Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-16
AFTERNOON SESSION.

At the afternoon session of the
State Convention yesterday, Hon
Jas. d. Richardson, of Rutherford
county, was chosen permanent chair
man amid applause. Eth. H. Wade
was elected permanent secretary
After a little speech-making the
convention adjourned until o'clock
last night.
First item of interest at night wa;
report of the committee on creden.
tials. There were two reports pre-.
sented-the majority and minority
reports.
The minority report contested the
seating of six tellers in the Knox
county delegation.
The minority report was finally
adopted by vote of 1913 ayes tC
671 noes.
S. II. Wilson, chairman of the
committee on resolutions, then read
the following:
The platform in full is as follows
Whereas the Democratic party has
heretofore contributed 80 much to the
extension and material growth of the
country, and has always favored the
interest of the labOring and producing
classes, therefore the Democracy of
Tennessee, in convention assembled,
reatfirm its adherence TO the funda-
mental principles of free government
as enunciated by the fathers and prac-
ticed by the party, for l0pg years APP
proved by the people and recently de-
clared by the National Democratic
platform of 1888, and pledges itself to
the administration Of public affairs in
strict accordance Herewith. We in
dorse the administration of Grover
Cleveland as President of the United
States, and the present administra-
ton of Gov. r. l.. Taylor in respect of
our State government.
We declare that the agricultural in
terests are the mainstay and support
of our dual system of government,
State and Federal, and we arraign and
condemn the Republican party for its
legislative discrimination against this
class, which has greatly reduced the
price of farm lands and products; for
its corrupt grant of large subsidies to
special corporations; Tor its revolu-
tionary methods to perpetuate its
power; for it's reckless squanderings of
public money for party purposes; for
corrupting and debauching of the
American franchise for its efforts to
foment sectional strife and thus dis
turb the business tranquility of the
country for its efforts to foster combi-
nations, unlawful trusts and monopo-
lies so oppressive tONthe great mass of
the people for its attempt to pass
Federal election law or force bill de,
signed to engender conflict between
the races of the South, and to
strengthen entrenched monopoly; for
its utter disregard of the will of the
people in unseating duly and legally
elected Democratic representatives
and its shamelessness in denying the
right of statehood to Territories fully
qualified for admission by the number
of their citizens, because they are
Democratic, while they admit into the
Union other Territories, as States,
with much smaller population
for the reason only that ma
iority of their voters are Republicans
and in contrast with all this and the
weak, vacillating, selfish, strife-prO-
ducing and labordissatisfying admin
istratiOn of Benjamin Harrison, we
present with pride the administration
of Grover Cleveland, marked, as it
was, by high moral courage, exemp-
ton from nepotism, jObblng and
speculation.
We denounce the Mckinley tariff
bill recently passed by the Republi-
cans of the lower house of Congress |
without full debate and due considera-
ton, in which taxes are heavily laid |
on the necessaries and but lightly on
the luxuries used by the rich, and
which prevents importations, curtails
and, at the same time,
increases taxes, thereby expressing
the farmers and labOrers Of the cOun-
try,
We demand currency of gold and
silver, and also of paper, convertible
into coin at the option of the holder,
and we demand the free coinage of
silver off the basis originally fixed by
law, and that it and the gold dollar
shall be equally unit of value.
We demand that the public lands
shall be held sacred for homesteads for
merican citizens, and we condemn
The policy of the Republican party in
is extravagant donations of many
of acres to corporations.
We denounce the importation of
Dauper labor which comes in competi-
ion with and lowers the wages of
American working men.
With respect to State affairs the
Democracy of the State, believing that {
he prosperity of a free State de-
bends upon the intelligence and virtue
If its people, have inaugurated and {
system of free schools
or the benefit of all the children of ,
he State, and we pledge ourselves to
effort to increase and ex-
end the facilities of this beneficent I
ystem.
We declare In favor of strict econo. I
ny in the management of all State af
airs and that no more taxes shall be
from the people than are alb
olutely necessary to meet the wants
# the State government so admins
cred, and that all persons, corpora .
ions and property subject to taxa :
ion under the Constitution should
ear their just aud equal proportion of \
he same.
In the past the Democratic party
las enacted such lien laws as have Sc.
ured the rights of the laborer and N
Mechanic, and we pledge ourselves to I
uch other additional legislation as +
nay be appropriate and necessary to n
ecure their full protection in the flu
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Good public roads we regard as a S
ecessity to the rapid and steady de-