Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-06-23


of one voice near the platform. IL was
lost. however, in flash, for it seemed
that with one impulse the entire 2O,OOD
people leaped upon their chairs, and with
hats and handkerchiefs In the air, 10000
throats let loose yells and screams that
shook the heavy air audalmost made the
barracks quiver. In a flash white satin
banner, heavy with gold fringe, shot
aloft and was moved to the centre aisle.
It was tho ensign of Michigan. and on
one side was picture OF MIR. Cleveland.
Had the throng before shouted?
Oh, no: the first outbreak had been
bat murmur beside the sayagery OF
NOISE and din that rose then, and swept
and rolled from side to side Of the great
wigwam and around tho amphitheatre.
AHrLI BANNER DESTROYED.
man in the rear Of the delegates
hoisted a picture os David b. Hill.
Quick as human impulse moves q hostile
hand ripped it from the standard and
tore ii up. while Kisses for and against
the act swept IN wayo around the hall.
Then came into the arena the crimson
banner OF Iowa. A sturdy Boies man
bore il aloft and waved II constantly.
while tho mass OF sweltering people, If
possible, swclled the din and storm OF
sound.
The tempest obbed and flowed until
G:47 Z. NJ, when Don Dickinson, OF
Michigan, caused the Michigan banner
10 be carried from view, in order that
business might be resumed. There
were hisses from the crowd that the
Ruidon and baton OF its applause should
be removed.
THE HlLLITEs UEMovED.
Through all this Tammanys men in
the contro aisle sat grim and silent,
neither Kissing Cleveland nor cheering
Hill. Its thunderous disapproyal, held
perfectly in leash, challenged admiration
even from those who opposed the Man
haitian Indians.
Finally, at Gas, Mr. Wins again 70
sumed tho reading OF the platform,
which is as follows:
The Platform.
Tho report OF the Platform Committee
was as follows
Section J.. Tho representatives of
tho Democratic party Of tho United
States in national convention assembled
DO roaflirm their allegiance to the prin-
cipleS OF the party as formulated by
Jefferson and exemphfed by the long
and illustrious line Of his Successors in
Dem, cato leadership from Madison to
! Cleveland. We believe the public vel
| 4 l.. 1,.k f..I.
be applied 10 the conduct OF
the Federal Government through tho
accession 20 power OF tho party that ad-
yocstes them and we solemnly declare
that the need of n return 10 these fun
damental principles OF . free, popular
government, based on home rule and
| Individual liberty, was never more urgent
than now, when the tendency to CEN
tralize all power at the Federal capital
has become q menace 10 the reserved
rights Of the States that strikes at the
very roots II our government under the
Constitution rs framed by the fathers
OF the republic.
FEDERAL CONTROL or ELECTIONS.
"Section .. We warn tho people Of
our common country, jealous for the
preservation OF their free institutions,
that tho policy of Federal control Of
elections, to which the Republican party
has committed itself, is fraught with the
| cravest dangers, scarcely less momentous
than would result from a revolution
practically establishing monarchy on
the ruins OF the republic. II strikes at
the North as well as tho South,
aud iniures the colored citizens
even moro than the whites , 1t
means horde Of deputy marshals
al every pollng-p.ace, armed with
Federal power, returning boards APP
pointed and controlled by Federal au-
thoriiy, the outrage OF the electoral
rights of the people in the several states,
tho subiugation of the colored people 20
the control OF the party in power, and
the royiying Of race antagonlsms, now
happily abated, of the utmost perd 10
the safety and happiness OF all a mea-
sure deliberately and Justly described by
"A leading Republican Senator as the
most infamous bill that ever crossed the
threshold OF the Senate. Such policy,
II sanctioned by law. would mean the
dominance Of a self-perpetustlng oil
garchy OF oflice-holdera, and the party
first entrusted with its machinery could
be dislodged from poyor only by an
aupeal 10 the reserved right Of the peo-
ole to resist oppression, which IS In
berent in all seli-goyerning communi-
ties. Two years ago this revolutionary
policy Was emphatically condemned by
the people al the polls, but in contempt
Of that verdict the Republican party
las defantly declared in its latest
authoritative utterance that It's success
in the coming elections VIII mean the
enactment OF a force bill and the usur-
patton Of despotic control over elections
IN all the States.
AGAINST TIE FORCE BILL AND ExTRAvA-
GANCB.
Believing that the preservation OF
republican government IN the United
States is dependent upon the defeat OF
this policy of legalized force and fraud,
We invite the support Of all citizens who
desire 10 see the Constitution maintained
IN its integrity, with the laws pursuant
thereto which have given our country "A
hundred years Of unexampled prosperi-
: ty. and we pledge the Democratic party,
# j, be entrusted with power, not only
; to the defeat OF the forco bill, but also
. 10 relentless opposition to the Republi-
!, can policy OF prohigate expenditure,
which. in the short space Of two years,
has squandered an enormous surplus,
and emptied an oyerilowlng treasury,
after piling new burdens Of taxation
upon the already overtaxed labor Of the
country.
UNNECESSARY TAXATION IS UNJuSl1FiABLh'
Section 3. We reiterate the oft
peated doctrine of the Democratic party
that the necessity OF the government IL
the only justification for taxation, and
whenever a tax is unnecessary 1t Is un
iustiliable that when custom-houss
taxation is levied upon articles Of any