Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-10-04
NEW YORK DEMOCRATS.
STATE CONVENTION AT SARA
TOGA.


of Cleveland's Administration
Creates a sensational Recess
taken.
SARATOGA, Sept. 25.-The
State Democratic convention to1
nominate candidates for Gov
ernor, Lieutenant Governor and
Court of Appeals Judge was
called to order here to-day by
Senator Murphy, chairman of
the State Committee. He named
David B. Hill as temporary
chairman.
Mayor Gilroy, of New York,
and Hon. Daniel n. Lockwood,
of Erie, escorted Senator Hill to
the front of the platform and
then occurred a remarkable
scene. The vast body of dele
gates stood on chairs, waving
handkerchiefs and yelling them
selves hoarse as from different
corners of the auditorium came
demands for Three cheers for
Hill" Pandemonium reigned for
at least five minutes.
Senator Hill stood pale and
motionless, one hand resting on
the table, until the applause had
subsidized, and then at 1.20 p. m.
began to speak, partially extern
pore and partially from notes.
He said:
"Our opponents, by the vigor-
Gus beating of bogus political
tom toms and the insistence upon
petty and misleading local is
| sues, seek to divert the public
attention from the inevitable
record which they made during
their recent four years control
of the Federal Government. The
people, however have not for
gotten the fact that it was Re
publican administration that
saddled the country with unwise
and vicious legislation, which
has since crippled its prosper
ity, endangered its finances and
argumented its public burdens.
The people remember that the
Sherman silver bullion purchase
law was the product of Republi
can statesmanship-against the
enactment of which every Dem
ocrat in Congress voted-a meas
> ure fraught with injury to the
> business interests of the country
based upon no just or soune
a principle of finance, converting
a constitutional money meta
j into commodity, fastening u:
o to a single, rather than a bi
metallic standard, and weaken
: ing our national credit at home
t and abroad.
r 1T should be borne in mine
= that the financial panic of 1S9
n was a Republican panic-Repuh
= lican in it's inception, continu
ance and disastrous effects a sit
uation largely induced by the re
is suits existing and impend
!, ing of that Republican legisla
ton, which Democratic admin
le istration had no lot or parcel l
y enacting, sanctioning or condor
re ing, but which it only unfortu
= nately inherited from it's pre-
h decessOrS.
d. THE people recollect that
was under a national Dempcrati
j. administration that the Sherma
law was repealed: not as promp
a ly as some of us desired, it
true, bat, nevertheless, uncond
q tionalIy repealed within eigl
g, months after our advent to powe
We promised the people in OF
cd cd Chicago platform that this sta
re ute which was eating out the vi
RS, ais of our financial body polit5
l should not be permitted to e
It. dure, and the promise was r
deemed despite the adverse pr
'ce dictions of our adversaries. v
:. also declared in favor of the r
peal of that last relic of post b.
he I,tm partisanship, the FEEDER
'pe election law, which invaded Sta
aa rs rights, menaced the liberties
ars the citizen, multiplied FEEDER
ck- officials, involved the expent
att lures of millions of money, co
he tinued sectional animostties a.
or we're all ill-conceived, unnece
'tic sary and impotent for the pl
ray vention of fraudulent practic
up and the promotion of pure ele
s. tions as they were vexatlo
and offensive in their enfOrt
ment. I point you to the fl
ing that the Democratic party
all though entrenched for four yea
with the distribution of all
icle official patronage incident to
ans @ execution of this powerful la
yet with patriotic self sacrif
the deliberately cast aside all
'rk' power, influence and patrona
20 a involved therin, subordinati
Of temporary selfish interests tot
$ of public good, wiped these odie
hat hat laws from the statute boo
ncb within the first year of our
ex- minintra:ion and at the ensui
eri, Congressional elections the sp
ao ,o tacle will be witnessed for
and first time in twenty four years
tion State elections conducted as tt
of of right ought'to be without F
tbe eral interference, dictation
ong intimidation Fede
supervisors, marshals or OF
was obnoxious Federal agents or
" strumentalities, but with St
our officials selected or chosen