The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-08-06
MARYLAND DEMOCRATS.
BROWN NOMINATED AS THE STAND
ARD BEARER OF THE PARTY.
A Platform That Has Spurs on 1t Foot
Long-The G.. o. P, Comes In for Ter
rible Excoriation---Senator German
Heartily Endorsed.


auditorium of Ford's opera house were
very enthusiastic. "Three cheers for
Gormanu were often called for and
given with will. Before the conven-
ton was called to order the band
played "My Maryland" and "Hail to
the Chief"
Hon. Barnes Compton, member of
congress from the Fifth district and
chairman of the state central commit
tee, called the convention to order at
noon and was greeted with thunder
GUS applause.
Ex-Governor Henry Floyd of Dor
chester county was chosen chairman
of the convention. A number of Sec
retaries were appointed.
When nominations were called for
DR.. Frank 7. Shaw of Carroll county
placed in nomination for the office of
governor Mr.. Frank Brown.
The other nominations also made by
reclamation amid the widest enthu-
siasm were John P. Poe of Baltimore
for attorney general, Gen. Frank
Ford of st. Mary's county for clerk of
the court of appeals and Marion De-
Kalb Smith of Kent county for comp
trOller.
BALTIMORE, Md, July 3O.-The adj
ADMINISTRATION of President Harrison is
drawing to close. The people have
made close comparison between the
methods and action of that admins
tration and the conduct of the Demo-
cratic administration under Grover
Cleveland, which preceded it. Their
Judgment was recorded at the con-
gressional elections in November,
1890. The existing Republican admin
istration, supported by Republican
congress, has not regarded the
pledges of it's party or it's own prom,
Use and has not so exercised it's pow
ers as to receive or merit public appro-
baton.
The existing Republican admins
tration promised when it assumed
power to give full effect to reform in
the civil service. The officers in that
services have, Notwithstanding such
pledge, been conferred for political
reasons to as great an extent as at any
former period in the history of the
country. The civil service of the
United States considered as whole
is today partisan organization doing
active political service for the admin
istration by which it is employed.
President Harrison and a Republic
can congress found in 1889 large sur
plus in the treasury, left by the econ
Omical Democratic administration.
That surplus told a plain tale
to the people of the Uni
ted States. 1t demonstrated
that taxes which had been imposed
by Republican legislation were in eX-
cess of the actual needs of the govern
ment economically administered and
were therefore unnecessary and I'M
just. These finances were misman-
aged and wild speculatiOns and COM
mercial disasters followed in the train
of such mismanagement. The surplus
was wasted by extravaganza eXpendit-
ures, and the unjust and unnecessary
taxation of the people was continued.
The Fifty-first congress appropriated
in money and the credit of the people
more than billion of dollars. 1t
would seem to have been the deliber-
ate purpose of managers of the Re-
publican party to maintain and create
an amount of public indebtedness
which would consume any surplus
which might accumulate under the
existing tariff and make a further in
crease in taxation of imports neces-
sary for the support of the govern
ment.
Unable to control the opinions of
majority of the lawfully elected MEM
bers of the house of representatives of
the Fifty-first congress the republican
party created working majority in
that house by illegally depriving,
through the agency of the speaker, a
number of democratic representatives
of their rightful seats. 1t then boldly
sought to perpetuate it's power and to
destroy the autonomy ofseveral states
by means of the notorious force bill. |
1t will certainly renew the attempt to
enact that bill if it is continued in
+ power.
The Democratic party of this state
is deeply grateful to each Of the sena
tors and representatives in congress
who contributed to the defeat of that
obnoxious measure, and now assem-
bled in convention expresses to them
it's earnest and hearty thanks for the
great public service thus rendered. 1t
axes peculiar pleasure in recognizing
he distinguished services of Hon. Ar
hur p. German, whose firm and intel |
igent leadership in opposition to that
bill contributed so greatly to its de-
feat.
The people of the United States will
not tolerate the continued submission |
to war taxes after twenty-five years of
continued peace. These taxes are not
continued in force to promote the
general welfare, but are maintained to
increase profits of corporations of par
ticular corporate and individual
manufacturers or dealers. The exist
ing tariff system of the United States
costs unnecessary burdens upon all of
our countrymen who are engaged in
agriculture, labor in the mechanical
arts or in commerce. The system is
upheld by efforts of the monopolies.
While these control the prices of
necessary articles in the markets of
the country and accumulate enormous |
wealth, they Cypress by their combi-
nations labor which they employ and
maintain their power by the corrupt