The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-23

A%NAsN /I/z#%I/ and the reason for the
wv Il visit. Copies of the
~ resolutions of the
Cooper Union meet
DAVID E. HILL ing, he said, had been
sent to each member of the state
committee before. They were here
to ask for an answer. Chairman Muir
ply said he had not placed the matter
before the state committee. Mr.. Grady
said he thought the committee had no
answer to make, as a committee. His in
dividual answer had been sent by mail.
A copy of the resolutions was then read,
whereupon Cochran asked If the Cooper
Union meeting was held pursuant to n call
issued by committee assembled at the
office of FaIrchild. Anderson said the
meeting was held in answer to a call num-
erously signed, and that he did not think
there was such meeting at Fairchild's
office Cochran moved that the protest
and resolution be received and laid on the
table. Grady said his opinion was that
the original purpose of the protest
ors at their first meeting was to
protest against calling the convention too
late, and that the plan was changed be-
cause it was called too early to suit them.
Now Anderson comes here for the purpose
of having them consider this as a serious
proposition. William r. Grace said he
had never heard of meeting being held
protesting against an early or late conven-
tion. He took part in this committee with
the understanding that it should
not be protest against the
candidacy of any person, but
against calling the convention at this
time. Cochran's motion 20 table the reso-
1,rTf
kicking" committee withdrew. 1--WE
were treated as we expected" said they,
land we will hold a meeting this after
noon that will astonish these people"
From the scene of the kick the crowd
removed TO the convention hall, which
was abundantly decorated with red. white
and blue bunting. Chairman Murphy
called the convention to order, and Judge
Beebe was escorted to the chair as tenn
porary presiding officer His speech was
received calmly, but applause greeted his
reference to "the leader under whom the
Democracy of the state never lost battle"
Secretary Defrees called the roll of the
convention, and the names ofprominent
Democrats were greeted with wild ap-
plause. Contesting delegations were pres
ent from the Fourth (Albany) district, the
Second (Chautauqua) and the First (Oswe-
go). Resolutsons were adopted making pro-
vision for the appointment of various COM
mittees. A recess was then taken until
$50. When the convention was called to
order the report of the committee on con-
tested seats favored the seating of the sit
ting delegates in the Albany and Chautau-
qua cases. The Oswego contest was with
drawn and the report adopted.
General Daniel E. Sickles was made
permanent chairman, and spoke at some
length. In the course of his speech he
said:
If We shall again be invited by our comrades
in other states to put forward candidate for
the chief magistracy of the nation we are pre-
pared to ask their suifrages for statesman
whose record already places him in the group
made illustrious by the names of Van Buren,,
Wright, Marcy, seymour and Tilden, gallant
leader, whose banner is inscribed with many
victories; leader who elected to the Senate
OF the United States without the expenditure of
dollar; a leader in whom theveteran soldiers
have always found steadfast friend; leader
whose election to the presidency would give the
whole people an administration guided and di-
reeted in all its measures by the principles,
policy and traditions of Jefferson and Jackson.
The report of the committee on resolu-
tions was then read, as follows:
The Democratic party of New York renews its
pledge OF fidelity to tariff reform and TO Demo-
cratic faith and traditions. affirmed in the
national platforms from 1876 to lsSs, well as
in the state platforms concurrent with the
opening OF Governor Tilden's and the close of
Governor Hills long, thrice approved and IL
lustrious service in the chief magistracy OF the
state.
The platform of 1874 is iepitomized, and
the document continues:
We now, es then, steadtastly adhere TO the
principles of sound finance. We are against the
coinage OF any silver dollar which is not OF the
intrinsic value OF every other dollar of the
United states. We therefore denounce the
sherman silver law, under which our silver out
put is damned up at home, not only as false
pretense, but as an actual hindrance of a return
20 free bimetallic coinage, as tending only TO
produce a change from one Kind Of mono
me;alism 10 another. We therefore unite with
friends of honest money everywhere
in stirma.izng the Sherman progressive
silver basis law no solution of the gold and
siYer question. and it appeHdage to the
subsidy and bounty swindle, the Mckinley
worse than war tariff the Blaine reciprocity
humbug. the squandeted surplus, the advancing
deficit the defective census and the ialsifed
representation and evolutionary proceedings OF
the billion dollar congress, ali justly condemned
by the peoples great uprising That verdict,
which will be renewed this year, win empower
the Democratic statesmen 20 guide the peoples
eounscls and execute the peoples viii.
The platform recalls with proud memory tho
inaexibly sound finance of Governor Tllden,
who led the Democratic party in pushing on the
compulsory Republican advance Of current
coinage redemption.
II also refers with grateful pride to the inaex-
ibly sound finance o. Governor Hili, who by
efficient economy. has accomplished the praetl-
cal extinction OF the state debt; has faithfully
urged the nations release from unjust taxa
tion; and Likewise, with statesmEn-like energy
and true foresight, has taken up the peoples
cause assailed the Republican degradation OF
silver money aud led the advance Of
the Democratic party Of New York to that
solid ground OF high justice upon which they
stand today without discord or division, de-
msnding with him rhat every dollar coined in
these United states shall be the equal Of every