Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-09-23
NEW YORK DEMOCRATS.

For Lieut.. Gov ...........WILLIAM F. sHEEHAN
For Secretary of State. FRANK G. RICE
| For Comptroll ETC.,. FRANK CAMPBELL
| For Treasurer. ..... ELLIOTT F. DANFORTH
| For Attorney General ......SIMON 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 e bringing out especial applause.
| Nominations were then in order, and
Wilbur +. Porter, of Watertown, nomi-
| mated Roswell 2. Flower. The first bal
! lot resulted: Flower, 334; Chaplin, AZ.
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 reaftrms the doc
| endorsed by the popular votes in those years
| ana so overwhelmingly ratified by the popular
| verdict in the congressional elections of 1890.
| We now. then. steadtastly adhere TO prin-
| c1ples of sound finance. We 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 at home, false pre-
tense but artful hindrance of return to free b1-
| metallic coinage. and tending only to pro-
| duce change from one kind of recommendation
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 AS a
| subsidy
| the Mckinley worse-than-war tariff the Blaine
| reciprocity humbug. the squandered surplus,
the advancing deficit, the defective census, the
| fals1hed representation and the revolutionary
| procedures of the Billion CongresS-au Justly
condemned by the peoples great uprising last
| November-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 benefcent results which followed the cleo
| ton of Democratic assembly last autumn
| That victory secured the election of 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 thirty-six
years. and for the first time in a gen.
Grafton freedom from taxation for
| the general purposes OF government 1t gave
| New York City the means of securing rapid
| transit-a boon which Republican legislators
had for years denied 1t gave the people the
shortest legislative session in seventeen years--a
| tribute to the faithful industry of the Demo-
cratic assembly by which this result was
| legisationc
Our pledges to the people contained in the
Democratic platforms of 1887, 1888 and 1899 were
| promptly redeemed by the Democrats the
passage of the following bills:
| l. bill to enumerate the inhabitants Of the
| state preparatory to reapDortionment Of SEN
ate and assembly districts.
.. A bill to reapportion the congressional dis
! trlcts IN pursuance of the federal statute and
upon the basis of the recent federal census.
| 5. bill to provide for constitutional con-
vention in accordance with the wish of the
people as declared by large majority at the
| polls in 1886.
A. Abill to revise and consolidate the excise
| laws-a measure intelligently and eQuitaby
framed, carefully regulating the sale of intoXi-
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
! agrlcul>ire and labor and to lessen the burden
| OF direct taxation.
| All these measures passed by the Democratic
| Assembly in obedience 10 the demand of the
| popular majority, were defeated in the Repub
| lican Senate by the representatives of The
minority of the people. Thus has the Repub-
| lican party continued to betray the peoples in
| sEests. IL defes the constitution, and denies
| Jar representation in the legislature 10
], 100000 new inhabitants of the state by
| refusing 10 pass an enumeration bill
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
conspred with the federal census bureau to de
| priye the state of additional representative
| in Congress and the electoral college by
| fraudulent count of the inhabitants in New
York. but it refuses to comply with the
| to rearrange the thirty-four congress
sional districts of the state so that each
| shall contain "as nearly rs practicable an equal
number of inhabitants" 1t ignores the en-
| phatic declaration of the people, who, by pur-
| atty of 328000 votes, recorded themselves in
| favor OF classes for reforms i'll methods of taxa
| ton.
1t covertly lends it's influence to restriction of
| manhood suffrage. 1t indicates its hostility to
| home rule by its effort at meddlesome legisa-
tive interference with the affairs of large cities.
| 1t encourages expensive legislative investigat-
| ing committees whose investigations degener-
ate into strikes for political patronage upon the
! official authorities of Democratic municipali-
ties.
1t inflicted a 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 cont rol 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
| 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-
| sentation and betrayal the Democratic party
| most earnestly protests.
! We reatfirm the principles and pledges con-
| tanned in our state platforms OF l8S9and preced-
ing years We oppose needless special legisla-
nicipalite We believe IL in low taxes .se and
in economical administration. We demand
revision of the various confused statutes
| regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors
| and the enactment of just, equita BILE and COM
| prehensive excise law framed In accordance
with existing public sentiment repeatedly
| manifested. We believe that all revenues
whether called license fees taxes, should be-
long to the treasures of the localities under
| whose authority licenses are issued, to be APP
| 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 extension of electoral reform
| with view to preventing the profuse expend-
| iture of money by candidates and political
committees; but we resolutely oppose any eff
| fort to hamper restrict the constitutional
| privilege of manhood suffrage.
| And we congratulate the people of the state
| that by the persistent efforts of a Democratic
| governor, sustained by the Democrats in the
legislature in defense of this principle. there
| has been at least wrestling from a Republican
| legislature by force of public sentiment genu-
| inc electoral reform law which guarantees
absolutely secret ballot, which prevents intimi-
| dation and corruption, which reserves for
| workingmen the right to two hours