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-mi iTffOUSANDS OF DEMOCRATS PRESENT. ' IniSQN IN THE CHAIR. tuwaiONY AND EN^t lASlI PREVAIL.. ( 0»nim«^inng Wigwam Ptckert to Ha C.' iMkut Cuptclty-Frlfh teaed by Thua- Brie© Calls th« Gatfc- sf yy&imm •• o»d*p--*n» oa««M. '£s,i First Day'* special: Free nKI •'rf+J- National Democratic Convention I led to order at 12:45 Tuesday af- in the wigwam on the Lake by Chairman Brice of the Nation- fpt €Jo®inittee. " " ' % Wmst after boon, before many of til® IfltjiqHLte* had .irrivod in the hall, a tat#-' IPMMOus thunderstorm burst over tibje The interior of the wigwam grew ••dark as night, the canvas being let jjlhmu over the upper windows. Thou- 4nads of people were already in the 4|peotators' seats, and as the lightning ~ lit up the gloom of the hall the building shook in a heavy they became frightened and howl- #4 tor liehls. Then came a mighty fall Wt rain that drowned the voices of the rple. The band began to play a live-Air and the music speedily allayed fhe aervousness of the audience. Chairman Brlce and a bright ray of #KBsbine entered the wigwam together icit, Calllife tbe Great Con­ vention to Order. greeted hearty artM* ca­ piat: the a|mli*n» «>• _ _ ; _ man Brie* aaKraikesd Sot h«h*d tile "honor eM^leeBrarot fffw^tiiig ti? the conv*tflo» ita temporary Chairman. Mr. Brioe retired, leaving the apace in the oonret Precisely at 11:30 <|gi led for the day. on ^wftiesday, Temporary Chairman Owensraf^cd thf «I fyi/ l.i!f <. y 1 •THE WIGWAM, front, of the Chairman'* desk to Mr. Owens. After bowing to the applause with which he was greeted, Mr. Owens, in a good voice, addressed the convention. Mr, Owens had a *espeoixui and an interested hearing, and when he came to the "legions of the bread and butter brigade" the convention cheered again and again. At the conclusion of the speech the Chairman asked what the pleasure of the convention was. Mr. White, of Cali­ fornia, got the floor, and oflFered a reso­ lution providing that the roll be called to name members of the different com­ mittees, and that all resolutions relating to the platform be referred to the Com­ mittee on Resolutions without, dohnte. Slid that the credentials of each dele­ gate be delivered by each delegation to tite Committee on Credentials. General Bragg, of Wisconsin, from the front row, offered as an amendment that the rules of the last Democratic convention govern this body until oth­ erwise ordered. Mr. "White accepted this amendment as being first in order, and temporarily withdrew his resolution, which he again offered after General Bragg's substitute was passed. It was read by Beading Clerk Bell. Mr, Bhodes, of Alabama, Interposed with an amendment, which was read. It provided for a committee on rules in addition to the other committees. There was a brief discussion of the amend­ ment, the explanation being made that work of the proposed committee to the convention to order, and called upon the Bev. Alfred H. Henry to offer pray­ er. He, asked that the convention be guided to choose a report sensitive of modern progressive democracy, and prayed that the party might proceed to victory, not for the spoils of'office. Just as the prayer concluded the Iowa phalanx entered the hall, the big blue banner with the picture of Hor&c« Boies borne in front of them. There were cheers from all parts of the hall and the band very inappropriately struck up "Maryland, my Maryland. When the music ceased the temporary chairman brought his gavel down and announced that the first business of the convention would be the report of the committee on credentials. He flaked If th»t- committee was ready to report. The,, committee was not then ready and during the inter­ val Senator Palmer was called upon and made a short speech. When the chairman announced that the committee on credentials was ready to report, Mr. Lamb, of Indiana, took the platform and in a clear, loud voice read the report. There was no objec­ tion to it and It was adopted. The report of the committee on per­ manent organization was presented by Mr. Fordyce, of Arkansas, and read by one of the clerks of the convention. It named W. L. Wilson, of West Virginia, for permanent chairman and continued the other officers of the temporary or­ ganization. The announcement of Mr. Wilson's name was met with loud ap­ plause. The report was adopted with­ out dissent.. Mr. Dickinson, of Michi­ gan, moved that a committee of live be -#ad both 118. As Mr. Brice rose £6 request silenoe, faced a magnificent scene. Twenty thousand people filled the immense #tiMlng, gay with its fluttering bunting, <4ke bright colors of ladies* dresses, and Kite bright badges of the delegates and their Accompaniment of marching clubs m 8 CLEVELAND'S NOMINATION ANNOUNCED CONVENTION. p.