The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-23
COOPER UNION Committee.
Address to the People Calling for An
other Convention,

ftuNEfss 10 the GhEAe NAA4luE luE y
other Convention.
ALBANY, Feb. 22.-In the recess interim
Of the State Convention the anti-Wnter
convention men gathered at Union Hall.
Charles 5. FaigchiId, as Chairman OF the
Committee Of Fifty, called the meeting to
order and submitted a statement in the ma
tnre of g report as Chairman Of the commit
tee.
be said: To tie Committee Of Fifty l
report that in pursuance Of instructions
gwen 30 Us by masS-meetiug held IN
Cooper Union on the 11.h # this month,
the members of the State Committee indi-
yidua.ly and the State Committee as
whole have been requested TO dissolve the
convention called By them for this day, and
that tEey have declined to comply with
this request. In that event you are in
s,ructed to take such measures as you
might deem well Co secure the proper TepTe-
seGtati0n Of the Democracy Of this State
at the Democratic National Convention
90 be held IA Chicago on the 2lst Of june
next You viii now enter UpOR the
work Of considering this and adopting such
measures as are necessary t. that end. Your
work or to-day Will, l believe, be such that
you viii meet again before June with count
less thousands OF your fellow Democrats,
all Inspired with high purpose aad high
hopes feT 0ur beloved party, aEd then when
We meet again our trouble VIII be % mud
nall So large that IL can h0lI the hosts Of
Democrats who Will come 20 wish rs god
speed. May blessing rest upon your work.
May the result be q Democracy Of principle
owned 10y no man, party OF honor, truth
aud freedom"
Law Defied.
FaiEchld then presented the name Of F.
D. Lock Of Buffalo as Chairman. He said
There are times In the history of parties,
as in the history Of States, when il becomes
necessary for good citizens to assert and
maintain their rights Such an occasion
now cODfTOutS the Democratic party IN the
State II New York. is organization.
which WIS created aud intended as a means
through which the Will of the majority
could be made manifest and given due
effect, has been seized by an uuscTupulOus
representative Of mere factions and used
as an instrument not TO Subserye but 20
frustrate The Will OF the majority. II arTO-
gantly de1es the law Of the land; It AFRO
gautly dehes those rules Of procedure which
from long and uniform usage have received
the sanction Of party law; IL represents not
the party, but a few who have received or
hope to receive political benefit from one
ambitious politician: It IS Srlf-peTpetUatIuE,
for it begets It's own kind; &c relies upon
the patience Of the people, upun the short
statutes Of limitations for political Otenses,
aud upon its outcry against anything in
t4N fFJ u eLtA- 90 q AAt--i-h-S ~ PthttJ SAAN~
cess"
Another Convention.
f. Ellery Anderson made a stirring
speech, after which an address TO the DEM
OCTats Of the State was adopted. 1t recites
the incidents leading up to the protest,
dwells on the gravity of the issues pending
I'D the campaign, and says the state Com
mttee has become the instrument of a fac
tion instead Of being the representative OF
the whole party; il IS enlisted in the cause
Of a favored candidate who shTinks from
submitting his case to the test OF free and
full vote Of the Democracy; it has used its
powers for the avOwed purpose Of serving
his personal ambition instead of af-
fOrding all Democratic electors an
equal and fair opportunity to eX-
press preferences both TO as issues
and candidates. The welfare Of the party,
both In the State aud nation, demands that
all Democratic electors be equally helTd
and represented; therefore the Democratic
electors OF each Assembly district 10 the
State are requested to choose three dele
gates and three alteTnatts 10 form a State
Convention to be held on the 3lst Of May at
Syracuse for the purpose Of choosing dele
gates and aternates to represent the Demo-
cratic party Of the State at the National
Convention.
The chairman Of the meeting was author
lied 20 appoint a committee of fourteen
members, which will have the power TO add
to its number and constitute a provisional
State Committee to take necessary action TO
carry these resolutions into fun effect. A
din Of cheers followed the reading Of the
address, and after several speeches it was
unanimously adopted. Among the speakers
was a young farmer from OtsegO a Mr..
Clarke, who bluntiy demanded that the
name Of Cleveland should be placed squarely
at the front of the movement represented
by the anti-cOnYention. The meeting then
adjourned.