Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-05
STATE CONVENTION AT RICHMOND
YESTERDAY.
Jehn W. Daniel Nominated on the Second
Ballot for Goyernor-The Platform
Reported md Adopted ed-lhe
Debt Reputation Re-
pudiated.
HAD I'LL TOMORROW
VIRGINIA DEMOCRATS.
The Result ofthe State Convention Held
Yesterday.

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man. A recess was taken TO allow the
district delegates to select three mem
bers for each OF the following commit
tees: Credentials, Permanent Organi'
cation and Resolutions.
After half an hours recess the several
delegates reported, and the committees
were formed There was then another
recess. Upon reassenbiing the COM
mittee on Permanent Organization made
a report, and Thomas S. Bocock was
made president. In the course OF his
address,
Bocock Said:
II we prove ourselves wise and prudent
now and energetic and brave in the COM
ing can vass, | will say, without claiming
the spirit or wearing the garb OF a
prophet, that in the Iles of November
We will achieve victory which,
in its thoroughness and CON.
pleteness, will only be surpassed
by the magnificence and brilliancy OF
its results-resuts which, beginning at
the election and continuing through
long wears, will mark the history OF our
State with bright line OF glory which
will stand as a monument to our pru
dence and grandeur and the Importance
of our cause. -,
A recess was then taken until S
o'clock.
At the evening session the Committee
ON Platform made the following report
The Platform.
The Conservative Democratic party ot
Virginia, Democratic in its federal rela-
tions and Conservative in lts State poll.
cv, assembled in Convention, in view OF
the present condition of the Union and
of this Commonwealth, tor clear and
distinct assertion of its political princl-
pIes. declare that we adopt the following
articles of political faith: First-Equal-
itv of right and exact justice to all
special privileges to none; freedom oi
religion; freedom OF press and freedom
of person under the protection OF habcdS
corpus, of trial by a jury impartlaIly Sc
lected and OF pure, upright anu non
partisan judiciary;
Election by the People,
free from force or fraud of the citizens
or of the military, and the selection Tor
the public offices OF those who are hon
est and best fitted to fill them; the sup
port of State governments In all thelr
rights as the competent administrators
of our domestic CONCERNS and the
surest Bulwarks Against Monarchisl
Tendencies
and the preservation Of the general gov.
ernment in its whole constitutional
yiyor as the sheet anchor OF our peace at
home and our safety abroad. That as
the maintenance OF the public credit ol
Virginia is an essential means to the
promotion OF her prosperity, We condemn
repudiation in every shape and form
"a a blot on her honor, q blow at her
permanent welfare, and an obstacle to
her progress, influence and power, and
that we will make every effort to
Secure a Settlement of the Public Debt
with the consent OF her creditors
which is consistent with her honor
and dictated by justice and
sound public policy; that II
ia eminently desirable and proper thai
the several classes OF debt now existing
should be unified so that equality, which
is equity, may control in the annua
payment of the interest and the ultimate
redemption OF the principal. That will
the view OF securing such
equality, we pledge our party
Al l.. f,,l a,,th thnritv "a
settlement of the State debt, Sc that
there shall be but one class OF the public
debt; that we will use all lawful anC
constitutional means in our power to
secure settlement on the basis OF
per cent. bond, and that the Conserva
tive Democratic party pledges itself as
part of policy not to increase the pres
ent rate OF taxation.
Third-That we will uphold in its ful
constitutional integrity and efficiency
our
Public School System
for the education OF both white and col
ored children: a system inaugurated 10y
the constitution OF the State and eStab
lished by the action OF the Conser, ativ,
psrty wears before il was required
by the Constitution, and will take th'
most effectual means for the faithful ex
ecution OF the same by applying to lt'
support all the revenues set apart toI
that object by the Constitution or other
| wise.
Fourth-Upon this declaration q
principles we cordially invite The
cooperation OF all ConservatIv,
| Democrats, whatever may have been o.
now are their views upon the publl'
debt, in the election OF the nominees 0
this convention, and in the maintenance
OF the supremacy OF the Democratic
party in this State.
Rcsolred, further, That any intima
ton, coming from any quarter, that th'
| Conservative Democratic party "t Nir
ginia has been, is now, or proposes =
be, opposed to an
Honest Ballot aud Fair Count,
is calumny upon the State of Vir
ginia, and as unfounded in fac
"a il is dishonorable to IL
authors; that special efforts will he mad
TO foster and encourage agricultural
mechanical, mining, manufacturing ant
| OtDeT VI haLC rbotS'
The report was received with ap
plause and unanimously adopted.
The following resolution, offered b.
General Tallaierro, was adopted unsni
mously, amid an enthusiastic display o
feeling:
Resolced By this COnrentiOn. That il
common with all good citizens OF tn
Union We reflect with deep abhorrenc'
upon the crime OF the man who arme!
the bow at the life OF the eminent citl
zen who was called by the Constitution
al voice OF fifty millions OF people to b
President OF the United States, and "
tender to him and to his family tn
sympathy and respect OF thi
convention and OF those "
represent in this great calamity, an
our hearty desire for his complete restd
ration to health and return TO the dis
charge of his important duties for tn
welfare and honor OF our eommo
country.
| Nominations.
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