Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-08-14

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That the whole measure Is conceived in par.
tisRn bttterne = ard sectional animosiiy: Is
fraught with evil to tn entire country and can
only create discord and wea.en the ties ol
brotherhood and good feeling between citizens
OF Common country.
MklSLEr BILL DENOUNCED
Rso'p4d, That we derounce and protest
against the Mckinley Tariff bill, which 10 ia,
from giving promised relief and reducing tax.
alton, increases taxation while 1t lessens rave
nues, htrangleS commerce, enhances tho cost
81 pr, ductlon and the cost Of living Of all
classes, obstructs the enterprises Of shiphuild-
ing ana the employment OF mechanics and
! nnyigators, piles new burdens upon our aRri.
cullnrist- withou obtaining for the American
| farmer wider market Tor single article Of
his produce.
AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS.
That we deplore he impoyeri4 he condition
| OF o agricultural interests which is mani
testify a logical result OF long contlnuede excess
| lyo, and lnnece sary taxation upon the raw
materials produced abroad and needed here, by
| which manifold indirect taxation ensue5 10
! ths American consumer far beyond the
| amount OF duties plid upon the imports. And
| upon the American farmer falls the conse.
1 quences OF o retaliation by foreign nations
| who are our best customers Tor these agrirui-
| tural products which form the bulk IF our OK
ports and alone enable us TO maintain our bal
ance OF trade.
That tho increased tax upon tin plate Is an
! especial blow upon every grower of fruit or
/ notwithstanding immensely TO the cost I
cannlng-0f the roof OF every dwelling, Of every
kluhen uLensll, AMI OF the pail in which the
| humblest laborer carries his midday meal.
AIMED AT OUR LIBERTIES.
r solDsd, That In these three neasirss:
| ]. The destruction of the House OF Repro
sentatives as deliberative body under tho
| operation oil "the eed rules
| g The Mckinley Tariff bill,
| ~ Force bill TO control elections The
| American people can clearly read the designs
OF the present Republican administration and
| congressional ma1orties to entrench them
selves and their party behind centralized and
! consolidated power and by the employment Of
corruption and coercion, 10 render 1t imposi IL
| Die Tor the citizens TO obtain peace ably re-
Dress OF grievances, reformation of abuses,
and TO dislodge unworthy and nnfaithful OIL
Gals. The funds for corruption and the con-
gressional votes thus obtained by the control
OF African ma1orities in certain congressional
districts, Will lie employed TO counterbalance
the results OF suffering and discomfort in north
ern aud western localities and the coerced
negro vote as registered and counted by Re-
publican partislus will thus be an instrument
to impoyerish and snbiugate the white victims
OF niercenary and cruel oligarchy OF tax
masters.
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT LAW.
Rsso nd, That I'VE denounce the use of money
70 control our voters as degrading to the poll
tics I our State, and we urgently recommend
legislation to punish and prevent such prac-
tees, and to enact The Australian ballot law or
some measure equivalent as n protection TO
the free eSerc sc OF the privilege Of franchise.
OUR STATES CREDIT.
and the satisfactory condition Of our finances
by which no state tax whatever upon tho
persons or property OF our citizens IL exarted,
attest the ecnnpmi nj and honest guardian
ship of the treasury under Democratic admin
iSiraton, We recommend careful eco 10
mics and rigid accountability in the levying
OF taxes anu their expenditure in the several
counties.
no PETTY DIssRNsioNs.
Rssotpsd, Ttat in this political crisis the
democracy Of Delaware animated by 4 sense
oil duty to their State and the Union, lift the
b inner of their party high above petty dissen-
sians or personal anmosities and in-crbiug
upon II Equal laws and equality before the
law, with Justice 10 all ami special favors to
Iione,H invite all good men and true within
our borders to rally under its folds and assist
us TO give honestand economical government
TO our own State and keep Delaware in The
column of the great national party which has
for its object the fnlfilment of the mission of
greatand freq country governed by the people
and for the people under the limitations OF tn
constitution.
CONSTITUTIONAL ooNvEHrloS.
Resolped, That it is the duty Of the Legisla-
lure TO provide for the holding Of a convention
for the revi ion and amendment of the consti-
tuition OF The state by the ligut OF the expert
enee ot the last 50 years.
The various tell ng points of the plat
form as they were effectively read by Mr..
Bayard were received with continued
and hearty applause. The close protest
ing against the Force bill was vocifer-
ously endorsed. The resolution de.
nouacing the Mckinley Fariff bill was
most literally appiaudsd.
UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED.
The resolutions as whole were unan.
imously and enthusiastically adopted.
MR. BAYARD's SPEECH.
Decidedly the most prominent feature
of the convention, aside from the nomi-
nation OF the ticket, was tue pre-
sentation of che platform by MIR.
Bsyard aud his magnificent speech
in support OF the motion to adopt
the resolutions. Mr.. Bayard was at his
best, ami every word he uttered received
the closest attention of everyone in the
hall. At the opening he gave his atten-
tion to the villainous Force bill now
pending in Congress and denounced in
healthy, vigorous English its evident
purpose OF thro,tling the free expression
of the sentiment OF the American people
at the polls and making an enslsved
creature of popular suffrage, 1T man
be not free on election day." elcquently
declared the speaker, she is SLAVE dur.
ing the other 1854 days of the year" The
feeling of horror and loathing aroused
in the minds of the American people over
this infamous measure was, in his opinion,
enough ito waks a soul within the ribs
OF death and stamp remorse upon it,
Continuing, he said;
There is some object for both these
measures, the infamous rules of Reed and
the shocking, the destructive, the malig-
nRut and the malicious Force bill; an
object and moving cause, and what is
that ? The love of money is the root of
the evil. II is mercenary step, de-
signed by class of men to enrich them
selves at the cost of all other classes OF
their oountrymen. Reed forbade, under
his rules, that the tariff bill should be
discussed, He bosated that the House OF
Representatives had ceased to be de-
Lucrative body and that under this law
they had passed "We will do onr own
registering and our own counting" Such
was the brutal and infamous speech of
the man who stood in the high office of
Speaker OF the House Of Representatives
of the American people. Two hundred
and odd amendments had been offered to
the tariff bill in the HOUSE OF Representa-.
tiyes, and by the action of his party
chance was cut of for the consideration
of any or them-no time for their proper
confederation.
But the bill went to the Senate and |
there you read from day to day its de- |
velopments, its unnecessary exaotions, its |
lewlessness, its sel6shness, aud now comes |
the evil suggestion that debate shall be |
throttled there when the majority shall |
SO declare, so that the Senate too
shall cease to be deliberatiye body. 1t |
may be done; but the debate will be ad-
journed 10 another forum-and that
forum will be the great bar of American
public opinion. Applsuse. The worm
will turn when trodden upon. And we
are told to-day that even while they are