Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-06-15
DEMOCRATS ASSEMBLE
Inc State Convention Called to Order
at Harrisburg.
ULCERS AT BRYAN'S NAME.
FA"tiorm Submitted to the Catherine
contains Clause Pledging the
rarity to Vigorously Op-
pose All Trusts,

harrisburg, June 15.-The Democratic
STATE state convention was called to order bv
SIate Chairman Killing. Temporar
chairman William M. Brinton of Lam.
caster made brief speech con,rat,,.
latihg the Democracy on its fight in 1890
ana 1913. His mention of the name NJ
Wlliiam D. Bryan as the great leader of
the Democracy was received with wild.
est applause. He said the Democrats IN
the last legislature made a record Of
which 1t can be proud. He said too much
credit and too much praise could not he
given Colonel Guffey for his leadership
in the past year.
He predicted the election of the t,ckot
next fall. If an election for governor
were held this year, he said, the Demo
Gratis would win by 100000 majority.
He criticised the management Of tho
state treasury and said the freedom OF
Cupa was due almost entirely to the un-
firing efforts of the Democratic minority
in congress-
Hugh NJ. North, Jr., of Columbia, pre-
sented the chairman with gavel made
OF oak taken from "Wheatland," the
home of James Buchanan. in Lancaster
county. II think 1t is fitting" Mr. North
said, that this gavel should be usea by
this convention, for James Buchanan,
the only president Pennsylvania ever
sent to Washington, was Lancaster
county Democrat"
This ceremony over, the roll OF dele
gates was called. After the announce
ment Of the committees on organization,
resolutions and credentials the conven-
ton took Il recess.
John NJ. Garman of IIuzerne was cho-
sen chairman OF the resolutions commit
tee. Charles ]. Riley of Lycoming was
selected by the organization committee
for permanent chairman.
The Platform.
The platform prepared for submission
to the convention is in part as follows:
1.-The Democracy of Pennsylvania, in
convention assembled, again renewing
our pledges Of fidelity am, '"yntion to the
sacred rights of the Pc l,.r. tue to the
faith and principles Of o;i: larty as de-
clared in the platforms Of our several ma
tional conventions and proud of our
matchess leader William Jennings Bry-
an, realize that the issues involved in the
coming campaign in PENNSYLVANIA are
honest government clean politics and the
redemption of our state from Republican
misrule and corruption"
The increase of public officials and
clerks and in salaries is denounced Con-
tinuing, it reads
1--WE dcnounce the indecent haste dis.
played and the disrespect shown the peo-
pie by the governor of the state in the
appointment to the vacancy in the Unit.
ed States senate Of NJ. s. Quay, who
to prevent II full investigation before a
jury of his country, pleaded the statute
Of limitations against the most serious
charges of crime"
The immediate prosecution of those
guilty of bribery, actual or attempted, in
connection with the recent senatorial
contest, and their sentence to the full
penalty of the law are demanded. On the
question of trusts it reads:
1--WE are opposed to all combinations
of capital calculated to produce lnonopo'
ly or restrain trade rs being inconsistent
with the spirit Of free institutions, and
if thci, establishment cannot be constitu
tionaly prevented we hold that they
should be so regulated and limited by
proper legislation that individual effort
and opportunity shall not be impaired"