Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-05-04
Political Movements.
The New Jersey Democratic
 State Convention.
THEY DECLARED FOR CLEVELAND
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 TRENTON, N. J., May S.-New Jersey Dem ocrats spoke yesterday for Cleveland and re- duction of the tariff. The contest of United States Senator Blodgettf for place among the delegates to St. Louis failed to develop into the important struggle expected. Fix Assemblyman Pintard, of Monmouth, who was Senator Blodgett's spokesman on the floor, spoke for burying of past issues be- tween the two present. factions of the New Jersey Democracy. During MT. Pintard's speech occurred the only real disorder of the day.
 The convention defeated Senator Blodgett by a. large majority in his candidacy for delegate at large. The successful candidates were ex-Governor Leon Abbett, Governor Robert s. Green, Moses Bigelow and Senator Philip P. Baker.
 The district delegates are George Pfeiffer, John Summerill, c. D. w. Vroom, Isaac H. Adams, Willard F. Ross, Thomas H. McCor- William B. Gourley, Samuel B. Taylor, William Harrigan, George A. Hartford, Edward F. c. Young, Peter Hauck.
 Allan McDermott of the state committee, who called the convention to order, made brief speech.
 Prosecutor of the Pleas Charles H. Winfield, of Hudson county, the temporary chairman, was frequently interrupted by laughter and applause. He spoke of the tariff question in detail, denouncing the Republican party.
 The committee on resolutions reported platform which went through with hurrah. The principal blanks were as follows:
 ''The Democratic party of New Jersey re- adopts as its rule of political faith and prac- tice the resolutions of the last Democratic national convention, embodying all the doc trines and principles necessary for the proper conduct of national affairs demanded by the exigencies of the present time"
 It then urges upon representatives of the Democratic party in congress 'the early re duction of the redundant revenue of the government, and the revision of the tariff, with a due regard for the interests of the agricultural and manufacturing industries, and of labor and capital to be affected thereby"
 It then says:
 "The Democratic party of New Jersey con- graduates the party and the country that President Cleveland has proven the falsity of Republican predictions of disaster to fol- low change to Democratic rule, but has, on the contrary, given us . pure, honest and economical administration, and from it has removed all suspicion of corruption and job bery; has maintained the peace and dignity of the nation; has so administered the finances as to uphold the public credit and retain the confidence of the financial world; has provided for the rehabilitation of the navy has reduced the expenses of government; has restored millions of acres to the public domain, and has impartially enforced the laws throughout the length and breadth of the land; and that under his wise admins tration all sectional feeling and prejudice has been obliterated, and our country has hecome heartily and truly one, and north, south, east and west have advanced to greater achieve ments and 8 common destiny.
 "For these reasons we recognize the wisdom of his renomination."
 The platform then indorses the actions and administration of Governor Green, and de- nounces "the caucus legislation practiced by the Republican legislature at its last session, by which the votes of the Republican mem- bers of each house were massed, directed and controlled by the decision of a secret caucus for or against laws of general import, upon which the individual judgment and responsi. bility of each member was due to the state"