- ^Before him sat the representative men •.great party, the men who lead its _ Bos, rejoice in its victories and mourn '. fStsxleC eats. There they spread in front Ml kba, veritably a sea of faces which 0trtte moment was bewildering in its \ ~~?Wastness. Practiced speaker as he Is, ;(«{> = -.toad used as he is to facing great meet- "Jfcfps, Mr. Briee for a second or two H ' that he is not insensible to the It • Wmtktns of a supreme moment, anc was ^Whffbly moved as he advanced to the of the platform, after demand- eilence, to present Bev. John who offered prayer. &.t the of his invocation the reverend ttleesan recited the Lord's prayer, in feSi he was audibly joined in several t- 7 " mparts of the great convention hall. 5^'hen prayer was concluded Chalr- [L &Brice eaid: "Gentlemen of the convention, by direction of the Na­ il?:' , •'"* Clonal Committee the Chair presents to i this convention as its temporary officers Hie gentlemen named in the list, which , m»»secretary will read." *' ,<* ;J5«ftxetary Sheerin announced the tern- 17 "^porary -organizatlon-^kVilliam C. Owens ti'. 'V«f Kentucky temporary Chairman; See- f/,i: _; eeGary, S. P. Sheerin, of Indiana; as- secretaries, W. H. Doyle, Peun- •V* egrlvania; H. Shepard, Virginia; C. Til- \ l*jr, Missouri; L. A. Bowley, Michigan; •|v" ' ft. E. Wilson, Mississippi; C. B. De- . fceeet, New York; J. C. Swayne, Illinois; J*riaciDal Beading Clerk, Nicholas M. of Missouri; 8ergeant-at-arms, ^£tietiard J. Bright of Indiana; official committee on permanent organization. The amendment was adopted, however, and the resolution as amended went through. The clerk then read the roll- call and the chairman of each delega­ tion handed in or announced the names chosen. W. E. English, of Indiana, noticing a L. M. Martiw, Iowa, a Boles Boomer CHICAGO AND TA.MXAKT* Edward Dlckln&on,* New Ysrk. , Tbe list was adopted without op­ position, and the Chair appointed •Owrles Jewett of Indiana, Thomas Wilson of Minnesota, and Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois to attend Mr. Owens - to the speaker's chair. These gentlemen assembled in front of platform and then proceeded down of the side aisles to the place %here Kentucky delegation sat. Mr. Owens '•rv number of vacant seats in the galleries, offered a resolution to admit ex-soldiers of the late war to the unoccupied places. Mr. Collier, of Tennesfeee, said that there were 25,000 Democrats at the door and he moved that the doors be opened to them. There was great applause, but the whole question was shut off on motion of Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, to refer the matter to the committee on resolutions. Mr. Hot- man, of Oregon, in the body of the hall, addressed the convention, closing by stating that he held in his hand a tele­ gram giving the glad news that the Be- ; publicans of Portland, Oregon, had been defeated by a thousand ma ,ority. Great cheering greeted this announcement. Mr. Hall, of Kansas, moved that organ* ized clubs be admitted to the vacant Seats in the hall, but this resolution was also referred to the Besolutions Com­ mittee. Mr. Cable, of Illinois, offered t resolution of sympathy with James G. Blaine, "that this convention tender Its profound sympathy to that distinguished American, James G. Blaine, in the many afflictions that have befallen him. The reading of the name of Mr. Blaine was the signal for an outburst of greater enthusiasm than the convention had known before. The resolution was adopted without dissent. Mr. Swett of Maine got the floor and briefly thanked the convention on behalf of the Maim delegation. An invitation from the World's Fair for the delegates to visit the grounds was read. . Gen. Bragg, of Wisconsin, moved that the convention adjourn until 11 o'clock Wednesday. Before the motion could be put the delegates were in the aisles. appointed to notify Mr. Wilson of his appointment as- Permanent phairman. l%e