Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-02-26
AS A UNIT FOR HILL.
The New York Democratic COnven-
ton Unanimously Endorses
His Candidacy.
Not a Single Voice is Raised Against
the Young Hickory OF
the Democracy"

vi SauAOu Upbueu tuC uChOCldl~
ic state convention, and such crowds as
filled the streets were never seen before IN
this city. At ten O'Clock great mob
surged about the state committee head
quarters where the Grace-AnderSon COM
mittee were to make their formal kick
Mr. Anderson on entering the room
was recognized by Chairman Murphy and
explained the nature Of their appointment
and the reason for their visit. Copies of
the acton of the Cooper union meeting he
said had been sent to each member of the
state committee before. They were here
/ to ask for an answer.
Chairman Murphy said he had not
placed the matter before the state com
nittee.
Mr.. Grady said he thought the commit
tee had no answer to make as a committee.
His Individual answer had been sent by
mail.
A copy of the communication was then
read, whereupon Mr.. Colran asked if the
Cooper union was held pursuant to call
issued by the committee assembled at the
Office Of W. c. S. Fairchiid.
Mr.. Anderson said the meeting Was
held IN answer TO call numerously
signed and that he did not think there
was such meeting at Fairchild's Of
fee.
Mr.. Cochran moved that the protest and
resolution be received and laid on the
table.
The Plan Was Changed.
Mr.. Grady said his opinion was that the
original purpose Of the pr0testers at their
first meeting was to protest against call
ing tie convention too late and that plan
was changed because II was called too
early to suit them. Now Anderson comes
here for the purpose of having them con-
slider this as a serious proposition.
VIM. r. Grace said he had never heard
of a meeting being held protesting
against an early or late convention. He
took part IN this committee with the
understanding that it should not be a
protest against the candidacy Of any per
son, but against calling convention at
this time.
Kickers in the Soup.
Mr.. Cochran S motion to table the resO-
luton was carried unanimously and the
kicking committee withdrew.
I'VE were treated as we expected,
said the members, ''and we will hold a
meeting this afternoon that will astonish
these people.
The Convention.
From the scene of the kick the crowd
poured TO the convention hall, which was
abundantly decorated with red, white and
blue bunting.
Chairman Murphy called the convention
to order and Judge Beebe was escorted TO
the char as the temporary presiding off
Ger. His speech was warmly received
but the greatest applause was accorded
his reference to Hill, under whose lead
ership the democracy Of the state never
ost BATTLE"
Secretary Defrsest called the roll of the
convention and the names OF prominent
democrats were. greeted with wild ap.
plause. ContesNng delegates were present
from the fourth Albany district, the sec
ond Chautauqua and the first Oswego.
Resolutions were accepted making pro-
vision for the appointment Of various com
mittees.
Recess was then taken until $50.
Gen. Sickles' Eulogy of Hill.
When tire convention was again called
to order, the report of the committee on
contested seats favored the seating of the
sitting delegates in the Albany and Cha
tauqua cases. The Oswego contest was
withdrawn and the report was adopted.
Gen. Daniel E. Sickles was made perma-
nent chairman and spoke DIT some length.
In the course of his speech, he said:
eff we shall again be invited by our
comrades in other states to put forward d
candidate for the chief magistracy of the
nation, we are prepared to ask their suf-
RACES for statesman whose record
already places him in group
made ilIust1ious by the names Of
Van Buren,, Wright, Marcy, Seymour and
Tilden,- "a gallant leader whose banner is
inscribed with many victories; a leader
who was elected to the senate Of the Unit
ed States without the expenditure of
dollar; a leader in whom the veteran sol
d,ers always found a steadfast friend;
leader whose election to the presidency
ouid give the whole people an admins
tration guided and directed in all its mea.
sdres by the principles. policy and trail
tions of Jefferson and Jackson.
The report of the committee on resolu-
lions was as follows:
The democratic party Of New York
renews its pledge Of fidelity to tariff reform
and to the democratic faith and traditions
as affirmed in the national platforms of
1876 and 1888, AS we'll as in the state plat
forms concurrent with the opening Of Gov
ernor Tilden 5 and the close of Gov Hills
long, thrice-approyed and alike illustrious
service in the chief magistracy."
The state platform of 1874 is epitomized,
and the document continues:
1--WE now, as then, steadfastIy adhere to
principles of sound finance. We are
against the coinage of any silver dollar
which is not of the intrinsic value of every
dollar of the United States. We there
fore denounce the Sherman law under
which our silver output is damned up at
home as not only false pretense, but an
actual hindrance to return to free bi-me
tallic coinage--as tending only to
produce a change from one kind of mono
metallism to another We therefore unite
with the friends of honest money every
where in stigmatizing the Sherman pro-
gressive silver basis law as no solution of
the gold and silver question and as a ct
appendage to the subsidy and bounty
swindle, the Mckinley worse than
war tariff, the Blaine reciprocity humbug,
the squandered surplus and advancing
deficit, faulty census and falsifed rep
resentation and the revolutionary proceed
ings of the billion dollar congress-all
Justly condemned by the peoples great
uprising-a verdict which, renewed this
year, will empower democratic statesmen
to guide the peoples councils and execute
the peoples will. :
The platform recalls with proud memory
the inhexibly sound finance of Gov. Tilden
who led the democratic party in pushing
on the compulsory republican advance to
current coinage redemption.
1t also refers with grateful pride to the
irhexibly sound finance of Governor Hill,
who by efficient economy has accomplished
the practical extinction of the state debt;