Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-21


that defeat In many forms Of misgovernn,ent
Win an overwhelming treasury they have
taxes increased on the recessaries W life and
the necesssrie- of labor. because private inter
ests demanded it, They have seen that over
moving treasury emptied by extravagant ex-
penditures and tricks Of bookkeeping resorted
To 10 hide it's emptiness from the people.
They have seen attempt 20 turn the graft
tnde OF great nation into an eloctioneering
fund for political party and service so that
party an the conflicts Of peace counts for more
than service TO the country in conflicts of war
iney nave seen every power of the federal ad
minlstrahon pnssionateIy used 90 destroy free
elect1ons IN the states. They have seen the IN
nuence OF our government in its diplomatic and
naval service thrown without rebuke against
freedom and in favor OF despotism in a strug-
Cling sister republic. And seeing all this, they
have lost no opportunity in the past four wears
to honor your administration by LAYING the
heavy hand ofpunishment upon those who have
thus departed from lite spirit and It's policies
And now, SIR. We put into yonr hands the
commission OF which we arc bearers IL il the
highest honor your party can bestow Ii IL the
gravest call 10 duty your fellow democrats can
make. But we believe we can assure Won that
there are no weak, weary or Respondent demo-
crafts in the ranks Of our party TODAY and that,
with the peoples cause as our cause we dcubt
not You viii lead us TO victory Ia which the
principles Of our party shan gloriously triumph
and the welfare Of our country shall be nightly
promoted"
The FORMAL NOTIFICATION.
Secretary Nicholas Bell of the notification
committee read the Off ial letter of notification.
which was follows:
Grover Cleveland: As members OF the mott
fication committee delegated by the national
democratic convention, which assembled in
Chicago June 81, il is our agreeable duty to in
form you that upon a single ballot YOU were
unanimously nominated for the presidency OF
the United states"
Nothing could evince the affection and con-
hdence in which you are held by the democratic
party more positively than the fact that YOU
have three times been made its candidate for
that ONCE. Your devotion 10 the principles of
the party Of Thomas Jefferson. your fidelity 60
every trust reposed in YOU by the people Your
courageous. conservative and exemplary ad-
ministraton when chief executive of the United
States. aud the prosperity of the country under
that administration. have won for you the re-
spect of every citizen.
In the maintenance Of the doctrines which
you have so clearly eXpounded and SO consist
entity advocated, aud which forms the basis Of
the declaration Of principles formulated by the
democratic convention which has again placed
you in nomination. rests the hope Of the people
for constitutional government. They turn now
TO the democratic party that the blessings Of
civic and industrial liberty NAV be secured TO
them; and. in response TO the peoples demand
that party has chosen for Its leader HIM whose
public record conveys the guarantee that the
will Of the people viii not be thwarted.
1T Ii, then, not only with a sense of pro-
found personal satisfaction. but also with the
assurance that your nomination IL welcomed by
every man who feels the burden Of unjust
taxation and the distress Of unwarranted legis-
lative interference with the rights Of the citi-
zen. that We inform you Of the action Of the
national democratic convention and submit
herewith Its declarations of principles.
Firmly believing that there is no other safe
repository for the liberties Of the people and
the welfare of the nation than in the hands of
democratic administration we most heartily
congratulate the country upon the opportunity
presented by YOUR candidacy for return 10
the methods and measures of that party which
has and will ever administer the government
for the good Of our country and in the interest
OF the entire people.
That our cause.-the peoples cause-will
triumph We have no doubt; and, judging the
future by the past, the administration which
you will give to the people Of the United States
Will be directed by wisdom. craftsmanship. in
tegrity and patriotism. and will cause your
fellow-democrats 20 regard with the same pride
and pleasure your future career az President Of
this great republic That they now enjoy in the
remembrance of your former administration, :"
MR.. CLEvELayDs ADDRESS.
Mr.. Clevelands speech was az follows:
democracy arouses within me emotions which
would be well-nigh overwhelming if l did not
recognize here assembled the Representatives of
great party. who must share with me she re-
sponsibility your mission invites. 1 find much
relief in the reflection that have been selected
merely TO stand for the principles and purposes
to which my party is pledged. and for the en-
forcement and supremacy of which all who have
any right to claim democratic fellowship must
constantly and persisteutly labor
Our party responsibility il indeed great
We assume momentous obligation TO our
countrymen when in return for their trust
| and confidence We promise them rectifica-
ton of their wrongs, and q better realization
| OF the advantages which are due to them under
our free and benefcent institutions. But il
our responsibility is great our party is strong.
1t Is strong in Its sympathy with the needs of
the people, in its insistence upon the exercise
of governmental powers strictly within the con-
stitutional permission the people have granted
and in its willingness to risk its life and hope
upon the peoples intelligence and patriotism.
Never has great party. intent upon the pro-
motion of right and justice. had better incentive
for effort than is now presented to us.
THE TARIFF.
Turning our eyes on the plain people of the
land. we see them burdened as consumers with
a tariff system that unjustly and releutlessly
demands from them in the purchase of the
necessaries and comforts Of life an amount
scarcely met by the wages of hard and steady
toll while the exactions thus wrung from them
build up and increase the fortunes of those for
whose benefit this injustice is perpetrated.
I'VE see the farmer listening to a deusive
story that fills his mind with visions of advan-
tage, while has pocket is robbed by the stealthly
hand OF high protection. Our workmen are
still told the tale. oft repeated, in spite Of it's
demonstrated falsity, that the existing protee-
tive tariff is n boon to them, and that under its
beneficent operation their wages must increase,
while, as they listen. scenes are enacted in the
very abiding place Of high protection that mock
the hopes of toll and attest the tender mercy
the workingmsn receives from those made
selfish and sordid by unjust governmental
favoritism.
1--WE oppose earnestly and stubbornly the
theory upon which our opponents seek to
justify and uphold existing tariff laws. We
need not base our attack upon questions of con-
stitutional permission or legislative power We
denounce this theory upon the highest possible
grounds when We contend that in present con-
ditions its operation is unjust and that laws
enacted in accordance with it are unjust and
unfair.
''Ours is not a destructive party. We are not
at enmity with the rights of any Of our citizens
All are our countrymen. We are not recklessly
needless of any American interests, nor will we
abandon our regard for them; but. invoking
the love of fairness and justice which belongs
to true Americanism and upon which our Con-
stitution rests. We insist that no plan of tariff
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