Chairman appointed as the com­ mittee: Don M. Dickinson, of Michi­ gan; J. F. Duncombe, Iowa; Jolm B. Fellows, New York; Joseph C. Bichardson, Alabama; and M. L. Clardy, Missouri. Temporary Chairman Owens shook hands with Mr. Wilson when he was escorted to the platform, and then said: "Gentlemen of the convention: It gives me great pleasure to introduce to you one of the bravest Democrats in America, William L. Wileon, of West Virginia." As Mr. Wilson came forward he was greeted with a storm of applause. He wore his blue delegate's badge on the lapel of a cutaway coat, under which was prominent a white vest. Mr. Wilson looked calmly over the vast throng, during a minute's silence, Mid then addressed the convention. When Mr. Wilson concluded his speech the delegates, rising to their feet, waved their hats as they cheered again and again. The rules of the last National Demo­ cratic Convention were adopted for the government of the convention. No minority report was presented, and on inotion ithe report presented by Mr. English was adopted without objection. Mr. Phelps of Missouri presented the Chairman with a zinc gavel and the STEVENSON HIS CrJZ Mate. RUNNING KTORI OF THE BATTLE. HILX^MO BOIES ALSO PWT 1*1 f, NOMINATION. lonlnm or EatfcurtMm Fairly • Root of tli* Wlfw#m -- Tha Air Tfel«k with Hate, Cases, Umbrella* . Coate, Ha»4k«Echlerfc aa« Bmuh.:. ; Wednesday's Kvenln# 8w»lo«. Chicago special: Boies 'r* Sentterlnjr When the first taps of the gavel were heard in the Wigwam Wednesday even­ ing the great building was packed from top to bottom. For more than an hour the thousands of hot and impatient peo­ ple had been bombarding the barn doors or jostling each other in the tunnel en­ trances. Under the acre of pine roof the heat was intense; No breeze moved the muggy and stagnant atmosphere. At the announcement that the Com­ mittee oh Resolutions vas ready w re­ port a wild shout went up, and Editor Jonop nMled tip to the front, of the plat­ form and attempted a little extempo­ raneous introduction to the committee's report, whioh was drowned out by yells of "Louder!" The resolutions were, handed to ex- Secretary Vilas, of Wisconsin, but be­ fore he had a chance to speak Mr. Pat­ terson, member of the committee from Colorado, *vhc was already on the plat­ form, lifted up his voice and cried that tin mrniqofiart hm name ot Tbe .*olcano tt to u*»«. ' tjp, up, all about tlbe hall the delegates aftr oEunb- tab yelling astbey rise. Above the tomult floats the white banner of Michigan, On either side tooks down the face of Cleveland. Up again comes the wUd stormof cheers, beatingin wares against the snowy en­ sign. rrom the seats of Michigan a delegate carries the banner across the aisle to the seats of New York. Gen. Sickles waves his crutch in anger. •""Back!" "Back!" cry the ohiefs of Tammany, The whole body of delegates face inward about the circum­ ference of the great floor. In the center the Tammany tiger, crouched low, growls ominously at the floating banner of Cleveland. It is like a gigantic prize ring. Lieut. Gov. Hheehan, blue- eyed and smiling, leans over to Don Dickinson. "Don't you worry," he cried. "You have the noise, we the votes. * From the galleries hundreds" of men, in their shirt sleeves, leaned out into space and screamed. "The candidate I have named," cries Gov. Abbett, "will carry New York." Up jumps Tammany in protest. "No," they cry, with one voice, and hisses answer them. As chance came, the speaker struggled through his speech. nominate that plain, blunt, honest citizen, Grover Cleveland," and so he closed. A storm of deafening applause united with the thunder of the storm outside eeemed to shake the great wigwam from foundation to roof. At this point proposals to adjourn were volunteered'from the galleries, but the convention took a stern view of its iiiow 1 IRIPORIfi B»mMI»sn Protection Declared te lle » »eew* oa I*t»or te Benelli • ttftttlr tor Bereave Only-Thl < T»rt Of the ResomHTbjje. The following is the fuffftikt of the platform adopted by the National Dem­ ocratic Convention at Ci lepsmr convention eminent, through the sooessiim to nower ot tb party that advoeatw tomTtod wSSmnto declare that the need otaikMn toth^tn^ daroental prtociples of a free, popular govern­ ment, based on home rule mA JbdtvlduiLl Hb- erty, was never aaore nrgent than now, when F