The San Francisco call., 1896-06-19

an extended foreign
trade of the United nep"oetc@"
States became a fact. ConveTatSon Of
John Sherman, in June, 1884,
his "Forty Years in
the House, Senate and CABINET wrote
that he considered Mr.. Blaine to be the
t.natural candidate in 1884. He always
opposed Chinese immigration.
The Republican National Convention of
1884 assembled in Chicago June 3. The
preliminary canvass demonstrated his
personal popularity, which had made him
a formidable candidate before the conven-
tions of 1876 and 1880. His principal COM
uetitor for the nomination was Arthur.
On the first ballot Blaine received 3341I
votes: Arthur received 278, Edmunos SO,
John A. Logan 631z, Hawley 13, Sherman
80. Robert T, Lincoln 4, General Sherman
2. Blaine gained steadily and was nomi
mated on the fourth ballot, receiving $50
votes. Arthur had 207 on this ballot.
Logan's friends went over in body to
Blaine on the fourth ballot, which made
the result certain.
"His nomination." says Smalley, twas
triumph of positive, practical statesman
ship in domestic affairs and of courage
tions of this country with other nations"
John A. Logan was nominated for Vice
President on the first ballot, receiving 773
votes to for. Gresham, for Fairchild of
Wisconsin and for Foraker. The plat
form spoke in no uncertain tone about the
tariff The fourth plank was as follows:
1t is the first duty of good government to
protect the rights and promote the interests of
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dustry is the most productive of general pros
! perity and of the comfort and independence
of the people. We therefore demand that the
imposi tion of duties on foreign imports shall
be made, not for revenue only, but that in
raising the requisite revenues for the Govern
ment, such duty shall be so levied as to afford
security to our diversified industries and pro-
lection to the rights and wages of the laborer,
to the end that active and intelligent labor, as
well as capital, may have its just reward and
| the laboring man his full share In the National
prosperity.
| The platform also favored the regulation
of railway corporations, opposed Chinese
| immigration, indorsed civil service reform,
approved of the eight-hour system Tor
labor, and asserted that tits the duty of the
Nation to secure all rights to all citizens.
The Democratic National Convention,
which met in Chicago July 8, nomi-
mated Grover Cleveland for President and
Thomas A. Hendricks for Vice-President.
A part of the Democratic platform ls here.
with given because the issue between the
two great parties was the tariff. The ex-
tract is as follows:
Sufficient revenue to pay all the expenses of
the Federal Government, economically admin
istered, including pensions, interest and prin-
cipal of the public debt, can be got under our
present system OF taxation from Custom-house
taxes on fewer imported articles, bearing
heaviest on articles of luxury and bearing
lightest on articles of necessity. We, there
fore, denounce the abuses of the existing
tariff, and, subject to the preceding limita-
lions, we demand that Federal taxation shall
be exclusively for public purposes and shall
not exceed the needs OF the Government,
economically administered.
The popular vote for the candidates of
the two great parties was close. Cleveland,
who was elected. received 4911, OF, Blaine
4.S4S,3 333. The plurality for Cleveland was
only 6S, ,6S3. The electoral vote was; Cleve-
land 219 Blaine 182.
The country had four years of Demo
cratic rule under the first Democrat elected
to the Presidency
since James Buchan- Nomination
an. He was succeeded of General
as chief executive by Harrison,
Benjamin Harrison.
The Republican National Convention of
1883 met at Chicago June 10. Morris NJ.
Estee of California was the permanent
chairman. The chairman of the platform
committee was William Mckinley of Ohio,
who was well known as the protective
tariff champion in the House of Repre-
letter, had told his friends that he did not
wish the nomination for the Presidency.
The names now prominently mentioned
wereSherman, Allison, Harrison, Gresham
and Depew. The first ballot developed
votes for fourteen candidates and three
successive ballots showed little change.
Depew withdrew his name. Harrison was
n ominated on the eighth ballot, receiving
544 votes to 283 cast for all other candi-
dates, and his nomination was made unan-
imous. Levi P. Morton of New York was
ominated for Vice-President. Once more
the party spoke decidedly for protection
as follows:
We are uncompromisingly in favor of the
American system of protection; we protest
against Its destruction as proposed by the
President and his party. They serve the inter-
of America. We accept the issu ue and con-
fdently appeal to the people for their judg-
ment. The protective system must be main
tanned. Its abandonment has always been
followed by general disaster TO all interests,
except those of the usurer and the Sheriff. We
denounce the Mills bill as destructive to the
general business, the labor and the farming
interests of the country and we heartily in
dorse the consistent and patriotic action of the
Republican Representatives in Congress in
opposing its passage.
Civil service reform, pensions, the Mon
roe doctrine and other issues were treated.
The following was adopted concerning
bimetallism:
The Republican party is in favor of the use
of both gold and silver as money and con-
demns the policy of the
Democratic admins c7...lus,y.
tration in its efforts to
demonetize silver. second
Grover Cleveland NonsfnatIoR.
was renominated at
the DemOrratic National Convention af Cf