Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-06-30
A. n. STEVENSON,
style.
The reading of tie document was

punetuated with applause.
Mr.. Jones, at the conclusion of the
reading. said: son behalf of the COM
mittee on resolutions, move the adop-
ton of the platform as read"
This was met with cries Of ''no." Mr..
Neal of Ohio moved to strike out all
that section of the platform after the
words denouncing the Mckinley act and
to submit the following:
We denounce Republican protection
as fraud; [cheersl robbery OF the
great majority of the American people for
the benefit of the few loud eheers.l We
declare it to be a fundamental principle
of the Democratic party that the federal
government has no constitutional power
to enforce and collect duties except for
revenue only, renewed and long continu-
ed cheering] and demand that the col
lection of such taxes shall be limited to
the necessities of the governm snt. hon
estly and economically administered.
When the clerk had finished the read
ing Mr.. Neal, who still held the plat
form, said tariff reform had been the
leading political issue in this country
since the Democratic party commenced
to battle for a revision and q reduction
of tariff taxes more than four years ago.
When he closed there were loud
Cries for watterson
from the galleries and much confusion.
Mr.. Watterson was finally escorted to
the platform, where his appearance
called forth great applause. In his
hand Mr.. Watterson held book. Mr..
Watterson handed the book to the Sec
retary and said that he desired before he
spoke to have read an extract from the
Democratic platform of 1876. The clerk
read. MIR. Wattersor at the conclusion
of the reading impres,ively said: ''This
declaration of principles comes to us
| with the impress of the wisdom and the
benediction of the spirit of that saint of
Democrats, Samuel j. Tilden."
The mention of Iilden's name was
greeted with loud cheers. Mr.. Waiter.
son, continuing, referred to his past Ia
bors in the cause of tariff reform and
said when he had seen that principle
embodied in message of a great Dem
ocratic president [cheersl and embodied
| in the st. Louis platform, he said:
| Now my labors are over; my fight il
ended: the victory is won and / can go to
sleep. | shall never be again needed on a
| Democratic platform committee and can
| trust to younger and less experienced
| hands this work of my life.
But when listened to the extraordin
I arE essay we nave AEout tliS deSh
| laughter and cheer,I I asked myself
| whether we are indeed in Democratic
convention or simply Republican con
| vention, renewed laughterl revised b,
| james e. Blaine or Benjamin F. Butler
| for the tariff plank we have listened II
this evening is almost identical in princi
| pie with the minority report submitted Il
| the Democratic convention in 1884 BY
| Benjani f. Butler snd voted down al
| most unanimously.
| Mr.. Villas got the floor and said hi
| did not think it made much difference
| in what form of words the Demo dcratit
| party declared it's hostility the in1quity o.
| the tariff. Five years ago Democratic
president led the party into position
| ON that question which was not onl,
magnificent but gave life blood to th'
| Democratic party.
Mr.. Watterson again took the foo
and urged the adoption of the substitute
/ The cheering that greeted the con
/! clusion of his brief rejoinder was fol
lowed by cries for Mills, and Mr.. Nea
asked call on his amendment. AS th
| secretary prepared to call the roll one o
| the Ohio delegates made his way to tn
platform and said 3, Briee. who wa
seated there: 1--WE are polling Ohio an,
| want to know how ven vote. .
II vote with Neal" said Mr.. Brio
with emphasis.
The secretary by direction Of th,
chair began to call the roll, and the ex
citement increased al it was understood
| that this would be q test vote. At th'
| conclusion of the rod call the clerk an
nounced the vote, 564 ayes, $40 noes
Next came the sectmd attack ON tn,
/ platform. the opposition to the silve
plank.
Mr.. Patterson of Colorado said ther,
was point of diff renee in the commit
tee on resolutions. It related 10 th
coinage plank and WIS embraced in th
use of one single word. and the substi
tute that some OF the mem bers from th
south and west offered consisted In
word, namely free before the wor'
Coinage,