Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-06-27

llOn Win special tributes 10 PRESIDENT
Cleveland and his distinguished CO.
adviser, Secretary John G.. Carlisle. No
outing was ever productive of more
effective results than that of Secretary
Carlisle to Kentucky and the Memphis
convention. The silverites, including
Senator Blackburn, attribute their de-
feat to the recent speeches of Carlisle
and the circulation that was given
them. The free silver men went down
under the adoption of the majority re-
port on resolutions for sound money
and the endorsement Of President
Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle.
Senator Blackburn and other silver
| leaders remained on the floor and
fought to the last on the resolutions,
after which they did not take much in
tereSt in those who, as they said, had
previously deserted them. They were
very bitter towards Auditor of State
Norman, who was Gen. Hardin's man
ager and himself a candidate for re-
nomination. In Senator Blackburn
speech against the majority report on
resolutions, he showed his feeling to-
ward some on whom he had depended,
while he referred very respectfully to
Snator Lindsay, Congressman Nc
Creary and others who had opposed
him openly. The convention was a
record breaker in great speeches as
well as in other respects.
The silver men, as rule, are feeling
good tonight over Hardin's nomination,
although Blackburn and some other sill
yer leaders feel that Hardin did not
stand by them, and refer to the incon-
sistent position in which he now finds
himself on an
ADMINISTRATION PLATFORM.
When the convention opened this
morning the following was reported by
Senator Lindsay, chairman Of the COM
mittee on resolutions, the majority re-
port, signed by nine of the thirteen
members:
To the Democratic Convention in Ses-
sion at Louisville:
The undersigned, a majority of your
committee, beg leave to submit as their
report the accompanying resolutions.
First-The Democracy of Kentucky
in convention assembled congratulate
the country upon the repeal of the Nc
Kinley tariff law, and upon the evidence
we have on every hand Of returning
prosperity, under the operations OF re-
duced and equalized tariff taxation; and
we denOunce as fraught with danger
and disaster the threat Of our Repub-
lican adversaries to re-establish a pro-
tective tariff and to re-inaugurate pol
lev of unequal taxation, which in con-
nection with general government by the
Republican party eliminated in the
business panic Of 1898.
Second-The Democratic party, which
has always stood for the separation Of
Church and State, and for civil and re-
ligiOus freedom, does not hesitate to
condemn all efforts to create distinc-
ton among citizens because Of differ
ences in faith as repugnant 10 an en-
lightened age and abhOrrent TO the in
stincts of American freemen.
Third-We re-afIirm without Qualiti-
cation the principles and policies de-
clared by the national Democratic plat
form of 1892. and declare that our pres
ent Democratic Administration IS en-
titled to the thanks of the party for its
honest. courageous and statesmanlike
management of public affairs; and we
express our undiminished confidence in
the Democracy and patriotism OF Presi-
dent Grover Cleveland and his distin-
guished co-adyisOr. Secretary John G.
Carlisle, of Kentucky.
The following is the
MINORITY REPORT
with which the silver men nsoughttO lead
the majority rather than advocate their
own views:
The undersigned members of the
committee on resolutions dissent from
views expressed by the majority of the
committee on resolutions, which is
proposed as an Endorsement of the
present national Democratic admins
tration. because the said resolution is
ambiguous. obscure and uncertain in
its meaning. and is. in our opinion, an
attempt TO straddle the most vital ques-
tion now attracting the attention of the
American people. And, while the un-
dersigned do not concur in the views
EXPRESSED i'm said resolution, nor in the
views expressed in the amendment
which they here submit they never
theless believe that it is the duty or
the Democratic party to express itself
in clear and mambiguous terms on
tbis subject. The financial policy OF
the nresent Democratic administration
deserves an unqualified Endorsement at
the hands of the Democratic party or
Kentucky. or it does not deserve such
Endorsement: and. with view of TAX
ing the opinion of the representatives OF
the Democrats of Kentucky in conyen-
tion assembled, we submit the follow
ing as an amendment to said resolution:
resolved. BY the Democrats OF Ken
tuckv. in convention assembled, that
the present Democratic administration
is entitled to the thanks Of the whole
country for its statesmanlike manage
ment of public affairs, and we further
declare that both President Cleveland
and Secretary Carlisle are entitled TO
the UNQUALIFIED Endorsement Of the
American people for maintaining the
GOLD standard and thus maintaini2g
the credit Of the government; and their
issuance of $3.50, 100000 Of interest bear
ing bonds is hereby expressly indOrsed.
The undersigned members of the
committee on resolutions, believing that
the Democratic party of Kentucky
sbould plainly declare in favor Of true
bi-metallism,. or the gold standard, Of