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Increasing: 9 f Circulation. 1: BEX THE LARGEST WEEKLY r PPBLISHED lit- THE TERRITORY Lying between the Roanoke and Mcherri Hirer, embracing the three conntlrs cf Hertford, Northampton and Bertie. DEVOTED TO THE INTEREST OP HERTFORD AND ADJOINING COUNTIES; SOOD . ADVERTISING . ilEDIUH. RATE'S REASONABLE. JOHN W. HICKS, Editor and Proprietor. Sl.OO Per Annum VOL. VII. MURFREESBORO, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1892. NO. 40. ESBORO IN -INDEX , TO ... HERTFORD COUNTY. AREA 340 SQUARE HILES. POPULATION, 13,851. n but ford County was formed in 1751), from Chow.in, Bertie and North ampton counties. It was named in com - pliraent to the Marquis of Hertford, an English nobleman, a friend of liberty, an cider brother of Lord Conway, who, in 176 5, moved in the House of Lord the repeal of the Stamp Act. Hertford ia a name of Saxon origin and signifies the "Red Ford." Winton. the couuty-seat, was named after the "Wynns family; it is situated 155 miles north-east from Raleigh, on the Chowan river, and has a population of about 500. Surface Level and sandy, soil good; watered by the Meherrin and Chowan rivers. , i Staples Cotton, corn, naval stores and fish. Being near the Norfolk market, trucking is also profitable. Fruits- App e, peaches, pears, melons ictippernong grapes, and the small fruits. Timbers Juniper, cypress, pine, oak, Mh. the gums and the usual eastern jjrowth. Tost Offices Anneta, Bethlehem, Como, HiifrcUsvillc, Lotta, Mapleton, Menola, Murfreesboro. Riddicksville, iSt John, Tuni3 Union, Winton, and- Ahoskie. C'ounty Officers. Suoerior Court, C-".k, T. D. B one; Sheriff and Treas uror, J. S. Mitchel; Register of Deeds . A. Brown; Surveyor, J. D. Parker; droner, J. II. Mitchell, Standard Keeper W . A. Perry. Commissioneks W. T. Brown, chair mnn, B. Ferguson, G. W. Bnveily, J. F Newsome and W. E, Cullens. At torney for County, Geo. Cowper. Board of Education S. M. Aumack, W. P. Shaw and C. W. Scarborough, 8upt. Public Schools, George Cowper. TOWNSHIPS AND MAGISTRATES. Maney's Neck S. P. Winborne, G. C. Picot, E. G. Sears. L. F. Lee, J. B. Vaughan. MuRFKEESBono X. P. Hine. H. C. Maddrey, J. C. Vinson, U. Vaughan. J. E. Jones, W. S. Nelson, and Geo. T Darden. St. John's I. II. Mitchell. le Tayloe, II. D.Godwin. C.W. Parker, L. R. Tyler, and E. II. Joyncr. Winton J. J j. Anderson, Robert Hor loraoa, W. II. Jernigan, A. I. Parke J. II. Matthews. 1 f ARRELL.S VILLK S. M. Alimnck, W. J. Lloyd. R. J. Baker E. D. Scull and C. N. Pruden. Law Firms Murfreesboro, B. B. Winr borne,. D. A. Barnes; Winton, G. V. Co -v per, J. E. Vann and M. C. Eife. Superior Court. Meets sixth Mon d ty after the first Monday in March and September. J. II. Blount, Solicitor. Criminal Court Meet3 on the 4th Monday in February, and the second Monday in August. Judge. B. B. Winborne; J. E. Vann, Solicitor Notary Public Geo. Cowper, Win ston: W. D. Scull. Harrelisville, T. E. Ilines, Murfreesboro, Incorporated Towns 3Iurfreesboro, Winston, Harrelisville and Union. mACTICINQ niYSICIAKS- J. TV El- d ridge, W. G. Freeman, Murfreesboro; T. I. Burbagc, Como; J. T. Shubrick, A. II. Aakew, ILurellsville; J. II. 3Iitchell. Ahoskee; J. W. Tayloe, W. H. Scars, Union, S. S. Daniel, Winton. Incorporated Companies RoaDoke arid Albemarle Agricultural Fair, Mur freesboro; B. B. Winborne, Presi, dont; J. M. Wynn, Treasurer; A. P. Ilines. Secretary. Unite 1 Telegraph Company. Line from Murfreesboro to Boykins. Va. I M. Wynn, President. Colleges Chowau Baptist Female lnst'tute, Murfreesboro, J. B. Brewer President. Wesley ah Female College, Murfr ees boro. E. E. Parham, President. County Farmers' Alliance Meets in the Court House at Winton, every three months. J. S. Mitchell, President; G. A. Brown, Secretary; J. F. Newsome; Business Agent: J. J. Brown, Treasurer. Steamboat Lines. Steamer Lota Capt-Withy, from Franklin, Va., Yia Winton to Edenton, three times a week. Steamer Keystone, Capt, Smith, from Franklin, Va., via Winton to Murfrees boro, two times a week. Railroad The Norfolk and Carolina R. R., from Norfolk, Va., via Tunis to Tarboro and Ralehh. The Murfreesboro R. K. from Mur frtesborovia Pendleton to Boykins, Va District Officers -Judge, Geo. H Brown, Jr., Beaufort Co. ; Congressman W. A. B. Branch, Beaufort, Co, State Senators, P. II. Morgan,'Currituck Co., and J. Parker, Gates Co. ; JRep resen tative for Hertford, J. L. Anderson. TOWN OF MURFREESBORO., Murfr.esboro is situated in the north western part of the County, at the head rf navigation on the Meherrin River, and h is a population of 1,200. It was in corporated in 1787, and named in honor sf William Murfree, a Revolutionary