The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-07-02

The committee on credentials reported that it
was ready to make its report The committee
made unanimous report favoring the seating
of the regular Alabama delegates, while con-
testan,s are given seats on the floor The same
as TO Pennsylvania, Ohio and Utah. New Mex
leo and Arizona will be given seats on the floor
of the convention.
The chair again asked the convention its
pleasure. just then some one in the galleries
caught sight of Senator Mills, OF Texas, and
started Il cry for him, which was taken up by
the floor and soon spread until the delegates
we're all on chairs and in the aisles, crying the
distinguished Texans name, but Mills was i'll
and did not desire to speak.
The committee on rules, by n vote of % TO 10,
agreed to reverse the judgment Of the sub-com-
mittee on the unit rule and adopt the minority
report against any change.
A motion that Senator Palmer be asked to ad-
dress the convention carried Palmer took the
platform amid general cheering. He appealed
for harmony in the party as absolutely neces-
sary for success, and said that they had good
men to choose n presidential candidate from
Loud cheers for Hill, followed by hissesl.
Palmer predicted that Illinois would go demo-
cratic this fall on the presidential and state
ticket
The committee on permanent organization
reported VIM. L. Wilson, OF West Virginia,
for permanent chairman and S. p. Sheerin Of
Indiana, for permanent secretary, and were
tltClcu Dy tue GOuNtnllOu.
The permanent chairman was escorted to the
chair and addressed the convention. He said;
IT thank you most heartily for this honor. 1
shall endeavor to meet the duties OF the high
position 10 which you have called me with the
spirit OF fairness and equality that Is democ-
racy. This convention has high and patriotic
work to perform We owe much 10 our party;
we owe much 10 our country.
The mission Of the democratic party is TO
fight for the under dog. When that party is out
of power we may be sure there is an under dog
to fight for and the under dog is the American
people. When that party Is out OF power we
may be sure that some party is In control Of our
go vernment hat represents section and not
the whole country-that stands for q class and
not the whole people
Never was this truth brought home 10 us more
defiantly than by the recent convention at Min
neapolis We are not deceived as to the tenn
per of the republican party. We are not in
doubt as TO its purposes Having taxed us for
years without excuse and without mercy, IT now
proposes TO disarm us Of all our powers OF re-
sistance.
Republican success in this campaign, wheth.
er we look TO the party platform, the party
candidates or the utterances OF the party lead
ors, means that the people are 10 be stripped OF
their franchise through force bills In order that
they may be stripped OF their substance
through tariff bills
Free government is self government There
is no self government where the people do not
control their own elections and levy their own
taxes. When either OF these rights Is taken
away or diminished breach Is made, not IN the
outer defenses but IN the citadel OF our free
dom. For years we have been struggling TO re
cover the lost right OF taxing ourselves
and now we are threaUned with the loss
OF the greater right Of governing ourselves
The loss OF the one follows in necessary sue
cession the loss OF the other. When you con
! fer upon the government the power OF dealing
out wealth you unohain every evil that can pray
upon and eventually destroy free institutions
excessive taxation class taxation, billion dollar
congresses, corrupt civil service, debauchec
ballot-box and purchased elections
We and the great party we represent, are to
day for tariff reform because II Is the only cato
way 70 genuine democratic government.
The distinguished leader who presided over
the republican convention boasted that he doel
not know what tariff reform is. Who ever said
that he didf Let US hope, with that charity
that endureth all things and belieyeth ali
things, that he is fully as ignorant as he vaunts
himself 10 be. Unfortunately tho people are