Mr. President. Gentleman of the Convention an 1
Democrats, all: 1 would bo out of place were 1
found elsewhere than in a democratic convention,
and standing upon democratic principles as written
by Jcfterson, and now being enforced by the party
under the lead of tttover Cleveland. (Cheers and
cries of ‘‘laaider. }
Senator G »rumn—Well, that is impossible. Four
years oko. at Chicago, the democratic party, re
stating! ts declaration of principle*, promised, if
entrusted w ith power C a*, sectionalism should be
wipe*l out fureven that the Nuances of your govern
ment should l«e so controlled and its tant! directed
as not to impair the brilliant industries o: the land,
but that extravagant expenditures stu uld be re
Idueed until w e would have a government economi
cally administered, and that me war taxes placed
upon us by the republican party should be reduced
aceordiim to the requirement* of the government;
but Ibelin the reduction capital invited in enter
t rw* and iaU r employed.)
Upon the declaration <»t i r.ucii les thus ma le at
Ch:<a ’ we went before thv people and tl e result
was the election of urover Cievv«aud Ap. ?<■:* .]
Xu the matter o: the reduction of taxation be has
been thus far honest and earnest and with the de- i
sire to carryout to the letter the promises of his j
party, and when he declared that we were now to ,
fed: the act of the reduction of taxation aud wipe (
out tiie hundred mill on of surplus, it was no longer
a question, nor could it be controlled by the clap
trap phrases of the op; osition, charging us with free
trade or protection; but that we stood as nonest
men, as honest reformers, t • reduce this immense
taxation—one hundred million per annum. Diller as
you will about phrases, we have presented a
platform in strict accord with the democratic
declarations that Lave preceded us. Mr. Watterson
has well said it is a platform on which every demo
crat in this broad land can stand [applause], and if
in the discussion of great questions were local in
terests to play so suarp a part, there is, during the
campaign and during future campaigns, some dif
ference, there will be the same spirit of toleration.
