Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-07-11

ing heavy burdens on many who are governed
for the benefit of q few who govern public
servants, and thus become arbitrary rulers,
This is now the condition of the country
hence a change is demanded. The republican
party, SO far as principle is concerned, is
reminlseenee. In practice, it is an organiHs-
tion for enriching those who control its ma
chinery. The frauds and robberies which
have been brought TO light in every depart
ment of the government are sufficient to have
called for reform within the republican party,
yet those in authority, made reckless by long
possession OF power, have succumbed to It's
eorrnpting influence, and have placed in
nomination = ticket against which the indie
pendent portion of the party are in open
revolt
Therefore change is demanded, such a
change was alike necessary in 1876; but the
will of the people was then defeated by fraud.
which can never be forgotten nor eondoned.
Again in 1850 the change demanded by the
people was defeated by a lavish use of money
contributed by INSCRIPTIONS contractors and
shameless jobbers, who had bargained for the
unlawful profits or for high office. The
republican party, during its stolen and bought
tenures Of power. has steadily decayed in
moral character and political capacity.
adopted at the recent republican convention,
and bitterly arraigning the republican party
for hypocrisy, jobbery and false pretense,
the platform continues
That the platform processes the policy af
reserving public lands for small holdings by
actual settlers. Ii has given away the peo-
pies heritage till now a few railroads and
nonresident aliens, individual and corporate,
possesses larger area than that Of all our
farms between the two seas. Ii processes
desire 10 elevate labor; it subjected Ameri
can workingmen to the competition of con-
yict and imported contract labor; II pro.
fesses gratitude to all who were disabled or
who died in the war, leaving widows and
orphans; II left 10 democratic House OF
Representatives the first effort to equalize
both in bountles and pensions; ii prohers
pledge to correct irregularities of our
tariff it created and has continued them; its
own tariff commission that confessed need
of mere than 20 per cent. reduction its Con.
gress gave reduction of less than four per
cent. 1t processes protection of American
manufactures; it has subjected them to the
increasing food OF manufactured goods and
hopeless competition with manufacturing
nations, not one of which taxes raw materials
1t processes to protect American industries.
IL processes the protection of American labor
il has depleted the returns Of American ag-
riculture industry, followed by half our
people. BY the decisions of its courts 1t
accepts anew the duty of leading in the
word of progress and REFORM" Its caught
criminals are permitted to escape through
contrived connivance or actual connivance
in prosecution, honey combined with corrup-
tion, outbreaking exposures no longer shock
its morals.
Butler said Most things in the platform
he agreed to, but something ought to be added
To it, and one thing especially, (referring to
the tariff ought to be changad that he would
submit to better judgment of the convention
he asked the clerk to read the report. The
clerk read Buffers platform.
A motion to proceed to ballot for a cand-
date for president was carried.
Maryland-Bayard 10, Cleveland 6
observation-disclosures 30. Cleveland 3.
Thurman 2.
MISUNDERSTANDING 10.
Nebraska-Clevelana s.
Nevada-Thurman 6.
New Hampshire-Clevela 8.
New Jersey-Bayard 3, Cleveland 4. Ran
ial II,
New York-Cleveland ~.
Kansas-Thurman 2, Bayard 8, Clev Gland
IL.
hentuCky-CarllsIe 70.
Louisiana--Bayard l., Hoadley /. Cleve-
land l3
Maine-Cleveland ~.
Michigan-Cleveland IA.
Minnesota Cleveland Ia.
lndiana-McDonald 30.
Iowa-Bayard l, Thurman l, Cleveland 90,
Mcdonald |.
Florida-Cleveland 8.
Georgia-Bayard ~, Cleveland 10.
Alabama-Bayard IA, Cleveland 4, MELON.
aid !. Thurman |.
Arkansas-Cleveland IA.
Calfornia-Thurman l6.
Colorado-McDonald 3, Thurman /.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES l2.
Delaware-Bayard 6.
Tennessee-Thurman Q, Tilden /. Melon
aid 3, Bayard 8, Cleveland 2.
Vermont-Cleveland 8.
Virginia-Cleveland 10, Bayard Q, Thur
man /, Mcdonald l.
Pennsylvania-Randall IS. Cleveland g.
Rhode Island-Bayard /, Cleveland 6.
South Carolina-Bsyard 10, Cleveland, s.
North Carolna-Bayard 22.
Ohio-Thurman "a, HoadIey 2l, Cleveland
u.
Oregon-Bayard 4, Cleveland 2.
Wisconsin-Bayard |, Carlisle /, MELON
aid 2, Thurman 2, Flower 4, Cleveland u.
Ohio changes the vote from HOadley to
Cleveland
Missouri-Cleveland !, Bayard 10, Thur
man /, Randall
Illinois-Cleveland 2s, Bayard 2, Thurman
/, Mcdonald II, Randall /.
Texas-Cleveland IL, Bayard 10, Thurman
4, Mcdonald ].
West Virginia changes her vote, giving
Cleveland !, gain Of 3, Randall !, Bayard