Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-09-16

W. M IA Nthc convention. Inside
~ MIN more rigid rule was
M \ made 20 exclude mere
IN M \ boomers and hangers
y lon from the stage, which
ROSWELL p FLoWER. gave rise 60 many alter
cations. Finally the band arrived. however,
and drowned The din of Giscord with a series of
stirring airs. In the midst Of the music a body
of Kings county leaders arrived and on their
way 20 their seat were cheercd iustily by the
Brooklyn club men. The greatest ovation Of
all was given TO Gen. Slocum.
me l1mmany men got up counter demon.
| stration when Messrs Croker Cochran and
| their fellow leaders appeared.
coon FEELING PREvaua
Good feeling seemed TO prevail on both sides
| and there was no attempt by either 20 put tie
other down in spite OF animosiue. which have
been eugendered during ,he las, twenty -four
hours.
At l0i5 o'clock Temporary Chairman RAines
called the convention 20 order and the commit-
tee on credentials was called upon for it, re-
port Chairman Judge McMahon of Oneida
read the report on contested soats as sent last
night. and IN addition submitted a preambls
anu resolutions, which we're adopted uuaui-
inousiy Ihe preamble and resolutions recite
The irregular action of the County Democracy
and declare the right Of Tammanv Hall 10
nominate all the inspectors of election poll
clerks and ballot clerks TO which the d,mocrstis
party may be entitled in the CITY Of New York
nc Nu permanent org lillZaflOn
was then called and submitted its report "A
teiegraphed last night. The report WAS adopted
without dissenting voice. Chairman Rainos
thanked the convention for the honor bestowed
upon him aud called on the committee on reso-
lutloBs Tor report
THE PLATFORM.
Daniel G. Griffin Of Jefferson county read
the report Of the committee, as follows:
FIrst-The democratic party of the state Of
New York "a
pledges Of its fidelity 10 democratic faith and
as regards national issues reaffirms tie
doctrine OF the national platform of 1854 and
| lsos, indorsed by the popular votes in those
years and SO Overwhelmingly ratified bv the
popular verdict In the congressional elections
| OF 1880.
SILVER LEGISLATION.
We now, as then, steadfastly adhere 70 princi-
pies OF sound finance. We are against tho
coinage of any dollar which is not of the IN
trinsic value Of every other dollar Of the ni,ed
States.
We therefore denounce the now Sherman sill
yer law, under which one-tenth of our gold
STOCK las been exported and all our silver ont
put is damned up at home. ~ a false pretense
but artfui hlndrance of return to free b.
metallic coinage.and as tending only 10 produce
| change from one kind o! mono-me taiism to
another We therefore unite with the friends
Oh honest money everywhere an stigmatizing
the sherman progressive silver basis law as no
solution OF the gold and silver question aud as
| nj az pendlx TO the subsidy and bounty swim
die, the Mckinley worse than war tariff, the
Blaine reciprocity humbug the souander,i
| surplus. the advancing deficit the defective
census. the falsited representation and the rev.
oIutlonary procedures of the billion Congress
al Justly condemned by the peoples great up
rising last November, verdict which. renewed
next year, VII! empower democratic statesmen
to guide the peoples councils and 70 execute
the peoples will
THE DEMOCRATIC ASSEMBLY
| second-We congratulate the people Of the
state upon the benefcentresults which followed
| the election OF a democratic assembly Last
autumn. That victory secured the election of
democrat 10 the United States sepate-a
representative in full sympathy with the popu-
Lar majority on great questions of federal policy
Ii gave the state the lowest tax rate i'm fhirty.
SIX years and Tor the first time in a generation
freedom from taxation for the general purposes
OF government
Ii gave New York city the means of securing
rapid transit-a boon which republican loeis-
latures had for years denied.
| III gave the people the shortest legislative ses-
sion In seventeen years-a tribute 20 the faith.
ful industry Of the democratic assembly by
whom this result was chieved in the interest of
economy and good legislation.
| DEaocRArIo PLEDGES RENEWED.
Ihird-our pledges TO the people contained
in the democratic platform Of 1887. 1883 and
1889 were promptly redeemed by the demo-
cratic assembly in the passage of the following
| measures:
| l. bill to enumerate the inhabitants of the
| state preparatory 10 a reapportionment Of sem
ate and assembly districts.
| bill to reapportion the congressional dis
| tricts, In purBuance OF the federal statute and
| upon the basis OF the recent federal census
| g. A bill TO provide for a constitutional CON-
yentlon In accordance with the wish Of the
people as declared by a large majority at the
| polls in 1856.
T. A bill 10 revise and consolidate the excise
laws-a measure intelligently and equitably
| framed carefully regulating the sale of jrtori-
eating liquors, prescribing just fees for licenses
/ and preserving all needed restrictions for the
| maintenance of order and the good of society,"
5. Several bills to aneliorate the condition of
| agriculture and labor and tighten the burden
Of direct taxation.
REPUBLICANs ARRAIGSED.
Fourth-An those measures passed by the
democratic assembly in obedience TO the de-
mand of the popular majority were defeated in
| the republican senate by the representatives Of
the minority Of the people. Thus has the re-
publican party continued TO betrav the people's
interest Ii deiies the constitution and denies
fair representation in tn legislature TO 3OO,-
600 new inhabitants Of the state by refusing to
pass an enumeration bill-the preliminary step
to the abolition Of the present antiquated APP
which is based or the census Of sixteen wears ago
1t not only conspired with the federal census
bureau to deprive the state Of an additional
representative in Congress and in the electoral
college by fraudulent count Of the inhabit-
ants in New York city, but it refuses to comply
with the command Of its own federal congress
| to rearrange the thirty-four Congress districts
of the state 70 that all contain ''as nearly as
practicable an equal number of inhabitants"
il ignores the emphatic declaration Of the peo-
pie, wEo by plurality Of $50, 900 votes recorded
themselves in favor Of a constitutional conyen-
| tion. 1t insists upon passage OF sumptuary laws
which needlessly interfere with the personal
liberty of law-abiding citizens. IL demon
strates the hypocracy of its professions by
twice recording itself in the Legislature in favor
Of prohibition amendment and then refusing
to make provision for it's submission 20 the
people except at a special election not desired
BY prohibitionists and at Unnecessary e1-
pense of over s600, 900 to the taxpayers Il
refuses to ameliorate the condition of wage
earners by enacting just and conservative laws
in their interest. Ii shows its subseryiency TO
| the moneyed interests by ignoring the
demands Of the agricultural and working
classes for reforms in methods Of taxation
1t covertly lends its influence 10 the restriction
Of manhood suffrage. Ii indicates its hostility
TO home rule by its efforts at meddlesome legis-
lative interference with the affairs Of large
cities. Ii encourages expensive Legislative in