Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-09-05
THE STATE CONVENTION.
A Good Nomination and an Elk celieut
Platform.
SEATTLE. Aug. 30th.

SEATTLE. Aug. 30th.
The members OF the Democrats
State convention have lett the city and
there is political it'll. Local men
seem confident OF suct vSs this fall, being
well satisfied with the selection Of Hon
Thomas Carroll as congressional can
didate. Mr.. Carroll Is personally very
popular Oh the west side of the noun
tains, where he has many personal
friends in the Republican ranks, who
will sink party consideration and vote
for him. He himself will 60 into the
campaign with the susty energy grow
ling out Of contid. ,,ce in the cause he
upholls, and the firm conviction that
the principles of Democracy are des-
tined to triumph in the coming cam
paign. Thomas Carroll is 4 homcspun
man, frank and hearty, Il ready talker,
full of good natured with Il word, Il
rough and ready man who will make Il
strong fight, push his Republican op-
poncnt hard, whoever the Republican
candidate may be.
THE CONVENTION IN SESSION.
The convention yesterday transacted
its business rapidly. Wasting little
time in uttcring sentiments, the dele
gates devoted themselves to deeds, not
words When the delegates came to-
geiher, the committee on platform
were not ready to report, and the con-
vcntion decided to fill the time by Sc
lccting State central committee.
The following gentlemen were Sc
lected 10y their respective county dele
cations to represent the counties NAM
ed: l.. krctzer, of Adams; Il. +. John
ston, of hchalis; S. l.. Dennis, of
Clarke; DR.. McGinnis, of Clallam; J.
f. Edmiston, of Columbia; J. n. Pearcy
of Cowlitz; W. ii. Anderson, of Doug
lass +. Kritzman, OF Franklin Il. +.
Willis, of Garfield; NJ. J. Lyons, of Is
land; Walter Bower, OF jefferson; ID.
III. Gilman, of King; Charley Miller, of
kittitas c. Rockwell, of Lewis L. A.
! Wickersham, of Lincoln; Mr.. Pott, Of
Mason; $. A. Suulc, of Pacific; Stephen
O'Brien, of Pierce G. B. briggs, of San
Juan; III. Stephenson, of Skamania /;
John W. Miller. of Snohomish; w. Z.
Scuricker, of Skagit; ID. A. Clement, OF
Spokane; John b. Slater, of Stearnes; !;
J. f. Murphy, of Thurston; II. Keeling,
OF Walla Walla Samuel Bass, of What
com; c. II. Warner, of Whitman; j.
M. Baxter, OF Yakima. George Haz-
zard, OF Tacoma, was elected as men,
ber at large of the committee.
Upon the completion of this busi-
ness the committee on platform sub
mitted its report as follows:
The Democracy OF the State OF Wash
ington in convention assembled de-
clare that We renew our pledge of de-
votion to the principles of constitu-
tional government as stated in the ma
tional conventions of the party. I'm
der the deceptive plea of protecting
American industries the Republican
party levies war tariff taxes on the
many for the benefit of the few. Re-
duced to the simplest form, the prin-
ciples of the Democratic party, as
enunciated by its distinguished ex-
president, by its greatest leaders, in
corporated in its platforms, and ex-
pounded by its press, are these: That
the right of import taxation is right
which should be exercised solely for
the benefit of the government, and
that no more tax should be gathered
or collected from the people than is
absolutely necessary for an economical
administration of public affairs, and
that in laying and adjusting important
taxes, care should be taken rs far as
possible to remove from the necessaries
OF life the rate OF taxation, and to re-
duce the same to Il minimum, while
the luxuries of life should be made to
bear the burden of government.
We denounce the Lodge force bill
recently passed blythe House of Rep
rescntatives, and all kindred measures,
as revolutionary, utterly subversive OF
the inalicnable right OF local soli-gov-
ernment, and as tending to make the
federal Judiciary merely partisan
acting board.
We denounce the arbitrary rules of
the lower House of the present Con-
gress and their autocratic adminis-
tration by Speaker Reed, because the
voice of a minority is thereby silenced,
and the power of legislation is usurped
by one man. We declare that the
employment and maintenance of bod
les of armed men by wealthy individ-
uals and corporations, under the name
OF detectives, and for the ostensible
purpose of protecting private property
is alien to our Republican govern
ment, and autagonistic to con-
stitutional liberty, and tends to
anarchy and lawlessness, and we de-
mand legislation to forever prohibit
such dangerous and un-American
methods. The State alone, through
its lawfully constituted officers, shall
assert and maintain the supremacy
of law.
We cherish and respect the deserv-
ing soldiers and sailors of the Republic,
and demand just pensions for those
who have been injured in health or limb
in the service of their country, and
for the widows and minor children OF
deceased soldiers and sailors, VINO have
died or may hereafter die of wounds or
disease contracted in the civil war, but
we denounce the reckless pension leg
islation OF the Republican party as a
sample bid for votes, as debasing the
patriotic service of the man they pre-
tend to honor. We believe the sea-