Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-09-26

any further compulsory coinage Vi s"'
yer dollars.
The National Democratic platform
pledges the party to revise the tarili IN
a spirit of fairness to all interests
While il declares in favor OF reduc-
ton in taxation and the enlargement oil
the free list in order to lessen the cost
of the production, it commits the party
TO a due regard for the existing int.
rests, as "tbe plain dictate Of justice =
and declares that American labor shall
not be deprived Of the ability to CON-
pete successfully with foreign labor,
and that the proposed duties shall be
sufficient to cover any increased cost OF
production which may exist in conse-
auence of the higher rate of wages
prevailing in this country.
This Convention calls for revision
Of the tariff upon principles thus laid
down. in order that the market for our
products may be enlarged. and that in
dustry may be relieved from the I'M
necessary burdens and serious obsta-
cles which have paralyzed its operations
and narrowed up the field for remune-
rative employment Of labor and capital
offered by the exhaustless natural re-
sources Of this country.
We also demand that the methods OF
administration in custom-houses shall
be thoroughly reformed, and the vexa-
tious annoyances and oppressive regula-
tons which have driven our own mer-
chants out Of business shall be swept
away, and that the conduct of business
between the people and the Government
shall be made rs simple and inexpen-
sive as possible.
The people of the State having de-
clared, by large majority, their oppo-
sition to the contract system in prisons
we are opposed to convict labor in any
form, and in favor Of proper substi-
tute that will employ convicts accord
ing to the State account system.
We favor the prohibiting Of the en-
ployment Of children in factories and
other industrial establishments in the
State under fourteen years Of age.
We favor limiting the hours Of labor
to ten per day for oil women employed
in mills and other industrial establish
ments in the State.
We are in favor of such legislation
as shall insure to the honorably -dis-
charged soldiers and sailors of the late
war for the preservation of the Union
priority in certification under the civil
service laws and regulations Of this
State and cities thereof, and upon pass
ing such examination successfully pri-
ority in certification and appointment
over all other persons.
We favor the lengthening and improv-
ing of the locks of canals, thereby dou-
bling their capacity and reducing the
cost Of transportation between the lakes
and ocean.
The efforts Of the Republican Legis-
latures of 1884 and 1885 having proved
inadequate to prevent the manufacture
and sale Of counterfeit compounds in
stimulation Of the genuine butter and
cheese product Of the dairy, we demand
the enactment of such laws as shall eff
fectually protect the people by prohibit
ing such fraud and deception.
We oppose all sumptuary and other
laws that interfere with the constitu-
tional right of personal liberty, and
favor the enactment of such excise
laws as shall be alike just to all, con-
sidering the claims OF all, and protect
ing their individual rights.
The platform was adopted without a
dissenting voice.
Roswell p. Flower was nominated
for Lieutenant-G Governor by reclamation.
Frederick Cook, of Rochester, was
nominated for Secretary of State on
the first ballot; A. A. Chaplin, the
present incumbent, was nominated by
unanimous consent for Comptroller
Dennis O'Brien, the present Attorney
General, was unanimously renomi-
mated; Lawrence j. Fitzgerald, Of
Cortland, was nominated for State
Treasurer by reclamation; Nathan
Sweet, Of Albany, was renominated
for Engineer and Surveyor.
At 2:45 p. NJ. the Convention ad-
journed sine die.
AS soon as the Convention adjourned
there was a general rush for the hotels
and scramble to settle bills preparatory
to leaving the city. Word was passed
around that the New York County De-
mocracy delegation would parade be-
fore taking their departure, and the
acknowledgement band summoned
the members of the organization to-
gether. Their elegant banner, which
had been placed in the reading-room Of
the Grand Union Hotel on the arrival
Of the delegation here, was thrown out,
and upwards Of one thousand men,
wearing purple-and-gold badges, fell
inio line. 1t required twenty cars to
carry home the members of the organi-
zation. The band played Dixie as the
train passed out of the depot. Tam
many and Irving-Hall delegations left
an hour before.
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany during Convention week sent
from their office in this city 393,1l0
words Of press dispatches, being the
greatest number of words ever sent out
of Saratoga in the same number OF
days.