hero and patriot, who resided here. Mayor J. W. Hicks. Commissioners B. B. Winborne, U. Vaughan, D. A. Day. and T. II. Nichol son, 1st Ward; L. C. Liwrence, 2nd Ward; Constable, J. D. Babb; Clerk. A. P. Ilines. church directory. : Methodist Ser ices every Sunday JJorning at It o'clock, and at night at clock. Pi ayer-raeeting every Wed nesday night. Rev. J. A. Lee. Pastor. Sunday School every Sunday afternoon. J. M. Wynn. "Sup t. Baptist -Services every 2nd and 4th Sundays, morning and ni ght. Prayejr " netting ever- Thursday night. Iter. T. G. Wood, Pastor. Sunday School. vrry Su iday morning. J. B. Brewer, - :crintendent. A freight car on the Pennsylvania Kail road run off the track on the bridge over. the Pas Bale river. The track was tor.t up f r 20 yards, and the accident ..caused a delay for lour hours. j . ' CLEVELAND AND STEVENSON. flie Ex-PresiilBnt Hommated od MM Bail. ADLAI E. STEVENSON, OP ILLI NOIS, FOR I VICE-PRESIDENT. End of the Work of the Demo cratic Convention. The National Democratic Convention of 1- 92, after being In session three days at Chi cago, finished its work and adjourned ne die. Ex-President Grover Cleveland was nonrn ated on the first ballot for Pr sident ol the United States, and Gen. Adlai E. Stevenson, rf Illinois, for Vice-President. lhe f llowing tables thow the vote in d. tail: THE VOTE BY STATES. O ri Z w f "S Q State. - " m 2 t s o AlaTka " 272 7. 7. .. .. 77 Alabama 2 ; 14 .. 112 .. Arizona 6 5.. 1 .. Arkansas - J6 16 California IS 18 .. .. .. .. Colorado 8 5 3 Conn. 12 12 .. .. .r .. .. Delaware 6 6.. .. .. .. .. Die. of Col. 2 2 .. Florida 8 5 3 Georgia 26 17 .. 4 .. 5 Idaho 6 6 ..I Illinois 48 48 .. .-. Indiana 3 1 3 Iowa 26 26 Kentucky 26 18 .. .. 2 .. 6 Kansas 20 20 .. Louisiana 16 3 1 11 Maine 12 9 .. 1 1 Maryland 16 6 .. 9j Ma's. 3'J 24 .. .. 1 4 Michigan 28 28 .. -.. Minnesota 18 18 f .. .. Miss. 18 8 .. 4 3 3.. Missouri 34 f 34 .. .. Montana 6 6 Nebraska 16 15 .. 1 Nevada 6 .. 2 4 .. .. N. H. 8 8.. .. .. .. .. N. J. 20 2 .. N. Mexico 6 4 1 1 New York 72 .. .. .. 72 .. N. C. 22 3J 16S .. 11 N. Dakota 6 6 .. .. Ohio 46 14 .. 6 16 6 5 Oklahoma 2 2.. .. .. .. Oregon 8 8 Penn. 64 64 .. ,. E. I. 8 8 .. .. S. C. 18 2 .. .. 13 3 .. 8. Dakota 8 7.... 1 Tec. 24 24 .. .. .. .. .. Texas 30 23 .... 6 1.. Utah 2 2 Vr. 8 8 .. .. Va. 24 12 .. 1 .. 11 .. Washington 8 8 Wisconsin 24 24 Wyoming 6 3 .. 3 W. Va. 12 7 .. 3 .. 1 .. Indian Ty. 2 2 Total . . 910 617$ 16'36i 103 11 J 14 Alabama gave two votes lor ex-Governor bampDeJJ, of Ohio. Maine gave .William C. rote. Massachusetts cast one vote Whitney one for Governor Russell, of that State. West Virginia gave one vote for Governor Pattison, of Pennsylvania. First Day. Hon. Calvin S. Brice, ot Ohio, chairman f the democratic national committee, called Ihe National Democratic Convention to order it 12.45 o'clock P. M. Kev. John Kouse.of the Protestant Episcopal Church offered prayer. The prayer ended, Chairman Brice called for the report of the committee on temporary Organization. GROVER CLEVELAND, OF NEW YORK. Hon. S. P. Sbeerin. of Indiana, secretary of the national o mmittee, read the list of officers recommende 1 for the te mporary or ganization and it wns unanimously adopted without chance, as follows: Chairman Hon. William C. Owena, of Kentucky. - . , Secretary Hon; Simon P. Sbeerin, of In- fliprincipal Reading Clerk Hon. Nicholas M. Bell, of Missouri. . . . . Sergeant-at-Arms Hon. Richard J. Brigh of Indiana. ' ' Official Stenographer Edward B. Dickin on, of New York, t ,tTt, Charles Jev ttt of In'iianw.Thomas Wilon, of Minnesota, and Adlai E. Stevenson, of Illinois, were nimed to att nd Mr. Owens to the speaker' chair. After a greeting of ap plause Mr. Owen spke thus: MB. OWEKS'S fPEKOH. jwo great dangers menace the democratic party. One is external, the other internal; the first la Ihe organized machinery, of or ganized capital supported byhewhoe power of the government; the second ia the tendency among democrats to make issues among them selves. Two needa. therefore, and before na indispensable to aucof as unity and harmony. Ol the one thia chair and gavel ktand repre sentative; remains for you to supply the other, I . - "In Ihia spirit I greet you, fellow-democrata as the advance guard of a grand army aent forward to blare a pathway to victory. How momentous ia your responsibility I need not tell you. If you work in w.wiom the millions toiling in shop and mine and field will rise and call yon blessed. .,. . "The roll-call of ihe republie attests that its heart and its conscience are with ua in our wiv with the representatives of vreed.. The Lest thought of our party ia a platform that challenge the approbation and Invite t&e