Cleveland Chosen

CLEVELAND AND TÜURMAN'. 6t. LOCIS, June 7.- The second day s sesion oí the Democratie National convention iras called to order by Temporary Chairman ■White at 10:23 a. m. Rev. J. P. Greene, oí Missouri, del.vered an invocation. A resoluHou was aúopted accepting a silver gavel from Celerado, and placing it in the eustody of the Nsrtional Committee. Credentials were r olved from Alaska and referrred, amid laugbter. to the Credentials Committee. Mr. Mallory, of Florida, sent this resolutio n to the ecretarv: ■' Btrolved, That tbis convention approves of nd hereby indorses the principies of the tariff teform initiated by President Cleveland Lloud nfl oproarious applausel in bis llrst message to the present Congress, and tothe policy reconw mended by him for the practical application of Ihose principies to the administration of government we give our unqualified and universal1 íupport." [Loud cheers.l ■fjnder the rules this resolution was re'erred. Coneressmen P. A. Collins, of Massachusetts and H. H. Ingersoll, of Tennessee. were anno'jncedas permjnent chairman and secretary Tpectively. ILoud applause.l A rule was adopted that no State shall change itt Tote until the cali oí all the States has been completed. Oekeral Collins returned thanks to the convention for 1he honor bestowed upon him. ana promised to fulflll the duties imposed on him to his utmost ability. He paid an eloquent tribute to the wisdom and forethought of Thomas Jefferson. Saidhc: "The Democratie creed was not penned by Jefferson for a section or a class of the people, but for all time. These principies conserved and expanded the Republic in all its better days. A strict adherence to them will preserve it to the end. so the Democracy of to-day, as in the past, believe with Jefferson. ■Trueto these principies, the Democratie party iought succeessfuHy our foreign wars, protected our citizens in everv clime, compelled the respect of all Nations for our fiag, added imperial domain to our territory, and happiness to all our people. "False to these principies, the great Federal, Whig and Know-Nothing partios went down, never to rise, and we are here to-day repreeentatives of the party that has survived all others, the united, triumphant, invincible Democracy, prepared to strike down forever the ladt sur'vtving foe in November. "Now." sáid the speaker, "we stand on the edge of another era, perhaps a greater contest wlth a relation to the electors, that we have not held for a generation, thal of resconsibily for tbe erent trust of government. We are no Ionger auditors, but accountants; no longer entics. but the criticised. The responslbüity is ours, and if we have not taken all the power necessary to m;ike that responsibility good. the fault is ours. not that of the people. A glowing tndorsement of President Clevelands admimstration followed, and the Rratitude of the party was expressed to patriotic, independent eitlzens, who fouryears ago forsook their old allegiance and came to our support, and who since thut fme have nobiy BUstained ihe Administration. General Collins' address w;is received with TOoifkrous expressions ot approval. He then announced that the C'ommittfB on Resolutions wo'jld not be able to report until S o'clock in the evening. Congressman Tim Campbell, of New ork, oflered a resolution expressing sympathy for Genera! Shendan, which was unanimously adopted. Th convention decided to listen to a speech from Mrs. Merriwether. of St. Louis, on behalf ot woman suffrage. Mrs. Merriwether was aaable to speak bul a few minutes, as the öelegates and people paid no attention. Mr. Hensell, of Pennsylvania, moved that the roll of the States and Territories be called and the names of candidates for President lind Vice-President be placed in nomina llODi UUli IXiUL UU u&HVJIj UW fctrn.ü uuv aiter the Committee on Kesolutions shall have reponed. The resolution was adoptad, irith upplause. When AUbama was called, the chairman Baid his State desired to give ar to New York. The convention. applauded at this announcement, &nd when the New York delega1ob presented Daniel Dounherty to make tne speech naming Cleveland the great hall raag with cheers, which were prolonged ior nefcrly a minute until Mr. Dougherty mounted th platform, when it was redoubled as soon as bo could bc heard. He said' "I Kreet you, my countrymen, with fraternal regaras ' In your presence I bow to The majesty ot the people. The sight itself is inspir.ng the tlioiight ublime. You come from every State nd Territory. from every nook and corner of our ocean-bound, continent-covermi? country. Ycm are about to discharge a more than imperiil duty with simples! ceremonfcs. You, as representatives of the people, are to choose a Mag-.strate with power mightier than a monarch, yet oheoked and lontrolled by the supreme law of a'wrlttén eonttltutton. Thus impressed I ascend the rostrum to name the next President of the Unltd States. New York presents hlm to the convention, and pledges her electoral ïote. Deleeations from the th:rty-eisht States and all the Terrltories are assembled, without caucus or consultation, rondy, simultaneously, Ko take up th3 cry and maUe the vota una&imous. We