Connecticut western news., 1886-10-06
The Political Field.

The Political Field.
 The Connecticut Democratic State Convens tion nominated Edward s. Cleveland for Gov ernor; for Lieutenant-G Governor, Edward E. | Bradley, of Milford; for Secretary of State,
 Bryan F. Mahan, of New London; for State | Treasurer, w. W. Skiddy, of Stamford for | Comptroller, Malcolm k. Griswold, of Staf- | ford.
 The platform says:
 In the election of 1884 the people demanded . change of administration and cleaner meth- ods in the various departments of the Govern | ment. and as President Cleveland is bringing the executive department back to the constitu- | tional principles of economy and honest ser- | vice, we will render to him our united support
 in carrying out his policy of conducting pure administration in offices of public trust, | in the economy which he requires and 1 the principles which he has enun. ciated as the safeguards of the public welfare.
 It approves the platform of the last Democratic National Convention, favors prohibition in the | matter of pauper laborers from Europe and | opposes 1t in the matter of beverages, fayors ! secret ballot and denounces all dishonest man. | ipulation of voters, promises to try to better | the workingmans condition, and says further: | We endorse the resolution of the Connecticut | Legislature requesting Congress to mako | proper provision for defending the coasts and l harbors of the United States against the for. | midable armaments of foreign nations. and we cOru1ally approve or the steps recently taken to
 improve and strengthen the navy.
 | The New Jersey Democratic State Convention nominated Robert Stockton Green for Gov. ernor The platform adopted, after formally endorsing that of 1884 and the Administration
 of President Cleveland, pays tribute to | Grant, Tilden, Mcclellan, Hancock, Kelly, Seymour, and Hendricks; points with pride to the administration of Governor Albeit, de-
 mands the prohibition of pauper immigration,
 opposes prison labor, applauds the acts of the
 Democratic Congress in restoring to the public
 domain railroad land grants wherever possibl
 declares that the interest-bearing debt of the
 country should be reduced whenever the sur
 plus in the Treasury can be used for that
 purpose, demands the enactment of laws to reg
 ulate the employment of children so that their education shall not be interfered with, de-
 nounces the Republican party for failing to
 keep its pledges in regard to the reform of the State taxation system, sympathizes with the laboring men in their contest with capital
 favors legislation to protect the people from | unjust discrimination in freight rates, says
 that it is the duty of the State to foster agri-
 culture, and applauds the work of Gladstone and Parnell.
 In the preliminary caucuses in Georgia the
 Prohlbitionlsts were badly beaten.
 The Democratic Congressional Convention
 of the Toledo, Ohio, district nominated Frank Hurd, the notable free trade advocate, on the first ballot, he receiving two-thirds of the en- tire vote.
 The Massachusetts Republican State Con- vention nominated Oliver Ames, of Eastons | for Governor, and J. Q. A. Brackett, of Boston, | for Lieutenant Governor, Henry B. Pierce for | Secretary of State, Edgar J. sherman for At torney General Charles R. Ladd for Auditor, | and Anson w. Beard for Treasurer. The plat | form lenews the allegiance of the party to the | fundamental principles upon which our gov ernment rests, and declares in favor of sub- | mitting 8 constitutional amendment to the | people, prohibiting the sale or manufacture of | alcoholic beverages within the limits of the | State; 1t promises revision of the laws relat- | ing to the appointment and duties of prose- | cutting officers. It approved the Civil Service | acts passed by republican Congress and by | the Legislature of the State; favored the most | stringent enforcement of the laws forbidding | the importation of foreign contract labor tc | compete with the American laborer, and such | legislation relative to the employments of con. | victs as shall prevent their products from en-
 tering into unequal competition with other | labor, and declared against boycottlng, lntlml- | datiOn, socialism, communism and anarchlsm | The national administration was condemned for its failure to protect our fishermen ln
 Canadian waters for the wholesale removal of
 competent officials from office, and especially
 for the displacement of soldiers of the late
 war. sound currency was advocated, and
 the cessation of coinage of the deprecated
 silver dollar was demanded.
 The New York Democratic State Committee
 nominated by exclamation Judge Rufus w.
 Peckham, of Albany, for Judge of the Court of Appeals. Resolutions :ndorsing the adminis-
 tration of President Cleveland and Governor | Hill were adopted. Judge Charles Daniels, of | Buffalo, was unanimously adopted by the Re | publican State Committee.
 The Nebraska Republican State Convention
 nominated Gen. John M. Thayer on the first l ballot for Governor.
 The Nebraska Republican State Convention, 1 by vote of 341 to 1S9, adopted 8 resolution
 to the effect that the Republican party of Ne-
 braska is in favor of submitting to the people | the question of an amendment to the consti-
 tuition prohibiting the manufacture, sale or
 importation of any spirituous, malt or vinuos
 ninth and last plank in the platform It will | probably result in the next Legislature sub-
 hitting the question to the people.
 The platform adopted by the Colorado Re- publican State Convention was very brief. It
 reafirms the principles of the Republican
 party as adopted by them during the past | twenty-four years, recognizes the nations obli-
 gations to the soldiers and sailors of the late
 war, and bitterly denounces the action of the | President in his wholesale veto of pension bills
 during the last session of Congress, favors | tariff of 1867, and demands the maintenance
 of the present tariff on lead and free coin
 age of silver on an equality with gold.
 The Massachusetts Democratic State Con- | vention nominated John F. Andrew for Gov | ernor, Frank K. Foster for Lieutenant Gov
 ernor, Lewis Warren for Treasurer; Secretary
 of State, John R. Thayer, of Worce ter; Aud
 itor, Wm. F. Cook of Springfeld; Attorney
 General, John W. Corcoran, of Clinton. The
 platform strongly endorses President Cleveland,
 applauding his adherence to his ante-election
 promises and pledges made to the people in
 1884 in regard to civil service reform. It de-
 mands judicious reform of the tariff, and re-
 affirms the financial policy of the Democratic
 platform of 1884 in regard to honest money. It
 insists upon the defence of American fisher
 men, welcomes the now era of organized labor,
 and speaks of the partial triumphs of the poll
 tax secured by the act of the last Legislature | It commends the Democratic members of the
 Legislature for securing the passage of various
 acts in the interest of labor during the last
 session, opposes contract labor in prisons and
 the importation of foreign contract labor to
 compete with domestic labor, and insists upon
 the right of the people of Boston to govern
 themselves and appoint their own police, etc.