tuprort of the pop!e. , . . "We can succeed; wej must do : more; w4 mnt deserve success. Above the wreck, if need be, of selfish combinations we rami rear s temple to the plain people and build a shrine ro brpad that every lover of his kind may kneel. The burden must be lilted from the back o'foil, and to that end it has a right to demand that whoever bears our - banner muotlit it above the smoke of conflict and dm ot faction, that every democrat of the Union may follow its lead in exultant and ir resistible combat. Let ua not mistake. The gravity of the situation demands the broadest patriotism and every needful sacrifice. Our, work but begins here. : TJuder the suns of summer and the frosts of autumn we must' rmrry it forward with unfaltering courage to a triumphant close. DAVID B. HILL, OF NEW YORK. "This again must be a campaign of educa tion. The study of the cornfield begun in the West and South and must be carried into every hamlet of the E-st and North. The people must learn their true relation to ihe taxgatherer. They must learn that no railroad prtsident champions the tribunes of the people, no taskmakera write our tariff bills. They must learn, too, that for personal and political advantage their country was menaced by the threat of war, and they .will learn with shame and regret that on the day the warlike message of the President was read in the halls of Congress the peaoefol re sponse of the little eight by ten republie of Chili, accepting the terms of the presidential aUimatum, was read in every capital of the world. Our opponents mn t be measured by Jheir deeds and not by the r professions. "The Filty-first Congress wrote the blanket paee in our legislative history and became a thing of the the past. It challenged the ap- Iroval of the people, and they responded in ones so portentious that it eeemed the vo ce ol God. With a unanimity that finds no parallel in the history of popular government they determined that a billion dollars was ar too much to pay for tuch a museum of reaks. If we permit, they will stand by heir verdict." That our cause may triumph let us work in kindness. In the heat of con- en tion let us not forcet that our political brothers may be just as honest and perhaps better informed. I Ar.THXTB P. GORMAN, OF MARYLAND: "Impelled by one purpose, the public good, we will free ourselves lrom the b ck erincs and heart burnings that character ized the republican party when its Marshal Ney went down at Minneapolis before the mailed legions of the Lread-and-butter briga 'e." The speaker's voice penetrated to the far thest recesses of the . galleries, an 1 his re marks wer- cheered to the echo. At the c!ose of Mr. Owen's speech, upon motion of Delegate White, of California, the roll was called for the constitution of the committees on credentials, on rules and order of business, on permanent organization and on resolutions, each State to name one mem ber of each committee. All resolutions and communication a to-the conventien were or dered referred to the resolutions committee. The rules of the last Democratic National Convention were adopted on motion of Gen. E. S. Bragg, of Wisconsin. i s NATIONAL COMMITTEE. Arkansas, N. M Rose; Delaware, L. C. VanderL'rifl; Florida, Sam Pasco; Georgia, Clark Howell, Jr.; Illinois, Ben. R. Cable; Indiana. Simon P. Sheet in; Kentucky, Thos. H. Shirley; Kansas. C W. Blair; Louisiana, James Jeffrie; Maine, Arthur S. Ewell; Maryland, Arthur P. Gorman; Michigan, D. J. Campau; Minuessota, M Doran; Missis sippi; F. K. Winchester; Missouri. J. G. Prather; Nebraska. Tobias Castor;. Nevada, R. M. Clark; New Hampshire, A. W. Gxllo way; New Jersey, Miles Rols; New York, Wm. F. Sheenan; Ohio, Calvin S. Brice; Pennsylvania. W. F. Harrity; Rhode Island; 8. R. Honey; South Carolina, John C Has kell; Tennessee, Holmes Cummins; Texas, O. T. Holt; Vermont, B. B. 8malley; Vir ginia, Basil B. Gordon; West Virginia, John Sheridan; Wisconsin, E. C Wall; Montana, A. J. Davidson; Idaho, F. W. Beane; - Ari zona, I. M. Shannon; New Mexico, H. B. Ferguson; Utah, W. M. Ferry. An invitation from Preaident Baker, of the World's Columbian Exposition, was read in viting the delegates to visit the grounds of the exposition. On motion of Delegate Brag?, of Wifcon- JOHN G. CARLISLE, OF KENTUCKY. ain, the convention then, at 2 P. M adjourned until next day. t : . , Second Day. . JA hot, awelteringcrowd gathered In thc convection hall thia mornine, and with much buzzing and ruatling gralually settled into the quiet necessary ior the transaction o! busi- Eleven o'clock.the bcur appointed, saw but few ol the delegatea in I their ccata, and ior alf an hour afterward they straggled in. At 11.30 