Two States For Gray

Madison, Wis., May &- The Democratie state convention for the election of delegates to the national Democratie convention met at noon yesterday in the capítol, and after organization proceeded to select the following representatives to the St. Louis convention: Delegates-at-large- G. W. Woodward, of LaCrosse, chairman; Shandin, Milwaukee; G. W. Bird, Madison; J. H. Knight, Ashland. District delegates- J. E. Dodge, R. R. Kirkland, O. A. WeUs, S. W. Lamoreaux, W. W. Smith, T. U. Brooks, Ed Hackett, James Kneelaud, W. H. Semon, W. Sykes, A. W. Patton, R. C. Falconer, N. J. Patterson, S. W. Dickinson, T. F. Frawley, R. J. McBride, J. Edwars, A. B. McDonald. The permanent chairman was J. M. Morrow, of Momee, and mis h speech he roused his auditors and brought out generous rounds of applause. The resolutions were brief and went through with a whoop as folio ws: The Democrats of Wisconsin, in convention assembled, heartily and fully indorse the wise, conservative and patriotic course of Grover Cleveland as president of the United States. We take pride in the manly courage with which he has faced the hosts of protected monopoly and advocated the reduction of war tarifï taxes now retained ouly upon the every-day necessities of the farmer, the artisan, and laborer, having long since been removed from the incomes, the bauk capital, and the bank checks of the rich. We denouuce a system of tariff taxes that, while it creates a dangerous annual surplus in the nanational treasury of $155,000,000, at the same time indirectly taxes the producers of the west for the sole benefit of protected manufacturers $9 for every dollar that goes into the treasury. We therefore declare that the burden of taxation sliould rest upon those who use luxuries, rather than upon these who use ouly the necessaries of life; that taxation .sliould belimitedto the requfrexnents of the governmeut; that a greater tax is robbery uuder form of lavv. We demand that taxation be limited to the needs of the govemmeut, ecouomically admiuistered, and be levied on the luxuries rather than on the necessaries of life, and that taxation be reduced in strict conformity to the principies laid down by President Cleveland iu his message to the Fil'tieth congress. The delegates and alternates are for Goveruor Cray, of Indiana, for vice president.