Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-11

and on those whose daily income is only or barely sufficient to meet their daily neces- sities. Trusts and combinations flourish and grow rich at the expense of the toiling millions.
 Grover Cleveland, 8 private citizen, 1 stands to-day, as he stood four years ago. | the firm and unflinching exponent of tariff | reform, sound currency and economical | government. He has steadily gained in strength with the yeomanry of the party, l as repeatedly evidenced in the democratic 1 state conventions lately held in Massachu- | setts, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and other states.
 Now a word as to the matters here at home, in our own state, and will make an end.
 Until after the adoption of the present constitution in 1878. Connecticut was made up entirely of country towns whose differ ences in population were comparatively slight. The United States census of 1S2O shows that of the 122 towns, which were all the state then had, there were only seven whose population exceeded 4,OOO, and the largest of these had but 8,327 peo- pie. There were only Il towns with less than 1000 inhabitants, and the smallest of these had 731.
 The remaining 1O4 towns had not less than ,000 nor more than 4,OOO people each. In 1890 there were 19 towns with less than 600 inhabitants and three with over 45, ,000 each.
 Of the forty three towns which by the census of 1890 had population of less than 1000 each, thirty eight showed de crease since 1880 = the total decrease from them all being 4, ,592.
 The total increase in propulation for the whole state between 1880 and 1890 was i23, ,558, and of this increase 106, ,203 was in the towns having 8 population of over 0,000 each. .
 A comparison of the election statistics of the several senatorial districts of the state also shows enormous changes.
 So. then, by the figures have given of the old times you can see that the consti- fusion of 1918 gave fair representation equitable for the day and generation as it could we'll be.
 But how is it now?
 By the figures have given you of 1890 and the comparisons made you can readily see how great the necessity is for radical change, how far from right and the pres ent needs of the people our antiquated constitution of 1918 is. Our present general assembly furnishes another striking illustration of it's rank in- justice.
 If the figures which lately appeared in the public press are correct, the 11S dem ocrats in the house of representatives were elected by 93,752 votes, while the 134 republicans were elected by only 43, ,2S9 votes.
 This shows that the democratic minority received more than twice the number of l votes received by the republican ma jority, | and if one vote had been as good as an | other throughout the state the democrats l would have had 290 representatives instead of 118.
 When General Bradley referred to ex- l President Cleveland the vast audience arose almost as one man and gave three rousing cheers, followed by loud and pro- longsd applause. Dr. T. J. O'Sullivan of l Ansonia then proposed cheers for Senator David B. Hill, and they were given, al- though some of the delegates showed their disapproval of the New York senator and
 champion dodger on the silver question of
 the democratic party by hissing his name l in the convention when the cheers were | called for.
 The nomination of delegates -at-large
 followed, William H. Yeomans of Andove1
 presenting the name of Abram P. Hyde oi
 Hartford for the First district, Hon. David
 Callahan of this city presenting the name
 of Hon. Carlos French of Seymour fol
 delegate at large from the. Second
 district, Mayor Crandall of Norwich
 presenting the name of James B. Shannon
 of Norwich as delegate -at-large from thu
 Third district and Luke H. Lockwood pre-
 senting the name of Hon. E. c. Benedic
 of Greenwich as delegate from the Fourtf
 district. The nominations were seconded
 and the delegates unanimously elected. THE COUNTY DELEGATES. Nayt in orf1ers1 .ion of count,
 delegates. IT. delegate
 were presented & ---..mously elected
 Hartford county-Robert J. Vance of Nsv
 Holland county-E. c: Pinney of Stafford.
 New Haven county-Norris G. Osborn of Nev l Haven.
 0liudlesex county-Clinton B. Davis of Had , l dam.
 New London county-Cyrus E. Beckwith O Windham county-Joel A. Webb of Wind
 Fairfield county-Robert L. Clarkson of strat . | ford.
 Litchield county-sydsey P. Ensign of Sails bury.
 , THE PLATFORM. : The platform was read by Attorney William s Pardee of this city and received hearty appl aus and was adopted. It is as follows: l The democracy of Connecticut in general COT l ventien assembled again declares it's allegianc
 We demand n revision of the tariff along tn lines of the democratic federal S platform of 1ss
 we demand that the duties on raw material sha | be remuved
 ; We char se the prevailing stagnation of our ir unprecedented crops of last year, coupled wit The false logic of this disastrous policy has al ready ended in broken pledges, and in place a promised work there are snort hours and nstea of better wages there are all but universal It ! ducIionS.
 We call upop the farmers, the manufacturer and the workingmen alike to entrust revision c l the tariff on sound principles to the democrati party in the interest of all classes instead of r l few.
 We declare for a staple currency, gold, silve and paper founded upon coined money Of tn
 st o sye worth but sixty y-seven cents each with the legs | tender attribute attached as g financial heres | wages the unsettlng of contracts and widesprea ! distress.
 question on the last republican congress and tn ! present administration, in passing the Sherma
 foes nc; in currency Legislation and has thus ia : ! forced upon the government the purchase of si
 yer bullion upon which w6c the treasury has alread ! lost more than &, ,0O0,0 030.
 <; We applaud the integrity, statesmanship an lofty patriotism of Grover Cleveland. We than + the democratic representatives of this state i s l principles of sound finance and tariff reform, an !: we pledge them our earnest support,
 
 Harrison for bostowing most of his appointment . l upon little statesmen; for rewarding doubtfr ; political work with judicial and other appoin, |, lnents; for turning to partisan uses the pensio
 bur- au; for sacrificing the interests of his couE : l try in the Behring Sea dispute; for his hast threat to the weak but friendly republic of Chii for throwing the influences of his admnstratio
 in favor of the iniquities of the Force bill and fo . approving the Mckinley bill, the silver bill an the evtravagant appropriations of the last repul - | Lcan congress.
 . We enthusiastically commend the attitude 0 i. the democratic me4nbers of the general assemb, in insisting first of all upon declara ion of tn | result of the state election and in subordinatin everything else to that first ana most imperativ . | duty of the servants of the people. | We thank them for preserving to the voters th clear issue of unquestioning obedience to the e1 |, | pressed will of the people uuimpaired by shift ing compromise and unobscured by weak yield : ing to selfish demands for lesser things.
 We confidently go to the people on that issue , believing that they will ~elcome the opportunit to rebuke those who have impudently re . supreme court calls "a great wrong," and t