Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-09-04
yTIi6.YE DEMOCRATS.
,ni Tilden are Nominated
r+sopt Serious Opposition.
A WINNING TICKET.
r....,,;ops ana Enthusiastic Convention.
= Tss; Tsllsihs Truth About the RAs-
IA Corruption Of the Republican
,sq,l,-Bauls to be Fought on
Local issues

LlCdl tecao&
,.,1pe. PA, September g.
@, 1880 o'clock Chairman
the state Committee, called
.,,,ra,ic convention to order.
bour the Harrisburg Opera
.,s filed with a representative
H..,oi the Democrats of the State,
.,announced the following as
.,.sries OF the convention: Benz.
NLF. SNYDER, J. P. j. Sensen-
George II. Hoffman,, c. b.
4 F. E. Dible and J. d. Sells.
.,,resentation in the convention
soi 46l delegates, made up OF
..orssentatiye for every one thous-
,,ss or fraction Of q thousand cast
vernon Pattison at the last cleo
I,ipatlons Of temporary chaii man
/ ,bsp in order. Herman kreitz, OF
nominated II. Willis Bland, Of
In, for that position, and he was
~o1slv chosen. Mr.. Bland was
-,,sd ~ the chair amid applause.
| T. .reech he said that never In the
~ NJ the party has q campaign
5egun under moro auspicious or
sTr conditions. Never as now
,ba public heart and the public
n deeply wrought upon. Never
- did the public see the neces-
lara change in the administration
.rbi.c affairs. Never before was
cling so strong that the ticket put
-omination to-day would be over
rlpclv elected. The campaign
10 fought on local issues, not on
-sL Nobody doubts that the peo-
d Pennsylvania love the
srgs of their own prophet
inysr Cleveland. Tremendous
,gssl. His defeat n the last cam
n has been more glorious TO him
/ apv victory would have been, for
thinking man can help feeling that
assopS taught N Democratic vic
y, an over the country since his de-
are tributes TO the grandeur OF
qer Cleveland, and the principles he
,5ry represents. [ApplauSel. ]. But
- --t-- r-'rPtu SuuU y issupS
be Republican vampires who are
gcst,tuung the public Offices all
I ,ae State. 1t is a shameful thing
the State Treasurer, Auditor
eraI, Mercantile Appraiser and
great newspapers OF Phila-
ll should join in a
,pracy TO plumber the Treasury.
clause. The noble principle of
yer Cleveland that public Office is
De trust" has been ignored, aud they
3 criminally made public office a
rs Of private profit TO the scandal
be- good people of the State. The
ss must be wrenched from the grasp
Do Sp0ilSmen of the Republican par
,bO have for the last twenty-five
IS held them through prostitution and
e,. There has been but one Demo-
c Governor in this State in the last
y years. IL is no disparagement to
.ninent men who have flied the
20 say that the Democrat stands
less among them all. lGreat ap-
Robert +. PattiSon we have a fit
representative Of those beauti-
)t those noble, those eternal ideas
le faith enunclated by the great
mas Jefferson. [Great applause.
e business OF the convention was
begun. Congressman William
.hler was made Chairman of the
nittee on Resolutions, and q com
.e to select delegateS-at-large to
convention was appoint
Committee on Credentials and Per
ut Organization were also appoint
I'd the convention at - O'clock took
esS until 1870.
q afternoon session of the conven-
began at . o'clock. The Committee
,rmanent Organization reported in
OF Hon. Geo. w. Skinner, of Full
.OuntY, for permanent chairman,
Vice-PreSident from each Sena-
district. The temporary minor Of
were retained permanently.
Skinner on taking the chair made
r, speech, which was well received.
p Committee on Resolutions then
ted, as follows:
,t-We, the representatives Of the
cracy Of Pennsylvania, in convention
o.ed, renew our pledges of devotion
principles Of our party in the country
Se Us declared in the platforms of the
ial conventions of 1884 and 1883, and
we'd in the elections of those years by
1rlty Of the American people. We
we have always been, In favor of an
and economical administration of
affairs; Of limiting expenses and re-
( taxation TO meet the actual necessi-
the government; of a sound and
currency based on gold and silver
and circulated in such proportions
u Keep them on parity; Of q reform
revision Of the tariff; OF liberal but
elSiOn laws, and of well-cOnSidered
alton tending TO increase the rewards
gnten the burdens Of labor.
ond-We realize and affirm that the
election Of 1891 in Pennsylvania in
no issue Of Federal politics; we APP
honest and patriotic citizens regard
party Affiliations 10 unite in vindi-
Che honor Of this Commonwealth and
ming the fiscal and auditing depart
OF It's government from official
{ ana corrupt practices.
'u-We arraign and condemn the Re-
an Legislature for having refused TO
e the constitution by appropriate
'uon; for having failed TO pass honest
,4Oltaole appOrtionment bills as re-
oy the constitution; for having ig-
lhe demands of labor for relief by
OF having denied the righteous popu-
1nand for such laws as would dis
g tie burdens of public taxation
y upon all classes Of property, and
wing refused TO reform long existing
IN the mercantile appraisement as
commended by the Democratic ex-
e Of 1885.
,5,..n-We arraign and condemn the
,ucan Legislature for the enactment
auous, oppressive and vicious legis-
against which the executive veto
,.'erposed for the protection Of the