are here not, indeed, to choose a candidate, but to name one Üie people have already chosen. He is the man for the people. H s career illustrtes the glory of our institutions. Eight years ago unknown, save in his own localïty he for the last hour has stoort in the eaze ef the world discharglng tho most exalted flutles that can Be confided to mortal. To-flay determines, that not of tais own choleo butby the mándate of tais countrymen, and wjth the sanotlon ot Heaven, he shall OU. the Presidency for four jears more. H tas met and mastered every questlon ai 1Í from youth tralned to statesmanihip. The promises ot hg letter of aooeptanca ana Inaugural adejress have been fulfllled. His fidellty In the pat inspires faith in th future. He Is not a hope. He IB a realizatlon. Scorning ubterfuüe, disdalnlng re-election by conceHng conrictlons. mindful of hie osth of office to deiend Ihe constitution, he couraeeously declares to Congres, dropping minor mattert, that the Êupreme issue is reiorro. revis on, reduction of National taxation. That the Treaeury of th United Stats, gluttefl with unneeded KOl4,oppresses Industry, embarrasses business, endangers financlal uanquir.ty and breeds extrVgance. centrallzation and corruptlon. That high taxaüon, vital for the expendltur! of n unparalleled war, Is robbery in years of prosparoui paace. That the millions that pourlnto thè Treasury come from the hard-earned lavinf ■ of the American people. That In violation f equality of rights the present tarifl has creted a prlTlleged class, who, shapins legtslatlon for their Dersonal cain, levy by law tributíoBS for the necessaries of Ufe from every man, woman and child In the Und.QThat to lower the tariff is not fre trade ; lt 1 to reduce the unjust profitsftof moBonolltts and boss manufacturers ana allow corrsumers to retaln the rest. Tne man who aaiertK that to lower the tariff maans free trtde Insult ntelligence. We brand hlm as a fallfir. It Ís furtherest from thought to in ptrll capital or disturb entrrprtses. The alm lt to uohold wüges and protect the nghts oí alL " Thls Admlnistrat'.oo bat rescuea tne public domaln froín Tould-be birons and cormorant oorporatlons faithleíi to obllgations, and reerved lt for free home for this and coming fSieratlons. There ís noplltering. There areo joVs under this Adtninlttration. 'Public office is a súbito trust.' integrtty stands guard at every poirtoí our vast mplre. Whilc the PrMiAMit ha been the medium through which hai Cowed the undylng uratltufle of the Kepublio fr her toldiert, ha bas not hesitated to withhold approval from special legislation lf strictest mquiry revealed a want of truth and justice, Above ill. secttonal strife. as never before, is at an enu, and sixty millions of freemen in the es of brotherhood are prosperous and happy. ''These are the achievements of thia Adminlstratlon. Under the same üluitrious leader w are ready to meet our political opponnt in high and honorable debate and stake our triumph on the intelligence, vlrtue and patnotism of the people. Adheling to tue constitution, iis every line and letter, ever rememberlnR that ' powers not delegated to the United States by the conttltution nor prohibited by it to the State, ara reifrved to the States respectively or to .the people' by the authority of the Dcmocracy ol New York, backed by the Democracy of the enttre Union, I give you a narne entwined with vlctory. I nomínate Grover Cleveland, of New Yorltr Mr. MtKenzc. of Kentuck?, moved to Missend the rules, and to nomínate Grover Cleveland for President. The chair put the question. and tliere was re turned trom the convention a thundering chorus of ayes. The chair therefore announced that Grover Cleveland, taavlng received an unanimous vote wa6 the candidate of the Democratie party for the ofllce of President of the United States. When silence had once more been restorei Senator Voorhees, of Indiana, moved that the convention tulte a recess until 10 o'clock to dy. Mr. Hensell, of Pennsylvania, sald th Oommütee on Resolutions was subordínale to the convention and could be directed by it. He proposed to move tha the committee be instructed to report to tftis body at a given time. The coromlttee had already been in session nearly tweiny-four hours, and if it could not wee Wlth n that time ; oever would ai?n;e. If the comm.ttee was not ready tobrinft in one report lot it hrinsf in two. Before the cali of the roliof tlic Stiltes on Mr. Voorhees motion was completeü.a was evident that it would have a large mnjonty, and at toe suttgestion oí the chair the convention, by unanrmous consent, agreed to suspend the cali and agreed to the rriotion, and the chair, at 1 :58, announced that the conve.a on siood adjcurned unta 10 o'cloclt to-dav. St. Louis. June H- The ooBTentfnn reasserr,bied at 10:35 yes erday morning. Af ter prayer Henry Watt-rnoa, of Kentucky. presentad the platfoim whlo i b as follows: "The Democratie party of the United States In National conventen ussemblen. renews the pledgeof itstiJelity to the Demoorol-O fa:th, and reaffirms the platform adopied by its representatives in the convention of 188, and indoises the views expressed by President Cleveland in h s