Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-07-11

of the constitution, nearly three
quarters of a century ago men died as
the leaves in autumn, but the prlnci
pies underlying liberty and self-gov-
ernment were eternal, and the priuci-
pies that undcrlay the democratic
party could not perish from the earth
alth ugh their authors might cease TO
be (applause). The democratic party
was to-day as much a party organized
for aggressive war as when victory
perched upon its banners. The dem
ocratic party had now the house OF
representatives, and would have the
senate chamber hut for treason IN the
senate chamber itself Cheers. 1t
would have Lad the presidency, too,
but for the hands of robbers, I
who struck down the expressed I
will of the people by means OF
high perjury, bribery and corruption. /
/ The presidency had been stolen from |
the democratic party by men utterlng
! falsehoods through pale Ii ps and chat |
/ tering teeth Some of the men who |
/ had participated in that crime had |
! passed 4" beyond the river" there 10 /
/ give an account Of thcir stewardship. |.
That stealing Of the presidency was
! the greatest crime "a the nation. I
The great :aders of the party. TIlden |
and Hendricks, with the dignity which /
became heroic statesmen and patriots, |
| had submitted with the courage Of /
men who loved country better than .
pelf and power. Cheers } The dem |
ocratic party would now put forward .
candidates whose names would be in |
themselves IA platform. (Cheers.) II /
wanted a platform too that would |
! speak in no doubtful tones or as .
| Dciphc oracle. 1t should declare |
against corruption in the government, |
| against the eHormitieS of civil service,
! against the so-called dept of justice, I
against the abuses Of the postal service |
against robbery in high places that
! the burdens of taxation shall be based .
equally and cquitably on all classes of
the people and that the hundreds OF
millions of surplus revenues shall not
be allowed to accumulate. In cOnclu-
SION he urged that whoever the candi-
dates are we nominate should be sup
ported Loyalty and declaring that he
who would not support them would
not be a good democrat and hardly
patriot. Applause.
The Chairman -"Gents Of the Con-
vention, there is a further report
from the National Convention which
Will now be submitted for the action
Of this assembly. The Secretary
Mr. Prince, of Massachusetts the Ma
tional Democratic Convention moves
the following report ON temporary
organization.
For temporary Chairman Hon. Richard h
tIl ~ IIf IttNft
For Secretary Frcdcricl. \. Prince, of Alassa
cluisets
George O. Guthrie "f PcnnsylEania; q. l.. John
ston, Of Iowa; Robert VI inshf"rd, Of Wisconsin;
Charles NJ Nau,din%Lam, OF Missouri T. j. Lynn
ol Tennessee Michael H. lnrrctt of New Jersey.
Reading clerks 7. .. Walker of Iowa Thoma
S Petit Of Washington, H. G., y. II. B ell "f Mis-
suuri, James T. MorI IiSun OF New York, III t.. Bry
ant of Delaware.
0nciaI strmographcr Edwin T. Dfcicrson OF
scre"amtat arms X II Bright of Indiana
The Chair The question is, gentle
men of the convention, upon adoption
of the report of the national commit
tee upon the question of temporary
organization. As many of you as are
IN favor Of the adoption of the report
say aye; those opposed no. Motion
unan .uouSly adopted.
Smalloy of Vermont, a member of the
national committee offered a reSolu
tlon that the rules of the last demo
cratic convention shall govern this
body; except that in voting for the ,
candidates no state should be allowed
to change its vote until the roll of the
states had been called and not until
every state had cast its vote
Grady, Of New York, offered as an {
! 4 IL I a. 4
when the vote OF state as announced {
by the chairman Of the delegation, if I
such state is challenged by any mem {
Der of the delegation, then the secrc- l
tary shall call the names of the unGj-
vided delegates from the state, and
Their individual preferences as eX-
pressed shall be recorded as the vote
of such state" (Applause.)
John Il. Fellows, of New York, said
the convention of his Stale had direct
ed that, IN compliance with the imme-
mortal usage in that state, the senti
ment of the ma jority should be first
asccrtained an that, that having been
done, the vote of the New York dele
CATION should thereafter be cast as
unit. The convention Of New York
having placed upon its delegates that
trust, he challenged the right of this
convention to strip the New York del
egatlon of the rights thereby confer
red Such an action would not pass
without a protest from at least some
Of the members of that body.
The speaker then read the iuStruc
tons To act rs u unit passed by the
Saratoga convention. He continued
by saying that as far as the method by
which the vote of delegations should
be governed, New York alone had the
right to command it in the state
conventions. Every member from
that state in this convention voted for
the enforcement of the unit rule, and
the delegation itself had declared by
more than two thirds majority, that
lis chairman should express the will
of the state, by casting its - votes as
one lie bade them be prone before ;
the struck down ruthlessly the ex-
press will of the sovereign state of
New ork as given IN a resolution
which he read.
Nensie, of Indiana, offered as an
amendment to the amendment that
no state shall change its vote until the
result of the vote is announced.
Grady, of New York, spoke in sup
port of his amendment; he claimed
that the delegation from New York
had been mIsrepreSented i'll this mat
ter. There was great danger, he said
that through the power and influence
Of political machinery honest and
truthful opinion of New York might
not have IFS proper force here, and
the newspapers might be bought to
printin their columns that92 solidvotes
from New York would be cast for one
candidate, but there was no power to
make that There were resolute men
in the New York delegation who
would do what their state instruct
ed them to do-eXpress her sentiments
i'll certain prescribed form. The
convention should not take away that
right. 1t was a right dear 10 the state
of New York. If She was stripped of
that right she would feel degraded
and dishonored. He declared ironi-
cally that Mr.. Miller and himself were
in tender sympathy with each other.
He confessed that he had a brighter
hope set before him of better
methods and purer forms, when he