The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-02-13

y oRoSNhiNt Ave- iCU. iuo VII.
tcrion theatre was where the indignant
Democrats Of the city OF churches TO-
night poured forth their protostsagain
the so.called "freezo out" convention OF
tho Democratic state committee.
Augustus Healy, the chairman, open
ed the meeting, and his scathing re-
buko of Mr.. Hill and his followers was
chcered Mt every point, and there wcre
repeated cheers for Grover Cleveland.
MIR. Healy explained the object OF tho
meeting and then introduced Edward
NJ. Shepard as tho chairman. Mr..
Shepard spoke in severe condemnation
Of the act Of the Hill Democrats in
calling such an early convention and
ended with this statement: THAT the
committee oil twenty-five having in
charge the meeting was not putting
itself on record for anyone for the
Presidency. 1t had come out for home
rule, sound money, tariff reform, q fair
field and open discussion" Some one
remarked toward the close OF the speech
that David b. Hill could wait until 1896,
and Mr.. Shepard smiled. Mr.. Shepard
was followed by John Dewitt Warner,
whose speech was the principal one Of
the evening.
HILLS SCHEME.
Mr.. Warner first dealt with the defeat
OF Mills for the speakcrship. He said
that he was beaten by combina-
tion Of those who were oppoeed to the
management under which the Democra-
tic party had succeeded; OF which COM
bination the New York state -Dcmocra-
tic organization. directed by Gov. Hill,
was powerful! factor. Whatever may
have been the motives OF others, Mr..
Warner stated that in his opinion Hills
plan, as defined by his Elmira speech,
was TO call halt in effort to reform and
to bring free coinage to the front. How
well he succeeded was shown by subse-
quent events.
The speaker said that the people did
right to protest against the midwinter
convention. 1t was, he said, only the
last and crowning crime OF long
series that the present Democratic
state organization had committed, and
he took it that the meeting meant that
the people were not going to merely re-
pudiate the convention nov called, but
to give notice that they would visit
with political death any man or organ
ization that dares thus to forge the
names OF the New York Democrats.
Mr.. Warner was loudly applaudcd.
When lie retired Archibald T. Sessions
read the resolutions, which were unani-
mously adopted. They were as follows:
, TIE RESOLUTIONS.
"This mass meeting OF the Democ.
racy OF the county OF Kings pro
tests against the call for the 22nd OF
February, OF the state convention OF
New York, which is to choose delegates
to the Democratic national convention
which in June next is to nominate can
didates for President and Vice Pres:-
dent OF tho United States.
We declare that the Democraticparty
is a party OF popular representation
and that it is the conviction and policy
OF the party to afford in advance the
amplest Opportunity for expression Of
opinion by all OF its members and tc
end discussion only when the time ior
action has fairly arrived. We protest
against this midwinter convention, NOT
only or so much because it is sudden
or unprecedented, as because it seeks
to subordinate the intelligence and con.
scicnce OF the masses OF tho Democratic
party 10 the operations OF ingenious po.
liticai mechanism and management, and
because 4 triumph OF such management
would discrcdit the party and its prin-
ciples and threaten serious disaster.
"rhe Democratic party is OF the people
However adroit the work OF its politi.
clans may be at this time, the party
must, in November, deal with the pco.
pie.
eve protest respectfully but firmly
against the contcmptuous treatment by
the Democratic statesmen, however OK.
altcd in position, OF mass meetings
and OF the other legitimate and tradi-
tional means by which Democratic
sentiment is expressed or aroused OF
enlightened.
"Resolrcd, That the committee oi
twenty-five who have called this meet
ing be continued and that they be re
quested to enlarge their number to ono
hundred and to take such steps ant
proceed 10 such organization as the,
may deem wise to promote the purpose!
OF This meeting"
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