River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-07-17
vided and any surplus should be paid into the

! ing medium convertible into such money with
out loss. Asserting the equality Of all men be-
| fore the law. we hold that it is In the duty Of
/ the government in its dealings with the people
TO mete out equal and exact justice to all citi-
zens of whatever nativity, race, color or persua-
sion, religious or political. We believe in free
| ballot and fair count, and We recall to
| the memory of the people that noble
struggle Of the Democrats in the Forty nth and
| Forty-sixth congresses. by which Republican
/ opposition compelled to assent to legisla-
| lion making everywhere illegal the presence Of
troops al the nolls as the conclusive proof tnat
| Democratic administration will present liberty
THE TERRITORIES
The selection of federal officers for the terri
| tories should be reverted to citizens previously
| resident therein. We oppose sumptuRry laws
which yex the citizen and interfere with lndiyid-
/ ua liberty.
| We favor honest civil service reform and the
| compensation of all United States officers by
| fixed salaries, the separation Of church and
/ state and the diffusion of free education by
| common schools so that every child I'm the land
may be taught the rights and duties of citizen
/ ship.
| While we favor legislation which win tend to
/ the equitable distribution of property to the
prevention Of monopoly and to the strict en-
forcement OF individual rights against corporate
abuses, we hold that the welfare Of society de-
ponds upon a scrupnlous regard for the rights Of
| property as defined by law. We believe that the
| labor is best rewarded where it is freest and
| most enlightened. it shonId therefore be fos-
| tered and cherished. We favor the repeal of all
laws restricting the free action of labor, and the
4 enactment OF laws DV WnlGn laDDE organizations
may be incorporated, and of all such legislation
| as will tend to enlighten the people as to the
| true relations Of capital and labor.
| We believe that the public lands ought, as FAR
/ as possible, to be kept homesteads for actual
| settlers: that all unearned lands heretofore
| granted to railroad corporations by the act OF
| the Republican party should be restored to the
public domain and that no more grants of lands
/ shall be made to corporations or be allowed to
| fall into the ownership IF lien absentees. We
/ are opposed to al proportions which upon any
/ pretense would convert the general government
| into machine for collecting taxes TO be dis
| tributed among the states or the citizens
| thereof.
In reaffirming the declaration of the Demo-
1 cratic platform of 1856 that the liberal princi-
/ pies embodied by Jefferson in the Declaration of
1 Independence and sanctioned in the constitu-
| tion. which makes ours the land OF liberty and
| which have ever been cardinal principles in the
| Democratic faith, we nevertheless do not sane
1 tion the
| IMPORTATION or FOREIGN LABOR
| or the admission of a serviie race untitled by
habits training religion kindred for absorption
into the great body of our people, or for the cit-
/ ilization demands that against the immigration
| or importation of Mongoians to these shores
our gates be closed. The Democratic
| government is to protect with equal
/ fidelity and vigilance the rights OF its
citizens native and naturaized, home and
/ abroad, and to the end that this protection may
be assured in the United States papers of natur-
alization issued by courts of competent jurisdic-
4 ton must be respected by the executive ana
| legislative departments of our own government.
| and by all foreign powers 1t is an imperative
duty of this government to efficiently protect all
| the rights of persons and property of every
| American citizen in foreign lands, and demand
and enforce full Teparation for invasion thereof
| An American citizen is only responsible to his
| own government for any act done in his own
1 country or under her flag, and can
| only be tried therefor her own
| soil and according TO her laws, and no
| power exists in this government TO expatriate
| an American citizen TO be tried in any foreign
| land for any such act. This country has had a
/ well defined and executed foreign policy, Under
| Democratic administration its policy has ever
/ been, in regard to foreign nations, so long as
they do no act detrimental to the interest of the
/ country or huTttul to our citizens TO let them
alone. That as tho result of this policy we re-
| call the acquisition of Louisiana, Florida, Cali
| fornia and Of the adjacent Mexican territory by
| purchase alone, and contrast these grand acqnl-
| sitions of Democatic craftsmanship with the
| purchase of Alaska, the sole fruit of Repub-
| lican administration Of nearly quarter of a
century.
