Show TELEGRAPH TIDINGS old views on the national navy by lEd tha the democrats Denoo rats stick up for brother Ran mancall call tho the capital of bursnall Bu burned burnea up ons one 1 half by watern western ad press to tha th hound round bandall nua nan JalI dall ALLENTOWN pa april 9 tha the democratic convenio con convention venil ion was called to order bj by chairman kienzel ll li enzel the roll call twelve contested beats seats at the close odthe of the roll call 11 milton spear wag was elected temporary chairman by acclamation shouts and applause for kandall randall were given by the tile convention the rules odthe of the representatives nero ere adopted for the government of the body and committees were appointed the convention then adjourned till 2 p in for organization it immediately convened and decided upon K R mi milton iton spear for gerin permanent anent president when assembled reassembled re II 11 milton spear was chosen permanent chairman chair mau maii and wm chairman of the committee on oi resolutions lut ions presented the following report the tile democratic party in state convention are pledged to maintain those principles odthe of the government ordained by the tile federal constitution aud and their interpretation which the founders of the party settled and made known and narty denounces en ounces the late attempts by tile the agents of the federal government to overturn those principles principled by legislation and executive usurpations second weare we are against centralization expenditures di tures subsidies and the debasement of ortho tile civil service to partisan bione third we believe that the electoral fraud of aby which samuel J tilden and thomas A hendricks were cheated out of the offices of president and Vice Vices President to which they were fairly elected was almost deadly blow aimed at our system of representative government and the duty of driving from power the men and party who made that fraud triumphant is made the most sacred obligation ever imposed iron upon the consciences of fre freemen enten fourthie fourth Fourt hWe we favor tariffs for rey denue limited to the necessities of the government economically administered and BO so adjusted in its application as to prevent unequal burdens encourage the productive industries at homeard home and adlord just compensation to labor but not to create or foster monopolies and to this end we favor the a abolition oli tion of the internal revenue system of taxes and such adjustment of alio tariff duties as willbe will be consistent with ith these principles E every very legitimate effort of labor to better bette rits its condition enhance its rewards and protect its rights commands t the hesam sympathy and the support T part 0 of f the D democratic eni crr V c party the importation in porta por tation tiou under contract of foreign pauper labor is an ail evil abich which should bo be remedied by judicious 1091 legisla sla tion here follow a number of local state planks and continues continued as follows that samuel J randall as the tile choice of the democrats of pennsylvania as the candidate of 0 their party for president by long faithful public service he has manifested an unfaltering devotion to high political principle and fealty to the democratic party his honesty ind and honor lionor bis his capacity and courage ills his faithful labors and signal abilities have merited and won for him the confide confidence rice and su support apart of the people of the united states agthe third resolution was read the convention broke into cheers tho planks relating to the tariff ariff labor and state administration were asua also aso applauded moat noat hearty bearty cheers were gennud given and repeated again and again when en tho last list resolution referring to 11 randala dall was read ill tho 0 platform for as reald read was adopted randall was bent for and when ho he arrived bo he made a brief speech thanking the convention for tho the lion hon or general le davis was nominated for at large and ric richard aliard philadelphia 11 J mcgrann Ic Grann of lancaster and 11 II B plummer Plum mor of Vo Ve were chosen electors at st large delegat at large william J Ilar harrity rity william A wallace james 1 P barr eckley P coxe B BF F myers and william 11 the ticket waa was co completed meted by selecting belec ting twenty seven ad additional names as candidates for district electors and fifty four dettrict ct delegates to the national convention from the twenty seye congressional gre iona districts adjourned th the nations kioa ti oa kry washington april 0 the senate resumed consideration of the naval appropriation ioa bill and vest continued his remarks vest made madette the point that the decline of our shipping did not as generally supposed osedo begin with our civil war it beean began years before it declined nearly 16 per cent between 1840 and 1860 the american fillipo should be permitted to buy ships wherever he might choose but this was not the tile oni only y thing ho 1 would r reform the whole T protective tive system which had struck down wn the american marine Merli mcpherson eron said while the GOV govern ern ment pres isted led in keeping tile present secretary of the N gayy avy it could not wonder at the lack of confidence in the navy department hale lisie defended the secretary vest thought th the e secretary unduly influenced by pany party bias but in reply to halo nale he admitted he could not put his finger on any one act of that officers administration that would subject c him to criticism vet vest arraigned ili the e republican party as responsible for the non nonexistence existence of the american navy hale bald mid during i the past twelve years tle democrats had c control the HOOP h half alf the time and the senate a part of the time vest replied they had bad a little a spas pas medic control odthe of the senate an and d house for about three months r iafe beck beek eaid said the records of the naval e expenditures X P 1 d di tures for the last awen twenty Z years I 1 would I 1 1 prove the rottenness and c corruption or r u eption in the adminis administration trat io of f its funds edmunds stated he lie had been much interested in the accounts given in the senate of tha the flourishing condition of the tile navy before the war he ife read a letter from james buchanan Buc banan dat dated ed sept 1853 addressed address ed to hon bon kinney wise virginia in which he eaid paid we americans boasted much of olour our navy but what was it in comparison prance alson with the navies of england or franca suppose these powers should determine to prevent prevent us from in cuba in case the time should arrive when we ought to interfere ter fere they have a naval a I 1 howerto power to carry out their determination we should at least have navy navy enough to command our own coast buchanan further recommended that a part of the surplus in the Trea treasury sary should be expended in constructing a nary edmunds said that was al all th the c senate wanted to do buchanan b bad a d also expressed the conviction that the work bad had better be put out under contract which edmunds added was what was proposed in this instance executive cession adjourned cable click clicks lomov april 9 information has has been received that in official cir clea alesin in madrid no confidence is placed in a the story that united states minister 1 foster has started for washington for the purpose of talking up t the commercial treaty bet between spain 1 u and the united states it in 8 not ire believed 1 seyed in madrid that the united states would consent to become involved in the tile disputes that would necessarily necess necessarily aril arise if the question of cuba should be broached one half of Manda laythe capital of burmah a city of has his been burned it is in reported an attempt was made last night to destroy with dynamite the magazine of fort george a few miles from inverness the maradi c ders jers escaped in boats but not before the sentry had bayonn eted cd one of them DUBLIN april 0 0 in a railway ra cols cislon today to day at black kock rock on the kingstown railway a few miles south of dublin thirty five persons were anju injured red A detachment of cavalry has bad arrived at kidderminster owing to riotous actions the ministers have refused to yield to the mens demand denland a strike is ex expected acted the attempt has been made amerteen AM at aberdeen erdeen to destroy the machinery er in tho Dour port carpet works baitis raitis rA PARIS itis april 9 le monde the cler isal ii news newspaper cays says five french missionaries and thirty catechists ets ts have been massi massacred cred in tong king april 9 the emperor i is nearly convalescent criminal chapter DEADWOOD D T april 9 jack morris shot and killed louis stable last night in a bar room at spear fish dakota the particulars are not received but stable seemed to bo be the aggressor TACOMA TA COMA W WT T april 0 0 governor newell has commuted the sentence of erginio ofEr ninio gionini who was to have been hanged at vancouver on the dinst to life imprisonment penn april 9 the defalcation of geo goo M rupert treasurer of the burrough burrou h pennsylvania mutual fire insurance company is placed at rupert was arrested 11 |