St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-26
The Ticket Completed.

4 ne HlCEet Com Dteted.
SARATOGA, Sept 25.-The Democratic
state convention reconvened at noon to-
day and completed the ticket begun yester-
day by making the following nominations:
Roswell P. Flower for lieutenant governor:
Frederick Cook of Rochester, for secretary OF
state; a. A. Chaplin. the present incumbent,
for comptroller; Dennis o Brien, the present
attorney general, was unanimously nOmi-
mated; Lawrence Fitzgerald of Cortland for
state treasurer; Nathan Sweet of Albany was
nominated for state engineer and surveyor.
BY unanimous concent Gen. Roger A.
Pryor submitted the following resolution,
which was adopted unanimously:
Resolved, That with profound sorrow the
Democracy of the state OF New York lament
the death of the infiexible patriot and in
whose illustrous career they recognize the
fitting crown and cOnSummatiOn in his dying
invocation of peace and good will between
the heroes he led and the heroes he con-
quered. Applause.
RESOLUTIONS.
The platform comes distinctly to the
point and c0ngratulates the people on the
election of President Cleveland.
It commends the wise and statesmanlike
tone of his inaugural address, and the
significant public recognition in the selection
union of these thirty-eight indestructible
statesfs at last thoroughly re-established. His
firm, cOnsderate and conscientious conduct
as president has already proven the falsity of
the predictions of national calamity with
which his enemies and the enemies of the
Democratic party endeavored to alarm the
public mind during the canvass. 1--WE hereby
tender to him 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 eradi-
cate corruption ana incompetency from the
public service by the appointment of honest
and able Democrats, in order that this shall
be q thorough and wholesome reform of
methods condemned by the people who con-
fided to him the administration of his high
official trust.
Gov. HIPS administration is warmly ap-
proved and other Democratic state officials
are commended. The federal state census
every ten years is believed to be sufficient
for all public interests. The declarations
of the Democratic national conventions of
1876, 1880 and 1884, pertaining to civil
service reform are affirmed, but the methods
of enforcing the civil service laws by Re-
publican officials is condemned. 1t is asked
that
THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
be thoroughly reorganized and both parties
fairly represented il the examining board.
While commenting the general legislation
pertaining to civil service reform, at the
same time the Democracy of New York
wishes to place on record the wish and pur-
pose, that the proper officials Of each gov
ernment, charged with the execution of that
legislation and empowered to make suitable
rules and regulations to carry it into effect,
shall take care that the constitutional power
of the executive and heads of departments
to make appointments shall not be impaired
and that the machinery, whatever it may
be, for the testing Of eligible candidates,
shall not be prostituted for unworthy pur-
poses.
This sentiment was not cOncurred in by
the committee, but the minority in the in
terest of harmony agreed to make no minor
ity report. The convention declared its be-
lief that the experiment of coming standard
silver dollars in the hope of maintaining a
fixed rate 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 the
silver dollars stored up in the treasury is
over four millions of dollars per annum and
the accumulation of silver purchased at a
cost of $50, 900, 900, is worth to-day not
more than S166, 900, with every prospect of
a further depreciation. Therefore the re-
peal of the act under which the compulsory
coinage of silver is demanded. The plat
form pledges the party ''to revise the tariff
in a spirit of fairness to all interests -
while it declares in favor Of
A REDUCTION IN TAXATION
and the enlargement of the free list in
order to lessen the cost of production. 1t
commits the party to a due regard for ex-
isting interests as a .'plain dictate of JUS
tice." and declares that American labor
shall not be deprived Of the ability to s'com-
pete successfully with foreign labor. and