The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-03

RESOLUTIONS.
Nominations being concluded the plat
form committee reported the following res
OlutIons, which were adopted without a
dissenting vote:
1he Democratic party OF Cambria coun-
ty by Is representatives in convention as
Sembled rea atfrmS its adherence to the fun
uamental principles of free government
namely, that al! men are created equal
and that governments are instituted
among men TO secure TO them the enjoy
ments OF their natural and inalienabIe
rights. Realizing that the greatest danger
TO which free government can be exposed
Is the tending TO use its powers for the ad-
vantage of special interests, we denounce
that most vicious piece of class Legislation
known as the Dingley tariff bill The only
laws that can be of advantage to all the
people are the laws that guarantee free
dom OF opportunity and equality of rights
A discriminating tariff bill is opposed To
this principle, and being against equality
and natural rights should be abhorred by
all good citizens as being destructive of the
end for which our government was insti-
tuted
We reaffirm our adherence TO the plat
form proclaimed by the national Demo-
cratic convention at Chicago in ls95. as be-
Ing an exposition of the correct rule of DO
litIcal action leading to the administration
OF the national government upon the con-
stitutional principles of freedom and equal
lty, aud as being opposed to every form of
governmental favOritiSm
We denOunce the last legislature of Penn
sylvania which by its subServience to the
dictatiOn of INSCRIPTIONS bosses ard SER
Witty to the influence of the retained
agents Of special privilege, voted away the
rights of the people and refused to enact
laws demanded by the people for the pro-
lection of their rights. And as means of
giving the people that power in the enact
ment of laws To which they are of right en-
titled, but which experience proves they
cannot have by their representatives, We
suggest aS remedy the plan of direct leg
islation known as the initiative and refer
endum as means of bringing back the
lawmaking power into the hands of the
people.
The growing practice of what is known
as government by injunction is To be view
eG with alarm and condemned as an I'M
warrantable usurpation in contrvention of
the rights Of free speech and free assem-
biage, and as an attempt having for its re-
suit the doing away with the time honor
ed right of trial by jury.
We heartily commend the course of Hon.
John Nj. Garman, chairman of the Demo-
cratic state central committee, in his con-
duct of the campaign of 1886, and diSap-
prove OF the action of the Hon VIM f.
Harrlty In continuing TO occupy a place on
the Democratic national committee, while
refraining from prOnouncing himself 10 be
in accord with the party on national is
sues.
During the progress of the convention a
commltte was appointed to- report on the
adViSabiiity of changing the time of hold
ing the primary election and conventions.
The committee consisting of Edward IL.
Bailey. ii. j. HOpple, l.. j. Bearer, H. A.
Shoemaker and Hugh Maloy reported a
resolution favoring a change from the la 81
Saturday in August as the day for holding
the primary elections to the first Saturday
In August, and the convention on the
Monday following. To make this change
the resolution must be approved by the
next convention. The convention then ad
jOurned.