The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-22
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
Concluding Scenes in the Convention
Yesterday.
Mr.. BAKER EXPRESSES THANKS,
The state Central Committee win Here
after settle Contests-Assistance VIII
he Given In Holding Caucuses when
There is Fighting -Laphsm and Page.

The following is the full text OF the
platform which was adopted without
murmur nc the Democratic state conven-
tion yesterday:
We. the Democrats OF Rhode Island assembled
state nv nIsd snses upcn the auspcous
orening OF the national Democratic admlnlstra-
a. onrreSS sna SpSp De@dcrsc in both branches for the
firsf time In per cd II thirty years tfom the op
prsech preshS has been inficted upon the industries and
people by the Republican party. As we were q the
iion sSs OF Grover clsyean for the second Tine
President OF the United States 80 we are 10 ,ne
fion and IN the policy announced by MN IN MS III
We ssk the voters OF the state TO unite with IN
re-electing TO Congress Hon. Oscar Lapham ara
Hon Charles ~ rsgs We'll ins for I'VE the ps TWO years
The manufacturing, mercantile banking anu othsr g
n nemocratic congress aud before democratic
national administration by Democratic members oi
70 The eariy repeal Of the so-caied sherman
coinage act aud 10 a reduction OF the tarin In ac-
cordance with the principles proci"nheo ny our
uonstitutional reform is the great necessity OF
enacted Just nifty years ago by the votes OF less than
eight Thousand men, Is no longer suited 10 ths con-
ditions and needs OF Nothg popuauoh oi over
/. The executive, LEGISLATIVE and Judicial ,, de,
partments Of the state SHOULD 10 sep~ra'eu i'oip
and inde pendent OF each Othe
2. Ihe cities and towns ought 10 nave iar ana
equitable repre- sentaton In the general assembly
the duration OF the sessions OF tnat Dody should he
limited the pay q y, as opposed ~ 70 n SOme
rule should be forbidden
4. All elections ought TO be determined Dy piur-
l. We are opposed 20 discrimination N the ex. X
etose OF the eiective franchise. There should be
no aristocracy of suffrage For thess and other
constitutional reforms ths Democratic party de-
mands "A constitutional convention as the true
American system Of eneeiing constitutional
-
Island now In favor as II mas always been. OF all
ne. essary legislation In favor OF the working peo
and children In mercantile and manufaculuring
establishments should be restricted by law To nine
hours day In orIer enforce this an1 other
iaotory law. the appointm, by the state OF in.
spectors one OF whom shall De woman. is essential.
We believe that Iuregn-bora citzsn having
become naturallzed In acco, dance with the laws OF
IN country should not be put 10 'ditional ex-
suffrage that he should stand ON the same FOOT ng
as 20 IN .hs country aea WE aShonaSe
which has sought TO place upon fegIslefsd 1 nSdura
upon citz ms OF American birth, and We demand
the repeal OF this legislation
To settle Contests.
Mr.. Carroll of Paw tucket offered a
resolution which provided that the state
central committee should hereafter set
tie all contests. In the event Of factonal
fights in any district or ward. the state
committee snould appoint some disinter-
ested person to preside over the caucus
at the request of twenty-five or more of
the Democratic voters. This was dis
cussed and finally left to committee to
be amended. 1t WAS amended so as to
provide that the person so appointed
should act as sort OF supervisor and
adopted.
A comm ittee of five was appointed TO
await on the candidates and inform them
of ha nf
committee consisted of James McNally
OF Providence, James B. Fearing of New
port, Jesse Metcalf of Providencs, II. II.
Southwick of South klngstown and John
j. Christie of Bristol.
The convention took a short recess TO
allow the delegations TO name the mem
bers of the state central committee
Mr.. Baker soon arrived and was intro
duced TO the convention. He accepted
the nomination in few words whic
were fr quently applauded. He pledged
himself TO work
Heart and Soul
for the interests of the people IL he was
elected. and he believed he would be
elected He said the legislation in this
state had for long time been for the
benefit Of the few and he hoped the voters
would vote accordingly. He was happy
TO say that the Democratic party was IN
full power for the first time in
thirty years in the nation and Grover
Cleveland sits in the chair of jefferson
and Jackson. He promised TO do all in
his power To make the party worthy of
the confidence of the people, both in the
campaign and IL elected in the Office.
The state convention adjourned at 4:l0
and the first district convention was
called Immediately alter TO nominate n
candidate for congressman. Colonel
Honey was chairman and w. G. Baker
nominated Hon. Oscar Lapham. There
was no chance for an arguneat here aud
he was declared the nominee. The first
district convention was in session just
two minutes.
The Second district convention chose
Hon. Daniel B Pond for chairman, and
Mr.. Carroll nominated Hon. Charles III.
Page as candidate Tor congressman. He
was also the unanimous choice OF the
convention, and the session of the Second
district convention beat the First for
brevity, being but one minute long