The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-07-03
Illinois Democrats.

duQ S11u-. hOb0ll VIC, Ia cpltC VI cuC
declinstIon of Mr.. Tilden, norli-
nate him for Pfesident?" The con-
veDtton rose aud cheered. General
| Noel rnand offered a resolution. de.
rlafing it il the sense of tie con
VeDtion that the ''old ticket" should
be renominated, but it was declared
out of order at this stage OF the pro-
itceedings.
After some delay ex Governor
John NJ. Palmer was called on and
spoKe at considerable length on the
ques ion of free trade and the tariff,
d. claring for a tariff for revenue
only, and limited to the necessities
of an economical government. He
said If he had the power Of Him
who said: "LsZarus, come forth, y
he the speaker would say Samuel
j. Tilden, come forth" (Cheers.)
Somebody had said the committee
On delegates at large to the national
convention had chosen him (Paimer)
as one OF the number. If that were
true he would 60 to New
York himself and see Tilden.
He would take no ones word
for it. This state uent was re.
ceived with great cheers and wav-
ing Of hands and fans. The speaker
proceeds: SHUT suppose Tilden
could not or would not run, what
then ?" (Cries of Cleveland, Melon.
aid. Morrison and Palmer). The
convention at 8. 80 took recess uns
til Z 30. A canvas Of the delegates
to the national convention shows a
nearly unanimous sentiment for
Tilden if it can be shown he would
accept. After him the majority IA
vor Cleveland and under the unit
rule he would probably get the vote
of Illinois. Some OF the delegates
favor Mcdonald and some Bayard
When the convention reassembled
1t was permanently organized with
Judge Crawford as chairman. Res
buttons:
First.-rhat we pledge ourselves
anew to the constitutional
doctrines and traditions Of the
Democratic party as illustrated by
the teachings and example of the
long line of Democratic statesmen
and patriots, and embodied in the
platforms of the Democratic con.
ventious of 1876 and 1880.
Second. - That we proclaim
atresh our firm opposition to
Capitalization in governmental
sffairs, and to the dangerous spirit
of encroachment which tends to
consolidate the powers of govern
ment and thus create the form OF q
real ami steadily advanc ing des.
potism.
Third. -Thst as declared by the
patio, al Democratic convention of
'76 we INSIST that reform is neces-
sary In the sums and modes of fed
eral taxation, to the end that cap
ital may be set free from dis
trust and labor lightly burdened.
We denounce the high protective
tariff maintained for more
than twenty years by the
Republican party subs antially
as It is exit, and which 10 levied
up1n nearly 900 articles, as a mass
terpiece Of injustice, inc quality and
false pretense. 1t has impoverished
many industries TO suhsidize few.
Itprohibits imports that might pur.
chase the products of American
labor. 1t has degraded American
commerce from a first to an in.
ferior rank upon the high seas.
It has cut down the sales
of American manufactures at home
and abroad and depleted the returns
of American agriculture and iudus.
try followed by half our people, II
costs the people five times more
than it produces TO the treasury,
obstructs the processes OF produc
ton and wastes the fruits of LABOR.
It promotes fraud, epriches dis
honest officials and bankrupts hon.
est merchants. We demand that
all custom-house taxation shall be
! only for demand, and thus demand
ing, the delegates to the Democratic
convention from this estate to be
held at Chicago the coming week,
are hereby instructed to vote as a
unit and use their utmost endeavors
in favor OF an emphatic decla- alton
by that body in favor of tariff for
revenue only.
F0urth-We denounce as false
and utterly unfounded the charge
made by the advocates of protected
monopoly, that tariff reform is hos.
tile or unfriendly to home labor or
home industries. That the contrary
is true is clearly demonstrated by
the historical fact that labor and
agriculture have prospered most
under the operation of low tariff
legislation.
Fifth-We heartily approve and
cordially commend the course Of
Hon. VIM. r. Morrison as chairman
of the committee OF avs and means
of the present House of Representa-
tives in the Congress of the
United States and each of the
other Democratic representatives
from this State as WILL 81
that of a very large majority
of the Democrats in the lower house
OF Congress in their earnest and
faithful effjrts t, bring about re
duction of the present ruinGus high
tariff taxation in the direction Of
actual necessities of the government
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