ê̂ CaStal dSŜ ^Ss a £S«Uthe reserved rights of the States that strikes at t he very roots ot oar governments tinder the constitution as framed by the fathers of the republic. Federal Control of Elections. I * GBOVJRB CLETEUNDi Che minority of the committee had a re­ port to make through him, and he should expect the committee to listen to'this before ordering the previous question. This suited the convention exactly, and it roared its assent. .. Kesdiui; of the Platform. . : ; - Colonel Vilas stepped to. the. edge of the platform, resolutions in hand, and slowly and with a powerful voice he began the reading. He got on as far as the reference to the Democratic leaders who had succeeded the immortal Jeffer­ son from Madison to Cleveland when he stopped. He had touched off the powder magazine. The explosion was instantaneous, and it shook the wig­ wam. With one wild, shrill warwhoog of delight the greater part of the con­ vention and the spectators jumped to their feet and waved hats, handker­ chiefs, fans, and umbrellas, and uttered shout after shout, and as fast as one set of throats and arms showed signs of weariness another set took up the jubi­ lation and carried it on with increasing volume and greater vibration of light wearing apparel and the adjuncts of hot weather. The reading finished; like a tin whistle in a hurricane sounded the voice of the Chairman. He called for a vote on the adoption of the platform. "The platform is adopted," he cried, and then without a moment's delay: "The next business is the call of, the roll for the nomination of candidates for Presi­ dent." The great amphitheater was in disorder, commotion was everywhere. ^uties and kept aL> work. Hill wn<i Boles Named* . After the confusion the secretary called the State of Colorado, which re­ plied that it yielded its right to the floor to New York, and New York, in the per­ son of W. C. DeWitt of Brooklyn, took the platform. In due time he said that David Bennett Hill was the candidate of the common people. Mr. DeWitt made ingenious use of Senator Hill's reputation for partisanship, and made a clever appeal to the convention not to nominate a New York man who was not sustained by the delegation of his own State. He distributed graceful com­ pliments to Boies and Palmer and Gor­ man and Pattison and Carlisle, whose friends were invited to reciprocate. John F. Duncombe, of Fort Dodge, in a specch characteristic of the brainy lowan, placed the nomination of Gov. Boies before the convention. At the mention of the Governor's name his adherents became wildly enthusiastic, and, being joined in their applause by several of the other delegations, it was some time before the speaker could con­ clude. The nominations being seconded the convention proceeded to ballot, and at 3:20 o'clock Thursday morning the re­ sult of the first ballot was announced. The necessary 605 votes had been re* corded for Cleveland. The V«i« In Detail. The vote by States in detail was as follows: . wwfciwt oidutiuos, to wiuoii tJie Bcpnbllbim Vwrty hse committed itself. Is fraught with the gravest dangers, soaroely less momentous thin would result from a revolution, practically establish- "be monarchy on the ratos of the republic. It «t the North m weU a* the South, and injures the colored citizen even more than the white; it means a horde of dspnty at. every polling plaoe armed wtth Federal power, returning boards rppolnted apd oontroUed by Federal authority, the ontrae* af the tfeotond rights of the people in the several States, the subjugation of the colored people to the eon- trol of the party in power and the r«- and happiness of all; > measure deliber­ ately and Justly described; by a leading Repub­ lican Senator as the "most infamous bill that ever crossed the threshold of the Senate." Snch a policy, it sanctioned by law, wonld mean tbe domlnsnoe of a self-perpetuating oligarchy 6f Officeholders, and the party first uptrnsted wit, h Its machinery could be dislodged from power only by an appeal to the reserved right of the people to resist oppression whlohis inherent in ail aetf-goveraing communities. -Two years ago this revolutionary policy was emphatically con­ demned by the people at the poUa, but in eon- tempt of that verdict the Bepnbllcan party has defiantly declared in its latest authoritative ut­ terance that its success in the coming