New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-19

n. the best-pehaps It isn't even good-out We DON'T
want TO change IL Business mas o Change in IT,
PHI ali that change implies. Now II our state g9fs
Repubcan this fall as relieve u H M ra thai the
,,arty will Interpret victory as = I'D viii
Hotey st prefers TO protect American hdnssy' se mi
listen the lessen ana s from touching the tariff
ms session. aud thus putting psraySs uIO v", nc
Nor u i osa 5s When The telegraph flashes the
ss, nj an ohio victory victory In PeIhsyNaDa 700 Is
assured Ans sSY do worse than virginia.
'nss1entenen make q wise choice and ne shall nave
TINS year an the Democrats Of the nation that shall
have next year a Republican President Gentlsmeh, /
tponri. was DONE Dut we have taken frOm the con-
Science Of the Democratic party whose seat IN he
stat House opinion OF their candidate Le US .aso
seat near Jersey City, the motto they haVe auopeu
Their orators III tins building Two weeks ago stuoS &
fey-noe party long in power must be corrupted anu
lis Offices should be purged Now the DemeeItc Idr
hes been eighteen years IN control OF this T. sSRen
50 making Ia ther motto 9n n&I Turn
he raseals out The Democratic party must 20"
After the commit ees had been appointed the con-
yention took q recess until half-past two wheh
Senator John Taylor of Mercer. who had Deeh So
Iected as permanent chairman, was introduced DS
MIR Phelps as 1.-THE who might have been Gov
ernorn Mr.. Taylor made brief but SURFING au-
dress and the counties were called lor NOM
nations Senator Gardner, of Atlantic, presehteu
however. before the voting began. General Duncan
nominated John Hill in ringing and enectFe
speech and the nomination was seconded by John
whitehead. Of Morris. John LOOMS, of Sussex
added some vigorous oif-hand remarks for the man
who had never been defeated. Major PangDorn
presented Judge Jonathan Dixons name IN MS nap
piest vein and Z. S. Renwick, OF Newark, nonil>
mated the Judge for Essex The baloting TOT can
didates then began and the first counties called in
alphabetical order were largely for Mr. Hill
But Essex with her l04 delegates, Hudson with
So Mercer with SO. and large portion OF other
county delegations swim gng into llne made IL plain
long before Warren had been reached that Judge
Dixon had large majority of the Gas votes OF the
Convention. Before the vote was announced Morris
and Bergen. the strongholds of Mr. HILL moved to
make the nomination unanimous, and Judge Dixon
was declared the candidate amid much enthusiasm
THE PLATFORM.
The following platform was adopted:
THE PLATFORM
Tho following platform adopted
l. We re-afirm 10 all questions OF Federal poncy;
the doctrines enunciated by the last republican Nao
We Cordially approve the wise and conservative
course Of President Arthurs administrators o...,,,
a We Congratulate the country upon the successful
Reform IN the National Administration and favor the
adoption OF the system In all branches OF our s'ato s'
a We believe that the prosperity and happiness of
our own people of paramount Importance ana
protection to home labor and industry ana suhcehI 10
develop all the Of the country ana favor suea
wise and proper State legislation as VIII Pro'ecV AoS
labor from unfair composition $500, ,oo, al
s. We demand such prudent and economical H nS az
.ntnistration the affairs or the state as Will haHe
needisss any direct State tax. .-..,....
g. We hold IL to be one of tns most imperative de-
mands of the time that system of state taxation
should be exactly equitable as 70 reach al
s1aS in the Language of the Constitutions, under gem
eral laws and by uniform rules acGorang 10 us uuS
corporate power pom popular rights and we demand
that all monopolies which Cypress the people, ana IN
carl,ed and restrained BY proper legislation. ,..
T. We favor legislation looking toward the adequate
pro.eetion and further development OF our nsherleS
8 We pledge to the candidate OF this convention our
earnest hearty aud enthusiastic support
Members of the State Committee were selected as
follows by the various by the various Congressional
districts and four members at large are to be Sc
lected by the chairman and announced hereafter:
LIST District Charles T. Starr and G. A. Butts; Id
Barton f. Thorne and State Controller E. j. Ander-
sou; lid, Judge Chlhon RoDons ana o9Ih d.
RYDER Iyth A Ses ana GRa " M ii VIII
Joseph l.. Mum and John ID; Harrison Slith'
Colonel j. J. Toffey and Judge William l. Holman
Judge Dixon was born in Liverpool, and WINE
vet child his parents moved to New-bt unsWlGA,
Nj Owing to the humble circumstances OF MS
parents young Dixon was compelled at an carry ag9
10 make his own way III the world and obtained
employment in the office of the late Judge Harden
berg HIS natural aptitude and eagerncss TO learn
c'o+oNN''
obtaining an education. He was graduated
from Rutgers College in the CLASS OF
1850, and when admitted to the par lie
soon acquired leading posltlon III ms
profession IN Jersey City, where ne began to pIae-
tlse. In 1875 he was appointed justice OF the
Supreme Court by Governor Bedle. and was reap
pointed by Governor Ludlow 10 the POSITION winch
he stlll holds He is universally esteemed Tor his
straightforward earnestness and honesty OF chai ac
ter and bis marked mental ability and executive
force are as universally acknowledged. Judge
Dixon is fortyfour years old--in the prime oi
vigorous hood.
George Jones, publisher of The Times, was
asked by TRIBUNE reporter yesterday if be had sent
the telegram sent Trenton asserting that Secretary
Freinghuy sen voula accept the nomination Tor Gov
ernor If rendered him. Mr. Jones replied: 81 sent
no such message 70 any IFeceiyed ateegram from
Msior Kinney early to-day saying that Mr. frelihg.
hnyseu could the nomination and asking ne wOud
ACCENT was very busy and asked an ASSISTANT 10 reply
that cid not whether he would or not The reply
attributed 10 me Is a forgery"
COLORED REPUBLICANS.