Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-02-26

ulscOru or u1Vlsl0D, Gemandlng with MIN
that evary dollar coined In these United
States sfall DE The equal Of every other
dollar so coined, and demanding redress
OF heir present shameless inequality"
The democrats of New York" says the
David B. Hill to the office of presi-
cratic faith and ,tradition, and of
our settled purpose to rescue this perverted
government from the clutch of the auto
Gratis and plutocrats, from a spendthift
administration, excessive taxes and de-
based money.
Delegates selected by this convention
are Instructed to present TO the national
convention David 8. Hill--a democrat who
has led his party from victory to victory
tor seven successive years and who has
never known defeat-as a candidate for
president Of the United States"
The delegates are further instructed to
act as I dnit.
The people of the state are congratu-
lated on the suspicious opening of Gov.
Flowers administration.
The Platform.
When the message instructing for Hill
was read the air was shaken by a tremen-
resolutions were unanimously adopted a
&C mmitt ee was appointed to wait upon
Hill add request him to address the con-
vention. He soon arrived, and Gen
SiCBels presented him TO the audience in
these words:
Hill Speaks.
Il present to you, gentlemen of the
convention, the young Hickory of the
democracy, our next presidential candi-
date, David B. Hill"
Then came more cheers, and when the
noise finally subsidized sufficiently Senator
Hill spoke at considerable length. He
thanked the gentlemen Of the convention
for the unanimous vote which made
known their approval Of him to the au-
thorlzed representatives Of the democracy
Of the country and which would be
recorded in the annals OF the national
convention. The TeawakenIng of the
democracy all over the land" he said, sis
the most ausplcioUS sign Of the times.
All our troubles, ali our dangers at this
very hour, after SO many years of republic
can rule, flow from unconstitutional legi8
latlOn by the very men who sit IN ShlVer
ing fits over what the democratic party
would do with power. The democratic party
is one whose creed has ever been a strict
Interpretation of the constitution and the
confinement OF government to a few spe-
cifc granted powers" He commended
these ContraSted facts to his fellow coun-
trymen for meditation. The republican
party" Mr.. Hill said, neither trusts the
people nor obeys them. It now requires
another upheayal at the ballot box like
that Of 1890 to be convinced that the
wicked work of a billion dollar congress
must be repealed and the peoples
will obeyed. We are advanc ing" said
he, ''to final renewal of the nations yer
dict on the mad, inhensate reign of auto
Gratis and plutocrats whereby their verdict,
now scoffed at, shall have efficient execu-
ton in the election Of both branches of
the federal congresses and the federal
executive in obedience to the sovereign
peoples will"
The Sherman silver law" said ne
TRANSFORMS the federal coinage power of
silver and gold into all instrument for the
gradual expulsion Of our gold for the e3-
Enlistment OF an exclusive basis and the
permanent reduction Of every American
dollar by 30 per cent or more below the
level of It's true value during the whole
period of our free bi-metallic coinage
from 1892 to 1873.
Turning his attention to the tariff the
senator said the cause of tariff reform has
lately made a great practical advance.
Secretary Manning, in his report Of 1885,
advised congress to begin practical tariff
reform by a single aCt--an act for free
wool. One year later the secretary's re-
port was writ large in the message of
the president. Now, five years later, one
OF our most enlightened economists, David
A. Wells, writes the chairman Of the ways
and means committee that the path of
progress which Secretary Manning blaze
first and alone is the true path. 1t is the
maxim of sound policy better fitted to
win elections then to lose them; better
dividing into chapters the lessons of
long campaign of education. Abolish
whenever you can one indefen5ible tax at
a time. This is true progress.
Adjournment.
The speech was unanimously cheered
and at $50 p. N. the convention djourn-
e1 sine die
Delegates
The national delegates at large chosen
are: Roswell P Flower, Edward Muir
ply, Jr., Gen. Daniel E Slckles and
Henry w. Siocom; alternates: Manton
Marble, John Bigelow, Sidney Webster
and Alfred c. Chaplin; sixth district, John
A Fellows; ninth, Amos J. Cummings;
tenth, Richard Croker. ". Bourke Cochran;
thirteenth, Delaney NicoIl.