Show PURITY AND j PATRIOTISM Both of These Virtues Are Ascribed to Cleveland THE MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS THEY SEE IX THE PRESIDENT A PILLJt OF STRENGTH He Has Served Notice Upon All That the Supremacy of This Go rern snout Upon the Western Hemisphere Hemi-sphere Will he Maintained in the Face of Tower Pelt and the Plague of War DETROIT Mich April 29 Afiter a tremendous amount of lobbying throughout through-out the morning the Democratic state convention was called to order at 1215 oclock this afternoon Alfred J Murphy of Detroit temporary tempo-rary chairman said If politics means good government and good government means the faithfu1 performance per-formance of public duty and the keeping of party pledges to the people thfere is no page in the open book of the to administrations ad-ministrations of President Cleveland but proves the J PURITY OF HIS POLITICS the patriotism of his government and the wisdom of his party Conservative in the adoption of new policies but recognized as a pillar of strength in the furtherance of policies once adopted his present administiution by a single act achieved more fir his country than addition of territory f > r the triumph of partisanship could bring For in his Venezuelan message he Jerved notice for all time to come upon tile nations na-tions that the supremacy of this gtUern meat upon this western hemisphere will be maintained in the face of powei pelf and the plague of war By that oingio act the perpetuity of the western republic re-public is assured while time shall last It is a matter of common shams ho declared that this state must be charged with the crime of Linton the Httli It will not do to quote this pill of bigotry with the SUGAR OF SHAME PATRIOTISM It will not do to save the country from going to the dogs through the cab Us of secret oathbound promoters of religious strife It will not do to try to blind the eyes of the American people by thrwmg the dust of hatred in them But i beg to suggest that it will do to adopt a con stltutional amendment prohibiting under penalty of forfeiture of suffrage membership member-ship in any secret oathbound political body In the maintenance of religious liberty and the complete SEPARATION OF CHURCH rAND STATE the Democratic party has ever stool and shall standBy stand-By a large majority the convention voted to refer all resolutions to the I resolution reso-lution committee without debate The roll of congressional districts was called and each delegation nominated members of the committee on credentials order of business and resolutions The convention then adjourned until 230 and the committees were called into session immediately I It was 4 oclock before the commlt were ready to report and the corjven tion resumed business The chief contentions con-tentions had been in the committee on resolutions which stood 7 for sund money to 5 for free silver The gold men carried the plan of procedure by a vote of 424 to 366 and the committee report was adopted The choice oi the district caucuses for national convention conven-tion delegates were then confirmed and the convention proceeded with nomination nomina-tion of delegates at large Elliot G Stevenson Thomas A E Weadock Robert E Blacker and I eter White were chosen delegates The platform adopted cornmnds Clevelands administration especial V as to its foreign policy and urges ai1 to the Cubans I The money plank is for the hold standard An additional resolution hon demns the A P A and similar sties s-ties At S17 p m the convention adjoprn ed sine die |