Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-01
GROWERS FRIENDS.
Cleveland Men of New York
Go on Record.
WILL TAKE THEIR CASE TO CHICAGO

But Will support the Ticket Nominated
There-A Full Contesting Delegation
Nominated and a Declaration of Prin-
ciples AdOpted-Electors of the Feb
ruary Convention Endorsed-AIineap-
oils Convention Men Fitting Through
Chicago and What They Say of the
Situation--Fassett Speaks for Clark
son by Authority.
SYRACUSE, \. Y, June 1.-Conspicuous,
small as she is, among the delegates to the
"anti-snap" Democratic convention
which met in Alhambra rink yesterday,
sat DR.. Mary Walker, in brown frock coat
and trous -rs. The rink was big, but full of
delegates and interested spectators, who
enthusiastically cheered John d. Herman,
VIM. X. Grace, ,Chas. :. Fairchild and other
leaders Of the movement as they appeared.
The temporary and permanent organiza-
tions were quickly made Herman being both
temporary and permanent chairman. In his
opening speech Herman said that the con-
vention represented 400, 600 voters of New
ork and claimed that under the rules of
the party this convention was right in
protesting against the action of the state
committee and the Febru ary convention.
A Mistake and a Crime.
In one part of his speech he said: "The
February convention was a mistake from
every standpoint; in some respects it wa
crime, indictable at Chicago. No one
before ever attempted to put the party
in hole by such device as a February
convention. At that season of the year
caucus material is scarce, and generally
confined to the bad quality that does some
ones bidding" The election of 1888 was
disaster and those of 1890 and 1891 the
the first fruits of Cleveland's tariff mes
sage. Kernan's speech was cheered wildly
all through A committee was appointed
to name delegates at-large, and during the
usual recess this business was transacted
as well as the naming of district dele
gates.
The Delegates-at-Large
At the afternoon session the delegates
at-large were announced as predicted in
these dispatches yesterday-Frederick r.
Coudert, Alex f. Orr, David c. Robinson
and Mayor Bishop. A full list of district
delegates was also announced and then the
resolutions committee reported. At the
reading of the Cleveland plank the con-
vention went wild with enthusiasm. The
delegates stood on chairs and yelled their
delight and approval, and the same scene
was enacted over the closing clause de-
claring allegiance to the action of the Chi
cago convention.
Declaration of Principles.
The platform starts out with the decla-
ration, ave the delegates of the Demo
cratic party" of New York, and then says
that the necessity of the hour is reform of
the general government, and that the
Democracy can only be trusted to do this
The Republicans are denounced for abuse
OF power, extravaganza, fraud, etc, and
for dissipating the surplus. The billion"
dollar congress is hauled over the Goals
and its errors of omission and commission
briefly noted, one of the latter being the
Mckinley bill. Generally the Republicans
are painted as a "bad lot" Then Cleve-
land is eulogized and the credit of the
Democratic victories of 1890 and 1891
given him, and it is emphatically declared
that New York has not forgotten these
victories. Tariff for revenue only is en-
dorsed.