Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-02-23
THE ANT|.H|LL MEN
Call a Stale Convention
to Meet May 81.
THEY ISSUE AN ADDRESS
Denouncing the Methods Pursued by
Denouncing the Methods Pursued by
the Convention.

| chairman ot the committee of lifty, called,
the meeting to order and submitted rel
| port announcing that the state committee
had declined todissolve the state conven-
tion. Mr FaircLiiI asserted that the
hearts OF hundreds of thousands Of Demo
Gratis In the state were with this meeting.
| Mr. Fairchild presented the name OF +. ID.
Locke OF Buffalo As chairman. Mr.. Locke
arraigned the machine men for the
methods by which they sought To Illustrate
the will of the majority OF the party for
the sake OF an ambitious politician.
| Hon. Charles j. CaBda aud Wallace Me.
! Fhr!ane were chosen secretaries The roll
| showed thirty-s six counties represented.
| r.. Ellery Anderson then made q speech.
He said the Democratic masses of New
York did not believe that Senator lin was
proper representative OF tariff reform
and honest money, and were opposed TO
his nomination.
| An Address Ia tho Democratic Electors
| oi The state wa; then read and adopted
amid cheers. The address asserts that
the controlling membership OF the present
D'nIocrnt!c state committee WAS secured
/ at he state convention OF 1871 by the ad.
mission Of numerous irregular contesting
delegates. IL says the issues involved In
ths pending campaign are tariff reform
| ani honest money. The state committee,
II declares, has used its powers for the
| avowed purpose of serving favored cam
| didatc's personal ambition. instead Of af.
fording 10 all Democratic electors an
| eqaal and fair opportunity to express
! their preferences as to issues aud candi.
dates. 1t has become the instrument Of
faction instead of being the representative
Of the whole party.
The call for the state convention was ID
hagrant violation OF party usages. 1t was
| irregular and beyond the au, hority of the
| committee. This perversion Of power has
already been attended by disastrous re-
suits to the party in local elections in this
state. The address concludes with the
| following
Resolutions;
| Resolved. That the Democratic cloctor. OF
| each assembly district ia this state arc hereby
| requested 10 choose three delegates and three
| alurnatcs at assembly district conventions,
! which shall be constituted by primaries, held
| In ho case carrier than Tho first Of May, and on
| not less than five days public notice OF the
| time and place ot holding the same, 20 form n
state convention TO b0 held on the Slst day of
May, at the city OF Syracuse. at IL O'Clock,
| noon, for the purpose Of choosing seveuty-two
delegates and ssventy-two alternates TO rep
| resent the Democratic party OF this state at
| the national con Vcntion 10 be- he'd at Chicago
| on the 2lst OF June.
| Resolved, That the chairman Of this meet.
ing appoint committec of fourteen member.
| OF which the chairman shall lpe onc, which
| shall have powerto an vacancies and add 20
| its own number, 50 as to constitute and b-
| known asa provisional state committee, con-
sisiing sof member from eaca coHsres.
sioasl district, according 20 the present appor-
| tiolmont of a. state, to take such action rs
may be needfui 20 carry the purposes % these
| resolutions into full effect.
| The Speakers.
Frank NJ Tbornc OF Erie county spoke.
| He vigorously arrsignsd Senator Hill and
| said: "As inevitable ~ the needle To the
| pole the crcrr heart of the Democracy
turu- - the Rrr Il l4isr (Ciaveland) who
fen.s notL.'" deals honestly aEd tells the
| trutii'
Mr.. Clarke of OSwcgo bluntly demanded
that the name Of Cleveland should be
| plrccI squarsly NJ the front OF the move.
mrlt represented ny the anti.early con-
| veUtiDn.
lion. William 4 Pouchrr, although he
favored Mr.. Cleveland, expressed the view
that this Co,Nnution should not seek to
fc,rbrnd the action Of the state oonven-
| tioG called by ;hc address. 4 number Of
| other speeches were made.
Tie chairman then named the provi-
si0nal committee, which shall he the
ncuclus Of The new state committee II
incl ,dcs Charles < Farchld, r.. Ellery
! Anderson, w a. poucher Franklin ID.
Lorie and Dtiior leaders of the movement.
The convention then adjourned.
| The provisional committee, which will
| add To its number until u full state CON.
init lee is formed. will meet next Saturday
in New York city. Tor the purpose Of or
| ganization.
Newspaper Comment.
| NEw YORK, Feb. 92-'The Herald says
tha, Mr.. Hill has handled the situation
with consumrnate tactical shrewdness, but
the Democratic party OF the state has avery
| bitter fued on it's hands. The aggressive
policy Of Mr. Hill has excited degree OF
opposition which renders the vote of
November uncertain for himself on Cleve-
lsni. The Herald thinks n western man
who has also the respect Of th e south--a
man like watterson. for instancc--with
| Hill for second place, wonld he certain TO
| carry New York and the country.
Tho Tribune says that unless all signs
| fail. the anti-Hill movement IL RAPIDLY
gaining strength, and has already become
Serious enough 10 lie called faction If
III. anti-Hill men force the sighting they
viii speedily destroy Hill a. presidential
po,-bility. IL may occur to Mr.. Hill ON
reNctioi, adds The Tribune, that the mid.
winter convention was too smart trick
by bali
The World says Senator Hill has del
cgItion from one state. But there are
fory-three other states yet 10 be heard
from, aud even In two months from now
the real fight fer the nomination will be
hardly begun. A great many things are
quite certain To happen, during the next
four months, which will materially infiu-
ence and determine the choice Of a Demo
cratic candidate for president.
BosToN, Feb. 23.--Says The Herald:
The midwinter convention met nj Albany
yesterday and did the work that was laid
out for H. Everything was cut aud dried,
and the lin machine, naturally, made
smooth running. The protest against the
mid-winter convention was contemptu.
ously set aside, though i, was offered In
the name oi thousands of tn. Lending
I Democrats OF The Umpire state Hut the
! REPRESENTATIVES or the nrote~ters were ns