The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-10-01
NEW YORK POLITICS.
The Republican and Democratic Candidates or
Platforms

| Controller, James w. WaGSworth, OF Living
ston.
Secretary. Arson s. Wood of Wayne
| Attorney General, Edward 3. Thomas, OF Che
mango.
| Treasurer Charles Ulrich Of New York
Engineer and Surveyor, William b. Van Rens-
selaer, of Seneca.
! The most important paragraphs Of the plat
| form are as follows:
That the provisions Of the existing civil service
| laws of the State and Nation should be strength
ened and extended to all grades of the public
| ice 10 which they may be applicable, that the
| selection of administrative officers in the civil
service shall, far possible, be governed solely
by capacity and fitness. We insist upon the enforce
ment of these laws by all public officials not only
i'll the letter but also i'll the spirit. Hon0raby dis
| charged soldiers and sailors who are shown by
competitive examination to possess the necessary
| requirements should he given the preference in
| certhcation and in appointment
That while cordially indorse the dying sent-
ments of the great soldier and citizen, Ulysses S.
| Grant in favor of harmony and good feeling be-
| tween the North and the South we insist that
end shall be put 10 the criminal Invasion of the
guarantees of equal civil and political rights
promised by the Constitution TO every freeman.
The right of suffrage must be maintained free and
untrammelcd, and if tina. right is unlawfully de-
MED to any part of the people of any State, its rep
resentatien in Congress and the Electoral College
should be reduced.
That demand of Congress the passage of an
act putting end TO the enlargement of the stock
by money formed of silver, or based upon silver.
The maintenance of the gold standard, of the
parity with gold of all kinds of money in use, is
essential to the prosperity of our country and the
restoration of silver to the former position good
money through equality with gold before the law
in majority of commercial nations must remain
| until accomplished, the chief aim of our monetary
policy
That the Legislature having pursuant to the will
Of the people expressed at the polls abolished the
system of contract labor in the prisons of the State,
urge the enactment of laws tending TO distribute
as widely ana equitably as possible the burden of
competition with free labor.
That emphasize the demand of the last Ma
tional Republican Convention " that the imposition
of duties foreign imports shall be made, not for
revenue only but that i'll raising the requisite rev.
enucs for the Government such duties shall be
levied to afford security diversified indus
tries and protection to the rights and wages of the
lsborer to the end that active and intelligent labor,
as well capital, may have its just reward. and
the laborny man his full share in the National
prosperity The persistent threats of the Demo
cratic leaders to overthrow this policy add to the
present troubles of trade and the paralysis of in
dustry. Until the full effects of the revision of 1888
can be fairly estimated, agitation for the rad
Ical change of the tariff law Is gratuitous assault
Oh the wages of labor, ali branches of produc-
ton and all the interests of traffic Wcare opposed
to the introduction of any system of free trade the
inevitable effect of which would be to destroy
mills and factories, and to carry down American
wages to the standard of the Old World.
When Mr.. Bliss, from the Committee on Res
Outions, read the platform, Corporal Tanner
wanted to know if the first section provided
above meant that a veteran who passed an ex-
animation should be preferred in making APP
pointnents. 1T does" replied Mr.. Bliss. :" 1t
means that II a veteran is marked at so and
dude at 100, the veteran shall be preferred over
the dude" This was satisfactory to the SOL
diers, who applauded, and the platform was
unanimously adopted.
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
nominated the following ticket:
For Governor, David Bennett Hill, of Chenung.
For Lieutenant Governor, Roswell Pettibone
Flower, of New York
For Secretary OF State, Frederic Cook of Monroe
For Controller, Alfred Churchill Chaplin, of
Kings.
For Treasurer, Lawrence j. Fitzgerald, of Cort-
land.
For Attorney General, Dennis OF rien of Jeffer-
For State Engineer, Elnathan Sweet, of Albany.
Roger A. Pryor formerly Confederate Gen
eral, of Virginia, who was one of the notable
features of the Convention, introduced the fol-
lowing resolution, which was adopted, every
delegate rising to his feet:
ReSOlred, That with profound sorrow the De-
mocracy OF the State of New York lament the death
Ulysses s. Grant lapplauscl of whose iliustlions
career they recognized the fitting crown and IL
summation i'll bis dying invocation of peace and
goodwill between the heroes he led and the heroes
he conquered.
The main points in the platform are the fol-
lowing:
THE PLATFORM.
The Democrats of the State of New York in Con-
venton assembled, congratulate the people Of the
whole Union upon the election and the Inaugural
ton of Grover Cleveland to be President of the
United States. We commend the wise and states
manke tone of his inaugural address and the sig
niiicant public recognition i'll the selection of his
Cabinet advisers of the fact that the Union of these
IS understandable States is at last thoroughly re-
established His firm, considcrate and conscicu-
tious conduct as President has already proven the
falsity OF the predictions of national calamity with
which his enemies and the enemies of the Demo
cratic party cndeavored to alarm the public mind
during the canvass. We hereby tender to him our
hearty appreciation of the public policy which has
governed his official action, and especially en-
the effort &
TO eradicate corruption and incompcency from the
public service by the appointment of honest and
capable Democrats, in order that there shall be
thorough and wholesome reform of the methods
condemned by the people who contided to him the
administration of his high official trust.
We realiirm the declarations of the Democratic
National Convention of 1876 1850 and 1884, III regard
to the necessity of reforming the civil service but
we condemn tie actual administration of the exist
ing civil service law As the same has been executed
by the Republican party. They have abused It's
provisions the purpose of retaining Republicans
in Office; they have, through the machinery of the
law, formulated lists OF cligiblcs composed almost
exclusively of Republicans; they have extended
the period during which, by the provisions of the
law, those eligible for appointment to Office should
remain the registers to exclude Democrats
from all offices within the rules Of the civil service
We ask that the Com ut Washingto be
gained that its majority shall be i'll sympathy
with tie Administrations that both parties be fairly
represented on the examining boards; that the pre-
sent lists OF persons eligible for appointment be an
nulied. While, therefore, proclaiming appro-
baton OF the general spirit which inspired the
of the State of New York TO promote n needed re-
form of the civil service, must at the time
place record wish and purpose that the proper
officers OF each Government charged with the exec
cuton of that legislation and empowered 10 make
suitable rules and regulations TO carry it into effect
shall take that the constitutional power OF the
executive and heads of departments To make APP
pontments shall not be impaired, and that the |
machinery, whatever il may be, for the testing of
eligible candidates shall not be prostituted TO I'M
worthy purposes.
The Convention believes that the experiment of
coming standard silver dollars III the hope of main
tanning fixed ratio with gold has gone lar enough, |
and cannot be continued longer without great dan
ger to the business interests of the country The
loss in interest alone the silver dollars stored up
in the Treasury is - 10000 per annu:n and !
this accumulation of silver, purchased at OF
SlSgOC0c00, is worth to-day not more than $780, |
0g0,0G0, with every prospect of Il further deprcca-
ton 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 ether nations 10y which the ratio of
value between gold and silver may be made less !
fuctuafing. But to this end the FIRST step must be |
the stoppaGe Of any further compulsory coinage of
silver dollars.
The National Democratic Platform pledges the |
party to revise the tariff in spirit of fairness 10 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. II commits the party
to a due regard for existing interests rs plain |
dictate of Justice, and declares that American labor
shall not be deprived Of the ability " to compete |
successfully with foreign labor and that the pro-
posed duties shall be sufficient To any in |
creased cost OF production which may result in con-
sequence Of the higher rate Of wages prevailing III
this country"
This Convention calls for n revision of the tariff |