The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-09-23
yELEGRAPHIC NEWS
NEW YORK DEMOCRACY.
Cleveland Nominated for Gov
eF"Or-Ezcssing Pro
ceedfugs,

Syracuse, 22.-The committee on con-
tested seats adopted the following:
1seS0tVed, That the committee recog-
nlza the county democracy as the regular
democratic Organization Of the civ of
New York.
%ammsny delegates fled into the hall
and were received wi b cheers and 8 few
Kisses. The convention was called to
order, snG ihe chairman Of the commit
lee on contested seats reported that the
committee recognized The county demo-
crazy IS The regular Geiesation from New
York City, bat with a view to the sue
cess or Jae party a. the polls. and for the
purpose Of securing entire harmony,
tRey recon mended the New York repre-
sentatlon be divided as follows: County
democracy SO, Tammany q, Irvine
ball 10 The report was unanimously
ad0ptedI amidst VCCiferOus Applause.
The committee on permanent organ :
izstloh reported for permanent chair
man Lester 3. Faulkner.
After the address OF President Fsulk-
ner, General Pryor presented a platform
which srraigLs the republican majority
in Congress for failing to reduce taxa
ton, and favor such tariff as shall best
dennis the river and haTbOr bill: declares
IN nominating the secretary of the treas
ury for governor we sec the alarming
power OF the government 20 control cleo
tiOns; holds the republican administration
responsible for unredressed wrongs upon
our foreign born citizens; charges the re-
publican party in the stste refused to re-
nominate its governor because he dared
no 70 \
Of the dangerous moneyed element of the
state; favors local self-government, favors
the passage of general laws providing for
security against frauds at elections; de-
clares mSnOpolies and corporations should
be held subject 10 the laws of the slate
aid corporate property should pay a fair
proportion f the public burdens; sup
ports constitutional amendments in favor
Of free cansIs; resfirms the policy of the
democracy, that labor be held free; con.
dennis convict abOr; declares labor shall
have the same right as capital TO com bine
for its own protection; declares that
government, state and national, should
be restored to she condition it was during
the prlmative days Of the republic.
John Kelly ia q speech moved that the
platform be referred back to the COM
mittee for the insertion Of plank, con-
demning enormous grants of public
lands to private corporations. Adopted.
The list of delegates as agreed upon
from New York City was added to tie
roll.
TIE convention went into the Homina-
lion 'or governor. The names OF EraStus
Corning, Humer A. Nelson, Grover
cleveland, Z. 2. Flower, Gen. II. w.
.SiCcum, Allen Campbell aid Perry
Belmont were presented,
Gen. Pryor, OF the committee Oh reno
buttons, reported the following additional
plank is the platform and moved its in
corporation:
We also arraign the republican party
for the wholesale gift of public lands 10
railway jobbers, thus !obbing the mass
OF the people Of the rightiul inheritance
and demand as far as possible that these
lends be reclaimed and reserved for
occupation by actual settlers.
First ballot, SIocum, SO, Cleveland &c,
Flower 81, Nelson 26, Corning 35, Bel
mont y, Campbell 81, Hulchins 13,
total 384; necessary to a choice 1913. On
the next vote Tammsny divided as fol-
lows: Slocum, Flower, Corning, 6 each;
Cleveland 5, Hutchins l. John Kelly
voted for Corning.
Second ballot, Corning was dropped;
Slocum 123, Gle, Gland II, Flower 123,
Wilson 10, Belmont IS, Campbell SO,
Hutchins 10 No choice. Kelly voted
for Cleveland.
a stampede commenced for Cleveland.
The entire Tammsny delegation voted
for him. A scene Of unparalleled excite
ment followed Half the delegates were
on their feet shouting and yelling. The
Kings County delegates tried to stem the
tide by demanding that their names be
called again. As soon SIS Cleveland had
more than enough votes to nominate him
the pandemonium became worse. The
convention was entirely beyond the
chsnmsn's control. Grover Cleveland
was finally nominated on the call OF the
third ballot.