The record-union., 1892-06-01
FRIENDS OF CLEVELAND.
ANTI-FILLITES HOLD A CONVEN-
TON IN NEW YORK.
Delegates Selected to Go to Chi
cago to Endeayor to Gain
Recognition.
Special to the REcoRD-UNBox

SYRACUSE, May 8.-The Democrats CD
posed to Hill and his midwinter-snar
convention met in State Convention here
this afternoon, and was called to order by
ex-Secretary Of the Treasury Charles G.
Fairchild, Chairman of the State Com
mittee. Fairchild made brief speech,
in which he spoke of the strength of the
movement against Hill, and it's growth
since the convention was called, and said
I'VE have only to go on in the spirit OF
justice, firmly and calmly, to accomplish
what would be more for the Democratic
party in the State of New York than all
other political movements in the last
generation"
John d. Herman of Oneida County was
then made Chairman.
After the appointment of committees
the convention took a recess.
The committee selected as delegates-at-
large is: a. b. Orr of Brooklyn, f. r.
Coubert of New York, c. +. Bishop OF
Buffalo, ID. q. Robinson of Elmira.
The following is a summary of the
platform presented TO the .'anti-snap''
Democratic Convention. The platform
declares theme urgent necessity of the
Union IS radical reform in the admins
tration Of the Federal Government, and
denounces the Republican party for
abuse OF power during the past four years.
Having control of the Executive and
both branches of Congress it pursues a
course of extravaganza, tyranny and
fraud. Finding the Treasury With .
large and increasing surplus, it disre-
garded its duty to relieve the people from
oppressive tariff taxation; through the
bllllon-dollar Congress it enacted aDpro-
prlationS amounting TO $500, COO, 600 an
nually, the most Of them permanent, SO
that they cannot be reduced by Demo
CRATIC House without the concurrence of
Republican Senate; turned the magnifi-
cent surplus into a danger ola deficiency:
went to lengths Of class legislation before
unheard Of by enacting the Mckinley
bill, and deprived the State Of New York
of just representation in Congress and
the Electoral College by fraudulent CEN
sus. 1t was guilty of fraudulent admin
istration of the Pension Office and
reached the climax of partisan oppres-
sion in the endeavor to enact the infa-
nous force bill.
The platform then contrasts this with
the wise and prudent Democratic admin
istration of Grover Cleveland, who, in
his message, in December, 1887, pointed
out the true mission of the Democratic
party, and through temporary defeat
brought it to magnificent victories III 1880
and 1891, and declares New York shall not
be blank space on the Democratic map.
The platform then denounces the Nc
Kinley Act at length in it's effect on COM
mercial developments, etc.
The silver plank is as follows: "We
approve of the use of both gold and sill
yer as money, but demand that all dol
lars, whether gold or silver, shall be
equal in value to each other in fact as well
as by declaration of law. We are op-
posed to free coinage of silver by the
United States alone at the existing ratio
OF sixteen to one, because we do not be-
lieve free coinage at that ratio will pro-
duce the equality of real value between
the gold and silver dollar''
The platform then takes up the Demo-
cratic factional fight in New York, and
without mentioning names, denounces
the methods employed in calling mid
winter convention by Hills friends. and
declares the Democratic party retains I'M
shaken confidence in the ability and lofty
integrity of Grover Cleveland: declares
him the choice by an overwhelming ma
Iority of the Democrats in New York;
that the country may rely with conf
dence on his ability to carry the State tri-
umphantly in November; that by nomi-
mating him to lead the party in the ap-
preaching Presidential contest the Ma
tional Convention will carry out the al
most unanimous wish of the party and
best consult the welfare of the country:
declares the convention has no desire to
force its preference on the National Con-
vention; recognizes that other States and
Democrats have the same right to their
views; that the wishes of the party
should prevail. and gives pledge to sup
port the candidate nominated at Chicago,
and instructs the delegation to act as a
unit.