Chairman Owens thumped for cr er. Rer. Albert Henry, pastor of Lea Tit kreet M. E. Church of Chicago, lei in cayer. ;v " At the close of prayer the Iowa delegation, rith the banner of Governor Boies, marched o their places among the delegates,' and the Jisplay of the banner was the signal for im nense applause. .. r Ths Chairman The first business of the pnvention will he the report of the commit-eeon-credentials. . Mr. Shaw, ot Maryland, explained that the committee could not be ready to report before o'clock. , Mr. Sheehan, of Michigan, moved that Senator Palmer be asked to ddresa - the con vention. Loud applause. - The chair appointed Genera Jackson, of Iowa, to present the requestof the con vention lo Senator Palmer, and 20,000 throats jo ned in applause aa the old man was led by Gen eral Jackson to the front of the platform. At the conclusion o. Mr. Palmer's address Mr. Bronson, , of Kejntucky, appeared, ancT' announced that the committee on credentials' was ready to report. The reading of the report was greeted with; frequent cheers, and especial y that part of n relating io tne aamimon ot the states. The report was adopted. The Chairman The next business in order will be the report of the committee on perma nent organization. . The report waa ready and was read by the secretary, and adopted without division. Mr. Don M. Dickinron.oi Michigan, moved that a committee of five be aj p inted by the Chairman to notiiy the officer ot their Selec t on and to escort them to the piatiorm. Ap plause. 'I he appearance of Mr. Wilson upon the platform with tLe committee was greeted with long-continued cneers and yells. When he rould be heard, the chairman addressed the convention tfs follow: ' "Gentlemen: It fives me much pleasure lo present to you as ermam nt chairman of thia 50Dvention one of the bravest Democrats in America, Mr. William L. " Wihon, of West Virginia. Mr. Wilscn was again received with cheers. Tremendous applause followed Chairman Wilson's address. . After the first round of fheers subsided the delegates to the conven tion, almost to a man. rose and gave him an ovation w th yells and waving hats and um brellas and handkerch'efs. There waa a cry frum the eallery: "What'8 the matter with Wilson for Pre ident?" There were numerous iavorab'e response?, to all of which Mr. Wilson shook ha h'-ad and waved his hand deprecatingly. The demonrtraiion ended with three formal cheera lor the permanent chairman by the delega- gaticn from Missouri. Mr. Clardy, ot Missouri, offered Ihe follow ing resolution, which was unanimously adopted Resolved, That the thanks of this conven tion are due and are hereby tendered to the t mporary chairman, the Hon. William C. Owens, ior the able and impartial manner in which he has discharged his duties. Cheers. Havm? disposed of the lempornry adminis tration, the convention proceeded o its actual business. The rtport of the commit ee cn rules was first in order, and Mr. E iglish, of Indiana, chairman ot the committee, prtsented the re port. The rules of last National Democratic Con vention were recommended by the committee. Upon motion of Mr. Eng ish the commit tee's reports and recommendations were adopted by the convention. The u it rule heretofore in force therefore holds in this con vention. The roll was then ordered called for the naming by states of their national committee men and members of the notification com mittee. While the list waa being made up Ex-Gov ernor Campbell, of Ohio, waa ctlleJ lor per sistently, the band played "The Campbells Are Coming." Finally the ex-governor, yielded, and taking the platform spoke leas than fiv min utes. Don Dickinson offered a motion that the convention take a recess until 5 P. M., and the convention agreed at 1.44 P. M. to do bo. Evening Session.- j; J Every man spectator or deleea'te who held a wigwam ticket knew full well as he went to the big barracks this afternoon that before the session was over the battle would be on.' The assumption that there . would be a skirmiab or a battle was based partly upon the fact that- the committee on resolutions would probably report. Rev. Thomas Green, oT Cedar Rapids. Ia was presented at 5.35 P. M., and he offered a prayer, which, while characterized high dignity, was strong and elicited' aj p.auae at its close. , ' , Then Ex-Secretary Vilas commenced to read the resolutions at 6:28 P. M., but when he reached the phrase "from Madison to Cleveland" there was a quick shout ot one voice near the platform. It was lost, how ever, in a flath, for it seemed that a though with one impulae the entire 20,000 peopie leaped upon their chairs, and with hata and handkerchiefs in the air. 20, 00 throats let loose yells