Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-02

SYRACUSE, October 1.-The Democratic
State Convention met here to-day. The
hall was crowded when, at 1915, Edward
Murphy, Chairman of the State Committee,
called the convention to order and an
nounced the action Of the State Committee
in nominating Edward A. Jones for tenn
porary chairman. The committees action
was unanimously adopted, and committee
was appointed to escort Mr.. Jones to the
chair.
Lieutenant Governor Jones, on taking
the chair, thanked the convention for the
honor and proceeded to arraign the Repub-
lcan administration in bitter terms. His
illusions to both ex-President Cleveland
and Governor Hill were received with the
utmost enthusiasm. A recess was then
taken.
The convention hall presented an ex-
tremely animated appearance when the
body was again called to order. James W.
Ridgeway, as Chairman of the Committee
on Resolutions, reported the following plat
form and moved its adoption:
THE PLATFORM PROPOSED.
The Democratic party of the State of New
York. in convention assembled, renews the
pledges of its fidelity to Democratic faith and
reaffirms the doctrines of the national plat
form OF 1885, adopted at st. Louis. We have
not advocated and do not advocate free trade,
but we steadfastE advocate the principles Of
tariff reform believing that adherence to the
right alone carries in itself the certainty of
triumph. We heartily indorse the honest and
fearless administration of the National Gov
ernment by Grover Cleveland.
Second-We charge that the Republican
party, at the last Federal election. obtained
power in the nation by corruption and false
pretenses, by intimidation and coercion of
voters, and by shameless traficking of
Cabinet and other offices in its gift to the
highest bidder: and through its candidates BY
these inscriptions means received more than
doctrines and principles were repudiated by a
majority of the voters of the country. We ar
raign the Chief Executive of the United States
for disgraceful violation of the pledges con.
tanned in his letter of acceptance, to-wlt: I'm
appointments to every grade and depart
ment, fitness and not party service should
be the essential and discriminating test, and
FIDELITY AND EFFICIENCY
the only sure tenure of office" in that, not in
exceptional instances. but with sweeping hand
he has removed hundreds of honest and capa-
BILE officers before the expiration of the terms
for which they were appointed.
Notwithstanding as. heretofore, that i'm
proper combinations Of capital which limit
production, fix the price of commodities re-
wages of labor and crush out the smaller inde-
pendent dealers, and thus strangle legitimate
competition, are conspiracies:
The Republican party in this State is
next arralgned for having last year made
the highest tax rate since 1875 being an in
crease of from $4,000 to S12, 500 900.
Governor Hill is, on the other hand, lauded
for having saved to the people by his vetoes
about $4,000 900. The plank dealing with
the excise question is in part thus:
We do not favor the unrestricted sale Of in
toxicating liquors on the one hand. nor prohi-
liquor traffic should be restrained and regu-
lated by just and equitable excise laws, rigidiy
enforced, which laws, in their operation,
should be substantially uniform throughout
the State.
A QUESTION OF REVENUE.
We believe all excise revenues, whether
called license fees Or taxes. should belong to
the local treasury of the localities under whose
authority licenses are issued, to be applied in
reducing the burden of local taxation. We op-
pose the passage of the prohibition amend
ment. upon which the next Legislature is re-
quired to act; and we arraign the Republican
party for its dishonest treatment of the TEN.
perance question in this State and the States
of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Pennsyl-
vania, in submitting, or proposing to submit,
prohibition amendments, only to defeat them
at the polls.
In support Of this last arraignment the
Republican legislation of last winter is
analyzed, the defeat of an excise revision
bill and support of high license bill being
characterized as dishonesty inconsistent.
Electoral reform next receives renewed
pledge of support from the party, but not as
embodied in the Saxton bill, which was a
Republican party measure last winter.
CHARGE OF TREASON.
The failure of the Republican Legislature
to pass enumeration or constitutional con-
the platform that the Republican party is
guilty of treason to the Constitution.
Home rule for cities and the administration
Of Governor Hill are endorsed.
The platform was adopted, resolution Of
sympathy with Gladstone and Parnell was |
adopted, and ex-Assemblyman Frank Rice,
Of Ontario county, was then made nominee |
for Secretary of State. Edward Wemple, |
present incumbent was then renominated |
for Controller. Hon. Elliott Danforth was |
nominated for State Treasurer. Charles f. |
Tabor, present incumbent, was renominated |
to be Attorney General. John Bogart, for |
State Engineer and Surveyor, and Dennis |
O'Brien, for Court of Appeals Judge, were
the other nominees. The convention then |