The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-07-05
ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS.
TIE STATE CONVENTION At PEORIA
Carter Harrison Nominated for Governor
b. AccIamatiOn-Th Rest OF the Ticket
The Delegates, Committee
men and Platform.
THE PROCEEDINGS

IS.oo y. III. ny D. H. Opctys ShsHW"n
of the State Central Committee. The
convention was opened with prayer by
Rev. &c. Bruce, OF Peoria Henry Clay Con-
nelly, Of Rock Island. was chosen tempo
rary Chairman, and W. J. Mize, Of Mouh
trie, temporary Secretary. Major Connolly,
made 4 brief address, but was unable
TO make himself heard In distant parts Of
the hall, and feeling that hs would not
under the circumstances, be able to conduct
the affairs of the convention, resigned the
gavel and Mr.. Oberly resumed the Chair.
manship At two o'clock the convention
took recess till four o'clock
Upon reassembling report was received
from the Committee on Credentials that its
work would not be completed before
seven o'clock. The convention took re-
coss till seven o'clock.
When the convention reassenbled the
Committee on Credentials reported in faver
of tie sitting delegates from WOOdford
County, and the First and Second Congress
sionsI Districts of Cook County. The report
was adopted. The Committee on Perma-
nent Organisation reported Judge Monroe
c. Crawford, of Union County, for Chair.
Luou, IcSluCutS HUN 0oCl SOuStOoS
ional District; Secretary, w. j. Mfze, with
assistance Judge Crawford addressed the
convention briefly. ..
S. Coming Judd. of the committee TO Sc
lect delegates -atlarge to the National Con-
vention and c0mmitteemen-at-lar Of the
State Central Committee, reported as fol.
lows:
Delegates. at large-W. r. Morrison John
NJ. Palmer, j. C. Black and Lambert Tr -
Alternates-Tbomss Merritt, NJ. C. McDonat&
Thomas McNeely and g. d. HennIng. y.
Members of the State Central Committee at
Large-John II. Oberiy and Joseph c. Mackin.
The platform was presented by S. Corn.
ing Judd Chairman OF the Committee on
Resolutions. Its principal points are as
follows
It renews allegiance to the tirne-honored
principles Of tie Democratic party; pro-
claims its op os ton to contradiction IN Gov
ernmentat affairs; insists on reform IN the
mode OF Fea, raj taxation TO the end That cap
itSl may be So free from dstrust, and labor
hghsly burdc ed; denounces the hith pro.
tective tariff which has been in vogue for the
past twenty years under Republican rule, as a
masterpiece inequality, injustice and false
pretente; demands that all custonl-house tax
the deega % to the National Convention to
vote as unit in favor of al emphatic dec
laraton BY hat body for tariff for revenue
only. The latter clause was afterward, On
motion OF Carter Harrison. stricken out by a
the ' course Of Hon. William R. Morrison as
well as that of the majority of Democratic
tives in their efforts to bring about IA
reduction OF the present high tariff and ruin
Gus taxation and the restoration of
coustitut. onal principles in levytng duties and
impos, Hon. William NJ. Springer is com
NEEDED or his active efforts in ferreting out
frauds which have been committed by officers
In the department OF Justice. 1t demands
hnn rifla al nj
gold and silver and paper convertible into
com on demand the strict maintenance of
the public faith; generous recogntiJn of
the faithful soldiers and sailors of the Re-
pubic and their widows and Orphans:
the slbordinatfon of the military 10 the
civil power. and thorough reform Of
OF b.iine and Logan wou be menace to
that standard OF public morality which
should advance and purify the civil service,
and that it would imperil the business and ma
terlai interests of our now peaceful land. 1t
declares that all forte ted land grants should
be- reclaimed and held for the Use aud benefit
Of be Repe avgrs tire passas Of OF
h fs1sss not OF declared aa their Intention ens of
becoming citizens OF the United states as pro-
vided by Law; all subsidies OF lands, as well as
all grants Or money to corporations or specu.
latOrs. should forever cease. II declares the
Democratic party TO be the friend of labor and
the aboring man; favQrs the enforcement of
a National Eight Hour Labor Jaw, and tn re
duction Of the number of hours for days
labor upon ali public works. state and NUM-
labor; recognizes the right of all to organ.
i8e for social or material advance
ment and the right of all wage-workers to fix
she price of their labor, and to use all lawful
means to protect themselves against the en-
croachments OF the moneyed monopolics; IA
vors the establishment of boards of arbtra-
ton to settle disputes between employer and
employee. weekly payments in cash by all cor
DNratiDnE for labor performed during the
vious week, and complete abolition OF the
"trade system. 1t denounces the admnisfra-
ton of the affairs of the state of Illinois as
red out by the Republican party, and declares
that the pubic good demands a change of
men and measures In order to secure
an economical and honest admnistra.
while the Democratic party extols
and by every legitimate means incucates the
virtue of temperance, and by rigid laws
would forbid and punish the sale of intoxicat
ing drinks to minors or lnebriates it, never
theless, is earnestly opposed to all sumptuary
legislation, and will firmly oppose the enact
ment of prohibitory liquor laws as being
fanatcal in emsnaton, destructive of the
rights of freemen, vicious in principle, utter
y inetfcacious for good, and fraught with
manifold evils.
The platform as amended by the motion
of MIR. Harrison, as mentioned in the above,
was adopted.
A memorial was presented from the Hi.
n0S state LABOR Convention, neid IN Cnl
cago last May, asking the present conven-
ton to adopt a series of principles
for the ameliOration of the condi-
ton of labor in the State. They
include the abolition of contract con-
vict labor; the enactment and enforce
ment of the Eight-Hour law; arbitration
between employer and employe; liability of
employers for injury to employees; appren-
ticeship law; prohibiting the employment
of children in factories; compulsory educa-
ton; the ventilation of mines; the aboli-
ton Of conspiracy laws, and the making of
irOn-clad agreements Illegal weekly pay
ments, and the abolition of the truck sys-
tenn; the abolition of land monopoly by
nonresident holders; making the running
Of corners in necessities of life crime; ex-
tension of the control of railroads and
waterways, and the appointment of in
specters for workshops, habitations, food,
drink and medicine. 1t was adopted.
General J. c. Black presented the name
Of Mayor Harrison, of Chicago for the
paa,ination for Governor, and the nomina-
don was made by reclamation at 1880
O'Clock.
The remainder of the ticket was then
s~Iocfad folI0wa. ROr taufan q nt.