and screams that shook the- heavy nir and almost made the barracks quiver. ' Finally, a 6:48 P. M.Mr. Vilas resumed the reading of the platiorro.' KOSWELL P. FIWKR, OF NEW YOBK. WILLIAM C. WHITNEY, OF NEW YORK. The Flatfor The report of the platform committee was as follows: S-ction 1 The reDresentatitesof the Dmo craiie party of the United St tea. in National Convention asserublrd.do reaffirm their allet ianca to the principles of the partv aa lor mulat d by Jeflenon and exemplified by the long and illustrious line of his uccesors in Democratic leadership from Madison to Clere- land; we believe the public welfare demands that these principles be applied to the con duct of t he Federal Governmeat through the 1 cession to power of the party that advocates ISAAC P. GRAY, OF INDIANA. :liem; and we solemnly declare that the need )l a return to the fundame ttal principles of a tree, popular government, baed on home rule ind individual liberty, was never more urge t than now, when the tendency to centralize all power at the Federal cap tal has become a menace to the reserved rights of the states that strikes at the very roots of our govern ment under the Constitution as framed by the fathers ol the Republic. tec ion 2 We warn the people of our com mon country, jealous for the preservation of their frte in'titutions, that the poliey of F. deral control of elections to which the Re publican party ha commit'ed itself ia fraught with the gravest dangers, scarcely I&a mo mentous than would result from a revolution practically establishing monarchy on the. ruins ot the Republic. It strikes at the North as well a the South and injure the colored sit zens even more than the white; it mea js a horde of deputy marshals at every poiling- Elace armed with Federal power, returning oards appointed and controlled by Federal Bulhori'y, the outrage of the electoril rights Dl tht people in the several statts, the sub jugation of the c dored p ople t the control at the party in power and the rev ving ot race antasonisms now happily abated, of the ut most peril to safety and happiness to all, a measure deliberately and justly described by a leading Republican 8 -nator as "the mott infamous bill that ever crossed the threshold of the Senate." Believing that the preservation of Republi can eovernment in the Un. ted States is de pendent upon the defeat of th s policy ofl3 al- WILLIAM R. MORRISON, OF ILLINOIS. ized force and fraud, we invite the support of the citizens who desire to see the Constitution maintained in its Integrity with the laws pur suant thereto which have given our country 100 years of unexampled prosperity, and we pledge the Democra ic party.it it be entrusted with power, not only to the defeat ot the force bill, but also to the relentless opposition to the Republican policy of profligate expendi ture, which in the short space of two years, has squandered an enormous -urplus, emptied an overflowing treasury, alter piling new burdens of taxation upon the already over taxed labor of the country. Section 3 We reiterate the oft-repeated doctrines of the Deni craiic party that the recessity of the government is the only justi fication for taxation, and whenever a tax is unnecessary it is unjustifiable; that when cus toms house taxation is levied upon articles of any kind produced in this country the differ ences between the cot of labor here and labor abroad, when snch a difference exists, fully measures any possible benefits to labor, and the enormous additional impositions of the exh-t ng tariff fall with crushing force upon our farmers and workingmen, and for the mere advantage of the few whom it enriches, exact lrom labor a grossly unjust share of the expenses of the government, and we demand auch a reviaion of the tariff laws as will re move their iniquitous inequalitiea, lighten their oppressions and put them on a constitu tional and equitable basis. But in making reduction in taxes it is not proposed to injure any dome-tic industries, but rather to promote their healthy erowtb. From the foandatian of this government taxes collected at the custom-house have been the chief source of federal revenue. Such they must continue to be. Moreover.many Indus- HORACE BOIES, OF IOWA. tries have come to rely upon legislation for successful continuance, o that any changes of law must be at every step regardful of the labor and capital thus involved. 