Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-07-28
In notifying Mr.. Cleveland of his

! from its national convention. representing ev-
cry democratic constituency in the country to
give you official rorifiration that yeu have been
chosen as its candidate for the Office of presi
dent OF the United States.
We are also charged with the duty Of pre-
senting you the platform of principles adopted
by that convention This platform contains
| full and explicit declaration of the position Of
the nation al democratic party on thu great pc
tica issues Of the day: but in all its utterances
1t Is merely a development of great princi
pie. that whatever governments end laws can
do for a people must be done for all the people,
without precedence of section or grades of citi-
zenship.
Mr.. Wilson then spoke at length on
the duty of the democratic party and
the issues of the campaign. In con-
sion he said:
And now sir. W. PIT into your hands, the
commission of wh;cI are tho bearers. II is the
highest honor your PARTY rar bastow. It Is the
gravest call to dut- vour GLOW democrats can
nakA- But re believe assure you that
there H-c weak. weary or Respondent
democ-zt=" in the ranks OF our party to-day,
and that with tNe peoples causn a. cause,
we DOUBT not yo1 viii lead rs TO victory in
whic:i t;'N T'-incinlns OF PARTY shall glori-
ously triumph. md The v'lfare of our country
shall b. nightly promoted.
No one could hear this speech except
those within til irty yards of the
speaker. Order. however. was obtained
for the first time during the evening.
The cheering again broke out when,
just as Col. W ilson's voice was begin
ming to travel, the figures of Mrs. Cleve-
land and her party were seen leaving
their box They We're escorted to seats
in the front balcony on the opposite side
of the hall. There was almost n panic
at this juncture, many not understand
ing the reason of the excitement in
that section of the hall where Mrs.
Cleveland was. People broke through
the barriers. and for moment matters
looked stormy. The police, however,
quickly quelled the excitement and the
speech of notification was finished
without further interruption.
Hon. Nicholas Bell. national score
tary, then read the letter OF notifica-
ton from the notification committed
The crowd. when the demOcrat tic stan
dard-bearer stepped forward to make
response. lost control of their euthusi-
asrn. The din was drafcning and long
sustained. Finally Mr. Cleveland be-
gan to speak and the storm suddenly
abatcd. He was listened to thereafter
with much attention ard plaudits only
came when his utterances pleased his
hearers. He said:
Nh. CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN: The mes
sage you deliver from thu national democracy
arOuses within me emotions which would be
well-nigh overwhelming, If did not recognize
here assembled the representatives. of great
party who must share with me the RESPONSE
bility your mission invites / find much relief
in the reflection that nave been selected
merely to stan1 for the principles and purposes
TO ich 10, fo1ry for-
forcement and supremacy of which. all who
have any right to claim democratic fellowship,
must constantly AMI Professionally labor.
Our party responsibility is indeed great. We
ASSUME a rnomentous oblig to our coun
trymen when, in return for their trust and
confidence. promise them a rectifcation of
their wrongs and better realization of the ad
vantages. which are due to them rnder our free
and benefce3t institutions
But il our responsibility is great, our party is
strong. 1t is strong in it's sympathy with the
needs of the people. in it's insistence upon the
exercise of governmental powers strictly with
in the constitutional permission the people
have granted. and in its willingness to risk its
life and hope upon the peoples Intelligence and
patriotism.
Never has great party. intent upon the pro-
motion of right and justice. had better incen-
tive for effort than il now presented to US.
Turning our eyes TO thu plain people of tho
land, we see them burilened consumers with
a tariff system that I'M justly and relentlessIy
demands from them in the purchase of tho nee
essaries of life an amount scarcely met by the
wages OF hard and steady toil-whiis the exac-
tons thus wrung from them build up and in
crease the fortunes OF those for whose benefit
this injustice is perpetuate1.
We tho farmer listening to delusive
story that flls his mind with visions of advan-
tage, Will. his pocket is robbed by the stealthy
hand OF high protection. Our workngmen are |
still told the tale, oft repeated in spite of its
demonstrated falsity. that the existing pro-
tectiTa tariff is boon TO them. and that under |
its beneficent operation their wages must in |
creasc-while they listen. scenes ara enacted |
in the very abiding place of high protection. |
that destroy the hopes and attest the tender |
mercy the workingman receives from those |
made selfish and sordid by unjust govern |
mental favoritism.
We oppose earnestly and stubbornly the |
theory upon which our opponents seek to |
ju stify and uphold existing tariff laws We |
need not base our attack upon questions of |
permission or legislative power. |
We denounce this theory upon possible |
grounds when we contend that in present
conditions its operation is uni ust and that |
laws enacted in accordance with it are insquit-
able and unfair. Ours is not destructive
party. We not at enmity with the rights |
of any of our citizens. All are our country
mon. We are not reckIessly needless of any
american interests, nor will we abandon our
regard for them; but invoking the love of fair
ness and justice which belongs to true Aneri- |
canism. and upon which constitution rests,
we insist that no plan of tariff legislation shall |
b, tolerated, which has for its object and pur- |
pose a forced contribution from the earnings |
and income of the mass OF our citizens to swell |
directly the accumulation of the favored few:
nor viii we permit pretended solcitude for |
American labor any other pretext of benev- |
olent care for others to blind the eyes of the |
people to the selfish laws t. gain unearned and |
unreasonable advantages at the expense of |
their fellows.
We have also assumed in covenant with |
those whose support we invite the duty OF op- |
posing to the death another avowed scheme of |
our adversaries. which, under tho guise of pro- |
tecting the suffrage, covers but does not con- |
ceal design thereby to perpetuate the power |
OF rarity afraid to trust its continuance to the
untrammeled and intelligent votes of the |
American people. We are pledged to resist tine |
legislation intended to complete this scheme, |
because We have not forgotten the saturnalia |
another federal regulation of state suffrage;
because we know that the managers of a |
party which did not scruple to rob the people |
OF president. would not hesitate to use tho |
machinery created by such legislation, to re-
vive corrupt instrumentalities for partisan |
purposes; because attempt to enforce such |
legislation would rekindle anirnosities where
peace and hopefulness now prevail, because
such an attempt would replace prosperous ac-
tivity with encouragement and dread through |
out large section OF our country, and would |
menace. everywhere in the land, the rights re-
served to the states and to the people, which |
underlie the safeguards of American liberty.
shall not attempt to specify at this time
which add inspiration to our mission True to
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