Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-16

| party IN Jne interest Oh favored classes
against the masses
We favor graded income tax.
We denOunce the decentralization of sill
yer in 1873 by the party then in power, as
an iniquitous alteration of the money
standard in favor of creditors and against
: debtors, taxpayers and producers, in which
by shutting off one of the sources of supply
of primary money operates continually tc
increase the value of gold, depress prices
hamper industry and disparage enterprise
and we demand the reinstatement of the
constitutional standard of both gold and
silver with the equal right of free and un-
limited coinage
We denounce the Republican bullion
dollar congress which, by the extravagant
expenditures, exhausted a surplus in the
national treasury left there by Demo
cratic administration and created a deficit;
which substituted despotic rule for freed is
cusson in the house of representatives
and we congratulate the people on the de-
feat of the odious force bill demanded by a
Republican president, and championed by
the Republican party for the purpose of per
petuating its rule by perverting the con
stitutional powers of the government, de-
stroying free elections and placing the
ballot box in the hands of unscrupulous
partisans, in order as declared by Speaker
Reed, ito register the voters, supervise the
elections, count the ballots and declare the
! result"
We are opposed to the enactment of all
laws which unnecessarily interfere with
the habits and customs OF any OF our peo-
pie which are not offensive to the moral
sentiments Of the civilized world, and we
believe that the personal rights of the in
dividual should be curtailed only when it
is essential to the maintenance of the
peace, good order and welfare of the com
munity.
We favor the passage of such laws by
the general assembly as viii give us a sys-
tenn for the government of our municipal
tiles uniform throughout the state, as the
constitution requires, in which the execu-
tive and legislative power shall be sepa-
rated, the former to be lodged in mayor,
and the latter in a council, both to be
elected by the people; thereby realizing
the principle of home rule, safe from the
dangers and evils of special legislation.
We favor closer commercial relations
with our Canadian neighbors, and the re-
moval of embarrassing, annoying reStrc-
tions which only vex our people without
! yielding any substantial revenue to the
| government
We favor liberal and just pensions to de-
serving and disabled soldiers and sailors
who fought for the maintenance of the
government, and like pensions to their
widows and orphan children.
The persecution of the Jewish people by
the Russian government justly deserves
and receives our unqualified censure. We
extend to them our sincere sympathy, and
believe that this government, in connec-
tion with the enlightened governments of
Europe disposed to unite with us, should
take proper steps to alleviate the wrongs
thus inflicted on this long suffering and
oppressed pCc2le.
The minority report was as follows:
We, the undersigned members of the
committee on resolutions, recommend the
adoption of the following resolution, as
substitute for the plank in the platform
on the free and unlimited coinage of
silver:
We believe in honest money, the coinage
of gold and silver and circulating medium
convertible into such money without loss;
and we oppose all legislation which tends
to drive either gold or silver out of circu
lation, and we believe in maintaining the
We also recommend that the resolution
declaring for a graduated tax on incomes
be stricken from the platform.
state Central Committee.
At the meeting Of the different dis
tricts Tuesday night the following state
central committee was elected:
First district-Michael Mullen, Ham
lion county.
Second-Michael Devanney, Ham
ilton.
Third Charles E. Galliland, Mont
gomery.
Fourth-C. F. Lantis, Preble.
Fifth-G. w. Hull, Allen.
Sixth-L. G. Cole, Wood.
Seventh-W William Beatty, Lucas.
Eighth. A. Morton, Seneca.
Ninth j. L. Tranger, Franklin.
Tenth-F. A. Stacey. Ross.
Eleventh-W. w. Pennell, Brown.
Twelfth-John l.. Vance, Gallia.
Thirteenth-John G.. Reeves, Fairfield.
Fourteenth ]. r. Hill, Licking.
Fifteenth-H. L. McCreas, Ashland.
Sixteenth. p. Ohlinger, Wayne
Seventeenth-A. N. Kennan, Belmont,
Eighteenth-J. P. Mehaffy, Guernsey.
Nineteenth-John Manning, Mahon
ing.
Twentieth-W. T. Tobin, Summit.
Twenty-first-Cha Carroll, Guy
ahoga.
Opposing Factions Fight.