1 he process of reform must be subject in the execution of this plain dictate of iostice. We denounce the MeKinley tariff law en acted by the Fifty-first Congress as the cul i 1 minating atrocity of class Tegalat'on! we en dorse the efforts male by the Democrats of the present Congress to modify it most opprewl ve feature In the d reel ion of free raw materials aid" cheaper manufactured goods that enter iato general consumption; and we promise its irpeal aa one of the beneficent results that will follow the a-tioT of the people in en trusting pvwer to the Democratic party. Since the MeKinley tariff went into operation there hare ben 10 reductions of the wages of laborine men to one Increas. We deny that there has been any increase of prosperity to tho country since that tariff went into rpra tion, and we point to the dullness and d s tress, trie stage reductions and strikes in the ron trade as the test possible ev dence that ho such prosper. ty has resulted from the Me Kinley bill. We call the attention of thouzhtfnl Ameri cans to the fact that after 30 year of restric tive tazesagainst the impor ation of foreicn wealth, in exchange for our asr cultuial sur plus, the home and farms of the country have become burdened with a real e-tate mortgage debt over . $ .SV 00,000 exclusive of all other lorras of indebtedos; t' at in one of the chief agricultural states of the West there appear a real estate roorUag de t. averasiuz $163 per cap ta of the total p pula lion; and that similar condi ions and t n Vn ciea are shown to exiat in the other agricul tural exporting state. We denounce a policy which fosters no industry so much as it docs the sheriff. Section 4 Trade interchangea on the bais of reciprocal advantages to the countries par ticipating is a time-honored doctrine of ih Democratic faith, but we denounce the ahani reciprocity which juzi. lea with the people's desire for enlarged foreign markets and free exchanges by pretend. ng to establ ah closer trade relations for a country whose artichs of export are a moat exclusively agricultural products, with other countries that are also agricultural, while erecting a custom-house barrier of prohibitive tariff tax a aeainst the rich and the countries of the world that stand ready to take our entire surplus ol products and to exchange therelor commoditiea which ROBERT E. PATTISON, OF PENNSYLVANIA. are necessari- a an I comforts of life amcng our own people. Sc-tion 5 We recognize in the frosts ani combinations which are designed to enable capital to secure more'than its just share of the joint product of capital an i labor, a natural consequence of the prohibitive tHxea which prevent the free competition which is the life of honest tra'le. but we believe their worst evils can be abated by law and we demand the rigid nforcement of the laws made to prevent and rontrol them, together with such lur.her legislat'on in r straint of th' ir abuses as experience may show show to be necessary. Section 6 The Republican party, while professing a policy of reserving the pub'ic land for small holdings by actual settlers, has given away the people's ht-ritage till now a jew railroad and non-resident aleics. indi vidual and corporate, possess a larger area than that of a 1 our farms between the two seas. The last Democratic administration reversed the improvident and unwise policy of the Repul lican party touching the public domain, and reclaimed from coiporations and syndicates, a ien and domestic, and restored to t!ie pe ple nearly 100, 000, 000 acres of valu able land to be sacredly held as homesteads tor our citizens, and we pledge ourselves to continue th:s po icy until every acre of 1 snd so unlawfully held shall be reclaimed and restore ! to th people. Section 7 We denounce the Republican letislatioc known as the Sherman Act of 1890 as a cowardly makeshift, fraught with possibilities of danger in the future, which should make all of its suppo ters .as well as its author, anxious for its s; eedy repeal. We hold to the use of both gold and silver as the standard money of the country and to the coinaee of both gold and silver without dis criminating aeainst either metal or charge for mintag, but the dollar unit of cdi age of both metals roust be of equal intrinsic and unchangeable value, r le adjust d through int rnational aereement. or by 0ch safe guards of legislation aa shall insure the main ten a nee of the parity of the two metals and Ihe equal power of every dollar at all times in the markets and in the payment of de-; and we demand that all papercurrency hal b3 kept as par wit and redeemable ia such coin. We insist upon this policv as especially ncesaTy for the protection of the farmers and laboring claases, the first and mos: de fenseless victims of unstable money and a fluctuating currency. , , , . Section 8 We recomm nd that the prohib itory 10 per cent, tax on state l ank issues i e "flection 9 Public office is a public trust. We reaffirm the declaration of the