elections will mean tbe enactment of the force bill and the usuroatlon of despotio contxdl over elections in #.Il tihft of republican government in the United is dependent upon the defeat of the policy of legalised force and fraud, we invite the support of all citizens who desire to see the const it r, tion maintained in its integrity with the laws pursuant thereto which have given our country a hundred years of unexampled prosperity, and we pledge the Democratic party, if It be intrusted with power, not only to the defeat of the force bill, but also to relentless opposition to the Republican policy ot profligate ex­ penditure, which in the short space of two years has squandered an enormous surplus and emptied an overflowing treasury, after piling new burdens of taxation upon the alrrtuiy overtaxed labor of the countrjr. Declaration for Tariff Jteform. We denounce Republican protection as a fraud on the Rtbor of the great majority ofthe American people for the benefit of the few. We declare it to be a fundamental principle of the Democratic party that the Federal Govern­ ment has no constitutional power to impose and collect tariff duties except for the purposes of revenue only, and we demand that the col­ lection of such taxes shall be limited to the necessities of the Government when honestly and economically administered. We denounce the McKinley tariff law enacted by the Fifty- first Congress as the culminating atrocity of class legislation; we indorse the efforts made by the Democrats of the present Congress to modify Its most oppressive features in the direction ot free raw materials. and cheaper manufactured goods that enter into general consumption, and we promise its repeal as one of the beneficent results that will follow the aotion of the people in Intrusting power to tbe Democratic party. Since the McKinley tariff went into operation there have been ten reduc­ tions of the wages of laboring men to one increase. We deny that there has been any inerease of iprosperity to the country since that tariff went into opera­ tion, and we point to the dullness and distress, the wage reductions and strikes in the iron trade, as the best possible evidence that no such pronperity resulted from the Mc­ Kinley act. We call the attention of thought­ ful Americans to the fact that after thirty years of restrictive taxes against the importa­ tion of foreign wealth in exchange for our agricultural surplns the homes and farms of -the country have become burdened with a real-estate mortgage debt of over t>J,500,000,000, exclusive of all other forms of indebtedness; that in one of the chief agricultural States of the West there appears a real-estate mortgage averaging $105 per capita of the total popula­ tion, anathat similar .conditions and tenden­ cies are shown to exist in the other agricul­ tural exporting States. We denounce a policy which fosters no Industry so much as it does that of the Sheriff. The Question of Trade Reciprocity. Trade interchange on the basis of reciprocal advantage* to the countries participating is a time-honored doctrine of the Democratic faith, but we denounce the sham reciprocity which juggles with the people's desire for enlarged foreign markets and freer exchanges by pre­ tending to establish closer trade relations, for a country whose articles of export are almost exclusively agricultural products, with other countries that are also agricultural, while erecting a custom-house barrier of prohibitive tariff taxes against the richest countries of the world that stand geady to take our entire surplus of products and to exchange therefor commodities, which are necessaries and Com­ forts of life Among our own people. Trusts and Combinations.' We recognise in the trusts and combinations which are designed to enable capital to secure more than its Just#hare of the Joint product of capital and labor a natural consequence of the prohibitive taxes which prevent the free com­ petition whioh is the life of honest trade, but we believe their worst evils can be abated by law, and we demand the rigid enforcement of tbe laws made to prevent and control them, together with such further legislation in re­ straint of their abuses aa experience may show to be necessary. Lands for Actual Settlers. The Republican party, while professing a policy of reserving the publlo land for small r.w»s * :% ± Alabama..... Arkansas California .;...