Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-09-26
AMERICAN AFFAIRS.
CLOSE OF THE NEW YORK DEMO.
CRATIC CONVENTION.
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New York Democrats.

| man called the Convention to order at
| noon.
The Committee on Resolutions an
nounced itself ready TO present its report.
| Before the report was read, the Chairman
4 asked unanimous consent for the present
ment OF a special resolution. 1t was
granted. and General Roger A. Pryor, who
was on the platform, was recognized by the
Chair. He said: :" have the honor to
submit the following resolution for accept
ance by the Convention =
| ResoIred, That with profound sorrow the Dem
ocracy OF New York lament the death of that
| infiexible patriot and nvineible soldier. UIysses
s. Grant lapplausel, of whose illustrious career
| they recognize the fitting crown and consum-
NATION lod MI N his dying Invocation of peace and
| heroes he conquered. IApplause.]
The resolution was unanimously adopt-
ed, every delegate rising to his feet
THE PLATFORM.
The platform was then read as follows /:
The Democrats of the State of New York
| congratulate the people of the whole Union
| upon the election and inauguration of
| Grover Cleveland as President of the United
States. We commend the wise and states
man-ike tone of his inaugural address,
and the significant public recognition, in
| the selection of his Cabinet advisers. of the
| fact that the Union of these thirty-eight
| indestructible States is at last thoroughly
established. His firm, considerate and
| CONSCIENTIOUS conduct as President has
| already proven the falsity of the prediction
| OF a national calamity with which his
! enemies and the enemies of the Democratic
party endeavored to alarm the public mind
| during the canvass. We hereby tender to
INN our hearty appreciation of the public
| policy which has governed his official
action, and we especially emphasize in our
| appreciation the effort he has made to erad-
| lcate corruption and incompetency from
the public service by the appointment of
honest and capable Democrats. in order
that there shall be thorough and whole
some reform OF the methods condemned by
the people who coniided to him the admin
istration of high official trust" The
platform next heartily indorses Governor
Hill and his administration of the State
Government, and continues: We affirm
the declarations of the Democratic National
Conventions OF 1876, 1880 and 1884, in regard
to the necessity Of reforming the civil ser
vice. but we condemn the actual admins
| tration existing of the civil service law
as the same has been executed by the Re-
| publican party. They have abused its pro.
VISIONS Tor the purpose Of keeping Repub-
| llcans IN office; they have. through the
machinery of law, formulated lists of eliei-
/ bANci No4llp pNStQ 21luOSt exclusively OF Rp-
publicans they have extended the period
during which, by the provisions of the law,
those eligible for appointment to office
! should remain on the registers. so as to ex-
| cIude Democrats from all offices within the
rules OF the civil service We ask that the
! Commission at Washington be reorgan-
lied, so that its majority shall be in SYM
pathy with the Administration, that both
parties be fairly represented on the Exam
ming Board, and that the present list of
| persons ellglble for appointment be an
nulled. Therefore, while proclaiminc our
| appreciation of the general spirit which
inspired recent legislation of the Federal
| government and of the State of New York
to promote needed reform of the civil SER
| wee, we must at the same time place on
record our wish and purpose that the proper
officer of each Government charged with
| the execution of that legislation and en-
| powered to make suitable rules and regula-
tons TO carry it into effect, shall take care
that the constitutional power of the Execu-
| tive and the heads of departments to make
| appointments shall not be impaired and
that the machinery whatever it may be.
Tor the testing of eligible candidates. shall
not be prostituted to unworthy purposes.
| LAt TINS point Chairman Herrick said p" I
am requested to state that this provision
was adopted by the majority of this com
mlttee, but tie minority, in the interest Of
harmony, decided to make no minority re-
| port. The Convention believes that the
| experiment of coming the standard silver
dollars IN the hope of maintaining a fixed
| ratio with gold has gone far enough. and
cannot be continued longer without great
danger to the business interests OF the
country. The loss in interest alone on
silver dollars stored up in the Treasury is
over S4,UOO,O0e per annum, and this ac-
cumulatIon OF silver, purchased at cost
OF SlS0,OO0,0O0 is worth to-day not more
than Sl66,O00000, with every prospect of a
further decrease. We, therefore. demand
the repeal of the Act under which the
compulsory coinage of silver goes on, but
we Will welcome any practical measure of
agreement with other nations by which
the ratio of value between gold and silver
may be made less fluctuating But to this
end the first step must be the stoppage of
any further compulsory coinage of silver
dollars.
The platform, after citing that the Ma
tional Democratic platform pledged the
party to revise the tariff in a spirit of fair
ness to all interests, demands a modifica-
ton OF existing laws to this end.
Convict labor is condemned, and that
priority IS recommended to all Union sol
diers applying for positions.
Inc Platlofn conciudeS as fOllowS We
oppose all sumptuary laws that interfere
with the constitutional right of personal
liberty, and favor the enactment of such
excise laws as shall be alike just to all, con
sldering the claims of all and protecting
their individual rights"
The platform was then adopted without
dissenting voice
TICKET COMPLETED.
Russell P Flower was nominated bv 90
elamation for Lieutenant Governor.
Frederick Cook, of Rochester. was nona-