Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-06-26
THE CHICAGO CONVENTION.
GROVER CLEVELAND, OF NEW
YORK, FOR PRESIDENT.
A. r.. Stevenson, OF Illinois, for Vice
President.
Especial to The s,a,esmAnl

CHICAGO, June 2l.-Shortly aftef
noon Chairman Brice, of the
National Democratic committee,
called the convention TO order.
Rev. John Rouse was presented
and offered prayer.
Secretary Sheerin announced the
temporary organization. w. c.
Owens, Of Kentucky, temporary |
chairman; s. +. Sheerin secretary;
Nicholas A. Bell, of Missouri, prin-
cipal reading clerk; r. J. Bright. of
Indiana. sergeant-at-arms.
Owens was conducted to the
chair and amid applause spoke as
follows:
There are two great dangers 70 the Democratic
danger is IN tho nsraainery Of orEanized capital
SUI ported by the whole power OF the government
The second Is a tendency among the Democrats y
make issues among themselves. The two needs
therefore that stand before a. Indispensable 10
success are unity and harmony u this chair and
gase stand the representatives q one, rcnlain.
Tor you 10 supply the other In this spirit greet
you, fellow Dcfnocrats. the advance guard OF
grand army sent forward 10 blaze the pathway 70
victory.
How momcntns Is your responsibility, ! need not
tell you II you work with Wisdom, the millions 70
shop and mill and hed vii Mss and call so1 81
The roll cali Of this republic attsis that Us bear, ana
conscience is With " IN with the representa-
tiyes Of greed. The best thought Of our party ~ =
platform that challenges appreciation and invites me
support Of the people We cannot only eacccsd; We
must do inoFs-~e must deserve success hoo'etns
wreck. n nessi be- Of selfish continuation. ne must
a temple 90 the plain Isoie and build strus-
tur. broad that every hover Of his kind may kneei
The burden he lifted from the back OF toll and
TO that end II has right 10 demand that Nhoe'ss
bears our hammer must lift II above the smoke OF
conflict and the din Of faction, that every buinocrat
Of the Union may follow its lead in excellent and q
resi.tibls combat Let not mistake the gravity o.
The situation n ienanfs broalest patriotism aad
every neediu sacrifice. our work begins here under
the Of summer and before tbs frosts o. antnnlh
must carry II forward with unfatcrus courage W
q triumphant close.
The speaker proceeded to charac-
terize the coming campaign as one
of education TO teach people every
where their true relation TO the tax
gatherer. They must learn that no
railroad presidents champion as
cended the tribunes Of the people;
that no task givers write our tariff.
They must learn that for personal
and political advantage their
country is menaced by threat OF
war and will learn with shame and
regret that = the day the warlike
message Of their president was read
in Congress, the peaceful response of
the little 8 by 10 republic of Chile,
accepting the terms of the presiden-
tial ultimatium, was read in every
capital Of the world. The speaker
proceeded to denounce the billion
dollar Congress and closed as fol-
lows:
Impellesi by one purpose the public gooi. we Sill
tree ourselves from the chickering's and heartburns
that characterized the Republican party when its
Marshal Ney went dosn at Minneapolis before the
mailed legions OF the bread and butter brigade.
Caples, of Illinois, offered the fol-
lowing:
Resolved. That this convention tender lis pro
found sympathy 70 that distinguished American,
james q. Blaine Ia the affection which has oeiAiie
him.
The reading was interrupted by
loud applause. The resolution
was adopted unanimously.
Sweat, OF Maine, thanked the con-
vention for the sympathy shown to
n distinguished resident of that
state. God forbid" he said "that
the Democracy of Maine or any
other state should hesitate to tender
its sympathy in the presence of the
grim tyrant who wipes out all POI
litical lines and levels all ranks"
Second Day.
The convention re-assembled and
the committee on permanent orga-
inzation then reported. Hon. w.
L. Wilson of West Virginia was
made permanent chairman and 3.
p. Sheerin of Wisconsin permanent
secretary.
The roll was then called for the
naming by States of National COM
mitteemen, and Frank w. Beane
was chosen for Idaho.
The committee on resolutions
offered a lengthy report, of which
we can copy this week only q part,
promising to give them in full in
, our next issue. We extaret as fol-
lows:
The representatives 81 the Democratic party Of the
Unitsd states. In National convention assembled, DO
as formulated by Jefferson and exemplihed BY a
long HlustTgous line OF SUCCESSORS In Delnocratic lea
| dsrshp from Madison 10 Cleveland. We believe tho
public welfare demands that these principles should
be applied to the conduct of the federal government
through the aeseS@ion 10 power Of tbs party that
advocates them, and solemnly declare that the
| need Of : return 10 the fundamental principles Of
popular government based on home rule and indtss'
| dual liberty never more urgent than now whei,
| the tendency To centrallEe power at the federal
eapital has become a 10 the reserved rights
Of the states that strikes at the roots Of govern
ment under the constitution - framed hy the t>ihers
|, | Of the republic.
We warn the people ~ our common country,
Jealous the preservation ~ their free institutions
that the policy 81 federal ntrol OF elections TO which
the Republican party has committed Itself, u UAti'
with gfasest dangers, scarcely less momsntous than
would iesult from revolution, practically estannsh
ing monarchy the ruins Of the repuhlic y strikes
at the North well as the South and injuries ths
colored citizens more than the whites. u msAh'
hoanlS Of deputy marshais at every polling place
armed with federal power; returning boards appoint
ed and controlled BY federal authority; outrage q
thu electoral rights Of the people IN the stsiss; s
Sibjugstion Of the eoored people 20 the control %
the party in power and reyising Face Antasonlsii
now happily abstsd Of utmost pst'l 20 their safety
and happiness, \ deliberately and Justly aes
sribed BY leading Republican senator A. shs ~
infenoes bil that eroz-sd the Threshold % N,
Senate. such policy, " sanctioned ey law, eo1il
mean tbs dominance Of sert=. psFpesaie an oeaseh,
n Office holders and thu AFty Brst tntFustsd VIII
the machinery cassiA he dislujge from power on,
by appeal 10 the reserved rich, Of the people 70 &c
ssst oppression which l. inherent Ia al ssii govern
ing communities
l f~u years Avo this revolutionary policy va
practically condemned by the people Al the pois
bit ii contempt OF thas verdict, the Republican
PARTY h.. uianly declared IN IL latest autisofita
live utteranres that it, success IN the rong eiettoh
will mean the enactment 81 force bill and usafia
a tion Of paieg csntFo over sseesionA =
Ileliesina that the preservation Of republican
government dependent upon the detsst Of poiic'