Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-09-21

corner. Laughter and chesrsD IL emoooies
q statement OF facts incontrovertiols.
lCheers) Ii delocalizes the cause OF reform, /
and given to It q language which may DO
spoken alike in New Jersey and Iowa
Cheers and cries OF goodl; in Massachu-
sets and Texas renewed cheering; its face
is set n the right direction, and lts eyes looH
upon the rising, not the setting sun. "A loud
outburst OF spDlauss.l Gentlemen, the IAN
suage Of agitation ia one thing applause,
the hands of construction another thlnS.
tAppiausel IhGnks to Grover Cleveland
(cEesgzi. tho attention of the country. Nooed
by others 50 long IN vain, Is fixed al last
tcriss o. good upon a remedy OF real instead
o. imaginary evils, sTis!n. out OF state OF
war; ana beucs.O-vard tie Democratic
party, which Las been the voice, will be-
come the hand OF the peopi7.
But is hands viii be the hands or the
builder, Eo- the destroyer. and 1t will re-
move the occupants before IL takss the roof
of tire aous=. lGrea: applause
Fellow Demo crats, / bid you be Of cheer
touching lne future Of the party and the
country. Democracy at least is one with
itself, and though we may sometimes con-
tend among ourselves. our contests shall ce
~ those Of the Romans Of OLD, only resulting
in more Romans. Cheers u Is now the
time for TIE Republicans to know what II Is
t. have only nal the country, and no leader
a all. tCLeeTsl Gentlemen. two good
l emocrsts can only understand one another
thoroughly and love one another entirely
when Ii.-y nave some fun together daughter
and cheers, snd this will be su;ticienl reason,
II any reason were needed, wy l should
present you Senator German, OF Mary land.
The Cnsirman-Ge ntlemen, l present to
you air. German. loud cheering
SENATOR GoRMAN's SPEECH.
Senator German spoke as follows
"Mr. President, Gen;iem OF the Conven-
ton. and Democrats. ALL would be out OF
pace were | found elsewhere than III DEM
orraIc Convention (cries of Good and ap-
p auSe, Sta udDg upon the Democratic prln-
cplss as written " Jefferson, ana now being
enforced by tho Democratic party, under
the lead of Grover Cleveland. Cheers and
cries OF LOUDER. Well, that is impossible.
-Four years ago, at Chicago, the Democratic
| party, reslatinG Its declaration of prluci-
pes, promising. if intrusted with power.
t..aC seciionalisln should be wiped out for
| ever; thai the finances of our government
should be controlled and its tariff SO directed
as not to impair the industries of the land,
| but that extrevagant expenditures should be
| reduced until we should have a Government
| economically administered; that the war
| taxes placed upon US by the Republican
| party should be reduced according to the re-
| qulrements OF the Government but that in
that reduction the capital invested in enter
! prises and the labor employed
SHALL BE DULY CONSIDERED.
| Upon that declaration OF principles the
party went before the people and secured the
election OF Grover Cleveland.
''In the matter of the reduction Of taxation
he has been honest and earnest in his desire
| to carry out 10 the letter the promises Of his
| panty: and when he declared that we were
! noT to face the Iact of the reduction of tax
esion and wipe out this hundred millions Of
surplus, it was no longer a question, nor
could it be controlled by claptrap phrases of
the opposition. charging US with free trade
or protection either. but that we stood as
! honest nsen, az honest reformers, to reduce
this immense taxation one hundred millions
| per annum. Differ as you will about tie
| phrases, We have presented statement in
| strict accord with all the Democratic dec
larations that nave preceded US.
| las Mir. W attsrson well said, 1t Is plat
form upon which every Democrat in this
broad land can stand. Applause.) And if,
in the discussion Of the great questions
where locsl interests play SO sharp . part,
there Is, during the campaign, and during
| the future campaigns, some difference, there
viii q the same spirit Of tolerance. We will
| hold every Democrat to the cardinal princl-
| pies Of the party, but We will give him lib
| erty Of conscience and action on the unes-
sentials. ! sny with such . declaration, and
sucn a candidate. we will so forth to battle
| against party which is yet we'll organized.
holding a vantage OF position, of criticising
without making themselves responsible for
any particular inessnrs. We viii not under
tate them; but l say to you. with an oppor-
| tunity that | have had Of communication
with our fellow Democrats in every State In
the Union. comparing it with the great con-
test We had IN 1854, we are better organized,
better united, and think more certain Of
| yictoryn (Applauso)