The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-08-19

may receive its own itmust not be under
duresslfrom convict labor and its corpor-
ate organization. We, therefore, favor
the abolition Of the penitentiary lease
system at the earliest date legally per-
missible, and the erection, at a proper
place, OF prison Of sufficient dimensions
to hold our convlcts, and constructed with
reference to their classification, so that
youths and those convicted OF the lesser
offenses shall not be subjected,to the as
sociation and influences of the abandoned
and hardened criminals. While our penal
institutions and their management should
be founded in humanity and prompted by
the aim Of reformation, still their support
should come from the labor Of those le-
gally confined in them, and not from
tax upon the honest people and industries
of the State.
(2) Taxation, to%be just and in accord
anOe with the Constitution, should be
equal and uniform, We therefore demand
that our revenue system shall be regulated
in conformity to this-plain dictate Of JUS
tice and equally plain provision of the
Constitution. Double taxation is ebnox-
ious to sound principle, and the valuation
of property should not determine the
emoluments Of its assessors. We pledge
our party to the reduction of the rate of
taxation and the retrenchment of State
expenses rather than to exercise the pow
ers of government in searching out new
and untounded sources Of taxation upon
the people to meet extravagant expendi-
lures.
(3) All public and quasi public agencies
and corporations owe duties to the public.
and plain one is that they shall render
equal service and accommodations fol
equal payto all persons and sections alike
We therefore condemn all unjust discrim'
nations by such agencies or corporations
a. The Democratic party is the friend
of all classes, because it is Of the people
1t has no grieveance against any class ex
cept the enemies of individual liberty anC
constitutional government. No man has
any just grieveance against it, and no one
believing in its faith and governmental
purposes, and acting with it because o
his belief, can rightfully complain Of it,
action withrespect to himself. 1t owe!
no one of its members an office. Its whole
dutyis to the whole people to see that thu
government is kept within the Constitu
ton and that the public veal besubserveC
by the equal enforcement of just laws
leaving freemen to work out their owl
destiny.
The Democracy of the Federal Uniol
and of this State has held sacredly to thi
solemn trust amidst many temptation
and vicissitudes. 1t will do so in tn
Efuture. In this confident faith, we cordi
ally invite all classes and avoeations t
unite with us to preserve the autonom
of the States, the purity and perpetuit
of our institutions, and in the South ou
Lpresent social life and civilization.
A resolution to the effect that a,
, executive committee consisting Q
, one member from each Congress
: ,sional district be selected and tw
from each grand division of tn
State, and a campaign committe
e of five selected blythe chairman c
e the executive committee be appoint
t ed, and that the chairman of eac
county committee in the State serv
= as the member for his county fc
f the Congressional executive con
!, mittee, was adopted,
r Hon. Joseph E.. Jones, of Veal
ley County, moved that the convel
9 ton proceed to the nomination {
: a candidate for governor.
/, JUDGE TURNER'S NAME PRESENTER
) 1t was just a little after 5 o'cloc
y when Hon. Frank P. Bond aros
t and, amid wild applause, marche
Il up to the speakers stand, fro
r which he addressed the conventio
n Gentlemen" he said, 81 ha'
y been chosen to name the next Go
ernor of Tennessee. That Office
E. the highest tin the gift of the pc
4 pie of a State, and ambition iowa.
ID it is laudable in any man.
'o 70 "For years and years Tenness
boc borna hba Ioroa of +ba UO1I1