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
The federal government should care for and
| improve the Mississippi river and other great
| waterways of the republic, so as TO secure for
the interior states easy and cheap transportation
| to tide water. Under a long period OF Demo-
cratic rule and policy our merchant marine was
fast overtaking and ON the point of outstr1pping
| that of Great Britain. Under twenty years of
| Republican rule and policy, our commerce has
4 been left to British bottoms. and almost has the
| American flag been swept off the high seas. In
| stead of the Republican partys British policy
1 we demand Tine people OF LD6 Ou1Geu 6Jdpt5
| an American policy under Democratic rule and
| policy. Our merchants and sailors flying the
| stars and stripes in every port, successfully
| searched out market for the varied products OF
| American industry. Under quarter century OF
Republican rule and policy, despite our manifest
advantage over other nations in high paid labor,
| favorable climate and teeming soils; despite
/ freedom of trade among all states: despite their
| population by the foremost races of men. ana
inc annual liilinIgfdtion VI the youhg' biihUS
and adventurous of all nations; despite our tree
| dom here from the inherited burdens of life and
| industry in od-world monarchies, their costly
war navies, their vast tax-consuming, non-pro-
4 ducing standing armies; despite twenty years OF
I peace, that Republican rule and policy have
| managed to surrender to Great Britain along
| with our commerce, the control OF the markets
| of the world. Instead OF the Republican party $
| British policy, demand, behalf of the
| stead of the Republican partys discredited
| scheme and false pretense OF friendship tOr
| American labor expressed by imposing taxes, we
demand, on behalf OF the Democracy, freedom
for American labor. by reduced taxes, to the end
| that these United States may compete with UNI
| hindered powers for the primacy among nations
| in all the arts and fruits of liberty.
TRIBUTE TO TILDEN.
| With profound regret we have been apprlsed
| by the venerable statesman through whose person
was struck that blow at the vital principle of the
republics acquiescence IN the Will of the major
| ity, that he cannot permit us again to place IN
his hands the leadership of the Democratic hosts
| for the reason that the achievement OF reform IN
| the administration of the federal government Is
| an undertaking too heavy for his age and falling
| strength. rejoicing tD3t MS lie mas peeH pro-
| longed until the general Judgment of our fell Nv
| countrymen is united in the wish that that
| wrong rghted in his person for the Democ-
racy of the United States, we offer TO him III MS
| withdrawal from public cares not only our re-
spectful sympathy and esteem, but also that best
| homage of free men, the pledge of our devotion
| to the principles and the cause now lnseparaDlt
| in the history of this republic from the labors
| and the name of Samuel J. Tilden. With state
| ment of the hopes principles and purposes OF
| the Democratic party the great issue OF REFORM
| and change in administration Is submitted &c
| the people in calm confidence that the popular
| voice will prodounce in favor of new men and
new and more favorable condition for the growth
| of industry, the extension of trade and due re,
ward of labor and of capital and the general
| welfare of the whole country.
Col Morrison then got up to state that he
| Welded to Gen. Butler to present minority
report He further outlined the programme by
saving: Gen. Butler will have 30 minutes to ex-
| plan his report after it is read; Mr.. Converse
of Ohio viii have five minutes in which to
| speak and Mr.. Watterson of Kentucky ten, af-
ter which shall move the previous question
and call for the adoption of the report
| All this was carried out and the
| previous question ordered. The vote was
then taken by states on Butlor's substitute and
it was rejected-ayes 97112 noes, 7l458. WheI
| the vote of Indiana was being announced
Senator Voorhees, stated that he wished special
| Iv to have his vote recorded III the aihrnla-
tive The question was REQUIRED on the adop-
ton of the majority report and 1t was adopted
without opposition
| The convention then prOuceueu 10 Dditob loL
| President and deep silence was maintained
during the following announcement OF the vote
| by the clerk:
| Cleveland ......3 1872 rilden. ..............
| Bayard .............1 10 Hendricks .......... ]
! Thurman ........... SSFlower. ............. a
| Mcdonald. .......... DO
| Hoady ............., 81 Total. 81
| randall ..-..--...--- -
| Carlisle ............ 27lNecessary to choice 47
The programme had been kept in this-that
| Cleveland did not get a majority on the first
| ballot The result was received with good
deal of uproar, but with nothing like the en-
thusiasm that had been expected. The cOnven-
ton then adjourned till Friday.
| On the call of states the following were an
| nounced as members of the national committee:
Alabama, Henry C. Semple; Arkansas, S. w.
| Fordvce: California, NJ f. Tarpey; Colorado,
NJ s Walter: Connecticut, W. ii. Barnum; Iowa
Samuel Pasco; Georgia, Patrick Walsh: Illinois
! S. Corning Judd: Indiana, Austin Fl. Brown
| Iowa. NJ NJ Hall; Kansas, c. W. Blair; Ken
| lucky. Henry v McHenry; Louisiana, b. F.
| Jonas; Maine, Edmund wilson; Maryland, A.
p German: Michigan, Don n. Dickinson;
Minnesota. r H. Kelly, Missouri, John G.
Prather; Mississippi, c. A. Johnson; Nebraska,
| James C Boyd Nevada, Dennis Il Mccarthy
| New Hampshire, \. W. Tul(oway North
| Carolina W. W Ransom; OHIO, W. W Arm
strong; Rhode Island, J. b. Barnaby; South
Carolina, Francis w Dawson; Tennessee,
Robert s Looney; Texas, o. I Holt. Yer