The Portland daily press., 1896-09-01

Roundly Observation-Disclosures to In
dianapolis Chosen.
| Syracuse August 81.-In the Dem o.
cratic convention here today the COM
mite on permanent Organization selected
Charles S. Fairehild as permanent chair
man. The following delegates Large
| and aIternates to the Indianapolis con-
vention were elected by the committee;
Roswell P. Flower, Watertown; Gen.
Charles Tracy, Albany; Edward NJ.
Shepard, Brooklyn; Gen. George Magee,
Watkins.
Alternates-Francis M. Scott, New
York; Henry NJ. Richmond, Buffalo;
George A. Brockway; Charles J. Bissell,
| Rochester.
At 3.42 Themporary Chairman Griffin
called the convention to order and stated
that while they wers awaiting the reports
of the com mittoes DR.. William Everett of
Quincy, Mass, would address the dele
| gates. When introduced he said that
Massachusetts, stood shoulder to shoulder
with New York for honest money, honest
| politics and united union. Mr.. Everett's
reference to New York's great president,
Grover Cleveland, aroused the greatest
enthusiasm and delegates waved their
hats and cheered vociferously.
Chairman Strout of the oommitte on
permanent organization submitted re-
port naming Charles S. Fairohild as
| permanent chairman and the four dele
| gates-a large with the alternateS perma-
n0YS a
cd.
MIR. Fairohild was warmly received by
| the delegates.
Mr.. Fairchild,s announcement of the
intention of the Buffalo convention to
endorse the Chicago nominees in order
to preserve the regularity OF their organi-
cation, was enthusiastically received.
His declaration that true patriots should
save the Chicago leaders from their own
unwise declarations was also well re-
ceiyed.
The resolutions committee presented
a platform which was adopted unami-
ously with frequent enthusiastic out
bursts of applause.
The substance of the platform follows:
We repudiate the Chicago platform
and it's supplement the Populist plat
form adopted ut st. Louis because both
violate and attack all Democratic prin-
loiples. We repudiate the nominations
Of the Chicago convention. Its candidate
for President stands ms much upon the
Populist platform with its demand for
unlimited paper money, distrl bnted di-
rect 60 the people, and it's soclal1stio
and un-Amerioan demands for the ex-
tension of paternal government, as he
does upon the platform adopted at Chic
ago. lie actually sought the Populist
nomination. Having obtained, it he never
rejected it and has never repudiated the
declarations of the Populist platform.
More than all we dsplore the outburst
ofgsectional feeling which attended the
adoption Of the Chicago platform and
detestable attempt to divide the Demo-
cratic people into rich and poor. q
This platform is accepted by the presi-
dential nominee in the spirit in which
1t was adopted. Every speech he delivers
is filled with infamatory appeals to the
poor against the rich in base and IN
American and anti-social effort to obtain
votes by creating and stimulating pas
sionate class hatred among the people.
We appeal to our Democratic fellow citi-
zens seriously to consider this which is
the gravest feature Of the pending cleo
ton. How long can our Democratic in
stitutions endure ii this assault upon
them succeeds The Chicago platform
attacks the constitution both in letter
land in spirit. 1t threatens to overcome
the decisions OF the supreme court, dis
pleasing to party oaucuses by packing q
court. Under the guiss of resenting federal
1 interference in local affairs, 1t impiledly
condemns the exercise of constitut tional
powers of the federal executive to protect
the transportation of mails.
In proposing to open the mints of the
United States to the free coinage of sill
YER at the ratio of 16 to the Chicago
platform threatens a partial reputation
of the public debt, the validity of which
the constitution declares shall not be
questioned. 1t reaches the climax of
arbitrary interference with individual
rights when it seeks TO force it's debased
money upon the public by forbidding
contracts which provide for payment in
any medium more valuable than the
deprecated legal tender, which it pur-
poses to establish.
We repudinte the Chicago platform be-
cause It's purposes to substitute for our
present standard of value an unstable
and deprecated standard which would
put us on monetary level with China,
Mexico and other countries. The Ch;ca-
go platform declares against gold mono