last earnest messnge to Consress as the correct interpretaron of that platform upon the question of tariff reduclion; and also ïndores the efforts of our Democratie representat ves in Congress to secure a reduction of eicessive taxat on. . ■■Chief among its principies of party faitli ore the maintenance of an mdisso.uble un on of free and indestructible t" ates, now about to enter upon its second century of unexampled proTess and renown, devouon to a plan of government regulated by a written constitut on strictly specifying every granted power and expressly reserving to the States or people the entire ungranted residue of power; the encouragement of a iealous popular vigilance. directeü to all who have been chosen for brief terms to enact and execute the laws, and are charged with the duty of preserving peace, ensurins equality and establishing Justice. "The Democratie party welcome an exacting scrutiny of the administration of the executfve power, which four years ago was committed to its trusts in the election of Grover Cleveland, President of the United States, but it challenees the most searching inqiry concerning its fidelity and devotion to the pleüge which then invited the suffrages of the people during a most critical period of our flnancial affairs, resulting from over-taxation, the anómalos condition of our currency, and a public debt unmatured, it has by the adoption of a wise and conservativo course not only averted disaster, but gAatly promoted the prosperity of the people. "It bas reversed the improv:dent and unwise policy of the Eepublican party touching the public domain, and has reclaimed from corporations and synd. cates alien and domestic and restored to the people nearly one hundred milllons of acres of valuable land to be sacredlv held as uomesteads for ourcitizens. "Whilecarcfully guarding tne interests to the principies of justice and equity, it has paid out more for pensions and bounties to the soldiers and sailore of tne Republic than was ever pa-d before duringan equal period. It has adopted, consistently pursued, a flrm and prudent fore.sn policy, preserving peaee with all nations whlle serupulously maintaining all the rights and interests of our own Government and people at home and abroad. ■Tik; exclusión írom our shores of Chinese laborers has been eftectually secured under the provisión of a treaiy. tne operation of whlch has been postponed by the action of a Repub lican majority in the Senate. "In cvery branch and department of tne Government under Democratie control, the rif hts and the welf a1 e of all the people have been gu&rded and defended; every public interest has Deen protected, and the equality of all our et zens before the law. without regard to race or color, has been sieaufastly maintained. "Uponits record tbus exhifcited and upon the pledge of a continuance to the people of thebenetits of Demooracy it invokes a renewal of popular trust by ihe re-election of a Chief Magistrute who has been fftitbful, able and prudent, and invoke in addition to that trust the transfer also to the Democracy of the entirü legislativo power. '■The Republican party, controlling the Senate and resisting in both houses of Concress a reformation of unjust and unequal tax laws, whichhave outlasted the necessities of war and are now undermining the abundance of a long peace, deuy to the people equality before the law, and tne fairness an3 the justice which are their rigat. Then the cry of American labor for a better share in the rewaras of industry is stifled with faise pretences. enterprise is iettered and bonnd down to home markets; capital is discouraged ith doubt, and uneijual, unjust laws can neither be properly amended or repealed. The Democratie party will continue, wtth afl the power connded to it, the struggle to reform these laws in accordance with the pledges of its last platform, indorseö at the ballot-box by the suffrages of the people. Of all the industrious freemen of our land, the Immense majorityincluding every tiller of the soil, gain no ad, vantage from excessive tix laws, but the price of nearly every thing they buy is increased by the favontism of an unequal system of tax legislation. "All urn"cessary taxation is unjusttaxation. It is repugnant to the creed of Democracy that by such taxation the cost of the neeessaries of li'fe should be unjustifiably increased to all our people. Judged by Democratie principies, the interests of the people are betrayed when, by unnecessary taxat;on, trusts and combinations are ' permitted to exist, while unduiy enriching the few, that combine to rob the body of our citizens by depriving them of the Denetits of natural competition. Every rule of Governmental action is violated when through unnecessary taxation a vast suin of money iar beyond the needs of an economical Administration is drawn from the people, the channels oí trade, and accumulated as a demoralizing surplus in the National Treasury. " The money now lying idle in the Federal Treasury resultini; from superfluous taxation amounts to more than one hundred and twentyüve milhons, and the surplus collected is reaching the sum of more than sixty millions annualiy. Debauched by the