Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-07-11

between the two platforms Both agreed tAss
there was no authority to raise revenue bcyond
.Ne necessary wants OF the government, and no
49, s11 " DC is,a on necessaries OF life He OBJ
yeSleu 10 the tann plank. because took the COM
mittee thirty-sK hours TO prrpsre n. and n they
could not ind out in that time what they wanted
now were lhe laborlng men 10 ind out what IL
meant The very able Chairman of the cornmiitee
MT Morr1son. he said, thought there should be no
ton 10 ss os S0Ss DC no such thing as pretec
ler1 believed that there should he such projection
su ,,i. Ios'eIlnS, such chershing Mr. Morrison
Couo not hleld MS CONVICTIONS. and he mt Butler)
could not yield his, ana. therefore, the comm,ttee
had 10 spend all that time 10 say something that
would mean one thing one way and anos her thing
another way. daughter Hcasked the deieSates
10 resd that tarin plank and II they could md
0at exactly wnat u dld mean. II did not mean
protection. III IL did, Col Morrison Was too honest
man 10 bring II here, and yet II was 80 twisted
mat III might inean protection. fLaughterl The
asnScrses had In Its platform in Iss5 plank Of
of the most gallant soldier In the country laugh
yer ana now they had tarir plank .'for pub
encec Exclusively meant "onlyr and ..oply''
meant exclusively" ILaughter.l Passing 20 the
currency he said he affirmed the docrrine OF An
drew jackson, that the government alone could
issue money. and he would rather De wrong Win
jackson than be right with the committee
Laughter he represented many grecpbacker-
good and true greenbaclers Ike Allen q; Thur
man tlauShterl-and these men were willing 10
come TO NE democracy TO roo, out corruption and
have them. lie commended that greeneacss were
"honest money" ana as 10 civil service he said
There was not a man In the convention In favor OF
IL George Washington himself could not have
passed civil service examination for a 81 eO
clerkshin llauShterl His early education had
been neglected and IN his viii, written by his own
hand. lie spelled clothes "cloathsr daughter
For himself he wanted frequent changes Ia Office
In Older 10 counteract the great tendency to have
aristocratic lie Offices lf Office was a good thing
then he wanted all the people 10 have q chance AZ
IL, and II IL was bad thing then IL was too hard
10 put II on poor fellow Tor his whole lifetime.
laughter theoretically he was a free trader:
but practically, when So 600 600 OF revenue had 10
oe raised on imports. there could be such thing
AS Tree trade, aud 80 long some Industry must
be fostered American men and women should DO
taken care OF IApplause.I He would call for Q
Ia the platform
Mr. CONVERSE
took the foor In favor or the platform as reported
10y the committee, saying that there was much In
Buters platform 70 which all could subscribe
there was much in his tarin plank TO which all
could subscribe: there was much OF that plank en-
bodied In the report OF the committee The ma
)orlty report was made by representatives OF the 81
states The dissent Was from but a single
state The majority report was a harmoni,ing OF
dlnerences In the entire union and should receive
The support OF the democracy.
Mr.. HENRY n. wATTERsoN
following Mr.. Converse In support OF the platform
saic he had no doubt OF success with two proper
men on proper platform The platform reported
was one on which they could vote II WAS n Mat
form which could not be mtsrepresented by Their
th,NitS. PLATFORM which when the democracy
had elected It's candldates) would consttute noble
program ana policy as the purpose OF the national
democracy. lApplause.l
Mr. Morrison moved the previous question on the
report ana SUBSTITUTE; and IL WAS ordered The
vote was then taken 10y states on Mr. Buffers sub
sutute, and II was reJected-yeas, 92.; nays, ,I4H.
THE PLATFORM ADOPTED
The majority platform was then unanimously
adopted.
The First BALLOT.
The ballot 10y states, after the changes were
made, was as follows: