The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-09-25
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A STRONG PLATFORM AND 4 GOOD TICKET
IN NEW YORK.


The Democratic State Convention of
f. New York, which was in session at ALBANY
last week, adopted the following excellent
| platform
First Gold and silver 10 be the only
legal tender; no currency inconvertible
! with coin.
Second. Steady steps towards specie
payments. No step backwards.
ihird. Honest payment of the public
debt III coin (applause), and the sacred pre-
| servatIoa of the public faith
Fourth. Revenue reform, Federal tax
alton for revenue only, and no Government
partnership with protected monopolies.
Fifth. Home rule to limit and localize
most jealousy the few powers entrusted to
public servants, municipal, State and Fed
eral, and no Capitalization.
Sixth. Equal and exact justice to all
men no partial legislation, and no partial
taxation.
Seven. free press and no gag-laws.
Eighth. Free men, a uniform excise
law, and no sumptuary laws.
Ninth. Official accountability enforced
by better civil and criminal remedies. ana
no private use of public funds by public
officers.
Tenth. Corporations chartered by the
state always supervisabIe by the State in
the interests of the people.
Eleventh. The party in power is respon-
sihle for all legislation while in power.
Twelfth. The Presidency public trust
and not private perquisije, and no third
term.
Thirteenth. Economy in the public ex-
pcase, that labor may be lightly burdened.
LX-Governor Seymour, in Il speech in
which he referred in complimentary terms
to Sanford Il. Church as a possible candi-
date fer the Presidency. and who he stat
I'd, had declined a nomination at the hands
OF this convention, moved that the conven-
ton proceed to nominate a candidate for
Governor, which was adopted
The names of S. J. Tilden and Amasa J.
Parker wera presented. At the close of
the ballot TilGcn had 245, Parker 1l2; and
dozen scattering.
Before the vote was announced, several
changes were made, and it was then an
nounced as 252 for Tilden, 1876 for Parker,
and a few scattering.
On Mr. Parker's motion it was made un-
aninous.
The announcement of Tilden's nomina-
ton WAS received with great applause and
lie subsequently appeared and thanked the
convention for the honor.
The convention then proceeded to nomi-
nate a candidate for Lieutenant Governor,
and the names of several Democrats and
Liberal Republicans were presented
The Liberal Republican delegates, in
speeches, generally intinated that they ex-
pected that nomination. VIM. Dorshei-
mer Liberal Republican, was finally nom
mated. After several eulogistic speeches
by Liberal delegates the vote on the nom
ination of Dorshcimer was made unani-
nous.
Odin Thayer was nominated for Canal
Commissioner.
Judge Theodore Miller was nominated
for Judge of the Court of Appeals, and
George ii. Wagner for State. Prison In
srector.
A State Central Committee was then ap-
pointed and the Convention adjourned
Mr.. Tilden, in his speech accepting the
nomination FOR the Governorship said he
stood SCARED all over with blows received
in past conflicts, when he had led the De-
mocIacy to victory. He had never intend
ed to stand as a candidate for any office
he was content to serve as a private in the
ranks but having been nominated, he ex-
pccted to be carried on the stalwart Draw
ny arms of the farmers and mechanics of
the State 20 glorious victory.
Mr.. Dorsheimer, in returning thanks for
the nomination for Lieutenant Governor.
said the nomination had been rendered to
him without any solicitation on his part
and, he would add, that he I'D not receive
it as a compliment to himself so much as
to those men who came out of the domin-
ant party in 1872, when not a cloud as large
as a mans hand could be seen in the future
of that party. But the issues for which
that party was formed are past and gone,
and he, as well as others, were left to
choose other associations.
For himself, these was no other place for
him to go than wj<h the Democracy AL
though lie had fought the Democracy long.
yet it was his pleasure to say his first vote
was cast for Horatio Seymour. He closed
by saying that he would rather have re-
manned in the ranks, but if he could be of
any better service to the party in the posi-
tiun to which he had been called, he would
do ali in his power to render that service.