The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-05-26
CLEVELANDITES WIN
New Jersey Delegates Instructed
for tie Ex-President.
A SCENE ON WILD ENTHUSIASM.

when the Resolution Inst tructing
the Delegates Was Read-Govcrnor
Abbett's Veto of the Reading Conn
bine Bill Highly Commended in
the Platform.
TRENTON, May 2G.-The Democratic
Etate convention to elect delegates to the
Chicago convention was called to order
at noon yesterday, Taylor Opera house
at that hour being packed with the del
egates and spectators, and a decided air
of suppressed excitement prevailing.
Chairman Allan McDermott, of the
state committee, called the convention
TO order and introduced Chauncey II.
Beasley, of Mercer, as temporary chair
man.
Chairman Beasley, in his speech, de-
clared the preference of New Jersey
Democrats for Cleveland, and the senti-
ment of the convention was well ex-
pressed by prolonged cheering. The
Hill bosses fairly blanched at the char
acter of this demonstration.
A Terrible Uproar.
A terrible uproar ensued upon the
submission of motion to refer without
reading all resolutions to the standing
committee on resolutions when APP
pointed.
Chairman Beasley declared that the
motion had been adopted, notwithstand-
ing the vote was overwhelmingly against
it. A continuous yell of mo, no." last
ing two minutes, 3went up, and to stave
off huge row the motion was declared
reconsidered. Subsequently u motion
was carried to have all resolutions read
to the convention.
1,.., .t,,t., ,f
committees the convention took recess,
reassembling at 2.15.
The committee ON permanent organi-
cation dethroned Beasley, the temporary
chairman, in favor of Congressman Ed
ward F. Mcdonald, of Hudson, who was
made permanent chairman, and the re-
port of the committee on resolutions was
presented.
The Platform.
The platform denounces the Mckinley
bill, lands the manner in which public
business was conducted during the ad-
ministration of President Cleveland, as
opposed to present reckless extravaganza
OF governmental departments, and in
dorses the administration of Governor
Albeit for its economic management.
The veto of the Reading bill is thus re-
ferred to:
We approve the action Of the governor in
vetoing the bill providing for the lcgtliZng of
leases between railroad corporations, and in
dnrse the reasons given for that veto. While
the leases sought to he lesulized present upon
thelr face only consolidation of common
carriers such now exist in all the trunk
lines of tho state, with II single exception, it
has been shown by the actions of the corpora
tiOns included in that exception taken after
the passage of the bill, that ii is their inten-
ton To engage In tho business OF mining and
selling coal. For the doing of this there is not
any authority in the charters of the corpora
6ons or the general laws OF the state, nor was
any such power conferred by the provisions of
1he bill in question.
During the reading of tfie platform
there was a good deal of cheering for
Cleveland, and there was a scene of
widest excitement over the plank in
Btructing the delegates Ito stick" to him
30 long as his name was before the Chi
cago convention.
The platform as presented was adopted
with enthusiasm.
The list of delegates already pub.
Hshed was chosen, and the convention
adjourned sine die.