The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-28
THE BENNETT LAW.
The Wisconsin Democrats De-
nOunce and Condemn it.
THE NATIONAL GREENBACK PARTY
They Want Their Patent Medicine Money
Policy Adopted, Declaring it a Panacea
for All Financial Ills.

MILWAUKEE, Aug. 27.-The Democratic
state convention met at noon. j. NJ.
Morrow, of Sparta was made temporary
chairman. The mention of the name of
Grvvsr Cleveland in his opening speech
was lectiyed with the greatest enthusiasm.
His denunciation of the Bennett compul-
sorry school law was also vociferously ap-
plaudeG
The convention will without doubt de
mand it's repeal. The usual committees
were appointed with Honorable w. F. vi
las chairman of the committee On resolu-
tions. Recess till p. IN.
Upon reassembling, the platform was
presented by ex-Secretary Villas. 1t de-
nounced the Mckinley bill and declares
that-the force bill is an attempt to per
petuate I'll policy and power of the Repub-
llcan party: denounces Speaker Reed for
the arbitrary assumption of authority in
his attempt to disfranchise political oppon-
ents; demands thai the present tariff be
reduced and that taxation should be low, as
also public expenses.
The following are the planks bearing on
the Bennett school law of Wisconsin. 1--WE
oppose any diversion of the public school
funds to Sectarian uses. The Democratic
party created the public school system of
this state, and will always zealously guard
and maintain it, The Bennett law is local
manifestation of the settled Republican
policy of paternalism, favoring laws pro-
viding for the compulsory attendance at
shool of all children. We believe the law
in force prior to to the passage of the Ben
nett law guaranteed to all the children Of
state an opportunity for education, and in
this essential feature was stronger that the
Bennett law
The underlying principle of the Bennett
law is a needless interference with parental
rights and liberty of conscience The pro-
visions for its enforcement place the &C
cused at the mercy of school directors, and
deny his right to trial BY jury according to
the law of the land.
ITO mask this tyr2nnical invasion of in
dividual and constitutional rights, the shall
low plea of defense of the English Ian
guage is advanced The history of this
state is largely peopled with foreign citi-
zens. 1t is a demonstrated fact that the
nature of the case and the necessities of
the situation are advancing the growth of
the English language TO the greatest pos
sible extent. We therefore denounce that
law as unnecessary, unwise, unconstitu-
tional, un- American and undemocratic, and
demand its repeal.''
The platform was unanimously adopted.
No opposition whatever was offeIed to the
plank demanding the repeal of the Ben
nett law, and the speakers, in their ad-
dresses nominating the various candidates
for governor, all denounced the law as an
unnecessary piece of <paternalism. While
declaring they were in favor of teaching
English in all the schools, they said they
were opposed to compulsion.
The nominating speech was not finished
till q o'clock. The ballots did not show any
great change until the sixth, when STAN
pede set in, and when it became certain he
would be nominated, some one moved tc
make it unanimous. General Bragg i'm.
.mediately protested and insisted on a roll
call. The vote showed: George w. Peck,
227; Gabriel Bouck ,d19; John Knight, AZ
Winans II. 1t was moved to make the
nomination unanimous, and again Bragg
objected, and then the motion was put, he
and a lew friends voted may" and were
loudly Missed by the convention Pack
was sent for and soon appeared, and
thanked tie delegates for the honor con-
ferred upon him. Carl Jones, of Racine
was nominated for Acknowledgements
and the convention adjourned until to-mor-
row