Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-09-24
NEW YORK DEMOCRATS.
The Ticket and Platform of the State Con

For Governor. .........R ROSWELL p. FLOWER
For Lieut. Gov ........ WILLIAM F. SHEEHAN
For Secretary of State. ......... FRANK G. RICE
For comptroller. ......... FRANK CAMPBELL
For Treasurer. ........ELLIOTf F. DANFORTH
For Attorney General......sIAfON ROSENDALE
For Surveyor ........... ...... MARTIN SCHENCK
SARATOGA, n. Y, Sept. 16.-The New
York State Democratic convention did
its work quickly this morning. At a
quarter past 10 o'clock Temporary
Chairman Raines called the con-
vention to order. He was at once
made permanent chairman. The
platform, as given below. was then
read and adopted, the mention of Hills
nam bringing out especial applause.
Nominations were then in order, and
Wilbur F. Porter, Of Watertown, nomi-
mated Roswell P. Flower. The first bal
lot resulted: Flower, 334 Chaplin, A.
The nomination was then made unani-
nous. The other candidates were nomi-
mated by reclamation.
THE PLATFORM.
The Democratic party of the state Of New
York. in convention assembled, renews the
pledges of its fidelity to Democratic faith. and
as regards national issues reatfirms the doc
trlne of the national platform of 1854 and 1888.
endorsed by the popular votes in those years
and so overwhelmingly ratified by the popular
We now, as then. steadfastly adhere to prin-
cipleS of sound finance. We are against the
coinage OF any dollar which is not of the intrin-
sic value OF every other dollar of the United
States We therefore denounce the new Sher-
man silver law under which one-tenth of our
gold stock has been exported and all our silver
output is damned UP ut home, false pre-
tense but artful hindrance of return to free bl-
metallic coinage and as tending only to pro-
duce change from one kind of nonometalism
to another, We therefore unite with the friends
OF honest money everywhere in stigmatizing the
Sherman progressive silver basis law no
solution OF the gold and silver question
titappendix to the subsidy and bounty swindle,
the Mckinley worse than-war tariff, the Blaine
reciprocity humbug, the squandered surplus,
the advancing deficit the defective census, the
falSifed representation and the revolutionary
procedures of the Billion Coneress-aQ Justly
condemned by the peoples great uprising last
Noyember-a verdict which, renewed next year.
will empower Democratic statesmen to guide
the peoples councils and to execute the peo-
pies will.
We congratulate the people of the state upon
the benetcent results which followed the cleo
ton of Democratic assembly last autumn.
That victory secured the election of a Demo-
crat to the. United States Senate. representa-
tive in full sympathy with the popular Majority
on great questions of federal policy. 1t gave
the state the lowest tax rate in thlrty-s1x
years, and for the first time in a gen
Grafton freedom from taxation tor
the general purposes of government 1t gave
New York City the means of securing rapid
transit--a boon which Republican legislators
shortest legislative session in seventeen years-a
tribute to the faithful industry of the Demo
cratic assembly by which this result was
achieved in the interest of economy and good
legisation2
Our pledges to the people contained in the
Democratic platforms of 1887 1883 and 1899 were
promptly redeemed by the Democrats IN the
passage of the following bills:
/. A bill to enumerate the inhabitants of the
state preparatory to reapportionment Of SEN
ate and assembly districts.
. A bill to reapportion tie congressional dis
tricts in pursuance of the federal statute and
upon the basis of the recent federal census.
s. A bill to provide for constitutional con-
vention in accordance with the wish OF the
people as declared by large majority at the
polls in 1885,
T. A bill to revise and consolidate the excise
laws-a measure intelligently and equitably
framed. carefully regulating the sale OF lntoXl-
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 ameliorate the condition Of
agriculture and Ia Dor, and to lessen the burden
OF direct taxation.
All these measures, passed by the Democratic
Assembly in obedience TO the demand OF the
pc, uar majority, were defeated in the Repub-
iican Senate by the representatives of the
minority of the people. Thus has the Repub-
lican party continued to betray the people in
terests 1t deties the constitution, and denies
fair representation in the legislature TO
100000 new Inhabitants of the state by
refusing to pass an enumeration bl!l-
the preliminary step to the abolition
of the present Anticipated apportionment Of SEN
ate and assembly districts which is based on
the census OF sixteen years ago. 1t not only
conSpired with the federal census bureau to de-
prive the state of all additions! representative
in Congress and the electoral college by
fraudulent count of the inhabitants IN New
York but it refuses to comply with the
command of it's own federal Congress
to rearrange the thirty-four congress
stonal districts of the state so that each
shall contain ''as nearly as practicable an equal
number of inhabitants" 1t ignores the en-
phatic declaration of the people, who. by plur-
ality of 32S,000 votes, recorded themselves in
favor of classes for reforms i'll methods OF taxa
ton.
1t coyertly lends it's influence to restriction of
manhood suffrage. 1t indicates its hostility to
home rule bv its effort at meddlesome leglSla-
tive interference with the affairs of large cities.
1t encourages expensive legisl ative Investigate
ing committees whose Investigations degener-
ate into strikes for po' iical patronage upon the
official authorities of Democratic munlc1pal1-
ties.
It inflicted hostile blow upon the best well
fare and prosperity of the state by depriving
New York of the Worlds FAIR because the Re
publican leader could not control its board of
directors. By that act New York was deprived
of the benefit Of the expenditures of hundreds
of millions OF dollars within her borders. by
that act the interests OF every wage-earner,
every merchant, every farmer, every man
ufacturer, every householder every artisan
every railroad and transportation company,
were cruelty sacrificed. The people will not
forget that the most conspicuous agent In this
partisan crime IS now the candidate OF his party
for governor. Against that record of misrepre-
sentaton and betrayal the Democratic party
most earnestly protests.
We firm the principles and pledges con-
tanned in our state platforms OF lsSsand preced-
ing years We oppose needless special leslsla-
tio::. We favor home rule for counties and mu-
inequalities. We believe in low taxes and
in economical administration. We demand
revision of the various confused statutes
regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors
and the enactment of a just, equitable and COM
prehensve excise law framed in accordance
with existing public sentiment as repeatedly
manifested. We believe that all revenues,
whether called license fees or taxes, should be-
long to the treasures of the localities unde-
whose authority licenses are issued, to be ap-
piled in reducing, the burden OF local taxation
We are opposed to all sumptuary legislation
that needlessly interferes with the personal lib
erty or reasonable customs OF the people. We
favor the largest liberty for the individual citi
zen consistent with the public welfare.
We demand an extensi sion of electoral reform
with view to preventing the profrlse expend.
iture of money by candidates and political
committees; but we resolutely oppose any eff
fort to hamper or restrict the constitutional
privilege of manhood suffrage.
And we congratulate the people OF the state
hat nv he Ste efforts al Democratic