Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-23

>>A'SA w hoiioheiOuS sCAio lioH DOtu utlc-
gates and audience.
In the confusion Don NJ. Dickinson of Michi-
gan moved up to the front and shrieked at the
chair: II move You that this convention do ad-
journ until o'clock this afternoon
Mr.. j. H. Shields, chairman of the Iowa dele
CATION. at 345 m. was recognized by the chair
and said: Mr.. Chairman, in behalf of the state
OF Iowa l wish it understood that the delegates
from that state voted unanimously in favor of
making the nomination Of Grover Cleveland
unanimous"
The announcement was received with great
enthusiasm, Dickinsons motion was then car
ried unanimously and the convention adjourned
until pm.
THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
The Principles on Which the Party Appeals
to the Country.
In the platform adopted by the democratic
convention at Chicagola last evening allegiance to
the principles of the party as formulated by
Jefferson and exemplifed by his Successors
from Madison to Cleveland is reaffrmed. OPP
position is expressed to federal interference in
elections and the federal elections bill is de-
nounced. The tariff plank reads:
We denounce the republican protection fraud.
pie for the BENEFIT Of he eW q n declare to S
fundanental principle of the democratic party that
mas u nc o "
ot Of sa be the a
81 the Eoxsrnnent when honestly and economically
The Mckinley law is denounced as class legis-
lation and the efforts of the present House of
Representatives to modify some of its features
are Endorsed. Reciprocity is claimed as a time
honored doctrine of the democratic faith. The
reciprocity advocated by the republicans is de-
nounced as q sham. Trusts claimed to be
the natural result of protective duties, prevent
ing free competition. The republicans are held
to be guilty of giving away the public lands to
railroads. The silver plank reads:
a, We denounce the republican LEGISLATION known as
W Il o asxs4 Rs asaI
which should make all of its supporters. well its
use Of gold tip Standard money Of
the country amt to the coinage Of both gold silver
for m,intage but the dollar unit Of conage Of both
value or to be adjusted through intepnetona asree
ment or by such safeguards LEGISLATION shall in
Of ri5y Ga the
markets and in the payment Of debts. and demand
redeemable id such coin We insist upon this policy
fo tn h e Of the r
victims Of unstable money and fiuctuatng currency
The repeal of the 10 per cent tax on state
bank issues is recommended. An honest civil
service, free from politics. is Endorsed. A for
eign policy free from buster and aiming at the
cultivation OF friendly relations with other ma
tons is urged. The national government is
asked to interpose in protection of those sub
jects persecuted in the dominion of the car.
Irish home rule is given sympathy. Rigid en-
forcement OF the anti-Chinese immigration acts
and the alien contract labor law is demanded.
just and liberal pensions for disabled soldiers
are favored, with an honest and impartial adj
ministration of the pension bureau. Improve
ment of the Mississippi is favored. Congress is
asked to help the Chicago fair. Liberal appro-
priations in the several states for the public
schools are urged. The admission of New
Mexico and Arizona as states is approved. 1t is
held that the officials appointed to administer
the laws in the territories and the District of
Columbia should be bona fide residents. Laws
to protect railway employees and others en-
gagged in hazardous industries are favored. The
Sweating" system, contract, convict labor and
the employment Of children in factories are all
denounced and sumptuary laws are opposed.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
Brief Sketch of the Man Who Will Again
Lead the Democratic Forces.
"Grover Cleveland's luck" or ''his star"
have been terms which men have used in speak
ing of a career which shows many sharp con-
trasts and which illustrates the possibilities that
open up before any American citizen, however
humble. In the comparatively short interval
of fifteen years from an obscure lawyer he rose
successfully to be sheriff, mayor, governor and
President of the United States. There il yet
standing in the little town of Caldwell. Essex
county, N. la small two-and-a-half story frame
dwelling, in which Grover Cleveland was born
on March IS, 1897. His father was a Presby-
terrain clergyman with large family and
small income. Grover was the fifth of nine
brothers and sisters. The family is Of Yankee
! stock. and Grover Clevelands ancestry dates
back to the early settlers in Connecticut. When
Grover was three years old his father, with his
family, moved by way of the river and canal to
Fayetteville. N. Y, and here the boy was sent
to the district school till he fourteen years
OF age. Then the family moved again to the
Holland Patent, near Utica, where after he had
preached three sermons the father sickened and
died, and the children were scattered. Grover,
| fifteen years OF age, went to New York to assist
his brother William, who was teacher in a blind
| asylum. After two years he tired Of this, and
with romantic notion that fame and fortune
awaited him by viytue of the similarity of
names in tine city of Cleveland he started with
| few dollars in his pocket for the northwest.
| On his way he stopped to see an uncle. who
was stock breeder, residing near Buffalo. and
accepted employment with him while looking
around for a chance to study law.
He began work in the law Office Of Rodgers,
Bowen q Rodgers at 90 per week and the priv
ilege Of studying during his spare hours. These
were bitter years Of self-denial for the young
law student: For the greater part of his first
winter he had to 60 without an overcoat. his
shoes were dilapidated and he had to endure
the polite jibes of his fellow students and clerks
Within four years he was admitted to the bar
and became the managing clerk for his pre-
ceptors. In 1868 he was appointed assistant
| district attorney for three years, and then was
nominated by the democrats and defeated for
| the district attorneyship.
In 1870 he was elected sheriff Of Erie county,
which Office he filed three years and then re-
sumed the practice Of law.
/ T, fhn ~
affairs in Buffalo was such that there was loud
cry for reform and Grover Cleveland was Sc
lected rs the reform candidate for mayor. He
was elected. He became known as the s'veto
mayor" using that prerogative without fear OF
favor to call halt upon unwise, Illegal or ex-