Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-08
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. THE OLD ROMAN STOOPS To Play Tail To CleVe-
 lands Kite. IA CURIOSITY OF A PLATFORM. Closing Scenes In The
 Convention. SHERIDAN LIES IN A STUPOR. His Condition Again Very
 Critical.
SHERIDAN LIES IN A STUPOR.

THE DEMOCRATS WORK IS DONE. Next November VIII See It Undone by the PeopIe-Th urman Will be the Tail to the Man of Dest1ny's Kite-A Platform for the Free Trader ana the Protectionist-Sympa fer Ire. land and Hooks Ba1ted rO Capture she VSte of the MugwamP.
 ST. LOUIS June 7.-The Democratic na- tienal convention met for it's final session this morning at half-past 10. Prayer was offered by Rev. Dr. Brankfeld. The chair at once stated that the committee on resolutions were ready to report, and he in- troduced Mir. Henry Watterson, chairman of the committee, who reported the following platform:
 The Derocratic pal ty of the United States, in national convention assembled, renews the pledge of it's fidelity to Democratic faith and reafirs the platform adopted by it's representatives conver- tion of 1884, and endorses the views expressed by President Cleveland in his last annual message to Congress to the correct interpretation of that platform and also endorses the efforts of Dem- duction of excessive taxation.
 Chief among it's principles of raI.y faith are the maintenance of indiSSolubie Union of free and indestructible States about to enter upon it's second century of 1nexampled progress and re- nown, devotion to a plain government regulated by a constitution strictly specifying every granted power and s o the SF ts pe @ couragement of jealous popular vigilance. di- to enact and execute the laws aud charged with duty of presei wing peace enduring equality and es- an eSactfng SCI tiny of the administration of the executive power which four ye1rs ago was com land Pre1dent of the United States, but it chaI lenges the most searching inquiry concerning it5
 Vitsd the sufrages of the people during most crit ical period of our inancie. affairs resulting from rencv and public debt unmatured
 It has by the adoption of it's policy not oriy
 peFty the t has eSised the mpros- ident and unwise policy of the Republican party from cor poratiors and syndicates, alien and do-
 nestle, and stored to the r1ople neery one hun ly held homesteads for our citizens. While care
 f9y g o the 0I pneps af M
 tice and equity, it hr paid out more for pensions
 pu6le than was ' ever ped @ out during an equal reriod. It has adopted and constantly pur- sued ars!arnng firm anu peudent with 0reigP s E1 tions while scrupuloUsIy maintaining all the rights home hon n and abroa i. The exclusion from our s1oreS of Chinese laboreIl has beer effectuay secured hes been n postr by the action of Republican
 majority the Senate. Honest reform in the civil
 Ere sident Cleveland and he he1 brought the public Gsrvice to the highe t pdard of e siency not only untiring ana u1c,.ffsh adr nistration Of public af Iu every branch and depaI tment of the govern
 ment, under Democratic control, the rights and the
 welfare of all the pc pole have been gIarded aad de- fended Every public int ereSt haS ESen prots ct- and the equality of all citizens before the law
 without race and color has been steadfast Upon it's rc cord thus exhibitl and upon the
 its the Democraoy inyoks a renewal of fopular trust by the reelection of chief magistrate who
 addition to that rst the transfer also to the Dem ocracy of the entire legislative power The Repub a1Ara fiv1rr" "
 both houses of Congre-F a refornation of r11ust
 and unequal tx laws which have eutlasted a the , ne dance of long peace deny D the people equality
 EsS sne light the the @
 labor for better Share of the rewards of industry \ and bound down U home marker. Capitcl is dis cou-aged with doubt, and unc lua unjust laws can The Democratic patty vii continue with all the power confded to it the struggle to reform these
 form endorsed at the ballot oox by the surages of
 the people. Of ali the indrstrors fl eemen of our lana, the mnen-3 majority, including every tiller of the soil, gain advantage from excessive tax
 Su t5e M of fhe S9g tax legislation All unne ceesa-y taxation IS uljcst
 thar M is s2 S fno % f 45 oDe ee
 saries of life should be unirstly increased to all
 Rop ens e9 %Sn bv the necessary taxation trusts and combines are
 feS tG hss rnb the % our citizens by depriying them of the benefit of
 
 governmental action is violated when through un necessary taxation vast sum of money beyond from the people and the channels of trade, and ac cumulat,d as demoralizing surplus in the nation
 eral treasury resulting fFom fiuSus axston collected is reaching the sum of more than S6o,OOo,oco annually. Debauched by this immense temptation the remedy or the Re agant taxation. The Democratic remedy is to en- taxation. established domestic
 industries and enterprises should not and need not burden of taxation. On the contrary, a fair and
 careful revision of tax laws, with due allowance and foreign labor must permit and encourage ev- cry branch of such industry and enterprise by ket and steady and continuous operation
 in the interest of American labor which should in
 cont tsmplat 5d By the Democratic party is to pro.
 mote the advantage of such labor by cheapening every workinsinau and at the same time securing
 this question of tarifr reform so coseIy cencernn every phase of our national life end upon every
 nsat. the Dsmoeratic party submits fts principies
 and professions to the intelligent suffSages of the American people.
 There was a moderate volume of applause \ when the opening sentence was read, which reaf6rmed the utterancee of the tariff plank of ! the platform of 1884, but when hes followed, endorsing the Presidents message and declar-
 ing that it correctly interpreted that plank. the convention fairly rose to it's feet and cheered ! wildly for full minute. At the conclusion | of the reading of the platform MT. Watterson addressed the convention and was followed \ by Senator German, both indulging in pyro- technic declarations of harmony and conf- | dence. The platform was then adopted on MT. Wattersons motion.
 MT. Scott of Pennsylvania, under instruc \ tiens from the committee on resolutions, offered the following resolution:
 Resolved, That this convention hereby endorses
 the early passage of the bill for the reduction of the revenue now pending in the House of Represen- ! tatives.
 The resolution was adopted amid loud ap- | plause Mir. Lehman, of California, offered and the convention adopted resolution de- | claring for the admission of Washington, Da- kota, Montana and New Mexico into the Union On motion of Mir. Abbett of New Jer-
 sey the following resolution was adopted:
 Resolved, That we express our cordial sympathy
 the H of the St s the gins n
 hle blessings of self-government and civil and re-
 psthy with the eforts of those noble patriots who
 led by Gladstone and Parnell, have conducted their l land
 MT. Baker of Ohio asked unanimous con- ! sent, as 8 delegate from a State which loved
 and honored Thomas A. Hendricks, to pre- l sent and have adopted series of resolutions 1 of respect to the late Vice President, and of regret at his death. The resolutions were l adopted by a rising vote and Hendricks
 name was eheered.
 l The chair announced that there had been @ slight mistake in the report of the committee on platform in the statement that the com- l nittee had been unanimous in its adoption of the platform presented to the convention. l Mr. Cooper of New York dissented. With this exception the committee was unanimous The convention then proceeded to nomination l of candidate for vice president. When Cali I fernia was called in the list of States Mr. l Tarpey was introduced and proceeded to 1 nominate Allan G. Thurman of Ohio. He paid glowing tribute to Mir. Thurman, say ing among other things:
 For forty years Allan G. Thurman has been a prominent figure in public life and yet to-day nc
 man can point to single act or expression of his
 which does not do mcredit. Large of heart large
 of brain and larger still in experience he is the man
 of all men whose record justifles his nomination al
 your hands in the that he cannot be defeated | before the people, of bspevelent heart
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