< Colorado »; M fe- B. P. fatSBBnt, Secretary National' Demo­ cratic Committee. convention then adjourned until 5 o'clock in the afternoon. A Georgia Freak. Americus, Ga., has a freak In the shape of a little white pfippy, boyn with only one eye, located in the cen­ ter of the head, has no upper jaw­ bone or nostrils, and breathes through its mouth. V A Little, Brief Time. "There are in^thods of measuring The Tammany leaders are oh their feet. Sheehan is in front. He tunis toward his delegation and beckons them to rise and come forward. He shakes his head angrily as they refuse, and pulls at his tawny mustache. Don Dickinson rubs his hands with satisfaction. The crucial moment has arrived. A curly headed clerk steps to the edge of the platform and sings out in a high nasal tone: "State of Alabama." A dozen men are standing on chairs asking for Information. Fenlon, of Kansas, moves to adjourn. The chair pays no attention to him. "Alabama," again cries the clerk. "Arkansas" was the next, and at the call a tall, lank Southerner mounts his chair. "Arkan­ sas yields her place to New Jersey," he says. There is a great shout. The Cleveland men are smiling. Again Tammany is in turmoil. The whole convention knows that Gov. Abbett, of New Jersey, has been chosen to pre­ sent tbe name of Grover Cleveland. Abbett Names Cleveland. Slowly the New Jersey Governor walked down the center aisle. He is broad-shouldered, heavily bearded, dig­ nified. He climbs the steps and Chair­ man Wilson meets him with outstretched hand. In slow and measured tone he Connecticut......... 13k-- Delaware Florida 5M Georgia 17 Illinois 4» Idaho Indiana 30 Iowa ,. Kansas 20/' Kentucky. .'. lit Louisiana 8 , Maine » Maryland. 6 . Massachusetts..... 24 Michigan 9d Minnesota 18- Missouri Mississippi..... Montana Nebraska. 15 Nevada .. New Hampshire H New Jersey... D New York North Carolina.. SM North Dakota. 6 Ohio M Oregon t Pennsvlvanla.. 64, Rhode Island. $ South Carolina 1 South Dakota.. T Tennessee 34 . Texas S3' Vermont | Virginia li Washington g West Virginia* T Wisconsin M W yomlng t Arizona . $ New Mexico. 4 Utah a Oklahoma 5 District of Columbia.... a Indian Territory 3 Alaska t % n »•' ii 1 i«H io u. "ir.'it; & *?• •aj Grover Cleveland's nomination was made unanimous. The convention then adjourned until 2 o'clock Thursday af­ ternoon. Stevenson for Vlee President. The convention assembled In the afternoon, with Gov. Gray, of Indiana, in a fair way to win the second place, but the New York delegation, by throw­ ing its strength to Adlai £. Stevenson of Illinois, succeeded in making him the victor. He was then formally declared the nominee for Vice President, and -after the usual resolutions, etc.. the settlers, has given away erving holdings by actual the people's heritage, .until MOW a few railroad and non-resident aliens, individual and cor­ porate, possess a larger area than that of all our farms between the two seas. The last Democratic administration reversed the im­ provident and unwise policy of the Repub­ lican party touching the public domain and reclaimed from corporations and syndicates, alien and domestic, and restored to the people nearly one hundred million acres of valuable land to be sacredly held as homesteads for our citizens, andr we pledge ourselves to con­ tinue this policy until every acre of land So unlawfully held shall be reclaimed and re­ stored to the people. The Coinage of Sliver. We denounce the Republican legislation known as the Sherman act of 1800 as a cow­ ardly makeshift fraught with possibilities of danger in the future which should make all of its supporters, as well aa its author, anxious for Its speedy repeal. We hold to the use of ' silver both gold and 1 - as the standard iboney of the country and to the coinage of both gold and silver without discriminating against either metal or charge for mintage, but the dol­ lar unit of coinage of both metus must be of equal intrinsic and exchangeable value or be adjusted through International agreement or by such safeguards of legislation as shall in­ sure the maintenance ot the parity of the two metals and the equal power of every dollar at all times in the markets and in the payment of debts; and we demand that all paper currency shall be kept at par with and redeemable in such coin. We