immense temptation the remedy of the Republican party is to meet anrt exhaust by extravagant appropnations and expenses, whether constitutional or not, the aecumulation or extravügant taxation. The Democratie policy is lo enforce frugality in public expense and abolish unnecessary tuxation. " Our estabiisheddomestlc industries and enterprises should not and need not be endangered by the reduction and correction of the burdens oí taxation. On the contrary, a fair and careful revisión of our tax laws. with due ahowance tor the difïerence between the wages of American and foreign labor must promote and encourage every branch of 6uch industries, and eriterorises by givingthem assuranee of an extended" marnet and steady and continuous operatious. In the interests of American labor, which should in no event be neglected. the revisión of our tax laws contemplated by the Democratie party should promote the advantage of such labor by cheapening the cost of necessaries of life in the home of every working-man, and at the same time securing to hiin steady and remunerativo cmplovment." Mr. Watterson moved that the report of ihe committee be adopted, which was agreed to by a unanimous vote. After the adoption of the platform resolutions were introduced and adopted as follows: By Mr. Scott. of Pennsyivunia - Indorsing and recommending the early passage of the Mills bill. By Mr. Lehman, ol Iowa- Declaring for the admission of Washington, Dakota. Montana and New Mexico into the Union. By ex-Governor Abbett, of New Jersey - Expressing sympathy with the struKgiing people of all nations in their efforts to obtain the blessing of selfgovernment and especially declares sympathy with the patriotsledby Gladstone and Parnell. By Mr. Baker, of Ohio- A resolution of respect to the memory of the late Vice-President Hendricks The chairman announced that Edward Cooper, of Ne York, dissented from part of the platform; with this exoeption the committee was unanimous. Mr. Tarpey, of California, then aróse and placed in nomination tof Vice-Presldent Hou. Allen G. Thurman, of Ohjo. Thomas M. Patterson, of Colorado, named General John C. Black, of Illinois, and Senator Voorhees, of Indiana, named Governor Gray, of that State. Ia the one ballot taken Thurman received 704 votes, Gray 105. and Black 31, but when the changing began and Colorado, Iowa and other States that had refrained from voting cast their lots for Thurman, Mr. Shanklin, of Indiana, mounied the stand and withdrew the name o Gray; and upon motion of Mr. Patterson, of Colorado, the nomination of Mr. Thurman was made unanimous. rne cnairman men aeciareu Aiien ts. inurman as 1he unanimous cho:ee ol this convention ior VieePresident. Alter passing various resolutlons oí thanks and receiving the various delegations the convention, on motion oí Governor Green, o! New Jersey, at 2:09 p. m., adjourned sint di. St. Louis, June 9. - The new National Committee orsanized temporarily Thursday afternoon by electing exSenator Barnum chairman and Mr. Pascoe, ol Florida, secretary. Kesolutions oí thanks to offleers oí the old committee and of the convention were p:ssed, and the committee adjourned to meet in Washington June SB. .The iollowing is the committee: Alabama, H. C. Semple; Arkansas, S. R Hughey: California, M. F. Tarpey; Colorado, C. S. Thomas; Connecticut. W. H. Barnum; Dela■ware, Dr. James A. Draper: Florida, Samuel Pasco; Georgia, James H. Estill; Illinois, E. M. Phelps; Indiana, Lyman P. Sheehan; lowa, J. J. Richardson; Kansas, C.W. Blair; Kentucky, H. D. McHenry; Louisiana, James Jpffries; Maine. Arthur Sewall; Marylanct, A. P. Gorman; Massathusetts, Charles S. Lewis; Michigan, O. M. Barnes; Minnesota, M.chacl Doran i Mississippl, C. A. Jofcnstcn; Missouri, J. g. Prather; Nebraskis, J. Boyd; Nevada, it. f. Keatinc: New Hampshlre, A. W. Sullowmy; New Jersev, Miles Ross; New York, H. Oelnehs; North Carolina, M. W. Ransom; Oh.o, Calvin S Brice; Ores?on, A. NoUner; Pennsylvania, W. jj Bcott; Rhode Island. J. B. liarnaby; South Carolina, F. W. Dawson; Tennessee, R. F. Looney; Texas, O. T. Holt; Vermont, Herman Athius; Vivginia, J. S. Brbour; Wast Virginia, W. M. Clements; Wscons in, J. L. MitóheU; Ar;zona, W. K. Mearte; Dakotii, M. H. Dav; District of Columbia, Will am Dickinson; Montana, W. J. McQormtck; New Mexico, A. Josephs; Utah, J. P. Rosebrough; Washington Terr.tory, J. H. Kuhn; Wyoming, M. ï.. Post; Idaho, John Haley. Indtanapolis, Ind., June 9.- Governor Gray received the news oí Thurman's nomlnation with complacency. "Ihave had no other expeetation for ■ two dayi Ihan that Thurman would be nominated for Vice-President, he said " I have long thought that the man wnom the New York delegation supported would bc the nominee. I think I should have had no troublehadit not been for Thurman's candidacy?" Washington, June 9.- Every Democrat n the House who has been heard trom expresses his satisfaction at the St. Louis platform, so far as lts provisions regarding the tariff are known The members of the Ways and Means Committee are especially well pleased with it. Dispatches from all part of the country show that the St. Louis nominations are received by Democrats with unbounded satisfaction.