Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-20
P0LITICSINTHREE STATES
McLANE FOR DEMOCRATIC GOV
ERNOR OF MARYLAND.

A Platform DenuneiatOry of RepubIi-
can Raseality-MinOr State Oficers
Nominated by the New York Republi-
cans-RObinsOn for Governor and
Ames fer Lieutenant Governor AIassa-
chusetts' Republican Ticket.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 19.-The Democratic
State Convention to-day nominated Rob
ert NJ. McLane, Of Baltimore city. for
Governor; Charles b. Roberts, of Carroll
county, for Attorney General, and J..
Frank Turner, of Talbot county. for
Comptroller.
The platform says that the declaration
of the election of Hayes and Wheeler in
1876 to the offices of President and Vice
President of the United States was
brought about by frauds consummated
under forms of law, and that the methods
used in the election OF Garfield
and Arthur in 1880 have been
proved by the creatures who did the
evil work to have been, If possible,
more discreditable than those adopted
by their fellows in 1876. The National
Republican party of the country has dur
ing its tenure of power made the public
lands the spoil of favored corporations.
1t has squandered the money Of the cOun-
try by maintaining horde of idle, prolific
and incapable placemen. 1t has not during
its tenure of power in its tariff legislation
given that just and equal protection to
the Industries of the country, which it
ought to have offered, but has, on the con-
trary, made the masses of the people pay
from their earnings enormous
bounties to favored monOpOlies. 1t has
broken up the commerce of the United
states in vessels carrying the national
flag. 1t has permitted unwOrty men who
planned and executed the frauds perpe-
trated in the Presidential elections of 1876
and 1880 to deal with the patronage of the
government and with the public money
in the Treasury, as if these great trusts
were the spoils of an enemy's camp. The
Democratic Conservative party of this
State Will enter into the State and ma
tiOnal campaigns of this and the ensuing
years with its whole heart, resting
its opinions on national politics
as heretofore upon the express words of
the tenth amendment to the Constitution
of the United States, adopted in 1895: ''The
powers not delegated to the United States
by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it
to the States, are reserved TO the States
respectively or to the people," 1t will de-
mand that national taxation in all its
forms shall be limited to such amounts as
are necessary for an economical admins
tration OF the government, for the pay
ment of the interest upon the public debt,
and for the redemption in each year of
fixed and reasonable proportion
of that debt. 1t will demand such
revision and amendment of
the Federal laws relating to shipping and
the carriage of ocean freights as will re-
store our merchant marine to it's former
prosperity. The remainder of the plat
form is devoted to State matters. 1t says
that the Democracy Of Maryland will
afford such protection as can be given the
welfare of women and children engaged
III labor in this State. 1t declares that
the labOring men have an equal right
with the owners of capital to make
peaceable combinations for their own
protection, and that such right
ought to be recognized by
statute, and that the collection of statis-
tics and information concerning the
needs of the various branches of industry
and the abuses which exist therein
ought to be provided for by law. 1t has
organized an additional system of free
public schools for the use of the people of
the State, and it will continue and foster
that system.