The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-09-30
THE NEW YORK REPUBLICANS.
Meeting OF tho state Convention mt Sara
toga They Take up tho Refrain of the
Bloody-Shirt Howl.

Bloody-Shirt Howl.
SARATOGA, N. Y, September a.
The Republican State Convention met
here to-day to nominate the following
ticket: Governor, Lieutenant Cover
nor, Secretary of State, Comptroller,
Attorney General, Treasurer and State
Engineer and Surveyor. AT 1920, p.
m, James ID. Warren, Chairman of
tho State Committee, called the COLI
vcntion to order. The Rev. DR.. s. V.
Leach, of Albany invoked the Divine
blessing upon The labors of the con
vcnlion. lie implorcd that the hands
Of the President and other members Of
the Federal Government be upheld by
grace from above. The reverend gen
tlemau also alluded TO the delegates
present rs Representatives Of the par
ty which blottcd out the irrcligion of
slavery from the nation"
The roll having been called, Chair
man Warren announced that the State
Committee had agreed upon Senator
Warner Miller for temporary chair
man Of the convention. (Applausc.)
The chair appointed Hon. A. b. Cor
nell and United States Senator FL
bridge M. Lapham to escort him to the
chair. Referring to the political cons
p~lcXion of the Southern States, Mr..
Miller maintained that throughout the
length and breadth of that land there
wasn't to be found n single governs
of the people. "Thc Republicans, he
said, "to prove this statement only
asked for II fair field and Il fair fight"
Continuing, in reference to alleged
illegal balloting in the South, Mr..
Miller said that tic men who have
managed the polls in that section
would not continue to do the work
without pay. Upon the question of
the civil service Of the government Mr..
Miller said the Republican party had
put the law INTO practical use and we're
committed to it. lie would suggest,
however, that the Civil Service Com
mission be at once summoned together
and directed to add a clause providing
that "All Jail birds and cX-convicts arc
forbidden to hold Office" This he
thought would greatly relieve The
Prcsidcn! of the United States.
~ recess was taken until $50.
The convention was again called to
order at I.50, p. M. James w. Hustled
was made permanent chairman. at
the conclusion Of lIu-tcd's speech ON
taking the chair the convention pro-
cccdCd TO nominate Il candidate for
Governor. The following were named
Ira Davenport, Levi u. Morton, Joseph
b. Carr, james ID. Warren, DR.. John
Swinburnc, Joseph w. DrcXcl, Cornc-
Illus n. Bliss, Gen. w. III. Sard.
B~alioting was then proceeded with.
The first ballot resulted as follows:
Davenport l05, Carr 2O5, Morton ~,
; Seward 81, Swinburnc -. Low l6,
Warren 1877, Drcxcll, Bliss 53, Cornell
, 4, Evarts /, Starin 8, Charles Andrews
/. Whole number Of votes cast 691
I, At the conclusion the frs, ballot the
convention, at $50, p. m, adjourned
, until to-mOrrow.
5 SARATOGA, September 23.-Thc sec,
ond day Of the New York State Re.
publican Convention opened cold and
stormy. During the night there were
many conferences. The committee OF
; resolutions heard several delegations
during the night and worked Till II late
hour ON the platform. The chaplain Of
the Senate, the Roy. Dir. 5. V. Lccch
+ urged the committee to take IA square
and bold stand on the temperance Iucs
: ton and to recommend Il constitutions
amendment. The majority OF th,
committee express opposion to the in
: PRODUCTION of any temperance plank il
! the platform.
s SARATOGA, September 23. The houl
of assembling appeared TO be rather
| early for the majority of the delegates
They stro!lcd in the hall very slowly
| and it was 10 until halt-past ten tina
the chaplain offered prayer lmmcdi
: atcly thereafter cX>ASScInblylnan Davit
' llcaly, of Monroe, was voted permits
sion to address he convention. Iii
. warned the convention that mere prom
: Uses were useless. The convention
CDcmocratic) that meets tomorrow
. might outbid the one that adjourn.
to-day.
, Gen. Sharp rose at the close Of Mr.
l~Icaly's address and moved that u,
I committee on resolutions be instructc,
deemed advisable, cmbody them in tho
platform. The chairman OF the commit
tee on resolutions, Col. Bliss, replied
, that the platform had already beer
. agreed upon. He believed that tn,
: laboring men would find on reading il
that the points raised by Mr.. iIcaly
had been fully recognized. The com
mittcc OH resolutions then, through
, Chairman Bliss, re portcd the platform
When the clause relating to prefer
: cncc of office to be. given OK soldier.
was read Corporal Tanner, OF Brook,
, lyn, inquired if that meant that if {
soldier passed examination that prov
8 cd his competency he should be ap
{ pointed, even if II college graduate o.
t yesterday should pass at higher fig
t urcs. cit does" quickly replied Col
t Bliss. "lf II soldier passes 80 and
! a dude 100, the soldier gets the place.
{ Great applause and laughter.
Many of the clauses in the platform
were applaudcd, notably the one refer.
ring to convict labor The platform
was unanimously adopted.
James w. Wadsworth, of Livingston
; county, was nominated for Comptrol-
Ter by acclamation. Arson S Wood,
of Franklin county, was nominated fol-
Secretary Of State by acclamation.
SARATOGA, Scptembcr 23.-Davcnport
was nominated for Governor, Gen.
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