Rock Island daily Argus., 1891-09-17
AUTUMN POLITICS.
New York Democrats Put Up
Their Candidates.
FLOWER A WINNER, HANDS DOWN.

The Remainder of the Slate Also Gets
There without Trouble-No Dollar
but One Worth 100 Cents-A General
Assault on Republican Measures and
Proceedings, Both National and State
Bay State Republicans Name Allen
for Governor-Action of the Anti-Sub-
Treasury Men.
SARATOGA \. Y, Sept. 17.-Only one
ballot was necessary at the Democratic
convention to settle the question whether
the "slate" as proposed by the leaders, so
far as it concerned the gubernatorial can
didate. should stand, and it stood-S34 20
43. The rest of the slate went through by
reclamation. The preliminary work of
the convention was soon dispatched, and
all the contests settled in favor of the Hill
men. The platform committee had its
work done, and as soon as rle organiza-
tion was complete and other preliminary
business out of the way it was read. Il is
mostly devoted to state matters, but be-
gins by reaflirming the national platforms
of 1854 and 1SSs which it claims were in
dorsed by the people at both those cleo
tions, and especially by the election of
1890
declaration National Issues.
The declaration on national issues is
contained in the second paragraph which
is as follow: I'VE are against the coinage
of any dollar which is not of the intrinsic
value of every other dollar of the United
States We therefore denounce the new
Sherman silver law, under which one
tenth Of our gold stock has been exported
and all our silver output is damned up
at home, as false pretense but artfnl
hindrance of return to free bi-metallic
coinage and is tending only to produce a
change from one kind of mono metallism
to another. We therefore unite with the
friends of honest money everywhere in
stigmatizing the Sherman progressive
silver basis law as no solution of the gold
and silver question and as a fit appendix X
to the subsidy and bounty swindles, the
Mckinley worse-than-war tariff, the
Blaine reciprocity humbug, the squan-
dered surplus, the advancing deficit, the
defective census, the falsifed representa-
tion and the revolutionary procedures of
the billion dollar con gress-all justly con-
demned by the peoples great uprising last
Novem ber-a verdict which renewed next
year viii empower Democratic statesmen
to guide the peoples councils and to exc
cute the peoples will. !"
As to Domestic Policy.
The platform then rehearses the laws
which were passed by the last legislature
in redemption of Democratic pledges. and
denounces the Republican state senate for
the failure of other laws The grievance
of New York in not getting the Worlds
fair IS taken up, and Fassett is charged
with responsibility therefor, his reason for
acting against New York being that Il
Democratic body instead of a Republican
one would have control of the fair if it
went to New York. The Republican or
ganlzation in the state is charged with
conspiring with the federal census bureau
TO cheat the state out of large number of
inhabitants. The platform declares for a
number of state reforms, and on the liq-
uor question reasserts the proposition that
1--WE are opposed to all sumptuary laws" :"
A plank sympathizes with the prosecuted
Russian Jews and calls on the govern
ment to use its influence to have the per-
secutiOns abated, and ends with n highly
eulogistic endorsement of Governor. Hill
Kind Word for the Negro.
The platform was adopted with enthusi-
astic cheers and the following, offered by
Mr.. Cantor, of New y ork was also passed :
That this convention views with gratifi-
cation the growing friendly feeling to-
ward the Democratic party of our colored
fellow citizens in this state, and they are
welcomed to our ranks, with the assur-
s-nce that within our party discrimination
on account OF race or color is discounten-
anced."
Nomination of Candidates.
Nominations were then declared in or
der, and Thomas F. GilrOy nominated
Roswell 7. Flower, which was seconded
by Colonel Fellows and Burke Cochran
Alfred c. Chaplin, of Brooklyn, was nom
mated by Thomas Dewitt, and seconded
by General Catlin. The vote was nearly
all one way, as stated in the first para
graph of this dispatch, and as soon as it
was announced the chairman of the Kings
county delegation (Chapin's mem got the
floor and moved that the nomination be
made unanimous. stirring and enthu-
siastic scene followed and the molten was
adopted with a roar. William F. Shee-
han was nominated for lieutenant gov
ernor by acclamatiun, and the ticket com
pleted in the same manner as follows: For
treasurer, Elliot F. Daufortb; for secre-
tary Of State, Frank Rice; for auditor gen.
eral, Simon Rosendale; for comptroller,
Frank Campbell: for engineer and sur
veyor, Martin Schenck.
Close of the Convection.
Calls were then made for Flower and
that gentleman came forward with a
graceful speech in which he thanked the
convention and said that he would put in
his best work from now on to make the
canvass success. IL elected he would
try to be an executive of which the state
would proud and an honor to the party
which elected him. Sheehan was also
called for and spoke briefly and eloquent
ly for few minutes. A new state CEN
tral committee was then named and the
convention adjourned without day,
Pennsylvanis People, Party.
GREENsBrRG, Pa, Sept. 1.-Two hun
dred delegates met here yesterday to or
ganize the Peoples party in this state.