The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-09-23
xsxf YORK REPUBLICANS
r.. Great Contest For GovornoT i" '"'
Empire State.

Empire State.
c.p.rocA. September 22.-The morning
onad With bright sunshine, and at an
opT1. hour the corridors OF the ieaoihe
cay IL nresented an animated scene: ING
nto"O..;on will assemble in the CASINO at
10 . o,ci"ck The Indications point TO a
! q ;volv scrimmage for the NOMINATION.
seIy ,vernor. We're it possibIefor the New
Wa,L CIV men to Join hands upon a caho'-
late this morning before going into the COZ,
,ont;on there is nodoubt such a man u't
sec,re the nomination with q hur,an, 49, Lo
MI hone of this has been y Jne
present and the situatlon 10 pnm',hi;;.
Pi~od Ont of several hundred Kepupll-
nnnsn now in the field there is not one man
oanb onouoh to predict who will DE nohi-
mated.
TEMPORARY ORGANIZATION.
At1O.3O o'clock James d. warren, cnaii-
man of the State Committee calico 1ne Sonn
~vention to order. The roll haV.ns The
State Committee had agreed upon senator
Warner Miller for temporary Ghairnrah
rannla nae1. In his address Mr.. Miller calleo
aa+ttant;on To the fact that the republican
VAT " ri the State for the first time III
Twenty-Five years was confronted Dy. po.n
ths FEDERAL and State Governments In lhe
hands of the Democracy. Future genera
tions of the heroes OF the late war; ne salo
would be placed alongside the reyo'u1,o"'
ary heroes, OF our first period. he ao'o
"a ted rigid adherence to the protectlon o'
American industries and American abor
(cheers. When we turned over to the OPP
position the civil service OF the Govern
nnent. no better civil service existed nnheI
the sun. Referring to the political com
plexion of the Southern States, the speaker
maintained that throughout the length and
breadth OF the land there was not TO pe
found a single Government which
HOLDS THE RE1Ns OF H GOVERNMENT
bv the will Of the people. Republicans, nc
said, to prove this statement, only asked
for a fair field and IL fair fight. Continuing
in reference to the illegal balloting in the
South, the speaker said the 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 o
the Government, Miller said the Republican
party had put the law into practical use
and were committed to it. He would sug
gest. however, that the Civil Service Com
mission b. at once summoned together ahC
directed to add a clause providingthat al
Jail birds and ~eX-cOnvicts are forbidden t,
hold office" This, he thought. would re
IleVe Cne ffeSlUeHC Vi Jue OHICCu oldbTo
He closed by predicting a victory in No
vember The chairman has been author
lied to appoint the usual committees TIL
convention took u recess until 4:3O this al
%ernOOn.
GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS.
It was $50 o. m. When the convention
was again called to order. The chair an
nounced that the first business in order
was the report of the committee on con
tested seats. General Sharp, chairman o
the committee, reported in favor OF rerog
nizing the contestants from the First Alb tny
district and the regular delegation ION thu
Second Albany district. The report wa.
adopted rs respects the FIRST district. A
motion was made by William b. WoodeE
of Aubur that III order to have perfec'
good feeling. both delegations from thu
Second Albany district be admitted, eacf
member to have half a vote. Thi'
motion called out rather a sharp debate
in which 1T was charged that the regular
delegation represents a
COMBINATION WITH THE DEMOCRATS,
to which it - was replied that the time ha(
passed when a man must be set down al
a Democrat because he bore an Irish name
The report Of the committee was thel
unanimously adopted.
The Committee on Permanent Organiza
ton reported: For Permanent Chairman
Hon. James w. Hustled. and the list OF sec
retaries composed Of the names OF Nroo
man. Chickering, Stearns and Barker, anC
also a long list OF Vice-Presidents. The re
port was adopted, and amid great applause
General Hustled took the chair. He spoke
briefly, and among other things he saiC
that Honest money and honest ballot. ar
honest court and protection to every form
OF American industry will be forever the
cardinal doctrines OF the Republican party
! Applause. We stand to-day on hallnweo
ground. On yonder mountain, in sight OF
that historic battle hill, where the Cont
mental soldiers won the
VICTORY THA AIDE THE NATION.
died the great captain, who by his great
prowess and his skill saved for all time
what the Continental soldiers had gained
Under the shadow OF that grand name we
meet here to-day to renew our fidelity to
the principles for which he fought and to
fight it out ourselves on that line until the
leaves fall in November" [Applause.
1t the conclusion of Mr.. Husted's speech
a motion was made and adopted that the
convention proceed with the nomination OF
candidates for Governor. After d brief dis,
clsslon an attempt WAS made to adopt Il
motion for an infomal ballot.
THE NOMINATIONS.
Charles D.. Baker ofSteuben county placed
in nomination the name OF Ira Davenport
OF SteubeE county.
Mr.. VanAllen OF New York city followed
with Il tribute to Hon. Levi 2. Morton,
whose name he placed IN nomination.
James A. Dennison OF Rensselaer, county
nominated Hon. Joseph B. Carr and at
the mention OF the name OF the candidate
the convention was thrown into an uproar
OF applause, which was repeated again and
again.
Robert Sewell of New York seconded
General Carr's nomination and at the close
OF Mr.. SewelIs brief but earnest euloyy
there was NOR applause.
Edward Hatch Of Erie next occupied the
platform in the interest of Hon. James d.
Warren, the State Committee Chairman.
At the mention OF this veterans nane there
was a gooddea'o OF applause, but the demon
stratlon was not equal in volume to that
accorded to the preceding nominee.
During a pause in Hatch's remarks a
crowdo OF several hundred men outside the
line OF delegates shouted loudly for Swim
burne the lahoring mems candidate.
Another incident in this speech was the
hearty applause aroused by the %causual
mention Of py-prnsi6ant Ar+L,,,, 900,