The New York herald., 1875-09-17

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Isl O. Whtehouse. o.' 27-Esekiel Cartner. ena
l4-,James c. Brown. 2s-Blank
Ie-Blank r-.,. ss9-aOTqil9 .; Warner.
1s-S W. Holcomb. 32Jacob Heinneng.
2o-Isaiah Fuller ls'"'' -"'OU0'0 = ~O''''
secretaries-wm D. Woodward, Michael Coney, L.
Kurth, B. Sverman, VIM. S. Hammond Edwin c.
Terry, E. A. Brown, Isaac Longead, JOS Mcneil, f. D.
Ferguson James r. Smith, r. A. Anabe, Ira D. Kerr,
W Worth Dewey Asa Leciear, Jabez Norton VIM. j.
Moses, James Faulkner Jr Martin J. Gundern, A. L.
Underhill, John H. White, Arthur b. Rathbone George
Chambers and Charles E. Gallagher.
The report agreed to.
The CHAIR appointed De Witt G. Lttlejohn and Rufus
W.. Peckham to conduct Judge sturges to the chair.
On reaching the platform Judge Sturges received
with great applause and he proceeded to address the
Convention as follows
sTURGEs
GENTLEMEN CoNvENTIoN-1 accept the
position to which you have designated me as the
permanent presiding officer of this body with
profound gratitude for the marked expressions
of your high regards. (Appause) And yet
my total nexperience in presiding over deliberative
assemblies necessitates to rely upon your kindness
aid in the proper discharge of the responsible
duties OF that position. We are convened gen
tlemen, as the representatives of the demo
cratic organization of the great State of New
York-(appause)-an organization that is the
ponen part of that encrcles Union-an organi-
zation that had its origin when the foundations of our
temple of constitutional liberty being laid There
is brace in that vast edihce contributing its
strength but what organization has been foremost
IN placing there. (Applause.) Assembled as we are
under these circumstances behooves act worthy
of the high vocation wherewith we are Called that we
so conduct this convention, that we enuncate such
platform, that we nominate such ticket
that even he who holds himself aoof from political or
ganiZatons for the that he thereby thinks he
may better discharge his duty patriotic citizen
will say when he reads the account of the action of
this Convention, that he serve his country in no
better way than by adopting the platform support
ing the candidates nominated at the democratic
yenuon held in Syracuse in 1875, Great applause)
j know gentlemen, that 1t is said that
the democratic party in these days tender
footed on the currency question, but 1t was
| hot
greenbacks and called them money-applause)-a IL
court with democratic proclivtes that decided
that the words in the constitution giving power Con-
gress to coin money and regulate the value thereof
thorized the issuing of paper and calling it money
Great appause 1t was no court of democratic procliv
ties that turned somerset on this question Applause
and laugher) Gentlemen, on this question the history
of the democratic party is written The past secure
and when the party shall take up that question at the
proper time man need fear that shall falsify our
record. (Applause) So far as this question is con-
cerned il seems to that a sef-evdent PROPOSE
ton that the party in power at the helm of the
general government are entirely incompetent to take
oft and discharge their duties in that behalf for the
that now, after more than ten years since the
close of the war, the promises of govern
ment are ten, twelve and fifteen per cent
below par. (Applause.) And l say that with
any proper administration of the affairs of this
government during that time, there is reason
why the promises Of the government considering its
vast revenue its still greater resources should not be
worth as much in the Exchange of New York. in
the city of London to-day, as the gold dollar eagle
(Applause) What is TO be done on that question is
this you to bring your government promises up
par and you cannot do 1t by legislative enact
ment; you make paper and
gold of equal value, or bring paper at par
with gold by legislative enactment than you can
convert the article Of paper itself into gold by legisa
ton (Applause) That must be done, gentlemen, by
outstanding the resources of the government curtang
its expenses and creating confidence in the government
(Applause) During all these years our government,
under the idea that they have grown rich in the war
instead of growing poor, have been making appropra
their their Golfers had been en- fpli Of money but
under such circumstances entirely improper in my
judgment And still more, the extravaganza in every
department of the general government has run riot all
that period The States have caught up that extrav
agant feeling, and the people have followed until
overwhelmed with national, State and
municipal debts, and these debts the
sources of the hard times that now up
on US NppIausol Now, gentlemen It seems to
mental affairs, but have had occasion before now to
take the paper of some Of my friends TO money lender
and to tell him desired TO raise some money on it
He would take his spectacles aud look at it ''Whv,"
says he ''your friend bought pair of horses worth
$1,000 the other day, understand"
'sHe has bought carriage worth $75o'"
oHe is going to build mansion to live in, 1 un-
derstandr"
sewelL don't want his paper unless I have it fifteen
10 twenty per cent below par at discount" Appause)
IL seems to me at all times that the government
State, national muncipal-or the individual has among
the money y-lenders and money changers q very poor
prospect unless there Is good showing OF economy.
Then what dutyS Our duty is to put men at tho
who will curtal these expenses and lop of all that
unnecessary until their promises up to par great
appause and then repeal your Legal Tender act That
is resumption and not by legislative enactment When
have created confidence in the people that can
pay that is all you desire IL is axomolder than
any government on this Continent or in Europe
''They able because they TO be
able;" and when the government has tho
confidence of the people that II can pay when they
their money the promises of your government are at
par but they think that the democratic party propose
TO pay our national debt in grcenbacks, whilo the
republican party propose TO pay IL in gold. Well, we
have about $780, 100000 Of gold in this country and
have not seen the problem solved how our friends
over the way are going to pay 81 900 000 900 with
$3.50, 600 OO0 The truth is gentlemen that that debt
is mortgage upon the agricultural the mechanical,
the commercial interests of this country; that debt has
got to be paid the farmer pays the mortgage upon his
farm and the mechanic pays the mortgage upon his
houseby the product of his labors. What grows out
of the earth and what is manufactured therefrom Is
what creditors TO rely to pay their debt and
the use OF the currency Is to equaze exchanges in
And hence IL is entirely impossible for to do a safo
business with nuctuating-why, to me- gentlemen II
Is humiliatng spectacle TO see our government
month yea twice a month, gambling in Wall street
duty of tho democratic party TO see TO that the proper
course entered upon Aye, gentlemen, far
concerned this State, VIC havo entered upon II. We
entered upon t by the result Of the election last fall
(grcat applause)-and he who holds the helm Of
government this State has entered upon that stern
duty of reducing the expenses of State, and
the people within very few months will
feel the benefit Of it-(applause)-and this
TO this question. We shall celebrate, l trust the
great centennial year Of independence by putting
leagues the domination of leagues Of demagogues
In appause)by putting at the helm of gov
tcgrity or quote the father of the democratic party
men 'honcst faithful and capable - Great applauscl