The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-04-30
POLITICAL.
Proceedings Of the Pennsylvania DE.
uo~rattc Convention nj ysnrrIsburr-.

uiU-p3si ". IUe spSClni committee on Gre
dentsals SHORTLY appeared aud made report
through Mr.. Dill. The committee reported
q decision had been arrived at unanimously
in each case, and Ia the cssc OF the confess.
IN Philadelphia the Wbie-Vaux delegation
admitted that the McGowan delegates were
regularly elected under the established
rules OF the party yet, for the SAKE Of bav-
Ing united the party in Philadelphs, both
sides are anxious to secure harmony and
concerned actinn.
The committee will therefore meet In
Philadelphia Mt some future day 10 make
such rules for the organization OF the
Democracy in Philadelphia as in their judy
ment may tie deemed necessary. They will
determine what The regular organization
shall be, and how II is TO be made up. Each
delegation is to be admitted 10 seals in this
Convention, and each delegate 10 cast one
half OF one vote through its chairman.
The report was then adopted, and the roll
OF delegates called.
AT the conclusion Of the roll-call, II. v.
Monaghan nominated A. II. Dill for TEN.
porary chairman. He was unanimously
elected. Mr.. Dill made no speech.
1t was resolved that the order OF business
shall be as follows:
Appointment OF Committees on Oreaniza-
ton and Resolutious-all resolutions 10 be
referred 10 the latter without debate: cleo.
ton OF delegates at large and OF electors at
large; nominations for Judge Of The SUI
preme Court and Auditor. General, and the
appointment OF representatives, delegates,
electors. and members OF the State Central
Committee.
Alter the appointment OF Committees on
Resolutions and Organization, and before
proceeding with the regular order Of work,
X. Il. Monaghan was nominated and unani-
m0usly elected permanent president.
Mr.. Monaghan said that four years ago he
hah been similarly h0nOred by the Conven-
ton which assembled at Lancaster. Tilden
and Hendricks were prevented by stupen-
dous fraud from occupying the positions
they were elected to, but the great Demo-
cratic party, true TO its history and princi.
pies, counselled peace rather than confu-
sion, and are waiting until November next,
when the people Of the United States will
approve their course by electiDg Democrat
ic candidates, when they SHALL and they
must be inausuratcd. The future is a
bright one for Democracy, and gives bril-
liant promise Of happy results.
TIE Committee on Resolutions reported
as follows:
/. Resolved, That we, the Democratic
party OF Pennsylvania, in Convention as.
sembled, renew our VOWS of fidelity 10 the
fundamental principles proclaimed and
practiced by the ilustrious men who settled
our free institutions and founded the
Democratic party to protect and preserve
them.
2. That by the just powers Of the Federal
Union the rights Of the States and liberties
OF the people are vital parts of one harmo.
NOUS system, and to save each part in its
constitutional yigor is to save the life OF
the nation"
8. That the Democratic party maintains,
as il ever has maintained, that the military
are and ought to be in all things subordi
nate 10 The civil authority. II denies, as it
ever has denied, The right Of the Federal
Administration TO keep on foot at the gene
raj expense Standing army to invade the
States for political purposes, without regard
To constitutional restrictions, 10 control the
people at the polls, to protect and encourage
fraudulent counts OF votes, or to inaugurae
candidates rejected by the majority.
4. That the right to free ballot is the
right preservative Of all the rights and the
only means OF peacefully redressing srie-
vances and reforming abuses. The presence
at the polls OF 4 regular military force and
Ct host OF 5rellng officials claiming
power 10 arrest and imprisOn citizens with
out warrant or hearing destroys all free
dom OF elections, and upturDs the very
foundation OF self-gOvernment. We call
upon all good citizens TO aid Us in prescrv.
ing our institutions from destruction by
these imperial methods OF supervising the
right Of suffrage and coercing popular will
in keeping the way to the ballot-boX open
and free as it was to our fathers; in re-
moving the army TO stfe distance when
the people assemble to express their Gov
ereien pleasure at the polls, and in securing
obedience to their will when legally eX-
pressed by their votes.
5. That Rutherford B. Hayes, having been
placed in power against the welI-knOwn
and lcgally.eXpressed will OF the people, is
representative OF a conspiracy only, and his
claim of right 10 surround the ball0t-bo xes
with troops and deputy marshals to intimi-
date and obstruct elections, and his unpre-
cedented use OF the veto to maintain this
insult. is a menace to the country.
6. That the Democratic party. rs OF old,
favors constitutional currency Of gold and
silver, and OF paper convertible into coin.
7. That we are opposed TO the system OF
subsidies by the General Government, and
to appropriations OF public moneys or credit
to any object but the public service.
8. That the Democratic party renews its
expression OF sympathy with labor and its
promise OF protection to its rights.
Q. That we look with alarm upon the pre-
tensions Of the great transportation COM
panes; and until they accept the Consttu-
ton OF 1873 in good faith they should re-
main objects Of the utmost vigilance and
-1..ft, 10
10. Relates to local affairs.
IL. That the great fraud Of 1876 and II
by which. upon false count OF the cleo
toraI votes of three States, the candidate
defeated at the polls was seated in the presi-
dental chair, was the most deadly blow
ever aimed at our system OF representative
government. The necessity OF rebuking
that great wrong imposes a more sacred
duty upon the people OF the Union than
ever addressed the consciences OF nation
Of freemen.
A supplementary resolution insiructlng
the delegates 10 Cincinnati 10 vote as unit
and to oppose the abrogation OF the two
thirds rule led 10 Il scene Of much excite
ment.
Mr.. Snowden, OF Lebigb, offered an
amendment striking out the unit clause
and favoring the abrosation OF the two
thirds rule.
Mr.. Wallace spoke emphatically in favor
OF the resolution as reported from the COM
mittee.
Mr.. Randall hoped the instructions to
vote Us unit would not be given.
Mr.. Snowden's amendment was carried
by 125 to 122 amid great cheering from the
Randall party.
The resolutions as amended were then
adopted.
After the election OF State electors and