Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-03


name of David b. Hill, and that means
that they must vote for Hill at least one
ballot, and as much longer as the ma
iority of seventy-two delegates say, for
from now on the unit rule governs them.
The convention was for Tammany, Hill
and tariff reform, and 1t applauded each
of them. Everything was done with
view 10 its effect on Senator Hills presi-
Dental canvass. Not speech was
made except by Temporary Chairman
Beebe, Permanent Chairman Sickles
and Senator Hill. These speeches had
been prepared in advance, submitted
and revised and copies were for dis
tribution.
1 The work of the convention was
quickly done. George Standish Weed,
son of Smith NJ. Weed, made tenn
porarily successful protest against the
report from half the delegates of his
Congressional district, giving the other
half NO delegates TO Chicago. That was
the only approach to fight against Hill
anywhere on the floor of the convention,
and Mr.. Weed did not mention Senator
Hilrs name, though 1t was well known
that if he was sustained at least one
delegate hostile TO Senator Hill would
be sent to Chicago. Outside OF New
York, Brooklyn, and Troy there were
few prominent Democrats among the
delegations. Mr. Croker and Mr.. Nc
Laughlin made their delegations as
strong as they could, but in the country
districts the leaders sc I'm TO have sent
the lesser men to the State convention
and reserved for themselves the place OF
delegates to the national conve ntion.
Ex-President Cleveland's name was
not mentioned during the proceedings at
any time, and no allusion OF any kind to
him was made. Senator Hill, in his
speech, talked OF Governor Tilden, and
the platform refers to the time of Til
den. The intermediate administrations
are skipped.
After the convention had adjourned, a
conference of directors met in Union
Hall and organized. Ex-Secretary Fair
child called the conference to order,
naming as Permanent Chairman T. ID.
Locke, of Buffalo. Mr.. Fairchild said
that the conf renee was to express dis
approval OF the methods prevailing at
the other convention, and he hoped ac-
ton would be taken of a forcible char
acter. A large number of delegates
from New York had arrived at noon and
nearly every city in the State was now
represented, not by paid politicians, but
by men interested in the welfare of the
State and nation. Mr.. Fairchild said
that a convention would be held later
which would send delegates to Chicago.
Chairman Locke, upon taking the
chair, said:
Gentlemen of the convention. there are
times in the history of the party when II
is necessary for men TO assert their rights.
| The will of the ma ajority of the party has
been seized by a small faction of the party
who wish to use the party for their own
personal benefit, or what benefits they may
receive from one man, and that man Is
David b Hill. What remedy have we
against this order of things II we are not
protected by the lawy What remedy,
again ask. II It is not In revolution? What
is the duty or elf-respecting delegates un-
der such conditicnsi We believe In tariff
reform, honest money. honest public ad-
ministration for the public good. We be-
lieve that the Office should seek the man,
not the man the offite. and 1t Is such a
man rs this who should 20 before the Chi
cago convention with the Endorsement of the
representative Democrats of the State
The list of delegates was read and a
large number of the names were loudly
applauded. Thirty-six OF the sixty
counties were represented.
After further speeches the convention
adopted resolutions to hold an anti Hill
convention at Syracuse May 81 TO elect
delegates to the Democratic convention
at Chicago and then adjourned.
1t is said that the plan of campaign OF
the provisional State committee, so far
as determined is to get 100, 900 sigma
tures Of Democratic voters throughout
the State to a pledge against Hill and
lay this monster pledge before the Chi
cago convention.