Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-19

| ]orlty report aH whole was declared
adopted, after which a recess till
o'clock was taken.
| THE PLATFORM.
| Grover Cleveland UnqualifiedIy En-.
dorsed for denomination.
FRESNO, May 18,-Following is the
majority report or platform:
We pledge anew our fealty to the
principles first declared by the illustrious
men who founded our free institutions
and established the Democratic party to
protect and preserve them.
Resolved, That the paramount reform
now demanded of the federal legislature
is the reform of the tariff laws upon the
basis OF the Democratic platform of 1888,
to the end that no money shall be need
leesly exacted from the industries and
necessities of the people, and
that our industrial interests shall
not be prejudiced by excessive
taxation, false systems of finance or ex-
travagant cost of production. To this
end the Mckinley tariff bill should be
repealed; the essential raw material of
American manufactures should be put
upon the free list, and revised tariff
should be adopted with due regard for
the rights of American labor Aud the
preservation of our manufactures. That,
consistent with that issue and with this
demand, the sentiment of the California
Democracy is overwhelmingly for the re-
nomination to thepresidency of the man
who gave to his party intellectual and
political leadership and to the country
pure and elevated administra-
tion.- We declare our conviction that
the best interests of the party and of
the country demand the nomination of
Grover Cleveland as president. He is
the choice of this convention for that
exalted station, and we are confident
that under his leadership the principles
OF Democracy will win glorious VIC
tory; and to the end that the vote and
influence of California may be most
effectively heard and felt, the delegates
this day chosen are directed to act as
unit in all matters entrusted to their
charge; said action to be determined by
the vote Of the majority Of the delegates.
DEMOCRATIC CONGREssMEN ENDORSED.
Resolved, That we congratulate the
Democratic party and the people of
people Of the state of California upon
the successful efforts of our two Demo
cratic congressman in behalf of the best
interests of the state, and we confidently
contrast their earnest labors with the
inactivity and apathy of their Republi-
can colleagues in the house and senate.
The whole state owes q debt of gratitude
to the Hon. A.. Caminetti and the Hon.
7. J. Geary to the one, for salutary and
wise legislation introduced by him for
the relief of our suffering mining indus
tries, without interfering with agricul-
ture, and for the preservation Of our
water ways; to the other for his splen-
did anti-Chinese legislation, wrung by
his tireless advocacy Of California's well
fare from reluctant Republican senate.
~ THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
Resolved, That the construction OF
the Nicaragua maritime canal is Of the
greatest political and commercial i'm
portance to our country, and especially
to the Pacific states; and that we re-
specially urge the Democratic national
convention to pronounce distinctly in
favor of congress taking such action as
may facilitate its construction; but we
are opposed to subsidy being granted
to any corporation for such purpose.
ELECTION OF SENATORS.
We ask that the constitution of the
United States be SO amended as to pro-
vide for the election of senators directly
by the people, avoiding go far as possible
the scandals that regularly attend the
election to this important Office, and
bringing it's incumbent nearer to the
people of the state whose representa-
tive he is. ~ 47
LABOR AND CHINESE IMMIGRATION.
We demand a rigid enforcement of
the law limiting the hours Of public
works to eight hours per day.
We reaffirm our opposition to the i'm
migration of Chinese and other pauper
labor.
SILVER LEGISLATION.
Resolved, That we denounce the acts
Of the Republican party against silver,
particularly the act demonetizing it !;
and we believe that there should be kept
in constant circulation full and suffi-
cient volume of money. consisting of
gold, silver and legal tender paper cur
rency at par with each other.
THE REPUBLICAN aERRYMANDER.
We denounce the legislative and con-
gressional apportionments made by the
late Republican legislature, as unfair
and partisan in the extreme. For the
purpose of increasing Republican repre-
sentation districts were formed without
reference to the just demands Of the
localities affected, and without reference
to public convenience. The provision
OF our constitution requiring that legis-
lative districts shall be as nearly equal
in population as may be, was deliber-
ately and shamelessly violated.
PLEA FOR PURE FOOD.
Wedemand the enactment of stringent
laws which will protect the people from
the adulteration Of food products, which
results in the destruction of many of our
industries, and is highly injurious to the
health Of the people.
IMPROVEMENT OF WATERWAYS.
The waterways of the state being the
natural distributing arteries Of COM
merce, as we'll as the means OF irrigating
our arid lands ands increasing our pro-
ductive capacities, are of the first i'm