Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-04


AIRY Chairman-A. II. Cornell Nominated
for Governor on the Fl,st Ballo,-The
Result Received With Cheers and II tsses
Large Vote In the San Francisco Elec-
tion-A Great Deal Of Scratching Except
byl the WorkinGmen-Miscella 2fss8
Netc TorE Republicans.
COMBINES GRIP.
SARATOGA, Sept. ga. B. Cornell, chairman
of the State committee, called the Republican
convention to order. United States Senator
Conkling, who as he entered tho hall was
loudly applauded, was unanimously chosen
temporary chairman. He said: We NEE. as
of tho historic organization in
which many of us have grown old, but their
hearts were young, warm and true as In days
long gone by. Reciprocatiny all your kind
ness. I like to receive it as an omen of concord
and harmony in all convention proceedings SO
crowned by popular success. l congratulate
you on the auspicious promise for our party
and the republic. Threatening dangers now
appear in public affairs: First, theRretepsiopa
OF State rights; second, limitation. and third, a
disposition to trample on the liberties of
part of the people. All, s,is9s. -. -. -
The Senator referred to tho resum ption of
specie payments and said: Our finances, if
left alone, will be safer and better than they
have been for many years. Abundant crops
have been gathered and this abundance will
bring prosperity. He then proceeded to dis
cuss the financial issues at some length. His
reference to the quiet man. meaning Grant.
and his ve'o of an act intended to check and
defeat resumption by repeating the law fixing
the date, was greeted with vociferous appla use,
as was his claim for the Republican party
that it had effected resumption and made
every paper dollar good as gold. Following
resumption has come renewed business pros
perity, and all that is wanted is to keep off the
haLds of scheming men, non-interference with
business by legislation, and all will be WELL
Republican ascendency means the mainte
nance and resumption of prosperity, and Re-
publican ascendency would be sure aud easy if
all the votes of the country could be freely
cast and fairly countedli but this unfortunately
could not be- because in parts Of fthe country
the vote was not free. The pretension Of
States rights once more raises its head It de-
clares there Shall be no free elections, there
shall be no fair count. The majority in the
two houses of Congress ut its last session took
the government by the throat and then threat
ened to strangle it to death unless the Presi-
dent would sign bills which no knew to be un-
righteous aad unjust. The jury laws which
hive stood for more than eighty years were
Frustrated and the jury box prostituteq. This
was in order to give license to uplawfulness on
election day and every day. The army was
manacled, not only on all days but on that
very day when it should be most ready to act
in support of national liberty. This was all
half of brutal candidates. Four Southern
states are certainly Republican by large ma
jority, and two more are ON the same side if
their votes could be recorded; but there will
be no contest in the next Presidential election
in the South. There will be no election there
worth the pame Every vote will be registered
for the Democratic candidate, whoever he may
be. This done, only forty.seten more votes
will be needed. New York has thirty-seven of
these votes, and this must be known and I'M
derstood. Thus great responsibility rests
upon her. She will decide the contest of 1850.
The action Of New YORK; this year will 50 far
toward deciding the question, The action of
paying people shall rule this country or not.
Referring to party differences in the past,
Conkling claimed that all of them had been
settled and the party was unit in the matters
which were right or wrong in the past. Now
all the Republicans stand together on every
essential or living issue. We know that Demo-
cratic success now would mean sectional domi
nation; consequently with the ticket and plat.
form 10 he here made tho State could be lost
only by inattentiou aud neglect. New York is
imperial, and she must this year 40 to the head
of the Republican column.
MAN NAMED WHEELER.
Vice President Wheeler was invited to seat
on the platform, but he had previously left the
hall. The mention Of the Vice Presidents
name and that of George William Curtis dur
ing the call of the roll of delegates brought
forth great cheers. After the appointment of
the customary committees recess was taken.
The eonseuttou ksgip; 1esssembled, ex Col
lector Arthur, chairman of Che committee on
organization, presented the name of William
A. Wheeler for permanent president. Being
cond uc'ed TO. the chair, My. Wheeler made Z
short speech in which 'hs aaid the policy Of
seeking to starye the government into submis-
sion to rebellion wes initiated at Fort Sum-
ter and exempli6ed by the Democracy in tho
late sessloD of Congress. Tho speech was q
general arraianment of the Democratic party
and policy, and Its record during and since the
late war, and an eulogy of the Republican
party and an appeal to the necessity for con-
timing the latter in power in order to main
tain and enforce the results achieved BY the
sword and to secure protection to every citizen
of every right regardless of his color, condition
or locality. .
THE PLATFORM. ta.
Chaa. f. Smith, chairman of the committee
form and it was unanimously adopted:
The Republicans Of New York. pledging our
selves anew to national supremacy, equal
rights, free elections and honest money, declare
these principles: - !
First-The Republic of the United States ia
a nation and not a league. The nation is su-
preme within its own constitutional sphere, it
is girded with power to guard Its own life, to
protect its own citizens, regulate its own cleo.
inns nd TO
doctrine of State sovereignty is baleful mon
ster of qualification, secession and anarchy.
Republicanism stands for national supremacy
in national affairs and State rights in State
concerns. The Democracy stands for State
sovereignty, with its own twin heresy that tho
Union is q mere confederacy of States.
Second-To refuse necessary supplies fol-
the government with the design Of compelling
the unwilling consent of cu-ordinate and in
dependent branch to odioas measures, ia revo-
luton. To refuse appropriations for the ex.
eoution Of existing and binding laws is nulli-
tication. We arraign the Democratic repre-.
sentatives in Congress as gully of both revo-
lutionary attempts and nullifcating schemes
ana We reprobate their action as calculated to
subvert the constitution and strike at the ex-
istence Of the government ITSELF.
Third-The safety of the republic demands
free and pure elections. The Democratic Con.
gress has attempted diotation by GAUGES, by
threats of starving the government and by
months of disturbing agitation, to break down
the national election laws. We denounce this
effort as . conspiracy to overthrow the safe
guards Of free suffrage and to open the ballot
box to the unchecked domination of the rifle
clubs of the South and repeaters of New York.
We declare our uncompromising opposition to
any repeal Of these just protective lsws, and
the Republican Senators and Representatives
in Congressifor their remittance to this attempt
and President Hayes for his veto messages de-
serve and receive our hearty approval.
Fourth-The Republican party neither justi-
fies or tolerates military interference with
elections. It seeks only to protect the ballot
| box from interference of force and fraud. 1t
repels the false charges and denoances the
false pretepses Of the cQnspirators WHO, while
protesting free elections everywhere, hanctivn
mob law In the South, while inveighing
against troops at the polls to protect citizens,
refuse to prohibit armed clubs surrounding the
ballot-box to intimidate them, and while af-
fecting that the soldiers bayonet will overawe
fres voters remain silent while the assassin's
bullet seals the fate of politics and independ,
ence.
Fifth-Weeail upon the people to remember
that the Democratic party forces the extra ses.
sion of Congress without Warrant or excuse.
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