The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-20
OUR DAILY POLITICS.
Closing Work of the New York
Democratic Convention.
The Platform-Comment on the Re-
sult-Indiana Republicans NOmi-
nate Calkins for Governor
Illinois Political Talk.


Two labor parties presented resolutions and
made speeches, praying the Democratic
party to insert in the platform those princi-
pies of reform in the prison-contract system
and cheap-labor question which would insure
the vote of the labor party for the Demo
cratic president.
Objection was made by Edward Cooper to
the tariff plank, which he asserted was
touchy subject, and one that Should be left
to the Chicago convention. General debate
followed whether this tariff plank should be
incorporated and adopted.
The hour for the meeting of the convention,
o'clock, passed, and tstill the committee on
resolutions were hotly but good humoredly
discussing the tariff clause The convention,
in view of that state of affairs,
adjourned until $50. Ex-Mayor Cooper
of New York, Judge Waterbury, Stettson,
and Ross, who was the author OF the tariff
plank, each in turn spoke for and against the
clause Finally the ayes and noes were
called and resulted in a decided majority
against putting the tariff clause in the plat
form Each clause was then taken up and
adopted
AT 9:15 the evening session of the conven-
ton was called to order by Chairman W. E.
Smith. The report of the committee on con-
teslel seats was adopted. The committee on
permanent organization reported in favor OF
continuing the temporary officers of the con-
vention. A delegate from each congressional
district was named as vice president and one
as secretary. The report was adopted.
In introducing the report of the committee
on resolutions Nelson j. Waterbury said the
candidate of the Deliberate party for the
presidency must be what the candidate of
tie Republican party is not. Loud applause.
He must emphaticaliy be what the candidate
of the Democratic party has been in the past.
| After referring to the misgoyernment Of the
Republican party and the opportunity now
| Offered the Democratic party, Mr. Water
| bury read the following resolutions:
Resolved, That the Democracy of the state
| of New York, assembled to appoint its dele
| gates to the national convention of the party,
commits to those delegates in association
with representatives of the party from other
states, the general declaration of Democratic
| principle upon national issues, at the same
| time recognizing that no issue can be more
| important than the election of a president of
| the United States whose character and public
reputation shall give to the whole people an
| Ssurance of an honest impartial, and
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suspicion of personal ends or private
| interests.
Resolved, That, as declaration concern
| ing the matter of the seat of government,
this convention adopts and affirms the reso-
| buttons of the conventions of the party in
| 1874, 1876 and 1882, to which the people of
| the state have given hearty approval; that
it recognizes the duty of the legislature to
| respect the popular vote in 1883 for the
| abolition of the contract system of labor il
prisons, and that 1t heartily commends anew
the efficient and upright administration O
Grover Cleveland.
Resolved, That the delegates to the Demo
| cratic national convention to be appointet
are hereby Instructed to enter that conven
tion as a unit, and to act and vote as a uni
| in accordance with the will of the majority
of the members thereof. Every delegate, o.
alternate occupying place of d delegate, Il
be bound by this rule, and in case of the alb
sence of both delegate and alternate from
any district the vacancy to be filled by "A vot'
Of the majority of the delegation.
The reading of the resolutions was inter
rupted by frequent applause and cheers fol
Cleveland and counter cheers for Flower
The resolutions were unanimously passed
The reading of the list Of delegates to Chi
cago was next taken up 1t was found thai
two districts were unrepresented, and thi
leu 10 d long ulScuSSlOn.
Following are the delegates at-large
Daniel Manning, Edward Cooper, Lester B
Faulkner, and John c. Jacobs.
The present incumbents, Charles Andrew
and Charles A Rapallo, were nominated 70
judges of the court of appeals. Whitney, o
New York, offered a resolution that the stat
committee be authorized to fill any vacancie
which may occur in said committee or an,
electoral or other ticket which was carried
The convention then adjourned.
Daniel Manning was elected chairman {
the new Democratic state committee.
A canvass of the Cleveland men here show
their claim to be that the delegation froI
this convention goes to Chicago 3 to l
favor of Cleveland. Many of the Flowt
men concede Cleveland's majority, but
not admit it even to /.
!, Joseph Pulitzer editor of The New Yor
| World, says: 81 believe Cleveland will hay
; the full New York delegation at Chicago.
think he will get the nomination. | think /
ought to have it. l believe if he gets it /
, will be elected
New YORK, June 2. The following ed
torial opinion concerning the work at Sara
toga is expressed by The World: "The resu
| VI LIS COnNeuIiOu Ut EodTdbOga Is pldlHl
compromise for the sake
peace and harmony. Neither sic
cared to risk test of strength. The del
gates to the national Democratic conventio
+ will go to Chicago uninstructed, but it
. plain that a majority are in favor of Clev
land. Tammany delegates, headed by Be
f mont and Travers, are for Bayard, who ma
also have a few votes in Kings count,
Flowers strength is magnificent, he
simply used by the opposition to Clevelan
r The platform significantly ignores the tart
+ and makes a simple issue of clean COVER
4 ment against corruption
q Echoes of the convention are few, al
+ there are only few decided expressions fro
the men of prominence still here. Nelson
Waterbury said there would be strol
n effort to concentrate on Cleveland
a Chicago He did not know how far the we
, | would regard the convention as
4 cisive in placing Cleveland as the mo
% available candidate before the country. Ge
Faulkner, delegate-atlargs and leader of t
Flower campaign, says almost half of the de
gates.to Chicago are anti-Cleveland. Gel
h WilliamsH. Ludlow said1 the result Of t
IN convention was anti Cleveland