The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-02
Resolutions Will Be Adopted
By Democratic Nation
al Convention.
PARKER BEARS TRIBUTE.
DOCUMENT THE OUTGROWTH OF
a CONFERENCE ON THE DAY
OF THE FUNERAL OF LATE
Ex-PRESIDENT.

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other delegates from New York, have
left to attend the national democratic
convention at Denver,
On the day of ex-President Cleve-
lands funeral an informal conference
of leading men from many states was
held, at which 1t was agreed that upon
the completion of the address of the
temporary chairman Of the convention
q series of declarations commemorate
ing the ex-president's relations with
his party and the country should be
introduced AS a result of this agree
.ment Judge Parker will present the
following resolutions:
Resolved. That before entering up
on the special and important work for
which this national convention of the
democratic party of the United States
has been called, we take the earliest
opportunity solemnly to express our
grief over the death Of Grover Cleve-
land. We record our profound appre-
citation of his lofty character, his COM
manding ability and his unfailing wis
dom. We indulge a just pride that
his patriotic and unselfish services,
rendered to his country in the time OF
need, were made possible as the repre-
sentative and the chosen candidate OF
the democratic party for president IN
three of its national conventions. We
mourn his loss the more because his
great gifts of mind and heart, so cheer
fully and SO effectively devoted to its
service over period OF fifty-two
years, are no longer to be at the COM
mand of his party and his country.
Politics Buried In Death.
In thus giving expression to the
keen sense of loss felt, without refer
ence to political opinion, by our fellow
citizens throughout the country. we
recognize his faithfulness at all times
and under all circumstances to the set
tied traditions and the policies Of the
democratic party as exemplified by its
declarations of principles. by its acts
and by the ideas and utterances of all
its great leaders from the days of
Thomas jefferson to those of Samuel
J. Tilden.
work was done and his greatest re-
sponsibility assumed in the execution
of federal authority, he upheld with
all the force of his mind, with heroic
devotion to principle and with all the
power of his great office and influence
the rights of the state and local gov
ernments. He thus rendered effective
service in assisting and maintaining
that just distribution of powers which
SO distinguished the political system
bequeathed by the founders of the re-
public.
He respected the integrity of our
courts and so insisted upon the strict
est enforcement of the law that every
honest man or interest might be pro-
tected and all offenders punished
without fear or favor.
On the one hand, ne consistently
pressed upon his counrrymen the ne
cessity@ for a revision of our tariff
laws. which should strip away every
,vestige of favor, remove every excuse
or reason for monopoly and destroy
every harbor in which privilege is
wont to find shelter, while, on the
other hand. he enforced that expendi-
ture which he believed would elimi-
nate the corruption entailed from an
era of extortion and extravaganza
against which his whole career was a
protest.
HeAmaintained the public credit and
honor stood firm as rock in defense
of sound principles Of finance and re-
sisted the dangerous economic doc
trines& and practices left by the repub-
lican party as heritage to our peo-
pie.
Under his administration civil ser
vice reform was first redeemed from
the region of pretense and became a
reality.
Upheld Monroe Doctrine.
He took the Monroe doctrine out of
the realm of dreams and made it a
thing Of life and power, which com
mands universal respect
He so insisted that official respon.
sibility was his bounden duty and the
inalienable right of our people, that
his motto. public office is public
trust" was the ruling principle of his
life and is the fitting epitaph for his
monument.
He preserved simplicity of living
and character in a time when ostenta
ton. both publicNd private, not only
seemed to be a necessity, but had beer
raised to the rank of a virtue.
Recognizing these commanding
achievements of the only democratic
president indicted into office since
1857, proud that his life and career
have so strikingly illustrated the fun
damental principles of our party the
possibilities of our social organization
and the strength of our republican in
situations we hereby direct the officer:
of this convention to transmit by tel
egraph to Mrs. Cleveland in Princeton
\. J., this expression of our sorrow
and our pride.
We further request the democratic
members of the senate and the hous
of representatives to take steps to in
sure the erection in Washington at tn
earliest day possible of IN adequat
national monument to commemorate
the services of Grover Cleveland.
1t is still further resolved, That il