The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-23

for 1t seemed that as though with ono
impulse the entire 30. 600 people lea ped
upon their chairs and with hats and
handkerchiefs in tho air 10000 threats
let loose yells and screams that shook
the heavy air and almost made the
barracks quivor.
In flash white, satin banner, heavy
with gold fringe, shot aloft and was
moved to the centre aisle. II was tho
ensign OF Michigan and on one side was
the picture of Cleveland. a man in the
rear of the delegates hoisted picture
Oh David Il. Hill. Quick as human i'm
pulse moves hostile hand ripped it
from the standard and tore it UP. while
misses for and against the act swept in
waves around the hall.
linen came into the arena the crimson
banner of Iowa. Sturdy Boies men bore
IL alott and waved it constantly while
the mass of sweltering people, il posi-.
ole, swelled the din and storm of sound
Inc tempest ebbed and flowed until G:47
p. m. when Don Dickinson. OF Mi,hi.
gan caused the Michigan banner to be
carried from view in order that bust.
ness might be resumed There wore
kisses from the crowd that the cuidon
and baton OF its applause should be re.
moved.
Through all this the Tammany men
In the center aisle sat grim and silent.
neither kissing Cleve land nor cheeriup
Hill. Its thunderous disapproval held
perfectly i'll leash challenged the ad-
mlratlon even from those who opposed
the Manhattan Indians.
Finally at GAS Villas again resumed
the reading of the platform, which il as
follows:
section l. The representatives OF tho Democratic
matt,
assembled, do rcatfirm their allegiance to The
prin,cpes OF the party as formulstcd by Jefferson
anu cNciphcd nv the long and illusirious line
OF MS successors In the Democratic leadership
from Madison to Cleveland: believe the puh.
nc welfare demands that these principles he ap.
piled to the conduct or the Federal Government
through the accession to power OF tho party that
advocates them: and W, socmnly declare that
tnc need III return To these fundamental princi.
pies Of free popular governments based on home
rule and individual liberty, was never more mr.
zen" 20, lhnn now, when the tendency to centrazc
an power III the Federal captal has become a
menace 10 the reserved rights OF States that
strl strike, ut the very roots of our Government
OF the rcpu bile,
Sec ,. We warn the people OF our common
country for the preservation Of their free
institutions that the policy OF tho fcdcr. con.
troll Of elections to which tho Republican marty
has committed itself Is fraught with the gravcst
dangers; scarcely less nom -ntous than would re.
SUIT from the revolution practically establishing
Il monarchy on the ruins % the republic II
strikes NJ the North n well as the Sonth and In
lures tho coorcd citizens even more than the
white; IT means a horde OF deputy marshnls M
every polling place, armed with federal mower.
returning boards appointed and controlled by
federal authority, outrage OF electoral rights OF
tho people in the several States; tho snbjuration
in power aud tho rcviving OF the race nntnron
isms now happily abatcd, of the utmost peril To
Inc safety and happiness OF all. measure dc.
publican Senators as 1.-The most Infamous hin
that ever crossed the threshold of the senate"
Sncha policy, il sanctioned by law. would
self mi .,it
garchy or the otliceholders, and the party hrst
entrusted with its machinery could be disiodged
rights of the people to resist the oppression
which Il inherent In all selfgoverning communi.
ties. Two years ago this revolutionary Motley
was cmphatically condemned by the pcople NJ
the polls, hut In contempt OF that verdict the Re.
publican part! has dciantly declared in its latest
authoritative nitcrance, that its success in the
coming elections will mean the enactment OF the
force hill and the usnrpa ion OF dcspotlc control
over elections In all Sta'cs.
Believing that the preservation OF tho rcpuhli.
can government in the United States l. tcpcnu.
cnt upon the defeat of this policy OF lcgal2cd
torcc ana rraud, we invite the support or all cii
Zcne who desire To see the constitution main.
tanned i'll IL. Integrity with laws pursuant thereto
which have given our country II hundred yeurs of
nhcXampleo prosperity, and we pledge the Dem.
ocrhtic party; II II he entrusted wi Il the powrr
not only to the defeat of the force b'll, lint also
Ia relentless opposition to the Republican policy
of prohisate expenditure which. in the short
space of TWO years, has sQuandcred an enormous
surplus and cmptird an Overlooking treasury
after piling new burdens of taxation upou the al.
ready oscr taxed labor OF the country
see J, We rei;cra,e the oft repeated doctrine
Oh the Democratic party that the necessity OF the
go' ernmcn i only Justification for taxa.
lion and Whenever the tax is unnecessary II IL
unJustihahlr; hat When the customs house taxa.
Y tion IL levied upon articles OF any kind i'm Tins
country. the difference between the cost or labor
hc,c an" labor abroad. when snch difference
exists, fully measure any possible benefits to
labor aud the enormous addiu mi imposition.
OF The existing iariir fall with crushing force
upon our farmers and working men mud for Tho
u Il
exact from labor grossly unjust share Of ny
pen-c- or The Soycsnmcnt and we demand such
a revision OF the tarin laws ns Will Icmovc their
lniquii"ns inequalities, tighten their Opposition
nhd pun them on II constitutional and equitable
But In making tho reduction in faxes II l. M,
proposed to IL iurc any domestic Industries Int
rather 10 promote their healthy growth From
!he rouiidntion or this government taxes cot
lcctd III the custom house have been the chief
source Of rcdc.al revenue Such they must con-
time to be. Moreover, many industries have
come 10 rely upon legislation for successful con
uhia"cc, 20 that any changes OF the law must he
AVE- every Iter rcsardInl OF the labor and capital
snn]cct III The execution OF this panl dictate q.
Sc dcnnInce the Mckinley tarin law enacted
by he Fiity-drsi Congress as "A cnlmiua in.,
atrociiy ut class lc.i-latiou; we endorse the
cnorl- mace ny Inc Democrats of the present
!"iiSrcS> 10 modify U.s. most oppressive Textures
in the 'iirccfiVu "a free materials end chcaucT
manufactured = DDS that enter into general con.
sumption. and we promise its rcpcal n one OF
the hcnchccnt results that viii follow the aciinn
OF INC people III entruStins power to the Demo
cratic lnrty. Since the Mckinley tarir went into
operation there have been ten reductions ot the
wages OF lihoring men 10 one increase We
deny that ttero has been any Increase Of pros.
prrlty 10 lie country since thar tariff went into
operation. ana we point 10 the dul.ncss and dis.
lrcss- wage reductions and strikes in the iron
trade ~ he best possible evidence that no such
prosperity has resulted from The Mckinley act
Wee II the attcLtion or thoughtfui Americans
to tic ract that aIicr thirty years or res rc.ive
taxes against the importation or foreign we 9TH
IN exchange for Our agricultural surplus homes
anu iarih- OF tue country have become hurdcncd
thousand live hundred million dollars. exclusive
of vii Her forms