Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-04-08

tarin reform. 1anu reform became our bat
tie cry. Our opponents substantially admit
ting the correctness OF our position. claimed
that they should be entrusted with the power
20 carry out the reform.
They charged that we were for free trade;
that we intend 10 reduce our wage earners 10
the level OF the pauper laborers OF Europe: 10
destroy our industries. They claimed To be the
true conservators OF America for Americans.
They assured the workingmen that under
their plan wages would be higher and the
hecessa ries Of life cheaper.
How they kept these conflicting promises
the Mckinley bill demonstrates. ny hypocrisy
and false pret"nces, by the expenditure OF inn
mense suns Of money. and practices which
have been immortalized in history, they pre-
vailed.
Its effects are felt in every household
Every person who eats, drinks and Is clothed,
pays n higher tax by reason Of II, which does
not go into the treasury Of the government, but
into the pockets or the capitalists.
One of its monuments Is found In the silent
iron shops of New England. Under the plea
Of legislatipg for the good OF the whole coun-
try its promoters forgot that New England
formed part Of II.
| will not take time TO discuss
The Present Administration.
II record is known To US all. II began with
full and overhowing treasury; IL will end with
an empty treasury. IL began Ia the halo Of
phenomenal success: IL will end with dull
thud in the dim light OF comparative failure.
We should not forget that our sister Repub-
lie Of Chill has been quieted by n presidential
message, that the Celestial empire has been
spared tho presence OF Blair, that Italy is try
ing to smooth her wrinkled brow, and that the
roar OF the British lion IN mufied with the
mantle OF arbitration.
Mr. Avery then charges the administra-
tion with trying to maintain its power
through the machinery of the force bill,
and says its dangerous silver legislation,
onerous tariff act, unprecedented expendi-
lures, return to spoils system and depart
mental scandals present n painful con-
trast 10 the last Democratic administra-
ton In conclusion he says:
Success isa duty; how to secure IL will be
one Of the problems submitted 10 the conven-
tion to which you today elect the representa-
tlvcs Of your state.
the first great step IL the adoption of sound
principles and the declaration Of policy 10
guide the legislator and the executive. IL
IL evident 10 all of us that both principles aud
policy must be adapted TO the requirements OF
today.
The next duty will be the selection OF a can
did &c. believe the candidate should be as
strong as the platform-indeed. that he should
be an embodiment of the platform, and not
merely that, hut one who In so welded TO his
principles that he would encounter defeat In
their open support rather than insure success
by discreet silence,
believe that our candidate should be a man
Of tried honesty, broad and comprehensive
patriotism and undoubted courage, cool in ac-
tion, deliberate In judgment and ready and
willing under all circumstances and at all
hazards 10 do what he believes TO be right.
TO such a man the destinies OF great ma
tion can he safely intrusted, 10 such n man !
doubt not the delegates from Massachusetts,
will give their united votes, and such n man
believe the united Democracy will elect a.
the next president Of the United states.
The Resolutions.
John r. Russell, as chairman OF the
committee charged with the duty, drafted
the resolutions in a somewhat original
form, and without any significant changes
in them. they were submitted 10y him to
the convention.
In dealing with the tariff the resolutions
make the statement that the power 10
regulate taxes has, under Republican rule,
been transferred from the representatives
Of the people TO the senate, n body not
elected by the people, and that the people
have thus lost control Of the public purse.
The Mckinley bill Is denounced, in its
letter and spirit, ~ being in the interest
of capital and against labor, and restric-
tive OF commerce. and ne having trans
ferred the great power of government
that Of taxation--to individuals and cor
porations.
In the matter OF the currency the resolu-
tions declare that the Massachusetts
Democrats oppose, as Ia their past plat
forms, any coinage which Is not equal in
its value to gold, and that they will never
favor tho free coinaue Of silver exceDt by
international agreement.
Tho Sherman act Of 1890 Is denounced.
Finally the resolutions come to what Is
no doubt tho most interesting topic Of all,
and expresses the conviction OF the con.
vention that it Is necessary that the ma
tional convention shall nominate a man
whose acts and history are an embodiment
Of the foregoing principles, and Grover
Cleveland is named as the candidate Of tn,
Massachusetts Democracy. The resolu
tion does not actually instruct the dele
gates how CT for whom they should vote.
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