The record-union., 1892-04-20
DEMOCRATIC DELEGATES.
Selection of Representatives to Attend
the Fresno Convention.
II Harmonious but Poorly Attended
Meeting at Turner HalI-CIeye-
land Endorsed and Cheered.

county beIlOCIalIC SOANtLllOh ySoIcA :
day afternoon.
The meeting took place at Turner Hall,
and while there was not a large attend
ance there was plenty Of enthusiasm, par
ticularly when Grover Cleveland's name
was mentioned. Before the meeting was
called to order rumors were ahoat that an
attempt would be made to supplant the
present County Central Committee with
a reform outfit, and much mysterious
whispering was going on with reference
to the matter. To be sure the Committee
on Order of Business reported in favor of
appointing a new Central Committee, but
when this order of business was reached
motion was promptly made to the effect
that the old committee succeed itself, and
the motion was carried.
MR.. STEPHENS GROWS ELOQUENT.
The convention was called 10 order
shortly before 2 o'clock by w. s. Leake.
He stated briefly what the convention
was for, and called for nomin atoms for
temporary Chairman.
X. ID. Stephens was the only nominee,
and was unanimously elected. In taking
the chair Mr.. Stephens showed that the
form of government given to the people
of the United States under Democratic
administrations to be the best government
ever given TO the people of this or any
other country.
"A few years ago, comparatively
speaking, to be Democrat meant ostra-
cism, not only from a political stand
point, but from a business and social
standpoint as WE'LL" said Mr.. Stephens.
This condition of the public mind had
been brought about through bitter de-
nunciations made by the leaders of the
Republican party and their willful mis-
representations as to the object and pur-
poses of the Democratic party. So bitter
were their utterances and so cunningk
devised their charges, made with all
apparent sincerity, that they carried con-
yiction to the minds of many good and
honorable men, who were thus made to
believe that Democrats were so utterly
devoid of all requisites that go to con-
stitute good and
PATRIOTIC CITIZEN
That they had no rights that should be
respected by good government. For ff-
teen years and more our party was SO
hopelessly in the minority that in the
judgment of the leaders of the Republican
party 1t would soon necessarily have to
disband, and it was with the utmost con-
fdence that Republican orators predicted
at every election after the close of the
civil war that that would be the last con-
test in which the Democratic party as an
organization would take part, for the
reason that it would be so overwhelm-
ingly and ANONYMOUSLY defeated in the
then pending contest that it would be
impossible for it to longer hold its mem
bers together, and consequently be a
thing of the past. And yet, to the
utter establishment of many of those
who had heard this prediction made by
the wise men of the Republican party,
the Democrats throughout this great
hnnnUnr nd
required, were found rallying around
their standard, presenting an unbroken
front, fighting for their principles as men
only fight when convinced of the business
of their cause. 1t was bad judgment on
the part Of the enemies OF the Democratic
party, in their desperate and frantic
efforts to destroy it, to predict its aband-
onment in the near future, for they did
not only show their utter ignorance of its
principles and of what constitutes true
Republican government, but also their
ignorance of the intelligence and patriot
ism of the people, for it caused many of
those who had blindly followed their
leadership to ask themselves how it was
possible for men to continue to adhere to
political organization through SO many
successive defeats with no apparent hope
for success in the future, and thus they
commenced to think for themselves in
stead of permitting their old leaders TO
think for them, and upon investigation
found that the explanation laid in the
fact that the principles of Democracy as
represented by the Democratic party of
this country were the same and Identical
with those which caused the patriots of
1776 to declare the independence of the
thirteen American Colonies and to main
tain that declaration at the sacrifice of
their fortunes and their lives.
THE TARIFF.
"The spirit that actuated the throwing
overheard of the tea in Boston harbor be-
cause of the duty or tariff tax levied by
the British Crown" continued the Chair
man. sis the same that is now rousing
indignation in the minds of the people
against the tariff tax levied upon the
necessaries of life. The English Govern
ment might well be commended by the
people of England for levying tariff tax
to be paid by the people of the Colonies
because it lowered their home taxes and
in no way did it effect their interests dis
advantageously. But the tariff tax levied
upon the people of this country is op-
presSive and goes to swell the Golfers of
the selected few at the expense of the
many, without any accruing benefits to
a common interest, and this is the issue
between the Democratic and Republican
parties, and upon which the people will
pass judgment on the ides of November
next. II the Republican party succeeds,
the people must not only expect more
billion dollar Congresses, but possibly
two billion dollar Congresses in the
future, the natural sequences of tariff
oppression. But II cannot succeed ii the
Democratic party is true to its principles
and thereby the interests of the people,
and there is no doubt but that it will be.
The Democratic National Convention will
present to the people a platform, the
language of which will be concise and
comprehensive, void of all ambiguity,
and therefore easily understood, and a
guarantee in itself that every word and
letter therein means just what they are
represented TO mean, without qualifica-
ton. This platform will contain but two
words-'Grover Cleveland"
The concluding sentence of the Chair
mans speech was received With tumult-
Gus applause by the delegate
DOWN TO BUSHES
Isidor Alexander was elected tempor-
airy Secretary.
Credentials. w. Hughes, L. q. Bless
ing, Frank Ruhstaller, NJ. II. Burke and
&. K. Miller. Platform and Resolutions
w. 5. Leake, j. w. Armstrong. J. NJ
Stephenson, John Miller and Fred Cox.
Permanent Organization and Order of
Business-Ed +. Smith, J. NJ. Sullivan.
K. II. Singleton, Erskine Green and j:
p. Cox.
a recess of fifteen minutes was taken
so that the committees could prepare
their reports.
Upon reconyening, the committees an
nounced themselves ready.
The Committee on Credentials reported
there We're no contests as TO the oualifica-
tions of the delegates, and all was serene.
The committee on Permanent Orpani-
cation and Order OF Business reported as
follows:
First-That the temporary officers be de-
clared the permanent officers of this conyen-
ton, with the addition OF DIR. Butcher Morri.
son as Sergeant-at-Arms.
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