Insist upon this policy as espe­ cially necessary for the protection of the farm­ ers and laboring classes, the first and most de­ fenseless victims of unstable money and a fluctuating currenoy. We recommend that the 'prohibitory 10 per cent^tax on state-bans la- sues be repealed. Reform or the Civil Service. Public office is a public trust. We reaf­ firm the declaration of the Democratic Na­ tional Convention of 1876 for the reform of the civil servioe, and we call for the honest en­ forcement o* ; se same; The nomination of a President, as in the recent Republican convention, by delegations com­ posed largely of his appointees, holding office at his pleasure, is a scandalous satire upon free nodular institutions and a startling illus­ tration of the methods by whioh a President mav gratify, his ambition. We denounce a pol­ icy under which Federal officeholder s usurp control of party conventions in the States, and we pledge the Democratic party to reform these and all other abuses which threaten in- dlvldual liberty and local self-government. The Nicaragua Canal. In support of national defense and the pro­ motion of commerce between the States we reoogniste the early construction of the Nicar­ agua Canal and its protection against foreign control as of great importance to the United States. An Honorable Foreign Policy. The Democratic party is the only party that bM ever given the country a foreign policy consistent and vigorous, compelling respect abroad and inspiring confidence at home. While avoiding entangling alliances It has aimed to oultivate friendly relations with other nations, and especially with our neighbors on the American continent, whose destiny is amalv Ifnlro/I with Anr Awn* nnH u;s «law wlf h lovers offwadoia wW awi Iwwtttar • covennaenti feeetzlMlea ef Immigration, We haarUly approve all legitimate efforts prevent the United States from " the danuptef ground fwthe KrfMafiaalpiupeife off 1 labor asd laescn MQIBttl MKl fUBOQMl'.IBf to restrldfc the tmmigratics 01 and worthy of foniitn lands. the Industrious, Pensleas tor Soldier* and tatlma This con ion hereby renews the ion ofr the soldiers sailors of c tfte Umoa inthewarf jut i&d Vm* the weik of thepenstonoi atwmouaiy, ahparxudiy »nd Honestly. W denounoothe present admlnistwAion as.% competent, corrupt, disgraceful nd""#1 honest. Waterway Jimnrn»f.»n The Federal Government should oare for and improve the Mississippi River and other greaft waterways of the republio so as to secure fear t he Interior States easy andeheap transpotta- t-ion to the tide-water. Whan any wateprsr of the republic is of sufficient importance te demand the aid of the Government, such att should be extended upon a definite pisa of cottv tlnnourf work until permanent improvement to secure a, -. The World's Fair. Recogulzing the World's Columbian ExpoaK tlon as a national undertaking of vast impo^ tanoe, in which the General Government has in­ vited the co-operation of all the powers of tbe world, and appreciating the aoceptanoe by Many pf such powers of the invitation so ex- 1 ended and the broad and iib-rsral efforts'ran* made by them to contribute to the grandeur <1# the undertaking, we are of opinio* that Co» grass should miuto Gtich necessary financial' provision as shall be requisite to the wainte> nanco of the natto ual honor and pnblio faith* The Common Sobools. Popular education being the only safe basis of popular suffrage, we recommend to the sev­ eral States most liberal appropriation for ths public schools. Free common schools are ths AitoWnrjr «£ gouu guvBiuUHrtit, auu iuev have afc* ways received the fostering care of the Deme- oratio party, which fevora every means of creasing intelligence. Freedom of edttcat being an essential of civil and religious illx. as well as a necessity for the development intelligence, must not be Interfered with urn any pretext whatever. We are opposed to State interference with parental rights and rights of conscience in the education ot chil­ dren, as an infringement of the, fundamental Democratic doctrine that the largest individual liberty consistent with the rights of others In­ sures the highest type of Ameridhn citizenship and the bee {government. Admission of the Territories. We approve the action of the present Housb of Representatives In passing bills for ths admission into t^« Union ae States