Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-06-21
CONVENTION ely 4, ISIS.

NATIONAL LEAGUE OF DEMOCRATIC
CLUsS
CONVENTION ely 1, ISIS.
rha Ns,iopal eague q Democratic Climbs WAS
,..T,t,sJ an a conference Of twenty clubs repre-
Senting thirteen states AZ the rooms of the
SonnS Mems Democrats Tub ofNew York CITY,
ON April p, ISIS. Us mEalGers are pledged 70
ciSss hesitation; to labor or reduction of the
farifT on the lines laid doEh by the President In
mis- last annual meSsaSt G support the civil
service Of the present s -. TO oppose
HoSSibIe 20 reclaim and preserve TO the people of
he 'nited states their agrelliural public lands
IN ofher words the League supports boldly and /
aSSreSsiyely the present Policy of the Democrat
" P Se League, now rapidly Increasing in its
r,en,6srshin will hold $ first convention at /
BsItjmore on tho fourth LAY OF July next. u |
will then complete its orginiEation and enter at |
once upon the campaign. Us members by uni
led effort will act with The elearest intelligence
ana least waste OF force They will distribute /
documents, hold public meetings, canvass the |
votes help man the po-s, and IN every legiti- /
mate way work for victory While they will be In 1
harmony with the regular party organizations, !
sfiIi they will act independently. bringing into |
tbs camnaign an elemeDIOf active, intelligent |
ami practical uren who ne'er have joined in or. |
ganized political work oe@se
'sThs Ipagues Convention on the Fourth of |
.July next will be the graHtest opening that any
presidential campaign eve; yet has had. Dele |
sates Arr already being elected from every Por- |
Ample preparations for he reception OF all the
delegates have been made under the charge OF
the Calumet, Crescent concord and Calvert
Climbs OF Baltimore. BY this convention the flu
ture work OF the League vii be marked out in
detail
invited to come in. The Democrats of every
town and county where no club as yet exists are
requested to 80 ahead and organize, This Is eS-
sentially a young mems movement. The young
and active men OF the patty are called upon by
the League to respond without delay.
Apnlications for admission TO the League, or
for Information, may be made 70 the Secretary
AZ g. Wall street. New lO,k City. IL is particu-
larry requested, in view othe short time LEFT for
preparations, that the earliest possible notice OF
intention TO send delegates be given.
Applications for accommodations at Baltimore
during the convention thrre may be made to
Robert Grain, secretary Queens, Committee, at
the baltimore headquarters, No. West Fayette
street,
Clubs are entitled to pg0esention as follows;
delegates for clubs Of 100 members or less; for
clubs of lOl to go; 9 for clubs OF over 800.
CHARLES OGDEN,
LEWIS 7 VANDERBILT,
BRADLEY G. SCHLEE,
HARRY WELLES RUSk,
ROBERT d. MONROE,
I. EISGSBURY CURTIS,
Special COmHit!es.
EDWARD B. WHITNEY, Secretary.
CALL FOR CONVENTION ASD rLAIFoRM OF LEAGUS.
T5h Democratic Clubs Of IL United states:
The General Committee of the National
League of Democratic Club, formed az Confer,
ence of delegates held at Nsw York City, April
p, lSSS, hereby invite AL Democratic Clubs OF
the United States who approve the principles
adopted at such conference 10 Join the League
aud send delegates 10 CoErention TO be held al
Baltimore, Nd, on July I, 1883. The basis OF
representation will be i've talegateS TO each club
containing not more than 30 members, seven
delegates 20 each club containing more than 100
and not more than 800 meDOers, and nine dele
gates for each club containing more than oOJ
members. Clubs deSiringt0 Join the Lesgue are
requested to address the secretary Of this Com
mittee at once.
The principles of the Lelue are as follows:
The general and familiar principles OF Democra-
CIV are OfeourSe the baSiSG every Democratic
Club. The specific meaSures TO which We desire
10 see the Democracy Absolutely pledged IN this
years Presidential and Congressional campaigns
are as follows:
FirSt-That the General government shall not
use its power of taxation for the benefit oil indl-
yidual or class Interests
SecOnd-That we indorSp he measures recon-
mended by the President Oithe United states IN
his message to Congress At he opening OF the
effective legislative action % carry the same
into practical effect
Third-Thay the civil service laws which have
been enacted shall be Maintained, aud the
course of the Democratic Administration OF
President Cleveland in Shk Interpretation and
enforcement Of those laws Upheld.
Fourth-That the combination OF corporations,
through trusts or otherwise tending 10 destroy
compg titiOn, endanger the rights OF individuals,
and create the monopolies which are chief fac
tors In the corruption OF our legislative and mu'
nicipal bodies, should be prohibited by stringent
laws.
Fifth-That the agricultural public lands shall
&c pres rived to actual settlers for settlement
under the Homestead laws and we recommend
a continuation of the efforts Of the present Ad'
ministratiou 10 reclaim the lands heretofore
granted 70 corporations so far as the same can
be legally done.
NEW YoRK, April q, lSS&
Omahs, Nebraska.
FREDERICK r. LEE. Ilcs- Chairman,
"A Park Place, New York City.
EDWARD. B. WHITNEY, Secretary,
o. Wall Street, New York City.
GEOR9E II. LAMBERT, TrsdSurer,
SO2 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey.
GENERAL COMMITTEE.
Harry Wells Rusk, Calumet Club of Baltimore
George Il. BurSOrd. Harlem Democratic Club.
CiarSson n. Fowler. Hubbard Escort, Hartford,
CONNECTICUT
Bradley ]. Schley, Juneau Club, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin.
William B. MershOn, Democratic Club Of East
Saginaw Mich.
Charles ogden, Young Mems Democratic Club
of Omaha, Ne6.
Harvey \. Collision, Young Mems Democratic
Club Of Massachusetts,.
Q. NJ. Bushnell, Cleveland Democracy OF Buff
falo, New York.
Frank J. Noyes, Granite State Democratic
Club of Manchester, n. II.
sam. II. Bullock Young Mems Democratic
Club of Rhode Island.
mLewiS c. Yandegritt, Young Mems Democratic
Club Of Wilmington Del.
George II. Lambert, Jettersonian Club OF New
W. T. Turnbull, Young Mems Democratic
League Of Atlanta Ga.
Norton Chase Young Mems Democratic Club
Of Albany. y. Y.
F A. Prague, Kentucky Democratic Club of
Coyingt0n, Ny.
Edwin Robert Walker Trenton Democratic
League, NJ J.
Edward B. whitoey, Young Mems Democratic
Climb Of New York City.
Frederick K. Lee, Young Mems Democratic
Tub OF Brooklyn, NY
Alfred J. Carr, Crescent Clnb Of Baltimore,
Maryland.
Charles II. Amsden, Thurman Club OF Con-
ord, N. II.
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