The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-03-02

| r,.a.;ro of the provisional committees Oh
| =, nsmocrats was held in New
| Wi o;tv On Saturday last full account Oh
| -, .o,,.ars in the columns OF the Herald
80 ,,embers from New York city and
| prooklyn. they had representative man
f,oro each OF the following counties. to-wit:
r,ie Osweco, Monroe. Oneida. Livingston,
| ororre cattaraugus. Madison and Niagara.
Tho committee adopted form of enrolment,
which will lie sent broadcast over the State at
once for signatures by those Democrats who
ora in sympathy with the movement. This
form hedges the signer to a ratification Of
what the protesters have so far done. and APP
proves Of their convention TO be held at
Syracuse. for sending delegates to the National
Democratic Convention to represent the De-
mocracy of New York
The members present claimed that the
signers OF the enrolment would. constitute
an enormous array which would convert the
enrolment into monster protest against
what has been done. and into huge petition
that the national convention snail revise
the action OF New York's Democracy anu
take such measures as may be necessary lo'
securing q full and free expression OF the
wishes and views of majority of the Demo-
Gratis of New York. which they claim IS now
denied to them. Mr. Poucher VINO was pres
ent as representative from Oswego' sara 70
the Herald reporter;
"Duripr the last two or three years nine
congressional districts of the state nave Deeh
deprived of their rghtful representation lor
-t.tV, raflfI al
the State committee and keeping that Dody
subservient TO the will and ambition OF one
man Take my own home. Oswego. fOr eH-
ample A cOntesting faction was started there
and tried TO get the names OF lis Candidates
printed last fall on the official ballots as regu-
lar. We carried the question 70 the supreme
Court and the court formally sustained our
claim to be the regular Democratic organl-
zatiOn. o.,
"Did that fact affect the attitude Of the
state cOmmitteey Not a particle. IL ignored
the decision of the court During the cam
paign 1t gave us no recognition sent us no
Communication, no funds. no documents,
and when we elected our delegates they were
put upon the roll rs contestants. whlle the
representatives of the discredited minority
were registered as regulars.
Now, we are not boilers. We mean to be
loyal 10 the party But we are resolved TO
appeal from the lower TO the higher tribunal
Chicago to seat our delegates as the Tree
choice of the mass of the Democratic voters
in this State We are in favor OF harmony.
How u attain il is the problem. We certainly
do not propose to attain it by lying down and
allowing ourselves to be trampled upon
Mr. Locke. who represented Erie. said
The committee of forty appointed
yesterday at the meeting over which the
Mayor Of Buffalo presided. have already
opened headquarters. | know one town up
there where only three out of one hundred
and fifty Democrats are Hill men. Two OF
these met and elected themselves. together
with the third who happened 10 be sick. as
delegates TO the county convention. OF
course they we're admitted as regulars. At
some of the caucuses and primaries IN towns
in Erie county not more than four or i've
men were present. Against practices OF that
sort there will be- potent uprising"
Now of course Democrats outside Of New
York have no means of knowing whether
these statements are true or false. The fact
that such widespread dissetisfactions exists in
Democratic ranks in New York tells only too
plainly that there Is some real and not imagi-
nary cause of grievance there. The party in
the rest of the Union cannot afford to ignore
that fact, and it will not do for the regulars"
to come to the national convention with
nothing but I'VE are the regulars" to meet
specific allegations such as the above If
party management in New York has really
descended to the plane OF machine politics
which stiAe the voters voice the national
convention must look into the matter and
take whatever steps are necessary for securing
seats in its body Of representatives who really
represent the Democratic party of the State.