Democratic National Convention of 1876 for the reform sal the public service, and we call ior the hen rest enforcement of all law regulating the same. Tbe nomination of a Presi lent, a in ,the recent Republican Convention by delega tions composed largely of hi appointees holding face at bis pleasure, is a scandalous satire upon free popuia- institutions and a startling illustrate n of tbe methods by which a Preaident may gratify hi ambition. We denounce a poliey under which ;ederal office holders usurp control o' paitv conventions in the states, and we pled the Democratic party to the'relorm of these and "all other abu-- wbich threaten in lividaal liberty and loc 1 eel t- sovernmen t- Section 10 The Democratic par y is the only party that has over given tho country a foreign policy consistent and vicorous, com pelling respect abroad and inspiring con fidence at home. While avoiding entaneling alliance it has aimed to cultivate friei d'y relat one with other natii ns, and especially with our neighbors on the American couti Dtnf, whose destiny is closely linked with our own, and we view with alarm the ten- JAMES E. CAMPBELL, OF OHIO. denov to a policy of irritation ttr.J I-1 Which is liable at anytime to confront ui with tht alternative ofhumiluton or ws-. We favor the maintenance of a r.avy stror ? enough ior all pnrtcae of national t!'",M and to pioperly maintain ths honor ar.i n. ty of the country abroad. Section 11 This country has always the re. use of the oppressed from every Isnu exiles for conscience tke and in the riril of the founders of our gvernnwnt we f ' deran the oppression practice! by tr.e i;ui.9 Government upon it Lutheran and Jewish subjects, and we cal. upon our national "t ernment, in the interest of justice and human ity, by all just and proper nieana to use it prompt and best eff .r a to bring about a ces tatiou of these cruel persecutions in the do minions ot the t zar and to secure to the op pressed equal rights. We tender our p found and earnest sym pathy to t o e lovers of freedom who a' struggling for h ni rule and the great ca rf of local self-government in Ireland. Section 12 We heartily approve all lejit mate efforts to prevent the I'uiteJ Stit-s ir-: ' beii.g ued as a dumping gn.und for H. known criminals and profess onalpn rr' r' Eur. p. and we demand the ristd roeutcf the laws against Chinese iinml;ra'.i- n or the importat on of foreign wor- men undrr contract to degrade Anier.cati labor and le aeu its wag-s, but we condemn and ihoiiooj any ard ail attemps to restrict the imrai? a t on cf the industrious Bnd woithy of otein lands. Section 13 This convention hereby renews the expression of apprfciation of iho patri otism ot tne so diers and a llor of th- Union in the war for its preservation, and we fvor just and liberal penMon!or all d asbl. tl I'nicn s ldiers. their wid iwsind df pendents, but vrt demand that the work of the Pension tl!"i- ' shall be done iiidti:riouly, impartially and honet!y. We d-noui;ce t he present adminis tration of that fli e as incompetent, corrupt, disgraceful and d.shon st. Sec;i n 14 Ttu federal government sicu'l care for and improve th Minusipji Riv r and other great water v ys ol ihe rtpub'i--, s as to secure for the interior stales easy at i cheap transportation to Ihe tidewaters. When any waterway ot the nblic 5s r f sufbeient importance to demand the ai l of th government, hat such a d should be extenJf l and n cefiuite p an of continuous wi rk until permanent improvement is s-curcd. Section If For purposes ot rati nal de fense and the promot.ou of comtn rce betn een the statt a, we recognize the early ronMrue t on of the Nicarauga Canal and its protec tion against lor.-in ontro as of r at impor tance to the United plates. Section It" lteo.n z n the World'sColunv bian Kxpositicn as a nattcnal undertaking of vast importance, in hic!i the general eov erniueiit has invited tl.e co-opt -ration (fait the powers of the world, and appreciating th acceptance by manv of such p wers ot th invital on so exle.