The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-05-18
miscellaneous.


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The Maryland Democratic Convention,
which met at Baltimore. ON the 10th instant,
adopted the following platform:
The Democratic party of Maryland, in
State Convention assembled, resolves us fol-
lows:
l. 1t gturn3 its arrest thanks to the
Governor ond t:ecnti officers of this State
and 10 Tn DenUCrat members OF the Sen
ate and House Of Dele ;ates for their careful
fufllmen ofal pledg. made on their behalf
by the !: st State Democratic Convention.
They have afforded no cause for criticism or
complaint, but, on the contrary, by the dill
gent discharge of official and public duties,
and by wise reforms in our general laws
have insured the future success of the party
represented by them.
,. 1t is fitting at the close of the third
year of the Presidential term of Grover Clcvc.
land TO acknowledge our sense of the services
which he has rendered to the people Of the
United States. An adverse majority in the
Senate has prevented him from carrying into
effect those legislative reforms to which he
was pledged, and which he has so earnestly
desired to achieve, but he has made compen-
snlion to the people for this loss by his wise,
honest and capable administration of his
duties as President. He has restored TO the
!
which ought always to have remained their
heritage. We will owe to his well-orde, ed
purposes the construction ola navy sufficient
for the protection of our interests, at home
and abroad, in peace or in war. He has above
all brought the public service TO the highest
standard Of efficiency, not only by rule and
precept, but by the example of his own I'M
firing and unsefish administration of pub
lie affairs. The people, acting through their
respective Legislatures, will bring the Sen
ate to his support With full sense of his
personal and political merits and power for
future usefulness, we declare our preference
for Grover Cleveland as his own successor in
the Office ofPresident of the United States,
and we instruct the delegates to the Demo
cratic National Convention Mt st. Louis to
cast their unanimous vote for Lin us the
Democratic, candidate for the Presidency,
and to vote as a unit in all matters which
pertain to the business of that convention.
g. National taxation ought to be limited
to the aggregate annual sum needed for the
following purposes, namely, the interest on
the public debt, with adequate annual
provision for the payment of the principal of
that debt at maturity; for the payment of
pensions granted by the United States, and
TO provide the means for all necessary expen-
SEES of an economically administered govern
ment The accumulation each year of large
surplus in the national treasury after the
payment ofall such charges is in itself con-
elusive proof that the taxing system fastened
upon the country by the Republican party
requires complete revision. The resolutions
OF the Democratic National Convention in
1884 clearly indicate the principles upon
which such revision ought TO be made. This
convention reatlirms those principles and de-
mands that such revision shall be made by
Congress in accordance Herewith. Unneces-
sary taxation is unjust taxation, and ought
not to be longer tolerated.
4. Success in great political contests can
not be achieved without effort. Every Dem
ocralc voter in the State every citizen of
the State, who is content or approves the nd
mIuslratiOn of President Cleveland and de-
sres his election, ought to give evidence of
the sincerity of his convictions during the
canvass us well as at the polls in November
next. This convention requests all of those
whom it represents to begin at an early day
in every election district and precinct of the
State the work ofcomplete organization for
the coming campaign. ltcordialy invites all
who may approve the nomination to be
made at St. Louis, whatever may have bsen
their previous rarty attachments TO join
with the Democratic party in this State in
giving To the candidate so nominated the
great ma Jrity which will best express the
approval and confG nee of the people of
this Stat, in the nomi Haton so made.