Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-05-18
THE CONVENTION.
Adoption of the Platform -Presi
Dental Electors.

Adoption of the Platform -Presi-
Dental Electors.
At a quarter past ten o'clock Chair
man Del Vale brought his gavel down
and silence quickly followed. Chairman
Del Vale asked whether the Committee
on Resolutions and Platform was ready
to report.
Hon. s. NJ. White rose and said that
the committee was ready to present its
report. He offered to hand the paper he
held in bis hands to the Secretary, but
cries of platform" were heard, and
Chairman Del Vale invited Mr.. White to
step forward.
The Hon. S. NJ. White then stepped
upon the stage and read the following
ghc Platform.
convention assembled, hereby adopts the fol-
lowing platform of principles:
NAT oNAJ .DsIaI TRATIoN.
| We endorse the administration of Grover
| Cleveland. His earnest and Intelligent efforts
| in the interests of the people have justly won
| the plaudits OF all pa riotic citizens. When he
was elected to perform the duties of the high
Office, the functions OF which he has so ably
discharged, our political opponents confidently
| disaster and ruin. The prosperity which has
accompanied his administration, the unhag-
ging zeal which he has manifested in promo
ting the welfare OF all. and the unsullfed char
acter of the public servants of his selection by
whom he is surrounded, have demonstrate
| that the people were right in d, manding a
| change of administration, and that the peIma.
nency of our institutions and the maintenance
Of our proud position as people depend upon
democratic ascendency.-
The Democracy, under the leadership OF
Grover Cleveland, seeks to deal alone with the
issues of the day, and to utilize governmental
authority to improve the condition Of the gov
| erned. The Republican organization, con-
| trolled as 1t is by persons whose transgressions
have driven them from place, seeks restoration
to power by appealing to issues buried ia the
oblivion Of quarter of a century. Its aspira-
| ton. as contained in the declarations OF its
| leaders, is to revive dissensioDs and discord
which have long since beep forgotten BY all
| right thinking men.
TARIFF.
| The Democracy is pledged to an equitable re-
| vision of the tariff The Republican party,
while admitting the inequality and injustice Of
and necessities OF great war;. persistently
| fails to suggest any reform, and obstinately
seeks to defeat all efforts directed at the adopt
ion of just and comprehensive measure. We
| believe In fostering American in dustry, but we
| oppose the substituting OF great monopolies and
the centratz ltion of money in the hands OF a
| at yariencc with the welfare of the t0ilers OF
the land. We heartily endorse as progressive
measure, commensur ate with, and made nee
/ cessary by the growth and needs OF our country,
the message of the President urging a reform
in our tariff which will lessen the exactions
now practced upon our people.
SILVER.
Resolred That this Convention recommend
the passage of an act of Congress providing for
the free coinage of both gold and silver, by the
terms of which act all gold and silver iullion
offered at the several minis of the United States
shall b, received in exchange for money Oh
gold or silver certificates at the rate now fixec
BY law for standard dollars of gold and silver
which certificates shall be receivable for al
MI bile PURPOSES and INTERCHANGEABLE for gOlC
and silver, as the case may be.
CHINESE IMMIGRATION.
We are, as ever, absolutely opposed to Chin
} ese immigration. We congratulats the people
OF the Democratic administration in so amend
ing the treaty with the Chinese Empire as tt
practically exclude the Mongolian from ou
to accomplish this result, and 1t was left for TIT
administration of Grover Cleveland to formu
late SiCb Which settles
had been incompetent to deal. By this treat,
all prior residence pleas are rendered ineffect
ual ana al re5ufn cer.ca5es now extaat al
, tatiyes in Congress to procure the enactment o
such legislation as will render it impossible TO
poses or nuliify the proyfsonS Of Treaty wfe
has for the first time rendered absolute exclu
sion possible.
PUBLIC LANDS.
: The public lands of the United ststes shout
| be disposed of to actual settlers only. Durin
Republican dominancy immense bodies of tn
National domain passed into the hands of col
porate aud foreign syndicates formed for tn
!, creation of individual fortunes. The terms {
these grants were persistently violated by tn
benefciaries, and these violations passed III
needed until Democratic administration, |
e at the last National Convention. declared thel
forfeited; thus rendering to those seekir
y HON es In good faith more than forty million
i of acres which have been withheld from II