Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-23
HILL THEIR CHOICE.
Harmonious Action of the New York Demo-
crats at Albany.

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Harmonious Action Of the New York Demo-
crats at Albany.
After recess in the afternoon permanent
organization of the democratic convention at
Albany yesterday was effected by making Gen.
Daniel Z. Sickles permanent chairman Gen.
siekies made brief speech highly euiogistic
OF Senator Hill, at the conclusion of which the
committee on resolutions submitted the oon-
vention platform.
The principles laid down in the report Of the
committee we're the affirmation and reindorse-
ment Of the democratic state conventions
platform Of 1874. Gold and silver were then
declared the only legal tender, and in the mat
ter Of revenue reform tine principle was laid
down that federal taxation should be for reye-
nue. only. The fifth plank was to limit and
localize most jealousy the few powers in
trusted to public servants, municipal and fed
eral, while the sixth declared in favor of equal
and exact justice to all men; no partial iegisia-
ton, no partial taxation. The seventh plank
declared the Presidency public trust,
not a private perquisite, and declared against
a third term, while the eighth favored economy
in the public expense that labor may be lightly
burdened.
After reaffirming the principles of the state
platform of 1874 the report went on to protest
against the coinage of any oliver dollar which
is not OF the intrinsic value of every other dol
lar OF the United States. The Sherman silver
dollar is stigmatized as mo solution of the gold
ana silver question and as fit appendix to the
subsidy and bounty swindle, the Mckinley
worse than war tariff. the Blaine reciprocity
humbug, the squandered surplus, the advanc-
ing cehclt, the defective census and falsified
representation and the revolutionary proce-
dures of the bilion-dollar Congress- all Justly
condemned by the peoples great uprising in
November. 1901
After pointing with pride to the '.infexibly
sound finance" of Gov. Tilden, the report re-
fers with grateful pride to the sound finance
OF Gov. Hill, and then goes on to say that in
obedience to the mandate of democratic voters
OF New York the delegates selected by the con-
vention are instructed to present to the
tonal democratic convention the name of
David u. Hill as the candidate for President of
the United states, democrat who has led his
party from victory to victory for seven sue
cesslve years and who has never known
defeat
When that passage instructing for David B.
Hill was read the air was shaken by an out
burst that made the building culver, and when
the resolutions were unanimously adopted the
cheers broke forth and subsidized only when
Col. John X. Fellows arose in his place near the
front OF the Tammany delegation and moved
that committee be delegated to wait upon
Senator Hill and request him to appear before
and address the convention.
After short absence the committee returned,
escorting the Senator, whose appearance in the
hall was the signal for a burst of loud and pro-
longed cheering. Gen. Sickles introduced
Senator Hill in a few words, and then the latter
delivered an address, which was frequently in
terrupted by applause. The republican party
he arraigned for its extravaganza during the
last Congress and for the non-fuItillment OF the
pledges made by it to the people THE repub-
llcan party, he said, neither trusts tine people
nor obeys them. 1t now requires another up
heaval at the ballot box like that of 1890 to be
convinced that the wicked work of the billion
dollar Congress must not be repeated and the
peoples will observed" The speech was in
tentiy listened to, and. while not broken often
by applause, it WAS cheered loudly at its close
and the band played Three Cheers for the Red,
White and Blue"
The national delegates and alternates chosen
at large were Roswell p. Flower, Edward
Murphy, jr, Gen. Daniel E. Sickles and Gen.
Henry W. SlOcum The alleruates were Man
ton Marble. John Bigelow, Sidney Webster and
Alfred C. Chaplin.
MEETING OF THE DIRECTORS.
The conference of directors to the early
convention met in Union Hall at 2:30 pm.
There were about 200 present Among them
were ex-Superintendent of Insurance Max
well, ex-Secretary of the Treasury Fairchild,
Congressman Tracey, Z. Ellery Anderson ex-
Senator Chase and W. D. Locke Of Buffalo
They decided to hold an opposition convention
in Syracuse on May 81. Speeches we're made
by ex-Secretary Feirchild who was chairman,
and others. Nearly every city in the state. he
said, was represented 1t was protest
against the methods prevailing at the other
convention.