Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-06-04
THE DEMOCRATIC STATE cox.
gENTION.

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Platform Demands Free silver.
Tariff Resarm. Etc.--fseisi. John
son, Hswiey, Burke. Bryan and
BENNETT the Winners.
II was the BULLETIN EDITORS for
tune to represent in part the Elmore
Democracy at the State convention
held'in Pocatello last week. The
convention was largely attended by
representative Democrats from all
parts of Idaho, and the result Of its
deliberations If not entirely harmo-
NOUS, we believe, will be entirely
satisfactory to the great mass of the
party in the State. The resolutions
adopted have the true Dem
ocratic ring and will undoubtedly
receive the cordial endorsement of
every good Democrat in the West
Every county in the State had rep
resentatives upon the floor. At 2
o'clock Hon. Geo, Ainslie, chairman
of the State Central Committee,
called the convention to order and
w. G. Wickersham of Elmore read
the call. After few well-timed re-
marks by MIR. Ainslie the conven-
ton unanimously those Hon. A. f.
Mayhem of Shoshone county for
temporary chairman. On taking
the platform Mr. Mayhew counseled
harmony and good feeling during
the session. He viewed the coming
election as the most important for
thirty odd years; congratulated the
people on the fact that they were at
last in position to make their de-
mands needed in Congress, and he
felt confident that the first candidate
for President the Democrats Of
Idaho aided in nominating would be
the next President Of the United
States, IL. wanted firm Democrats
sent to Chicago-no half-tiedged
Democrats, no mugwumps - but
those who had always chung to the
principles of Jefferson.
w. III. Watt, of Alturas, and w.
c. Wicksfsham, of Gilmore, were
chosen temporary secretaries.
The usual committees wore APP
pointed and the convention took a
recess pending their reports.
AT 8 o'clock p. m. the convention
reconvened, and on motion the tenn
porary organization was made per-
manent.
The chairman Of the committee
on resolutions handed in a report
which he said he regretted was not
a unanimous one-being signed by
eight of IA members who met. II
was as follows:
We, the Democracy of Idaho in
delegate convention assembled, avow
our devotion to the Jeffersonian
principles first declared by the men
who founded our free institutions
and established our party with the
sacred trusts to preserve and main
tain them.
The National Democratic plat
forms of 1884 and 1883, endorsed
by the vote in those years, and SO
heartily sustained by the popular
vote in the congressional elections
of 1890, have our hearty approval.
We commend the organization of
the industrial classes for self-pro-
lection against trusts, combines and
monopol,es, and we call the atten-
ton of the farmers and laborers to
the fact that everything they COM
plain of is the result of 35 years of
Republican legislation in the inter
ests of corporate wealth, centraliza-
ton or class legislation, wanton
squandering of the public domain,
ultra protection. silver demonetiza-
ton and unrestricted immigration OF
pauper labor-all are Republican
iniquities.
Resolved. That the Democratic
party of the State of Idaho Ia in
favor of the free and unlimited coin
age of silver under the law as it ex-
listed prior to the demonstration OF
silver in 1873, and that our dele
gates to Chicago be instructed TO
use all honorable efforts to have a
plank in the National Democratic
platform pledging the party to this
measure. The Democratic party
pledges itself to remedy as far as
possible the evils growing out OF
such class legislation by administer
ing the government upon the Dem
ocratic principles of exact and equal
Justice to all and special privileges
to none.
The convention expresses its ap-
probation of the patriotism of those
who fought for the preservation Of
the Union and We favor just and lib
eral pensions for all disabled sold
iers, their widows and dependents
hut we denognce the ina guration