Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-09-24


Railroad commissioner - James Nee
han.
Insurance commissioner-John Karel.
State superintendent - Edward Nc
Laughlin.
THE GATHERING.
At II o'clock NJ. W. A. Walker, chair
man of the democratic state central com
mittee, raped the desk, and read the call
of the committee. He said he had been
instructed by the committee to nominate
a temporary chairman, Hon. D. S. Rose,
of Darlington.
The convention, as a whole, endorsed
the motion, and Mr.. Rose took the chair
amid the grandest applause. He ad
dressed the convention as follows:
Gentlemen of the Convention: Through con-
StaDt vicisSitudes and innumerable defeats. COW
eriDg period Of nearly quarter of a century,
the democracy of Wi COnSIn biennialiy assem-
bed in convention to renew allegiance to princi-
pies that bound them ip closer fraternal ties than
oaths of fealty or pledges of kni- hthOod. Van
quished upon many hard fought field, subdued
by strength of numbers they Welded TO the iney-
liable decree of the political war god, yet halted
in the conflict only to rally more TO the party
standard and charged egaIu-frequently batfled
but never conquered!
Unalterable IN their devotion to their political
creed: immutaOe in the doctrines bequealhed 10
them from tnat eminent school OF political phil
osophers who framed the grand structure of our
constitutional government they have withStood
caumDy smiled at adversely and grown stronger
in faith with every atfiictIen There are those
here today whose heads have turned frosty in
the party service; who have stood at the helm.
facing the breakers, when the rainbow was
hidden and the horizon hung dark with threat
ened defeat TIL re are those here too, who
enlisted III the ranks realizing full well that their
enrolment meant the sacrifice Of the highest
privilege of citIzenShlp-electIve franchise, cal
amity but cemented the bonds of union mis-
fortune but increased the adhesiveneSS of party
ties; defeat but made the victory sweeter.
Through long years we wagsd incesSant ag
gresive warfare against corruption, dishonesty
and intrigue, the recogniZst enemies of mon
opoly, organized capital and centraiZation having
constantly in view the welfare of the masses to
the exclusion of corporation interests Upon those
issues the democratic party in legislative halls,
upon the forum and IN lnnumeTaole platforms
hss placed itself on record, and nov, in the great
days of its victorious success, it seeks constantly
to redress the pledges so freely given.
Under the leadership of the supreme genius.
the conservative balanced judgment, the fearless,
induoious will Of the splend Cleveland, back
ed by the ne, coll collected, Prudent counsel the
integrity OF Lamar, Bayard and Nilas (applause)
and the other grand luminarles OF his magnifi-
cent cabinet, the nation kas been cautiously, al
most impercepubly, led from regime of fraud,
extravagance and corruption into adnistra-
tion of acknowlr dyed honesty, reform and econ
omy. So carefully has the transition-cUnse-
quent upon the change in the administration of
government-been effected, that the bosom of
the great commercial ocean has scarce been brC-
ken by a rifle, and the intricate machinery of
business has suffered no perceptible change
The dismal prophecies and dire predictions for
the future wei are of the country in the event of
democratic success, 50 reckiesSiy INDUCED by
the republican party, have melted away like va
por mlsts before the spirit of .ntidence and com
placent faith engineered by the reformations of
the new administration. Within own ranks
dissensiors have grown and mutteringS of dis
content lave distu bed the tranquility and har-
mony of party organ zatOn, consequent upon
fI.as ing ~ r9 in
making official changes, but the results have in
spired Implicit faith and contding trust in the
admirable foresight and Pre- sund wisdom of our
party leaders. Two years have brought TO reali-
zatlon hopes long deferr and witnessed prodig
Gus transformations in the political world but,
no nation on the face of the globe epitOmiZe
more important events crowded within the mar
row confines of so short Il period than our own
loved land Of political freedom
And yet while we Indulge in the pleasures of
victory, a sadness sis upon us as we cOntem-
plate the irreparable losses have suffered by
the hand of TIE inexOrable destroyer. Frequent
ly has party, with the sympathy of the
ton. been led to COpdole, when the golden chord
of life has been surrendered and the brightest
stars in the great constellation have set
from their glory. He who 10y the suffrages of the
people had been twice elected and once assumed
the chair beside our chief executive in the crown
ing beauties of his declining years, with life
history to be emulated and revered, bowed to
the mandate of the .upreme Ruler and Hendricks
was no more. Seymour, the honored, the be-
loved the lamented fell by the way Mcclellan
and Hancock, lD6 CnlNalFOuS, heroic soldiers, the
brave defenders, the honored statesmen, the
noble citizens obeyed the summons
of the omnipotent Commander and
again muuTned, aud last in
the galaxy of eminent minds came that grand
old political marty yr-wh sacrificed self for C un
try-the beloved leader and the persontcatou
of purest democracy, Samuel J. Tilden. Upon the
granite tablets of history no brighter name is
chronicled no better lives written. They lived
they died, but through the illimttable range of
he unSXplored future their names shall be trans.
mitted from generation TO generation with those of
Henry and Webster, of Lincoln ana Washington.
