, 1888-08-29
MILLER NOMINATED.
New York Republicans in
Convention.
Nominations for Governor and
Lieutenant Governor.
The Old Stereotyped Wall
Goes Up.

SARATOGA, Aug. 2S.-The Republi-
can convention met this afternoon. Gen.
Benjamin +. Tracy was elected temporary
chairman, and addressed the convention
at considerable leanth.
O. Gen. Tracy said: Not since 1864, when
the Democratic national committee SOL
EMMY declaie ed in its platform the war for
the Union was a failure and demanded that
1t should be brought to a speedy end, has
a more important political issue been pre-
sented to the American people than that
presented by President Cleyeland's free
trade message and the Mills bill. The
issue of 1864 involved the very existence
of the nation; the issue of 1888 involves
the continued existence of our manufac-
uring industries and our commercial pros
perity.
After the appointment of the usual
committees a recess till 4 p. m was taken.
The convention, after a resolution of
respect to sheridan memory, proceeded
to the nominations for governor and state
senator. Geo. b. Sloan first gained the
floor, and placed in nomination Hon.
Warren Miller. No other nomination
being made Miller was chosen by accla-
nation.
Col. S. N. r. Cruger was then nomi-
mated for lieutenant governor by acclama-
ton.
The platform adopted endorses the
Chicago national platform and the nomi-
nation Of Harrison and Morton, and y
The Republican senators in congress in
reporting the treaty relative to the tishe-
ries negotiated with Great Britain, acted
in accordance with the dictates of just
patriotism and correctly asserted Ameri-
can rights and national honor, while
the message of President Cleveland
Transmitted on the 23d OF
his administration has been grossly neg
ligent of its duties in protecting the
American fisheries and haS invited new
%annoyancesa and aggressions on the part of
Canadians by failures to make manful
protests and to employ peaceful means of
self defense committed by him; the Re-
publican party favors a foreign policy
which shall do no wrong to the weakest
neighbor and shall brook no indignIty
from any power on earth, and by insisting
on fair play on sea and land through
Justice, and insure peace with all nations.
The Republican party unequivocally
condemns the course of Governor Hill in
obstructing by. veto the acts for increasing
free license, by which a larger share of
the cost of government might be levied
on the liquor traffic, and we approve of
the efforts of Republicans in the last leg
~islature upon the liquor question, especi-
ally on passing the act nullified by such
executive action to restrict that traffic by
charges which would have left some of
the burdens of taxation caused by the
liquor traffic from home and farm, and
we believe that such charges should be
advanced to standards similar to those
successfully enforced in other states under
Republican control.
The recent investigations make clear
the necessity for the effective enforcement
of the law for the prevention of importa-
ton of contract labor. The national adj
ministration is grievously at fault for this
failure to guard against the degradation of
American labor. The Republican party
demands further legislation to prohibit
the infx of pauper and criminal
immigrants whose incoming brings
upon our working people competition
both unjust and disastrous, and in view
of the recent revelations showing the
abuse of our naturalization and immigra-
ton laws, we desire and urge a thorough
revision of said laws in order that our
country and fellow citizens may be pro-
tected from the pauper and criminal
classes of other lands.