The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-09-12
ruR MoRv1No SITUATION,

SYRACUSE, N. Y, September 1.-THE
city Is less excited this morning. The
prevailing impression on the streets Is
that the Robinson men will persist in and
succeed In nominating him for Governor,
The leaders openly say that peace and
harmony are played out, and that they will
vigorously follow the original programme.
The galleries Of Wieting Hall, where
the Democratic Convention Is held, were
densely packed at an carly hour.
State Senator John @. Jacobs called the
Convention to order about 10 o'clock, and
requested persons not delegates and occu-
pying seats on the floor to retire that the
delegates may be seated. This request
was followed by cries from the gallery,
"Put out them Tammany roughs."
The Chair requested the police to re-
move from the gallery any man who In.
suits any member OF this Convention.
The intruders upon The floor not retir.
ing, the Chair again appealed to them and
said II they would not retire his only re.
course was to clear the body OF the hall
and readmit those only holding delegate
tickets. Delegates must be protected In
their rights. Applause. He saw a
dozen men in front OF him whom he knew
and who were not delegates.
rnE RIVAL DELEGATIONS.
Report OF the Committee on Creden.
tials, seated the Mclaughlin delegates,
regarded as for Robinson, from Brooklyn
and Tammany delegation, anti.Robinson
from New York. The Irving Hall dele.
CATION, for Robinson, fTom New York, re-
tired from the contest to avoid giving any
cause for Tammany Hall refusing to sup
port the ticket.
The temporary Chairman was made per-
manent Chairman ofthe Convention, and
the following platform was presented and
adopted:
The Democratic party Of the State Of
New York, in Convention assembled, pro-
foundly sensible Of the important conse-
quences depending upon the immediate
result OF their deliberations, do declare
aud reassert the principles Of popu-
lar liberty and rights, laid down by Wash.
ingtou, Jefferson and other founders Of
the Republic.
we uOlu " liz SOustktutlOu viii all ltd
amendments, sacredly maintained and en-.
forced, and to the rights OF States Under
the Constitution. The tendencies OF the
Republican party to Capitalization and
consolidation are contrary to the princi-
Piles OF our institutions The United States
form nation in the sense, to the extent and
for the purposes defined in the Federal
Constitution, aud we resist every attempt
to transform them into an empire.
We insist on unity, fraternity and con-
cord, and that the issues settled by the
war shall not be renewed.
We deprecate the efforts made by the
Republican managers to revive sectional
feuds and to rekindle passions OF the past.
We demand honest elections and honest
count OF the votes. Never again by fraud
or force shall popular will be set aside to
crafty INSCRIPTIONS partisans.
The Democracy oppose all favoritism.
No single interest or class OF persons
should be protected at the expense Of 9TH
ers. Democracy means government OF the
whole people, for the whole people and by
the whole people. That if any class is to re-
ceive special consideration, it should be
the working people whom all other gov
ernments oppose and crush. The rights |
OF the people should be scrupulously pro.
tected from the enCroachments OF capital
and despotic greed Of corporations.