Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-06-23

= Tissue OF Pizztudss = UnfulhlI<d
Pledges Rrh4shsd-


CHICAGO, June 22.-At as Mr.. Jones
Aka Mr.. Villas OF Wisconsin 10 read the
platform Mr.. vlias began reading.
CisselAad's name "a the presnble was
. signal for 4 great burst cf cheering
al over the naii.
Delegates and spectators were oe
their feet. wzsag everything within
reach aud cheering vociferou.ly.
Tns Cleveland banner is brought into
the center aisle and the crowd went
Wild with enthusiasm
The banner vas brought up 10 the
New York dslexatlon, but they Keep
thsIf SEATS.
The Cleveland delegates surround the
banner and shouted at the top OF their
voices. Toe band strikes up. amer
YEA" which added 10 the enthusiasm.
At SIS the Boies banner WAS brougnt
down the aisle, waved along AIDE thar
Of Cleveland, and enthusiastically
cnesred ten fold.
IL was q REPETITION OF the Blaine scene
N Minneapolis.
! Then TIE band played and the dele
yates sat perspsring, tanning them
oeives and waiting for the platform.
gate moved "a adjourn 10 IL O'Clock
tomorrow. There we're cries OF mo, 7"
and when the question Was put and .
dsc.slvs negative gwen a cheer went
40.
The New York delegates, whose pol
roy u now TO take first ballot tonight,
rose 20 their feet AID cneered, wavelng
tnslr fans.
A Kznsas delegats got the floor TO
present . resolution. Mr.. Powers OF
Alcalgsn was standing on a chair. sup
ported by Don Dickinson and Tom
Johnson. asking for recognition. He
Tot 10 and announced that the commit
tee on resolutions would be rsady TO
report IN ID miautes-
Inc announcement was received with
applause and the band played, when
Jonnny Comes Marching Home"
The enthusiasm continued nineteen
minutes, when order was restored.
There were three cheers, and Mr.. Villas
resumed hrs reading.
The platform starts out by eulogizing
the democratic leaders from Madison
70 Cleveland. IL - appended ID full:
Naneroas Demands
Section I. We believe the public well
fare demands that these principles be
applied to the conduct of the federal
government, and we solemniy declare
that the need OF return TO these fun
damentAl principles OF free popular
government, based on home rule and
individual liberty, was never more ur-
gent than now, when the tendency To
ccntrallze oil power AZ the federal Cap
itol has become a menace 10 the rights
of the states that strikes at the very
roots Of our government As framed by
she fathers OF the republic.
Revelation Bancomb
section 2. We warn the people OF our
common country. jealous for the pres
ervatson of their free institutions, that
the policy OF the federal control of
elections 70 which the republican party
has committed itself is frAught with
the gravest dangers. scarcely less mo-
nentous than would result from the
establishment Of . monarchy on the
-spublic. II strikes at tn> north as
we'll - the south, and injured
che colored citizen even more than
the white. IL means the placing OF
deputy marshal at every polling place
armed with federal power; returning
board, appointed and controlled by fed
eral authority; the outrage of the cleo
toral rights of the people IN the several
states. the subjugaton of the colored
people ~ the control Of the party IN
power aud the reyivIng of race antago-
Eisms now happily abated; of the ut
most peril 10 the safety and happiness
Of all, measure deliberately and Justly
described by Leading republican sena-
tor sss The most Infamous bill that
ever crossed the threshold Of the sen
ste.' Such . policy, If sanctioned by
law, would mean the domination of =
self-perpesusting oligarchy of Office
holders. and the party first en-
trusted with its machinery could
b dislodgsd from power only by an APP
peal 20 the reserved right of the people
TO resist oppression which il inherent IN
oil self governing committees Two
years ago this revolutionary policy was
smphaNcally condemned by the people
st the polls. but IN contempt of that
verdict. the republican party has de-
family declared ia its latest authorat.ve
utsersnce that its success IN the COM
ing elections viii mean the enactment
OF ths Force osll and the usurpstion of
dss2otic control over the elections in
eli the states. Believing that the pre-
seryatioa OF republican government in
the United States 10 dependent upon
the defeat OF this policy of iegsIixed
force and fraud. We invite the ssssst-
snce OF AL citizens who desire To see
the constitution maintained in its in-
tegrity with tie laws pursuant thereto
which have given cur county
. hundred years OF unexsmpled pros
perity and Ne pledge the democratic
party, if it be entrusted with power,
not only 20 the defeat of the force bail
bat also 90 wage rentless opposition 10
the republican policy OF prosihzsss Ell
penditure. which IN the short space of
two years hiss squandsred an enormous
surplus and eHptied an overlooking
treasury after pislng new burdens OF
TAXATION upon the already overtaxed
labor OF the country.
Doctrines a<hsss>d.
Section 3. We reitsrste the offs re-
reated doctrine II the democratic party
tnst me necessity Of the government =
enlT Justification for AVIATION, aud
whenever tax q unnecessary
it - uajasrhshiss that when Gus
torn houss taxation = levied upon
articles 81 any kind produced in tbis
country the differences between tie cost
Of ishssr hers and labor abroad. when
such difference EXISTS, fully measures
cav possible benefits - labor and the
enormous additional if1positlons Of the
esfsting tariff fail with crushing force
upon ear farmers and vorkingnsn.
AID fer the mere advantage Of shs few
~hom 4 auriches. exact from labor q
rrassy unjust snare Of tAe expenses OF
zoe governments. And - demand such
. revsaon Of the tariff Avs "a vii
remedy tbis nig1ito1s practice and
rnt IN constitutional and equal bass.