The rapid strides of society toward a more per
feet civilization; the increase of population; The
development of our national resources; tho ex-
tension of the area of commerce; the muitipli-
cation of business avocationS, and the progress
siveness of our mechanical industries naturally
naugurate new issues, which are made the basis
of party differences and political contention.
The democratic party, ever guarding with zeal
Gus watchfulness the welfare of the people, has
been the leading champion of those principles
and measures bora of the spirit of improvement,
and has stood boldly forward in its platforms and
manifest. the acknowledged advocate of the peo-
Piles rights.
Upon the question of tariff we but measure the
pulse Of necessity, believing that the exigences
ch gave rise to the system having departed
the system itself should be toned down to the ab
solute needs of the government Tariff for
reNehue onis: cotnPtene.SSlNeIS eAP'e 'esses iile
position Of our party upon the greatest of all iv
| ing issues. Taxation is burden,
| borne not by capitol but cross laid upon the
| hardy toier, sapplng the lite blood from his
| veins the strength from his sinews, the luster
| from his eve Government must be maintained,
/ aud to that END taxation must te INDUCED, but
! when exceed the limits of the indulgence we
surpass the functions of the taxing power and the
| plan becomes oppressive and burdeUsome We
| believe that the government can be successfully
| administered and the expenses thereof betrayed
| by the collection Of moderate uStoms and rev
! enue tax upon articles OF luxury. This would
relieve struggling labor from the thrall and shift
! the load to the shoulders of capital. Year after
year under republican rule there hss been collect
ed from the plains of the west, the mines of
the north the cotton fields of the h, the forge
! OF the blacksmith, the counter of the merchant,
aud the hand of the artisan an exorbitant tribute
to swell needless surplus in the national treas
! ury. Without ths shadow of an excuse or the
/ semblsncc Of an explanation this intolerab!e
course has been pursued, pauperising the people,
/ subverting our industries and providing sinking
| fund for rascality and fraud
With protestatiCps of eternal regard; with the
| glare and glitter of snare promises; fawnlng
Establishments and cringing Servility the repubi-
can party held TO the lips Of the etharsic ma ses
| the swel I essenced portCu of fancied security,
| while il covertly conveyed to rich corporations
| and alien capitalists millions Of acres
of the pnotc domain withoat The pretence
OF consideration. Land grant followed, land grant
in reckless profusicn- The poor man with his
family moving 10 the fertile prarieS os the west
te build him a home and provide by his industry
the meas of support for his dependent loved
ones bought fro-- The corporation agents at spec
uiators' prices the lands thu fraudulentiy be-
slowed The democratic party since its return
| TO power has reclaimed to the government thou
sands of acres thus suTreptiuousiy disposed Of
Ii mas closed Investment against
eign land sharks and declsr that the public
lands shall be held for the benefit Of actual set
tiers
/ Against the portals OF the national treasury
| have cen hurled ponderoGs De ttioDs for unesrn
| ed subsidies, but they have been answered only
by the echoes OF their muttered msiedic-
tiCns. Pacific Nail companies launched the ar
rows of their spleen against the clad cham
pous OF honesty, and nc brighter pennon fUtter-
ed in the phalanX than that OF our own Villas
Nobly. honor2bly, proudly has the democratic
/ party carried out its platform End redeem d il
| pledges, and an appreciative people unpreiu1iced
| by passion or Political scrupes viii sbundanily
testify to their high esteem for the reform aticns
| effected by the new administration.
With the laboring classes The democratic party
| has always been in consouance, believing Ihat
capital is but ih- product OF labor We rec e
nize the toilng laborer as The pillar OF our na-
| tionaJ prosperity. For the purpose Of advancing
common interests We commend organization for
legitimate purposes, pedgink tie protection OF
the laws TO such associations in carrying out
coRmendaele measures. We denounce anarchy
and socialism the bane OF our free institutions
We deny that causes exist for the PRONUNCIATION
Of such doctrines. but rest III the calm assurance
that by our constitutional privileges as citizens
Of this republic the power Is vested in ths people
to correct abuses by the ballet We concur IL
the scheme Of maintaispg 8 state militia orgaui
zaiion 10 repei invasion ard suppress inSurrcc
hauSted before the Munitions Of called
into requSition- TO the end that the shedding oil
innocent blood for the sins of the criminal may
I BE- avoided
In the cabinet Of the chief executive; in the
deliberations OF the national congress; in the
councils of generals and commanders. upoa tks
forum and within the ssncfiry Of the nih< court,