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the Federal Constitution, and is therefore the only 

 political party which the people can safely trust to 

 administer the organic law of the State. 



2. The Democratic sentiment is an indissoluble 

 union of indestructible States under the paramount 

 authority of the Federal Constitution in all powers 

 which have not been reserved by the States. 



8. That as suffrage is a privilege conferred exclu- 

 sively by the States, each State for itself agreeably to 

 the constitutionally expressed will of the people there- 

 of, any attempt of the General Government to inter- 

 fere with the elections in the States, or in any of them, 

 is dangerous to the liberties of the people and destruc- 

 tive of the sacredness of the elective franchise ; and 

 therefore we condemn as unconstitutional and subver- 

 sive of the freedom of the ballot the odious laws of 

 Bepublican origin and adoption, by which Federal 

 supervisors of elections and^ deputy marshals are em- 

 powered to interfere with the registration of voters 

 and at the polls, and United States troops are stationed 

 at polling-places to intimidate or disfranchise citizens, 

 native and naturalized. 



4. That in unison with their party brethren 

 throughout the republic, the Democrats of California 

 denounce the repeated abuses of the veto by Buther- 

 ford B. Hayes, acting as the executive officer of the 

 Government, in defeating the will of the people, as 

 expressed by Congress, in his rejection 01 the bills 

 passed by that body to repeal obnoxious and uncon- 

 stitutional laws during the present special session. 



5. That the Democracy of California earnestly ap- 

 prove the conduct of the Democrats in both Houses 

 of Congress for their firm adherence to the jus_t deter- 

 mination to repeal the laws by which the rights of 

 voters are interfered with, at the instance and under 

 the authority of the Eepublican Administration, to 

 the extremity of depriving citizens of suffrage for the 

 purpose of carrying elections by force and fraud. 



6. That the Democracy of California are united and 

 devoted in support of, and obedience to, the new Con- 

 stitution, and maintain it as a sacred duty to adminis- 

 ter the State government in strict and unqualified 

 accordance with the spirit and letter of that instru- 

 ment. 



7. That the Democratic party is pledged by its 

 principles and immemorial usages to reform, retrench- 

 ment, and the utmost economy compatible with good 

 government in the administration of public affairs ; 

 that it adheres to the cardinal doctrines of its founders 

 that taxation and representation should go together, 

 that the lowest practicable tax-rate commensurate 

 with the expenses of the State should be levied, and 

 taxation should be equally and justly imposed on all 

 property to the end tnat one class shall not be bur- 

 dened with the taxes fairly due from another, and that 

 no exemption of tax should be allowed to capital 

 which is withheld from other species of property. 



9. That the Democrats of California were the first 

 in the early establishment of the State government 

 to proclaim antagonism to Chinese immigration and 

 coolv cheap labor ; that it was under a Eepublican Ad- 

 ministration that the Burlingame treaty was made, by 

 which Chinese were admitted to the rights and privi- 

 leges accorded to emigrants from Europe ; that it was 

 a Kepublican occupant of the Presidential chair who 

 vetoed the bill passed by a Democratic Congress to 

 prohibit the further immigration of Mongolians, and 

 that the Eepublican minority in Congress prevented 

 the passage of the bill over the veto ; and that there- 

 fore it is only to the Democratic party the people can 

 confidently look to secure legislation that snail abate 

 and abolish the evil and curse of cooly importation, 

 which cripples trade and palsies the arm of white 

 labor. 



10. That the Democrats of California approve the 

 action of the Democrats in Congress who secured the 

 passage of the Thurman bill, by which the Pacific 

 Eailroads arc compelled to pay to the Government the 

 just share of interest annually due from them upon 

 the bonds, agreeably to the 'terras of the charters 

 granted to the respective companies. 



11. That the railroad and other transportation cor- 

 porations in California should be subject to State reg- 

 ulation of rates for passengers and freight, in order 

 that a material reduction should be made, that unjust 

 and discriminating rates shall not be imposed or ex- 

 torted, and that the enforcement of the reduction 

 should particularly apply to the railroads which have 

 been subsidized. 



12. That mining, as the original and still a very 

 important interest of California, is entitled to the fos- 

 tering care and should be fostered and receive the 

 fullest protection from the State government, and the 

 property and possessions of all engaged in mining 

 enterprises should be guarded by the legislative, judi- 

 cial, and executive departments of the State and Fed- 

 eral governments. 



13. That the large reduction of expenditures in the 

 public service in the administration of the State gov- 

 ernment during the past four years under Democratic 

 management, at this time of general depression in 

 trade and labor, especially commend to the people of 

 this Commonwealth the election of the candidates of 

 the Democratic party at the coming election to admin- 

 ister the State government for the ensuing constitu- 

 tional term. 



The following was adopted as a substitute 

 for the twelfth resolution : 



Resolved, That mining and agriculture, as the over- 

 shadowing interests of California, should equally re- 

 ceive the fullest protection from the State government, 

 and the property and possessions of all engaged in 

 either pursuit should be carefully guarded by the 

 legislative, judicial, and executive departments of 

 both the State and Federal governments. 



The Prohibition party also put up candidates 

 for State officers, as follows : For Governor, 



A. G. Clark ; for Lieutenant-Governor, 



Reed ; for Secretary of State, A. A. Smith ; 

 for Treasurer, W. O. Clark ; for Comptroller, 

 M. 0. Winchester ; for Surveyor-General, J. 

 W. Shanklin ; for Attorney-General, Charles 

 W. Cross ; for Superintendent of Public In- 

 struction, S. N. Burch ; for Chief Justice, A. 

 L. Rhoades. 



The following nominations were also made 

 for members of Congress: Republican 1. 

 Horace Davis ; 2. Horace F. Page ; 3. Joseph 

 McKenna ; 4. Romualdo Pacheco. Democrat- 

 ic 1. Charles A. Sumner ; 2. T. J. Clunie ; 

 3. 0. P. Berry ; 4. Wallace Leach. Working- 

 men 1. Clitus Barbour; 2. H. P.Williams; 

 3. C. P. Berry ; 4. James J. Ayres. 



The following nominations were made for 

 Associate Justices: Workingmen S. B. Mc- 

 Kee, S. M. Buck, J. R. Sharpstein, W. T. Mc- 

 Nealy, 0. A. Tuttle, and J. H. Budd. Repub- 

 licanA. P. Catlin, E. G. Belcher, Garrett T. 

 Richards, E. D. Wheeler, J. E. Hale, H. M. 

 Myrick. Democratic E. W. McKinstry, S. 



B. McKee, J. D. Thornton, E. M. Ross, T. B. 

 Stoney, T. B. Reardon. 



The following nominations were made for 

 Railroad Commissioners: Republican 1st 



dist., Joseph S. Cone; 2d dist., Phelps; 



3d dist., 0. H. Philips. Democratic 1st dist., 



Carpenter; 2ddist., Thomas; 3d dist., 



G. H. Stoneman. Workingmen 1st dist., 



Henry Larkin ; 2d Dist., Beerstecher ; 3d 



dist., G. H. Stoneman. 



The following nominations were made for 

 members of the State Board of Equalization, 



