Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-02-13
BROOKLYN DEMOCRATS
N their Protest Against the Fam
GUS Snap Convention.
oRoyG RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
-, S--,- S9eschss Made Against the Methods
',vs5 10 Defeat an Expression Of Demo
r.s SslEneat-A Forgery One
Speaker Calls It

pcooyryx, n. Y, February 19.-The
LEON Theatre was where the indig-
.-. Democrats Of the "City OF
-..---,bssr tonight poured forth their
-.,,s,-s against the so-called freeze
~ convention OF the Democratic State
/ gnu.-,te.
,rgrstus Hesly, the chairman, opened
80 meeting, and his scalping rebuke Of
~ Vfl and his followers was cheered
I. sysrv point, and there were repeated
-.ss-, f1r Grover Cleveland.
V- Healy explained the object Of the
-ss-.rg. and then introduced Edward
n shepard as the chairman. Mr..
.-s-,-d spoke in severe condemnation
f.5s act OF the Hill Democrats I'm
,r.rg such an early convention, and
.-isI with the statement, that the COM
-.,,se of twenty-five having in charge
~ meeting was not putting itself on
,-c5ri for any one for the presidency.
= had come out for home rule. sound
-s1ey, tariff reform, a fair field and
-gsl discussion.
S1ne one remarked toward the close
n the speech that David b. Hill could
rs.t until 1896, and Mr.. Shepard
.-gad. Mr.. Shepard was followed by
rtr Dewitt Warner, whose speech was
p principal one OF the evening.
Mr.. Warner first dealt with the de-
%, OF Mills for the SpeakerShip. He
aid that he was beaten by a combina-
ion Of those who were opposed 10 the
-spa-ement under which the Demo-
rstlc psrty had succeeded, OF which
pDbinatiOn the New York State Demo
,-s,ic organization, directed by Govern
rHi,l, was a powerful factor. What
ever may have been the motives OF
-sers, Mr.. Warner stated that in his
5y.HlOn Hills plan as defined by his El-
Mira speech was 10 call halt in effort
20 reform and 70 bring free~eoinage TO
he front. How we'll he succeeded was
shown by subsequent events.
The speaker said that the people did
rght to protest against the midwinter
gryentiOn. IL was, he said, only the
lst and CrOwning crime Of long series
hat the present Democratic State or
,snizatiOn had committed, and he took
. that the meeting meant that the peO-
Die were not going 70 merely repudiate
he convention now called, but 10 give
notice that they would visit with pOlit-
la. death any man or organization that
tlres thus TO forge the name Of the
New York Democracy.
Mr.. Warner was loudly applauded.
When he retired Archibald Il. Sessions
rad the resolutions, which were gnani-
l91sIy adopted. They were as follows:
RssolreG, That this mass meeting OF
1s Democracy Of the county Of Kings
protests against the call for the twenty
second of February Of the State conven-
ion Of New York, which is to choose
delegates to the Democratic National
Convention, which in juno next is 20
-1minate candidates for President and
Vice President OF the United States.
We declare that the Democratic
5lr,y is a party Of popular presenta-
Son and that it is the conviction aud
policy Of the party to afford in advance
he amplest opportunity for expression
q opinion by all OF its members and 70
ald discussion only when the time FOR
.c,i0n has fairly arrived. We protest
.gainSt this midwinJer convention
BOG only, or so much, because II Is sud
Zen or unprecedented as because 10 seeks
10 subordinate the intelligence and con-
c.euce Of the masses Of the Democratic
party 10 the operations Of ingenious
political mechanism and management
nd because a triumph Of such manage
lelt would diScredit the party and It's
principles and threaten serious disaster.
The Democratic party is of the
.g5Dle. However adrOit the works OF
;s politician may be at this time the
.lrty must 20 November deal with the
.e0DIe. We protest respectfully but
.rmly against the cOntemptuous treat
lgnJ by Democratic statesmen, however
Ea.ted in position, OF mass meetings
nd of the other legitimate and tradi-
0ual means Ey which Democratic sem
Iuent IS expressed or aroused or en-
gatened.
Resolved, That the committee Of
VINO have called this meet
lg be continued, and that they be re-
ues,ed 10 enlarge their number to one
u1dred, and to take such steps and
r0ceed to such organization as they
lay deem wise to promote the purposes
Z this meeting.
The meeting broke up after an ad-
ress OF thanks from the New York
ommittee delivered through Mr.. L. b.
Whitney.