The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-09-23
The New York Democratic State Con-
Nention - rGmmany and Irving
Hall Get Into the Ring
Cleveland, of Buffalo.
Nominated for Governor Unanimously
On the Fourth Ballot John Kelley
Wedges His Plank In.
Matthews, of Hot Springs. Killed in An
ARRAY with COlonelS Fordyce
aud Riggs.
EN-lieutenaut Governor Rousseau Sui
cides-A Murderer Caught.
A Buffalo Woman Jumps In a Cistern -
Business Failures.
Other Interesting Telegraphic Notes.
The New York State Convention

'ANNNNHN' ~ 1 IS RNllNolhutI 80 tlll-
porary Chairman Pockham called the demo.
cratic state convention TO order at loo
O'Clock Il, m, and stated that the first busi.
ness before the convention would be the pre.
scntotion of the report of the conyen-
ton ON contested seats. Mr.. Haryick'
chairman, said the convention on contested
seats had listened patiently to the claims OF
the various contestants who appeared
before iC. The New York county demo.
Gratis relialned from voting on the question
OF representation from the city of New
York. The committee recognized the
county democracy rs the regular delega.
tion, but with view to the success of the
party at the polls and for the purpose of Sc.
curing entire harmony, they recommended
that the New York representation be
divided rs follows, The county democracy
to have thirty-eight members, Tammany
twenty-four and Irving hall ten. He
moved the adoption OF the report and
moved the previous question, which was
ordered and the committees report was
unanimously adopted amid most vociter-
Gus applause. Harvick said that he was di-
rected by the state committee to oilera re.
solution recommending that in future
primary election should be held by elective
districts for the election of delegates TO the
convention in the city of New York, under
the auspices and direction of the state COM
| mittee until such time as the various lac.
tiopsl IN that city may agree rs to the pro,,,
| er ~ de OF electng their delegates, and
the resolution was unanimously adopted
| and the report of the committee on perma-
nent organization was presented to the
Syracuse convention.
Lester ID. Faulkner was named for per
munput chairman with thtrtxr ..
presidents and secretaries. General Roger
a. Iryor, chairman of tha committee on
resolutions, presented the platform and
moved its unanimous adoption, and John
Kelly said plank should be inserted con.
demnlng the distribution of public lands TO
private corporations and moved that the
| platform be referred back to the committee
| for the insertion of the plank which shall
condemn the enormous grants OF those
| lands to corporations. Agreed to, and the
resolutions were referred back to the COM
| mittee.
In connection with the settlement Of the
| New York contests the com rittee OH con
tetsed seatsa late hOurlast night adopted
the following:
Resolved, That this committee recognize
| the county democracy rs II regular demo-
cratic organization for the city of New
| York.
The result of the first ballot was: Socum
0S, Cleveland GO, Flower ~, Nelson %, Cor
nell 30, Belmont IL, Campbell 81, Hutchins
| IL. Total number of votes cast, 3Sl neces.
| sary to a choice, 1873.
The second ballot brough' no reset. In
thethird ball lot scene of ofccui,IIsa 'ped,
amounting almost to riov,.aS~~~- con
vention for u time passed SH'e-fFVANFo.N fho
| control Of the chairman. As thu roll tgil
proceeded many changes were announced,
| and finally appearances indicated about 200
for Cleveland, 100 for Roswell 4. Flower,
and 80 for General Slocum. Socum's
friends tried to Captare the convention by n
motion to declare him nominated by acca.
nation This started the disturbance.
Loud calls were made for the announce.
ment of the ballot Senator Jacobs moved
that new ballot be taken. After pro-
longed scene OF disorder this motion was
adopted,
The third ballot was not announced.
The fourth ballot resulted as fol-
lows: Cleveland, 2ll; Siocum,
1856 Flower 10; total vote,
cast VS. 3S2. The chair announced amid
the utmost enthusiasm, that the nominee OF
the convention for governor was Grover
Clev land. The band played and the dele.
gates cheercd to the echo. Senator Jacobs
moved that the nomination bc made unani.
nous, which was accordingly done, North.
rup, of Onondaga, moveG a recess until I
O'Clock, which motion was carried.
Cleveland is u young man who, when
nominated mayor of Buffalo upon the
municipal reform ticket, was elected by a
majority averaging 5000 greater than the
rest Of the ticket.
The platform arralgns the republican
party of the country for maladministration;
reailhms the democratic platform of 1874;
Ia,
greSs for failure to reduce taxation TO the
legitimate requirements of the government
under an honest and frugal administra.
tion; condemns the river and harbor
bill, declares the nomination of Sec.
retary FOlger by the republicans
nomination by the federal guycrnment.
declares It TO be necessary TO forbid by
penal enactment the blackmsiling of de.
pendent Office holders; holds the republi.
can administration responsible for the I'M.
redresscd outrages on our foreign born icl-
ow.Ciu2cns, and demands revision of laws
affecting merchant marine with the object
of fostering that industry; iavors enactment
of laws providing against fraud and intimi.
dation at primary elections; declares the
encouragement otthe patronage of monopo.
lies should be squarely met, aud those
corporations be put under control of law
declares against convict labor and in favor
of regulating the labor of children and of
workshops aud factories In the interest OF
the laborcrs, Several sections Of the plat.
form refer to canals and other pu ely state
questions.
John Kelley's additional plank condemn.
ing the wholesale grants OF public lands to
corporations and demanding that these be
reserved tor occupation by actual settlers,
was accepted rs u part OF the platform,
Words platform was unanimously
adopted.