The Red Cloud chief., 1892-07-01

mittee of five vas delegated (himself
being named by the chair as the head
of the committee) to notify the perma-
nent officers of their election and escort
them to the platform.
At 1925 p. N. Mr.. Owens introduced
the permanent chairman, Mr.. Wilson,
as one Of the bravest democrats Of the
nation.
Upon taking the chair Mr.. Wilson
spoke ut length, in which he reviewed
the work to he accomplished by the
party in the interest of reform, and Sc
verely criticised the Mckinley tariff bill
and all tariff laws except what are nee
essary to furnish evenue to support
the government economically admins
tered.
Mr.. Wilson closed Mt 12:45 and VIM.
II. Engligh, of Indiana. present ted the
report Of the committee on rules.
Delegate Phelps, Of Missouri, then
presented in behalf of the miners Of
Missouri n gavel of zinc as a protest
against the tariff upon the metal. AS
the shining hammer was held aloft by
the chairman a great shout went up
and a hearty clapping of hands.
The convention then took a recess to
8 o'clock.
At the evening session the platform
was adopted rs follows:
Section l. The representatives OF the demo-
cratic party OF the United States In national
convention do reaniHn their allegt-
ance TO the principles OF the party as formulated
by Jefferson and exempliied by y long and II.
lustrious line Of his successors In democratic
leadership from Madison 10 Cleveland; we be-
lieve the public welfare demands that these
principles be applied to the conduct Of the fed
eral government through the accession TO power
of the party that advocates them; and We sol.
EMMY declare that the need OF . return To those
fundamental principles OF o free popular gov
eminent, based on home rule and individual
liberty. was never more urgent than now. when
the tendency to centralize all power ut the fed
rights OF the states that strikes ut the very
roots OF our government under the constitution
as framed by the republic.
Sec. g We warn the people Of our common
country, Jealous for the preservation of their
free Institutions that the policy OF federal con-
troll OF elections TO which the republican party
has committed itself, Is fraught with the
gravest dangers scarcely less momentous than
would result from q revolution practically es
tablishing monarchy on the ruins Of the repub.
lie. 1t strikes at the north rs well as
the south, and Injuries the colored citizens even
mOIc I0iu IL WulVc' ~ IA . hoIaC VI htP
uty marshals at every polling place armed with
federal power. returning boards appointed and
controlled By o federal authority, tho outrage
of the electoral rights OF the people In the sew
eral states, the subjugation OF the colored peo-
pie TO the control Of the party In power and the
reviying Of race antagonisms now happily
abated, Of the utmost peril to the safety and
happiness OF oil; q measure deliberately and
Justly described by . leading republican SEN
ator as "the most Infamous bill that ever
crossed the threshold OF the senate" Such
policy, II sanctioned by law, would mean the
dominance of o self perpetuating oligsrchy OF
snice-holders, and the party first entrusted
with its machinery could be dislodged from
power only by an appeal to the reserved right
6 the people to resist oppression,
which Is Inherent in oil self governing
communities Two years ago this rev
dictionary policy was emphatically condemned
by the people at the polls, but In contempt OF
chat verdict the republican party has deiantly
declared in its latest authoritative utteranoe
that its success In the coming elections VIII
mean the enactment of the force bin and the
usurpation OF desp0tic control over elections In
All the states. Believing that the preservation
of republican government In the United States
IA dependent upon the defeat OF this policy
OF legalized force and fraud. we invite the sup
port OF all citizens who desire to see the c0nst'
tuition maintained In lie integrity WIN ue
laws pursuant thereto. which have given
our country 100 years OF unexamped
prosperity: and we pledge the democratic party.
II II be entrusted with power, not only TO tic
defeat OF the force bill. but also TO relentless
opposition to the republican policy OF profligate
expenditure which, In the short space OF two
wears, has squandered an enormous surplus
and empticd an overlooking treasury, after
piling new burdens OF taxation upon the already
oyertaxedl labor Of the country.
Sec g. We denOunce republican protection as
n fraud. Tho labor OF the great majority OF the
American people for tho benefit OF the few. We