The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-09-11

Varnum, the permanent chairman, to
the chair. The trio ascended the stage
amid great applause. Mr. Varnum, in
accepting the honor bestowed upon him,
addressed the convention at length. At
the conclusion of his speech, which was
received with enthusiasm, the report of
the committee ON credentials was called
for and accepted. The committee on
resolutions not being ready to report
nominations We're declarad to be in
order.
Making Nominations.
State Senator Edmund O'Connor, of
Binghampton, placed the name of Mr..
j. Sloat Fassett before the convention.
In doing so, he said, that the name he
was about to place in nomination would,
he believed, be approved by the conven-
ton today and ratified by the voters of
the state next November. Mr.. Smith
Of Richmond. seconded the nomination
of Mr.. Fassett on behalf of the young
workingmen.
Delegate Farthing, of Erie, placed in
nomination the Hon. Philip Becker, of
Erie.
Mr.. William Williams of Kings coun-
ty, placed in nomination Geneaal Stew
art l.. Woodford.
Sames I'll. Potts, of Rennselar, pre-
sented the name of General James b.
Carr. Ex-State Senator Macarthur sec
onded the nomination. General Daniel
Butterfeld named General Wadsworth,
who, he declared, was Republican of
two generations.
After the nomination of General
Wadsworth the voting proceeded. Be
fore its completion General Woodford
cast the 81 votes of Kings county for
Fassett and moved his unanimous nomi-
nation. Becker's delegates came next
and then Carr's, and the motion was
carried with a rush, while the gun out
side the hall began booming guberna-
torial salute of thirteen guns.
The ticket was completed as follows:
John w. Vrooman was nominated for
lieutenant governor by acclamation; Ex-
Senator E. F. O'Connor, for secretary of
state; Arthur c. Wade of Chautauqua,
for comptroller; Ira M. Hedges of
Rockford, for treasurer; w. A. Suther-
land of Monroe, for attorney general;
Verplanck Colvin of Albany, for state
engineer and surveyor.
The Platform.
The platform adopted commends the
wisdom, patriotism and purity of the ad-
ministration of President Harrison; de-
clares in favor of the revenue legislation
of the Fifty first congress; fayors the full
fillment of the pledges riyen to fha sol-
diers of the Union that the nation which
they saved would not fail in just treat
ment of surviving veterans, and of widows
and orphans of those who sacrificed their
lives that the nation might live; approves
the speedy construction of the Nicaragua
canal under American charter by Ameri
can enterprise and with American capital;
recognizes the dignity of labor and the
necessity of proper legislation to protect
it's interests: favors such legislation as will
prevent all illegal combinations and un-
Just exactions by aggregated capital and
cooperative powers; commends the inter
vention of the government to secure JUS
tice to the Russian jews; declares In favor
OF local option by counties, towns and cit
les; commends the policy of the admins
tration in providing for reserve of one
hundred cents worth of silver for every
dollar issued; fnvors the amendment of
the ballot law; approves the passage of the
direct tax refunding bill, and denounces
the unpatriotic effort of David B. Hill,
| through the last Democratic assembly, to
place this state in an unfriendly attitude
toward the Worlds Columbian exposition
to be held in Chicago in 1893.
AT 7s45p m. the convention adjourned