil freedom Of cleo
ton and upturns the very foundation Of
self government. We call upon all good
citizens 10 aid us TO preserve our institutions
from destruction by these imperial methods
of supervising the right Of suffrage and
coercing the popular win by keeping the
way TO the ballot-box open and free, as It
was to our fathers, and in removing the army
TO safe distance when the people assemble
to express their sovereign pleasure at the
polls, and In securing obedience 10 their
win when legally expressed by their votes
| Fifth, That Rutherford B. Hayes, having
been placed in power against the well-knowr
and legally expressed will Of the people, II
his claim of the right TO surround the ballot
box with troops and Deputy Marshals to In
timidate and obstruct electors, and bill
unstinted veto to maintain this insult, Is I
menace 10 the country.
Dl1tu, i uht tuo DcuOcrutc parry nowt o.
; Of old, favors 3 constitutional currency o
gold and silver, and Of paper convertible In
10 cois.
Seventh, That we are opposed TO system
of subsidies by the General Government, ant
70 appropriations Of public monies or credi
TO any object but the public service.
Eighth, That the Democratic party renew
its expression of sympathy with labor ant
its promise of protection to its rights.
Ninth, That we look with alarm upon tt'
pretensions Of the great transportation com
panies, and until they accept the constitution
of 1873 In good faith they should remain OBJ
iects of the utmost vigilance and Jealousy b,
both the Legislature and the people.
The tenth relates 10 local affairs.
Eleventh, The great fraud Of lS76-T7, b.
which, upon the false count Of the ell ctora
votes of three States, candidate defeated q
the polls was seated in the Presidential chaiI
. was the most deadly blow ever aimed at on
system of representative government. Th'
necessity Of rebuking that great wrong i'm
poses most sacred duty upon the conscienc
Of nation Of freemen.
Supplementary resolutions instructing dele
gates 10 Cincinnati to vote rs unit AMI 70 OF
pose the abrogation Of the two-thirds rul
led TO q scene Of much excitement.
Mr.. Snowdon, OF Lehigh, offered q
amendment striking out the unit clause an
fsvoriRg the abrogation Of the two-thirt
rule.
! Mr.. Wallace spoke emphstically In fav
Of the resolution as reported from the con