New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-31
THE COLD WATER PARTY.
PROHlBITIONlSrS NAME THEIR MEN.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE STATE CONVENTION At
TLMIR>-JOsFpH \ BOGARDUS. OF NEw-YoRK
CITY ror SECRETARY OF STATE.

CITY FOR SECRETARY OF STATE
EInira. y. Y. Aug. So-The Prohibitions,s had
lively time at their State Convention in the Opera
HOUSE. here to-day Chairman Joseph y. Bosardus
called the convention to order ut O'Clock. Aiter
routine business had been disposed of and som"
prohibition oratory had been listened to the dele
gates got to work on the platform. The delegates
were divided on the financial. the tariff and other
questions. and effort was made to drop all the
planks OF the platform presented by the COM
mittee on Resolutions except that on liquor traihc
There. were red-hot speeches on both sides and the
fight lasted for two hours. and it was finally de-
cided to retain the tariff and financial plahks.
There was lively fight over the woman suffrage
plans Or Wilson. OF NewYork. moved to strike
out the pledge in the plank 49,. ,
Zenas Bliss. a little man with a shrh. voice VINO
Is secretary and treasurer OF the tchnioiiu 'o,ti
Prohbitionists. got much exeter over 'niS pti,n
adopted There were hot contests over the money.
the tariff. and the dominant issue piaiikS; put ''s
platform was finally adopted SUBSTANTIALLY as II
came from the committee.
1t the afternoon session there was nearly an
Wardwell of New-York city. be named as candidate
for state Treasurer Mr WardweI; %mG Was pres
the state lie Is treasurer OF the STATE orsanM "a;
standard oil Company. lie declined to stand o.,
New.York City man. MIR Bogardus had already
been placed on the ticket In declining he said
that he hoped the fact that he was connected with
a monopoly would not be considered. ,, A.,
H. Clay Bascom. Of Troy. thereupon said that
there is considerable feeling in the State against
monopoles and he had the highest regard for Mr..
War,lvcll as "A man. 1t would be better that his
name should not appear on the Prohibition ticket.
lie accordingly nominated William r. Hunt
AR Wilson, of NewIork, accused Mr.. Bascom
of attacking MIR Wardwell by innuendo and de-
manded that now the issue had been raised. Mr..
Wardwell be- nominated by reclamation and then
ncrmitted to withdraw if he tit.
MIR Wheeler, of Richmond said that such
vote would mean that the Prohibition party placed
itself upon record the indicator of the Standard
on MONOPOLY. which he denounced in scathing
terms He made statements in regard the
alliance between the Standard Oil Company and
the railroads OF Pennsylvania, which brought Mr.
Wardwel to his feet with an assertion that the
statements false. and the speaker out OF
order \ dozen delegates tried to speak at the
same time. and the convention getting into
a hopeless wrangle when the previous question was
carried and the debate shut of
Mr. Wardwell announced his intention to re-
sign from the State Executive Committee on ac-
count OF the feeling against monopolies But on
the motion of Mr.. Baldwin. of Cayuga, the cdn-
venton unanimously requested Mr.. Wardwell to
remain on the committee. and he concluded TO
do
The entire afternoon taken up in nomina ting
candidates to stand the ticket The following
chosen: Secretary of State. Joseph A. Boz
gardus. of New-iork City; Controller George T
Chester. OF Buffalo: Treasurer William r. Hunt
OF lIoneoye Falls: Attorney General Edwin G.
English. OF Corning: Justice of the Court APP
reals. Silss w. Mason. Of rhautapaua; State En-
sineer and surveyor, Chester baldwin. OF Middle
town.