New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-30

and the South and West: but IL has since peeh
discovered that it contained forgery oil the
silver plank, the word =" silver being droppeu
out Of it, An examination Of the New-fork'DeTs-
papers the day after the convention was hela
would prove his statement that the silver plank
was falsified. in whose interest? What. in fact,
was said about silver in the Democratic platform
The Cleveland men said it stated one thing anu
the Hill men said it started another.
THE STANDARD BEARERS ADDRESS
Mr.. Fassett spoke in part as follows:
Nv Friends. Ladies and Gentlemen: Not for myself
do speak but for the proudest party that modem HIS
tory has ever developed; party when slahus ior no
wrong to any race, party which su'hus l0r oppO
non to no good cause party which has so nter"o'o
its own history with the history Of the progress VI
American liberties that the cannot be written WIN
ont the other and either could be written from tne
other the party that has fought for wider ntengehce
iofter thought and aspiration In the passing acenieS
Nv tho people only to find that that mastery haa No.
1t into higher plane from which 70 laHe h " IN he
made more widely accepted; party whose s S @So
said by It's opponents to nave enueo oIe and more
exalted and more and more widespread WIN V'o I'll
yanclng years party whose mission VIII nQt emu S u
eysTy e wrpHs cause Se tat needs been Sc
cured. until there does not remain NSf sperton to
be destroyed or improper taxauoh " W
applause 49,. u.r,. u,,ss,on hogan in the eieva-
INN n, msnknd and will not end until It's savauon
shall have been made complete AnS can" cy T nat
might GET near TO the great Republican heart, IU ~
beats warm strong and true heie II D. Yonr
With Sv acres Of Republicans daughter
With majority that is as large as yonr rbf of Se% York
State Repubcanism an everlasting m eniaEse '"0
darkness Of Manhattan slanG down there IN NewYork
They look with apprehension to the returns Sc 9 Of
81 Lawrence With 6ated breath ana they know the
reason of their fears ST. Lawrence ngh5 t' in the
ares on the north and away across the Stdle, III .
so,thwestern extremity Cattsaugns and ChsnauquSS
see the signal and light their fires IN S'1 a be Scot
fish signals these are the signs Of the life the can 20
acton The Gs9s We Of See ali Joan in mns q
scent upon the Democratic Tammany hos1s i IN S9 INV
anqi sS eR come up here that my might catch the
beat and thro6 OF yours that might renew my SIe
reat mission which consented to assume az hoG en-
eser-thc mission of telling the people Oh te Ss i
thst Hstory and why Il that that party should be
again ntrusted with all the powers OF Wy i 9. honcb
ernment the executive as well as the leSlsiahNc O"
ENCOURAGEMENT EVERYWHERE.
And have had announcement. have had en-
soursgemept at every crossing on the railroad nave
had encoura cement at Utica and at "s'eruo"li anu
have had encouragement here, the encou'senenV ,.,'
comes to a who looks into eyes that are n,0u WIZ"
sanas tbst grip hard with determination, a
man that looks into faces that are de o %yse
eS Sn by the strong Repablcansm ST. LAWRENCE
We are ali enthusiastic. That Is COCA shl nj c,ds
that have been displayed In the progress Of mank St
All we need now to tram our eapnbrans appear at
the baLotbox election day ana the result - pV
determined here in st. Lawrence Cou eP from
each OF the thirty towns in st. Lawrence county.
there BE- Con majority NOW Will 10 S d. You can I'M
prove upon them Ap2aase , No %sSG S eas
rSs ssT Of nS sdS EzeeO %. higher Better
stead Of 5000 make 1t 10000. You have got mere
to tssr call and know they win respond if you
utter that call as earnestly as nave hesiu you speaA
WITT 18Th s hard to know out Of so many rich lust
what Republican jewels to display for your-shaI !
say instruction. No. for you are better Instructed
than for refreshing your memory tonight There
are National issues OF supreme Importance, put us
is a State campaign and there are enough stat. statG
and mine Governor Hi thinks 1t Is very " ROM
ornor think, this fall does not wish 70 talk much
about his state record and the record OF ms party
here s 70 osdensbnrg and wants to defend the Tam
many ticket and the Tammany platform ADOPTED allq
Saratoga and when in order to defend them, he calls
your attention 70 the exeeenees OF the Sneent Us ana
piay before you that banner which. he says was
planted in isss-snd which We all suppose, was 5s
planted then-the banner Of tariff reform ask tis
Governor this: "What schedule in the present 9 l
would you change, and how would you change ,a IT,
differing gcneraItles, but specify for We men here
have some interest. We would Ike TO Know nov
Won are going 10 reform the tariff. Are YOU g0i,lS
h relieve us from the measure Of protection which
the Republican party has given us In St Lawrence c
ernor. Get it If you can.
NOT LINE ABOUT TARIFF REFORM"
BY the way, the platform MADE al saratoga Is a.
silent as the grave on the tariff reform" Ihere Is
not the ghost of pankyes, ghost: they refer III
little plank hidden in the leaves to some OF the oo
platorm which nobody has interest to take up, ana
In that you will IND reference probably u 'arh
reform. ,- .,. .o,,, tho Covernor
might like to discuss, but which seems to Dc soseS ~
that discussion ms fall n tine the mnsy mani
iest1 on the silver question. But nobody aeNes
to lust what tina PLANK f. and bis end say
IL should read I'VE are against the coinage Oh any
othsr dollar Of the United states Mr.. Cleveland and
HE friends say il reads ave against the coinage
any silver dollar G6s G %gn Of RS' ted States Per-
haps you say there is distinction wto9E
SHs you Of or friend. the Governor lie would nike
say to the people of the south and West: Why
sa s ptA me Coinage OF any dollar that is
same intrinsic value any other dalar there Is only
one dollar coined and that is the silver dollar, and us
intIinsic value we won't discuss" The platform also
opens up wide field q discussion as to What the word
itself does mean anything on inspection ,,o,.,,..x
Fish. jr. last winter ntI9duced resolution into the
Assembly at Albany asking our repreeentatiy in
tbe Free Coinage Dill lie tried to get it up for
discussion and was assisted by a solid Republican
vote and resisted by solid Democratic Vot-'
THAT SARATOGA SILVER PLANK.
Now how did this discussion over what the plank
rcaIiy is arise The Associated Press agent at
Saratoga at tins time the late Democratic Convention
was held says that he secured his copy Of the
platform from the Governors private secretary, but
tho word silver not in that platform thus sent
ont and Mr.. Tracy, member OF the Committee on
Resolutions that the word silver was III the
plank as II adopted in the committee Is IL
i,ossble that Governor Hill has been guilty OF tamper-
Ing with such an important document as the Demo
critic platform Would he really undertake to de-
COVE the peopei is that in accordance with any
OF his previous hstoy1 Naughter( 1 don't wonder
that you laugh -
close to every one OF you the question Is shall we
have good government 1t was much simphhed Tor
me- nv oar friends at Saratoga. There room III
that convention for any member of any delegation out
NJ twenty five assembly districts, who had decided 70
Sa - ficnd on Pre- sident Cleveland. There no