-dd and the broa !st libernl efforts bern made by them to con tribute to the grandeur of the undertaking, we are of the opinion that C njires aho make such mcessary financjcl proviti n as shall be requisite to the maintenance of th untie n il honor anJ public faith. Section 17 Popular education being tho only safe bas s of popu'ar auflrate we recom mend to the several slates most liberal appro priations for th j publie schools. Free com mon schools are the nur cry of good govern ment, and they have always received th lost ring care of the democratic pnrtv, which labors every means ol increas isg intelli?enc -. Freedom education bein- an essential ot civil and teligiotis liberty, as well as a ne cessity lor the dtvelopment of intelligence, must not be interfered wi'h underany pretext whatever. We are opposed to state interfer ence with parental rights and rights of con science in the education of children ns an in fringement of the fundamental Democratic doctrine, that the lar.est iudividual liberty consihteut with the rights of others ensure the highest lyre of American citizenship and ihe best gov r merit. Sec ion IS We approve the action of th present House of Representatives in passing bills for the admission into the Union as states the Territories of New Mexico anl Arzona, and we favor (lie early admission of all territories having the necessary popula tion and resources to admit them toatatehood, and while they remain territories we l;ol l that the officials eppoinied to administer th" government of any territory, together wiih tne D strict of Columbia and Alaska, should be bona-fide residents of the territory or dis trict in which their duties are to be performed. 'Ihe Democratic party helievea in h me rule and the rontrol of their own affairs by the people of the vicinage. Section 19 We favor legislation by Con gress and state legislatures to protect the liv and limbs of railway employees and those other hazardous transportation companies, and denounce the inactivity of ti e Itepuh lican party, and particularly the Republican Senate, for c.iusing the defeat ot measures beneficial and protective to this class of wege workers. " Section 20 We are in favor rf tho enact ment by the states of laws fur abolishing the notorious sweating system, for abolishing con tract convict labor and for prohibitingthe em ployment in factories of children un Jer 15 years of age. Section 21 We are opposed to all surrp tuary laws as en Interference with the indi vidual rights of the citizen. Section 22 Upon this statement of prin ciples and policies the Democratic party aiks the fntel igent judgment of the American people. It asks a change of administration and a change of party in order that there may be a change of system and a change of meth ods, thus as-urinsr the maintenance nnlm. fiaired of institutions under which the repuh ic bas grown great and powerful. Third Day. Hon. Wm. L. W lson, of West Virginia, chairman of the National Democratic Con vention," rapped for order at 2.55 P. iH 1'ev. Thomas Green, of Iowa, offered prayer. The roli-cali for speeches nominatinK candidates lor Vice-President was begun at 3 V. If. When the nominations were concluded the roll-call was becuu: Alabama led off with a skip for Morse. Arkansas came in with her 16 for Gray. California split squarely in the mliJIe. Nine each for Gray and S evrnson. Illinois 's 58 were plumped into the Steven sou basket. Thebiggfst breeze of the roll call swept tbe convention when Governor fower stood on his feet and stated that New Yo:k was ro'.id for Stevenson, 72 votes. Th breeze grew to a gale of applause. It sub sided only to rise again when North Carohn v itepred into the Stevenson column. When Ohio shook out 38of her 46 rotes for Steven ion the excitement grew, and when the Key stone Sta'c dropped 64 votes into the Lat cf Mr. Gray, the counter-current ofcheerir caused a cloudburst ot contusion over ths convention floor. Wisconsin gave her vct to John I Miichell. When the roll w finished the figures showed lor fctevensen 4 .2 and Gray 243; no choice. Then began tbe changes. Iowa f;r-t ct: lotothe Stevenfton camp, Monfana next, hi- -A k '.Krmlr Of. in trot into line tr .'. I rreat cheers, Miasouri and Georgia were r behind and Kenlncxy came next, icei.-.-, p( States outride the Stevens n coors ci lo cover with a rcsh of wings and flutter feathers. It became only a question of t:r md when the two-thirds vote for Stevez had been obtained the nonrnat on was e nnnneed. Ihe usual resolution oi inanti io -. . t t..l 1. 1 - , were passed and tbe national committee n: tifications were made. Gen. Patrick A. Cc! lins, of Massachusetts, then took the j form and moved that the Democratic cat 1 1 pnmmitte should at the next nations! r vention provide acCvmmodatiors only f : r de egates, alternates, the prees, the r rommiitee and for no others. This demanded in .view of the gallery it ruptioi s . that are possible snd hsve I demorstrated. Tho r so uti n was I:-'., : house when one of the electric arc L ; among the deletates an 1 a stamped 2 v ta nent for a brief time. No hru, 1 -waa done. The C- 1 ins resolution, f '. r? confusion bad subsided, was referre 1 to executive committee of the nev? r: committee with affirmative recorir." tn At 5.2J the convention adjourned 4.' t'.
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