The Lamar register., 1892-06-04
CLEVELAND DEMOCRATS.
The New York men Who Favor Ills Can
didacy Hold n Convention.

The convention OF New York democrats
favorable to the denomination Of Mr.. Clcve-
land met in Syracuse on the 3lst
The convention was called to order shortly
after noon by ex-Seeretary Of the Treasury
Charles s Fairchild chairman of the state
committee. The convention met at the Al
hambra rink, great hall, with gallery
along either side and another at the rear.
The building was we'll crowded. Mr.. Fair
child made a few remarks and called upoE
John D. Herman to act as temporary chair
man. Mr. Herman made rousing address,
in the course of which he said;
Certain leaders and managers selected
Washington's birthday for the patriotic pur-
pose of asserting their ownership of New
York Democrats, and, amid curses and pro
tests loud and deep, held n snowshoe con
ventlon at Albany. They sent delegates to
present to the national convention, to be held
four months later, the culled ard barren out
look of February as the full-flowered june
sentiment of Democrats In this state as 10
candidates, upon platform which disloyally
and venomously represented New York Demo
erats as deliberately ignoring the clean and
sturdy record of the only Democratic national
administration that had blessed our country
in over thirty years They played Hamlet
without any Hamlet.
The February convention was a mistake
from every standpoint; in some aspects It
WAS a crime, indictablc at Chicago" When
Mr. Herman reached that portion Of his speech
where he referred to Grover Cleveland, the
convention seemed to be uron It's feet, with
lifted voices, waving arms, slashiug canes,
waving hands and handkerehiefs, hats and
umbrellas. The ladies caught the enthusiasm
of the moment and added to the scene the
waving of their fans and kerchiefs.
The usual committees were then selected
by congressional districts. The temporary
organization was made permanent J. EIlery
Anderson, chairman OF the committee on
resolutions, submitted a long platform the
substance of which was as follows;
The Republican party in Congress Is de
nouneed for extravaganza, and for the Ne
Kinley tariff law: satisfaction expressed With
the administration of Grover Cleveland. The
platform also condemns the machine methods
introduced by the party leaders In New York;
declares its loyalty 10 Mr.. Cleveland, and
urges his denomination at Chicago; in re
gard to silver it says:
I'VE approve the use of both gold and silver
as money and we demand that all dollars.
whether gold or silver, shall be equal In value
to each other in fact as well as by declaration
of law. We are opposed to the free eoiaase
of silver by the United States alone at the ez-
listing rate Of I6 to l. because we believe that
free coinage at that ratio will result in the
immediate disappearance Of gold from the
business Of this country in the use Of silver,
with certain loss TO every waSe-earner and
every savings bank depositor, with impair
ment of credit and disastrous disturbance OF
every kind. We demand the repeal Of The
Sherman silver Law OF 1890 as an obstruction
Of International himetallIsm and because it Is
rapidly bringing this country to silver mono
metallism with all its attending evils
The platform was adopted amid great en-
tliusiasm.
Judge Sundcrlin OF schuyler then read the
list of delegates-ai-large chosen by TIE con-
mittce on delegates to the Chicago convention
They were; F. R. Coudert, New York; Alex
ander E. Orr, Brooklyn; Hon. Charles F
Bishop, Buffalo; Edmund Fitzgerald, Troy
Adopted
1t was agreed to accept the seyenty-tyyc
presidential electors decided upon By the
Albany convention, Adjourned.