The Yale expositor., 1896-07-17

those arteries OF commerce. We d4n,and the
enlargement OF the powers of the Interstate
commerce commission and such restric lions and
guarantees In the control of railroads as will
protect the PEOPLE from robbery and oppres-
sion. o..
We denounce arbitrary interference by federal
authorities in local affairs a violation OF the
constitution OF the United States and crime
against Tree institutions and especially OBJ
leet to government by injunction as new ana
mighty dangerous form of oppression by which
Iedcral judges. in contempt of the laws OF the
states and rights of citizens, become at once
legislators, judges and executioners; and
approve the bill passed at the last session of
the United senate and now pending in the house
relative To contempts in federal courts and pro-
vldlng for trials by jury in certain cases of
No discrimination should be INDUCED by the
government of the United States in favor OF
or the hfty-thrd congress to pass the Pacific
railroad funding bill and denOunce the effort
Oh the present Republican congress TO enact
a similar measure
Recognizing the just claims of deserving
Union soldiers, we heartily indorse the rule of
the present commissioner of pensions that
names shall be arbitrarily dropped from the
pension roll and the fact OF enlistment and
service should be deemed conclusive evidence
against disease or disability before enlistment.
We favor the admission of the territories of
New Mexico and Arizona into the union as
states and we favor the early admission of all
the territories having the necessary population
ana resources to entitle them to statehood, and
while they remain territories we hold that the
OFFICIALS appointed to administer the govern
Hleht or territory together with the District
Tesidehts or the territory or district in which
their duties are TO be performed. The Demo-
cratic party believes in home rule and that all
public lands of the United States should be APP
propriated to the establishment of free homes
for American citizens. We recommend that
the territory of Alaska be granted a delegate
In congress- and that the general land and
timber laws OF the United States be extended
to said territory.
We extend our sympathy to the people of
cuba IN their heroic struggle for liberty and in
dependence.
service. We favor appointments based upon
merits, fixed terms of Office and such an ad-
mnistration os the civil service laws as will
certaned fitness.
We declare it to be the unwrittcn law of this
repuD lc, established by custom and usage of
100 years and sanctioned by the examples of the
greatest ana wsest of those who founded and
nave maintained our government that no man
should be eligible for third term of the pres
idential office.
The federal government should care for and
improve the Mississippi river and other great
waterways of the republic so as to secure for
the interior states easy and cheap transporta-
tion 20 tide water. When any waterway or the
republic is Of sufficient Importance to demand
aid of the government. such aid should be ex-
tended upon definite plan Of continuous work
until permanent improN cment is secured
Coniing in the justice OF our cause and the
necessity of its success at the polls. submit
. the foregoing declaration OF principles ana pur-
poses to the consideration and judgment Of the
American people. We invite tie support OF all
citizens who approve them and who desire In
have them made effective through legislation
for the relief Of the people and the rest, raj ion
of the countiy's prosperity.
senator Tillman was the first to get
the ifoor after the reading of the report.
He presented a striking figure, but won
the antagonism of the assembly by his
harsh expressions. He was Missed more
IDENTIFY not being in a mood to appre-
ciate MS haunting proudly of the fact
that he came from the. state which was
the home of secession" Nor did they
agree with him whom he said that the
silver question was a sectional issue, that
1t arrayed the south and west against
the cast. "Hill"' "Hill!" We're the cries
which came from all sides when Tllman
had finished, but Senator Jones, of Ar
Kansas, came TO the front and said he
could not allow the statement that the
silver issue was a sectional one to pass
unchallenged. Great cheers greeted this,
ana plainly showed that the convention
was of the same feeling on that point.
There was a wild scene when Senator
Hin, OF New York, assembled the plat
form. He shook the hands of the pre-
siding officer, and then with smile
shouting crowd. Men were on their
chairs waving handkerchiefs, flags and
tossing hats in the air. The vast volume
of sound ehbed and flowed, and would
again taken up and echoed and re-echoed
until the great building rang. Mr.. Hill
said he deprecated attacks on those
yer at 10 to l. He had always treated
men Of this opinion with respect and he
would do the same to-day. To him the
differed. He believed the best course
for this convention to pursue was to
take the first great step toward interna-
tlonal bimetallsm. He denounced q dec
money as suicidal. The income tax
plank, also, he scathingly criticised He
attacked also the plank which he said
for the first time committed the parry
to opposition to life tenure Of the Demo-
cratic fathers. 1t was foolish and I'M
necessary. 1t was a revolutionary step
plea for the integrity of the party. 1--WE
want to build up the Democratic party"
he said, mot tear it down. We love and
honor the principles of jefferson and
we are true to the old faith. If we stand
by the traditional policy of the Demo-
cratic saints of the past we can win:
| If We put them aside we are lost" The
| gold delegates climbed upon their chairs
and Joined the galleries in the demon
| stration in honor of their champion as
| he descended from the platform and re-
sumed his seat in the New York delega-
| ton.
| Senator William +. Villas, of Wiscon-
| sin, who had served in the first Cleveland
| cabinet as postmastcr-general, stepped to
| the platform when the Hill enthusiasm
had begun to wane, and m-de brief
speech, in which he said 1t was to pro-
| test against a proposed revolution in
| party faith that he spoke for the minor
| ny;,
The Bay state delegates stood on their
| chairs and sent M three ringing cheers,
| as Villas descended and there were cries
| of Russell, Russell. Russell" for the
| young statesman, three times governor of
| Massachusetts. 81 have but one word to
| say" he began. THE time for debate Is
| past. l am conscious-painfully conscious
| that the mind of this convention is not,
| and has not been, open to argument. l
| know the will of this great majority,
| which has seen fit to override precedents
| and attacks the sovereignty of states Is
| to rigidly enforce its views. l know full
| well that an appeal, also, will fall on deaf
| ears. There is but one thing left-tc
| enter my protest | do so, not in anger
| or in bitterness, but with a feeling of in.
| finite sorrow. Our country. If not this
| convention, will listen to our protest"
| The demonstration that followed was
| submerged beneath the storm of cheers
| that greeted the appearance on the stage
| of William j. Bryan, of Nebraska, the
hoy orator Of the Platte" who made O
| speech which seemed to set the vast as.
| semblage into a blaze. He spoke depre
catingly of himself. But" he added
| "the humblest citizen in the land, wher
| clad in the armor of righteousness, is
| stronger than all the h-sts of error
| This struck keynote which sounded to
! the rafters and thereafter the silverites
sent up yell after yell of deepest delight
! after every striking period. The cause Of
| silver, he declared. was the cause of lib
| erty. of humanity, therefore he deprecat
| ed any denunciation of President Cleve
| Ia 1 bppnuco tho iGguc n n,