The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1892-06-25

W. l.. WILSON, PERMANENT CHAIRMAN.
dress the convention a co mmittee
sought Mr.. Palmer and when the gray
haired senator was seen coming down
the aisle To the desk cheer went up
which soon grew into roar. Gen
tlcmen," cried Chairman Owens, lit is
not necessary for me to introduce to
you this war horse of Democracy
Mr.. Palmer put his hearers in pleas.
ant mood at once by a comical story
and some light comments on the crowd.
The keynote of his talk was unity and
cooperation. 1--WE want" he said,
no slSulllers in this great fight; every
man must work" The sentiment was
cheered roundly.
"Sclect solid firm Democrat for this
contest, put the banner into his hand
and then rally about him." said Mr..
Palmer. "Ilill is the man. came q
voice from up in the shadows beneath
the roof and the name of the New
Yorker was caught up and shouted
until from the sea of faces in the lower
regions, a shriIl hiss shot ont into tn,
clamor of sound. 1t grew and grew
until the cheers and Kisses died away
in IA quiet one could hear.
When the aged speaker claimed IL
linois would be Democratic the shouts
were wild.
Colonel Fellows in response to calls
stated that as II delegate he would
speak at the proper time but not al
the present.
The credentials committee then an
nounced that il was ready To report
and John Il. Lamb of Indiana presented
n unanimous report. Sitting delegate
Barnard of the First Ohio district was
seated In Utah c. l.. Henderson and
John Il. Cain were seated. In New
Mexico and Arizona claims of each tc
seat six delegates were conceded anC
i'll Alabama the contcsting delegates
were given seats on the floor without
votes. Norris and Davis were seated
from the District of Columbia.
At l2:15 o'clock the convention was
ready for permanent organization
The report of the committee was called
for and read. 1t named William L.
Wilson of West Virginia as permanent
chairman, s. L. Sheerin as permanent
secretary and a list of assistants and
vice presidents aad secretaries b,
states.
On motion of Don NJ. Dickinson i
committee of five was delegated (him
self being named by the chair as the
head of the committee) TO notify the
permanent officers of their election
and escort them to the platform.
While the crowd waited the hal
was darllened by outer clouds and rair
came dashing through the sltylight,
and the band played catchy music
At ;2:25 p. III. Mr.. Owens introduced
the permanent chairman, Mr.. Wilson
as one of the bravest Democrats of the
nation
AS soon as the applause had sub
sided Mr.. Wilson spoke as follows:
Gentlemen of the convention, | thanI
you most heartily for this honor | shai
try to meet the duties of the high position
to which you call me with Il spirit of fair
ness and equality that is Democracy. Thi
convention mas IA high and patriotic wOrl
to perform. We owe much to our party
we owe much To our country.
The mission of the Democratic party i
to fight for the under dog. When tina
party is out of power we may he sur
there is an under dog 70 fight for,sand tina
the under dog is generally the American
people. When that party i out of powc
we may he sure that some party Is i'll con
troll of our government that represents
section and not the whole country; tha
stand for a class and not the whole people
Never was this truth brought home to Il
more definitely than by the recent conVen
ton at Minneapolis. We are not dccoiVe
as to the tcmptcr, we are not i'll doubt as I
the purpose of our opponents. Having
taxed us for years without excuse an,
without mercy, they now propose to disarI
us of further power to resist their cXa,
tons.
Republican success in this campaign
when we look TO the party platform, tho
party candidates or the utterauces of the
party leaders, means that the people are Il
bc stripped of their franchise through
force bills III order that they may bt
stripped of their substance through tariff
bills. Free government is self government
There is no self government where the pco
Pile do not control their own clcc
lions and levy their own taxes WheI
either of these rights IS taken away or di
mniShcd "a breach is made not in the outer
dCfcnses, but in the cilldal of our freedom
l'OrycarS we have struggled to recover
the lost right of taxing ourselves, and nov
we arc threatened with the loss of the
great right of governing ourselves
The loss of one follows in nee.
| cssary succession the loss of the other
When you confer ON the government the
power of DEALING out wealth you unchail
every evil that can prey upon and cvcntu
ally destroy free insNtutiOnS-c cXCcssiv,
tuXatioms, class taxation, billion dollar
congresses a corrupt civil service, "a de
bauchcd ballot box and purchased ecc
lions.
In every Republican campaign the priv
iiGgcc of taxing the people will he bnrtrrc,
for contributions To corrupt them al th'
polls, after every victory new Mckinney
bill to repay thcS" contributions, Wltt
taxes wrung from the people. For ever,
self governing people there crl
he no more mumGutOuS question
than the question Of taxation. It Is iht
question. us Mir. Burke has truly said