Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-02-23

70 their charge, said action TO DO determined
by the vote Of majority OF delegates.
Resolved, That we congratulate the people
OF the state upon the auspicious opening of
Governor Flowers administration, and extend
him the assurance of our cordial support In
his earnest effort 10 give the people a frugal,
honest and efficient government OF state
af9.rs.
How the Platform Was Received.
When that passage instructing for
David II. Hill was read, the air was
shaken by an outburst of cheers. and when
the resolutions were unanimously adopted,
the cheers burst forth again. Colonel
Fellows, Mayor Manning OF Albany, and
Mr.. Adams OF Kings, were appointed
committee TO invite Senator Hill to adj
dress the convention. Secretary Of State
Rice then handed up the report of the
committee which had prepared the list OF
national delegates.
Senator Hill then appeared before the
convention and received an ovation. When
the tremendous applause had subsided,
General SicR1es said: Il present to you,
gentlemen OF the convention, the young
Hickory of the Democracy, our next
presidential candidate, David B. HILL"
Then came more cheers and added din,
and Mr. Hill stood waiting, his face very
pale and one hand tightly gripped in nerv-
Gus tension. At length the shouts sub
sided, and Senator Hill read his address.
Hiirs Address
Fellow Democrats: Your committee, sum-
moning me to this presence, have apprised me
of that unanimous vote which VIII make
known your approval OF Inc 20 be the author
lied representative OF the Democracy Of the
United States and be recorded in the annals
of our national convention. With what terms
shall / acknowledge this official act, my fellow
Democrats, which. instead Of pointing TO some
new untrled career, might amply reward and
crown the labors OF the longest lifeI From that
great cardinal, whose Lead, Kindly Light"
has touched the hearts of all Chrstcndom
let my gratitude humbly borrow this worthier
response than !, myself, could ever frame TO
the great Democracy whom you represent
My respect for them Obliges me 10 submit my
self 10 their praise as 10 a grave and emphatic
Judgment upon me, when it would be rude 10
question, unthankful not to be proud Of, and
imposs ible ever to forget
The reawakening OF the new Democracy all
over our land Is the most ausplcious sign of
the times. When you see the farmers arous-
ing and allied; when you see all the fedora
tions OF labor stirring; when you see In every
state the great Democratic party up and
afo0t. IL means that the reign Of plutocrats Is
nearly over and the bright day Of Democracy
Is apLroacbing dawn. The Democratic party
makes choice of safe and wise statesmen to
make the statutory landmarks of the peoples
progress, and release their cnergies TO an even
larger liberty Democracy Is progress. All
oar troubles all our dangers, after so many
years Of Republican rule, are the direct con-
sequence of shat rule, and flow from unconsti-
tutional legislation by the very men who sit
in shyering fits over what the Democracy
will do with power
Tho Democratic party. which trusts the
people aud would sec all "broad-based upon
q peoples WILL" is precisely that party whose
creed las ever been strict Interpretation of
the constitution and confinement of the gov
ernm.nt To specific granted powers. When in
dividual Republicans learn To trust the people
and hate plutocratic rule, then they leave
the Republican party as Chase, Greeley, Trum-
bull, and Charles Francis Adams ana his sons
did. But the Republican party neither trusts
the people nor obeys them. When six million
peop'e In New York find their way NJ last 70 a
rule OF the majority.
Republicans Ascribe II 10 a Machine.
Whcu great majority OF lifty million people
max manifest their pred dominauco Ia the pop
ular vote and the electoral colleges, Republi-
can leaders invent u vcrtahle machine TO get
away the presidency from the people, and
they rewafd with public plunder and public
trusts. by hundreds, high and low every par
ticipant. abettnr and defender of that colossal
fraud The Republican party now requires
another upheayal at the ballot box like that OF
1896 io he convinced that the wicked work of
the billion dollar congress must be repealed
and the peoples will obeyed.
Fellow Democrats, rejoice TO know by in
fallihlc signs that we are advancing TO 3 cor
dial union and another overwhelming tri-
umpi. Tho choice Of your next national
standard bearer is matter OF very least i'm
por,ance, being strictly subordinate 10 that
supreme object Democratic national victory
next November. Do not underrato the task
before US. Andrew Jackson found tbs money
power "A formidable foe. Its strength Is more
than doubled; It's efficienct means quadrupled
by the press, railroad and telegraph. But or
graize, and all their powers will be brought to
naught. Their main effort will certainly be 10
divert true Democrats, by fruitess and separ-
ate alliances and false hopes ana ali expenses
paid, from straight work and cordial union
with the Democratic party. With the spoil
OF our own taxation, these plutocrats. their
press and their hirelings. promote our peoples
dsseasions, that nothing in the wcrld is 30
hall "a united organized Democratic effort,
pushed straight till election day.
You stand for the whole Democratic faith
and tradition. which In the billion dollar con-
gress underwent the most powerful, deliberate
and revolutionary subversion by the money
power, ever known in our history. The two
Mckinley Jaws now transform the federal
power Of taxation for revenue into
An In.trument of Extortion,
taking from the wages and profits OF our in
dustrial toiing millions by subsidle bounties
and enhanced prices, stupendous increment
for the wealth OF the employers Of less than
per cent OF all our people. The sherman sill
yer law now Transforms the federal coinage
power OF silver and gold, into an Instrument
for tlr gradual expulsion Of our gold. for the
establishment of an exclusive basis. anil for
the permanent reduction of every American
dollar by 30 per cent. or more below the level
of it, trlle value during the whole period of
our free bi-metallic coinage from l;D 10 is.l
The demand for repeal Of these elicts 0f the
billion dollar congress has cxtoTted from Re-
publican leaders their published purpose to
/ refuse repeal. The demand for th. repeal OF
the Mckinley act is proposal of the largest
measure Of tariff reform, for IL is a proposal
20 recover tho whole ground usurpcd by the
billion dollar congress. Repeal Is not a pro-
posal 20 stop at the tariff Of lssi ss n flnaity.
When the tariff Of 1883 was the law Of tho
land, in the hour OF our defeat three years
ago. said: The Democratic party nails to
! the mast the fag Of tariff reform" Tariff re-
form would remain and require progressive
solution with the wise aud polite method of
abolishing, whenever practicable. one after
2nother, one indefensble tax at time, were
the two Mckinley laws today replaced by
The tariff OF 1883.
The cause OF tariff reform has lately mnde
treat practical advance. Olc of the most en-
ligbtencd economists. David 4. Wells, writes
that the path Ot progress which Secretary
Manning blazed. first and alone, II the true
path. To abolish one after another, one inde-