The herald., 1894-09-26
NEW YORK'S UHT TERRIFIED.
The State Convention at
Saratoga.
Senator Hill Is Temporary
Chairman.
He Opens the Proceedings With q
Great Speech.
The Delegates Yell Themselves Hosrss
at His Appearance and Loudly
Applaud HIS Forcibie
Utterances.
By the Associated Press.

SARATOGA, Sept. 25.-The state Demo-
cratic convention to nominate candi
dates for governor, lieutenant-governor
and court of appeals judge, was oalledto
order today by Senator Murphy. chsir-
man of the state com mittee. He named
David B. Hill as temporary chairman.
Mayor Gilroy of New York and Hon.
Daniel L. Wood OF Erie escorted Senator
Hill to the platform, and then occurred
a remarkable ecene. The vast body OF
delegates stood on chairs, waving hand
kerchiefs and yelling themselves hoarse,
as from different corners of the audi
ence came demands of "Three cheers
for Hillp' Pandemonium reigned for
at least five minutes. Senator Hill
stood pale and motionless until the ap-
plsuss subsided, and then, at 20, be-
gan to speak, partially exssmporsne-
ousy and partly from notes. He said:
"The unterrifed Democracy OF the
Empire state assemble here today undis-
mayed at the premature boasts and as
sumed confidence OF our adversaries.
We are not unaocustomed to their an
nual and moss-covsred game OF political
bluff, renewed this year with extraerdi-
nary vehemence and unbluehing effront-
cry. II vain boasts alone can bring
victory, their battle is indeed won before
it is actually commenced. But We beg
to remind them that there has not been
a campaign in this state for the pact IL
years when they did not assume in Au-
gust and September they had carried 1t,
I,~~ bo hr,Io
with a single exception, victory haa
perched upon our banners on the first
Tuesday of November of eacn year.
We win our victories ON election
daua--Jand not -hu- axrharant-- -hras-
I vad0 in convention halls. The un-
expected victory OF our opponents last
fall has turned their heads an 4 rendered
them arrogant and opinionated They
fail to recall the fact that the total vote
polled was nearly 800. 900 short OF the
full vote of the state. 1t wss victory
which they themselves did nos antici-
pate and which their surprised and as
tute leaders next day after election
humorously attributed to Divine Prori-
dence and not to Rspu blican streng~h.
With a united battery and united
vote New York is still a Democratic
state, and ii we are true to ourselves chr
will this year resume her place In the
Democratic columns. Our opponent
by vigorous beating of bogus politics
tom toms and insistence upon petty ana
misleading loghl iesues seek to diver
public attention from the unenviabls
record they made during the recent four
years. control Of the federal government.
The people. however, have not forgotten
that it was q Republican administers
ton which. in that ill-fated year 1890,
saddled the country with unwise and
vicious legislation which hiss since
crippled its prosperity. endangered its
finances and augumented its public
burden.
"The people remember that tho Shsr-
man silver bullion purchase law was the
product of Republican statesmanship
against the enactment OF which every
Democrat in congress voted. 1t should
be borne in mind thst the financial panis
wac Republican panic In its incep eSan,
continuance and disastrous effecss.
at was under national Demccratic
administration that the Sherman and
federal election laws were repealed, aud
in the fret year of our administration.
and in the ensuing congregational eleo-
tions the spectacle will bs witnessed for
the first time in "a years Of state elec.
tons conducted, az they ought to be.
without federal interference, dietation
or intimidation.
''The enactment of the MCKINLEY
tariff was the eliminating atrocity OF
Republican reckIessness In legislation.
Ii was the Inauguration of huge scheme
of governmental partnership with pri-
vate buriness interests. The reaction
which followed in the elections in the
fall OF 1890. and was reiterated In shs
elections of 1892, was the natural and
legitimate expression Of the popular in~
dignation at the party which had bkssiy
surrendered to the merosnaries within
its own ranks, and had bartered away
the public good for selfish greed. We
promised the people that, II intrusted
with power, this vinieus, un-American
and Objectionable Law should be re-
pealed. and we rejoice today in the ful-
fillment of that pledge. The Mckinley
law has gone where the woodbine twi-
meth gone to stay, never to be re-en-
acted by any political party.
without retracting = single word
which l have uttered in the senate in
criticism of the measure, while engaged
in the effort to perfect it and render it
more acceptable. now that it has been
passed and become Q law, it muet be
treated as whole. treated largely as q
party measure and contrasted with the
Mckinley law, uninhuenced by any per-
sonal disappointments or any pride of
opinion, may be permitted to speak of
the measure as it is-nothing extenuate
nor set down aught in malice.
"Of its strictly tariff features it may
truthfully be urged that il is a vaEt i'm.
provement over the Mckinley law, and
will clearly demonstrate it's superiority
as time rolls on and business in this
country shall adjust itself to its pro-
visions. Itrecognzss in part, at lesst,
the Democratic doctrine OF free raw ma.
terials- 1t may be safely asserted that
the new Law will not cripple or emparrass
single industry in the land. noi throw
ont of employment single work ng-
man. nor urdnl1 atimniata ovar uradn~r