the Terri- . tories of New Mexico , and Arixona, and we ' favorthe early admission of all the Territories having the necessary population and resources to entitle them to Statehood; and whin they remain Territories we hold that • the officials appointed to administer the Government of any Territory, together with the' Distnct pf Columbia and Alaska, should be bpn%-fiae residents of the Territory or district itt whiah their duties are to be performed. The Demo­ cratic party believes in home rule and the control of their own affairs by the people of - the vlolnage. ^ Protection of Railway Employes. J; We favor legislation by Congress and 0taif Legislatures to protect the lives and limbs of ' railway employes and those of other hazardous transportation companies, and denounce the inactivity of the Republican party, and partltv nlarly the Republican Senate, for causing ths defeat of measures beneficial and protective to this class of wage-workers. \ \ The Sweating System. * / We are In favor of the enactment by' tbs States of laws for abollshinff the notorious ' years of age. Sumptuary ILaws. ' W : We are opposed to all sumptuary laws as aa Interference with the individual rights of tbs citizens. Upon this statement of principles and policies the Democratic • party asks the in­ telligent judgment of the American people. It asks a change of administration and # change of party, in order that there may be a change of system and a change of methods, thuB assuring the maintenance, unimpaired. Of institutions under which the republic has grown great and powerful. Miles and Miles of Salt. ^ OnV of the natural curiosittdl dp"-' Asia Is the Great Salt Desert ot Peiv sla, which covers a. large territory about seventy miles south of TeheraUi C. E. Biddulph, who recently visited this place, says that Darya-i-Ifamak is an extensive tract of ground, slop­ ing on all sides toward thfe centerV covered with an incrustation of solid, salt several feet thick Jin most places, while in some parts it is of unknown depth. According to Goldthwaite's Geographical Magazine, it must h&va taken many centuries to form. As he saw it from the mountain top it stretched away for many miles, ap­ pearing like a vast frozen lake, llr extended as far as the eye could reach toward the south and west and glistened in the sun like a sheet of glass. His party finally approached th(| margin of the salt plain and decide^ to cross it. They found swampy ground for a mile or so and then en­ tered upon the sheet of salt itself. Near the edge the incrustation wai , thin and the salt sheet was soft, sloppy and mixed with earth. At a, distance of three or four miles from the edge the salt looked like solid ice as it is seen on any pond in northern latitudes during the winter. Tlgf surface was not quite level but re­ sembled that of ice which had patf. tially thawed and then frozen agaip. after a slight fall of snow. Of th4 solidity of this incrustation then could be no doubt, for camels, horsOt and mules were traveling o^er it without a vibration of any kind b£ ing perceptible. '• % After marching for about eight miles upon this unusual surface the party halted to examine its composi­ tion. They tried, by means of a hammer and an iron tent peg, id break of a block of salt to carry away as a specimen. The salt, however; was so very hard that , they could make no impression up it. They managed at last in another place to chip off a Jot of fragments which were of the purest white. In two or three days they had absorbed so much moisture that they became soft and[ slately blue in color. " r̂ : Thebk are few mors rugged among the Scotch scholars of the pres- eut generation than is Prof. Blackle, dt Edinburgh. Though 83, he has never worn a pair of spectacles, and for thirty years he had no need of medical advice,- • He attributes the vitality of his old aga to his custom of living by an unvarying < system, and it Is noteworthy that Olivet, Wendell Holmes, who is of about same age and. equally well preserved, told an interviewer some time ago that bis own good health was .due to hi* habit of living strictly by rule, even to tho temperature of his bath. It is iA* teresting to know that Prof. Blsekfe. does not go to feed until the clock strike^ 1*2. He risesj his midday Ei,iza yard, ha# "" irm< if "I"'., f, . MjL Martha's Ylne» • of land to A ,.is