The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-09-19

" tneif section, Wnile removing or
largely reducing protective duties on
the products Of the north, thus per.
hitting the south by legal enactment In
tmo Of peace to destroy our prosperity
and accomplish what it failed 10 do by
illegal enactment In time Of var.
Ho denounce tho federal adminlstra-
tion for Bnrrondoringan annual revenue
Of 5000. 900 on wool aud imposing q
burden nearly ten times greater by
levyinR tax on sugar, the commonest
household necessity.
We favor an honest dollar, and op.
pose any effort, whether by the removal
OF the tax on state bank Issues or the
FREQ coinage Of silver, 10 lower our cur.
rency standard, and we favor an inter.
national agreement, which shall result
In the use Of both gold and silver aaIa
circulating medium.
Tho administration Of Governor
Flower lie denounced, especial reference
being mado TO his voto 10 tho bill to
provide tunds for the police inveshRa-
tion In New York City.
rHE NOMINATIONS
General n. F. Tracy, In an extended
speech, placed In nomination ex.vico
President Morton. ue closed by say
Ing:
"Fellow delegates Of the convention:
A grave responsibility rests upon tho
Republican party Of New York. II is
our duty to place 10 nomination to-day
man who is not only abls 10 carry tho
state, but ono who will win . victory
Of such magnificent proportions as TO
satisfy tho people Of tho nation and the
people Of tho commercial world.
Republicans arc coming back to
power In 1896, and are coming back 70
70 stGy. That man 10 the lion. Levi
Parsons Morton"
There was storm Of applause as, Gem
eral Tracy finished and several mem.
bers wore on their fect asking for recog-
milton TO second tho nomination and
ask for vote by acclamation, but Colo.
mel Baxter threaded his way up the
aisle aud took the platform. Tho Fas-
sett men saw him and thero was
tumult Quiet was restored and Mr..
Baxter began his speech, placing in
nomination J. Sloat Fassett for governor.
When the namc OF Passett was reached
there was tho most remarkable scene OF
the session, reminding one forcibly OF
tho sccne In the Republican national
convention at Minneapolis when Blaine
received tho applause aud Harrison the
vote. People stood on their feet and
waved handkerchiefs, and for five min
utcs the vast audience yelled itself
hoarse.
"Will you relegate this man to tho
rear2' asked tho orator after tho ap.
plause had ceased.
"No, no, no." came the great volume.
MORTON GETS IT.
silas B. butcher. Of Kings county,
nominated Stewart l. Woodford.
John g. Wise, OF New York, formerly
Of Virginia, also seconded Morton's
nomination.
E. A. Nash, Of Cattaraugus, named
General Butterfleld.
Ex.Congressman Parker, Of St Law.
romeo county, presented tho name OF
Judge Leslie W. Russell.
Crlcs for q voto followed, and the
chairman ordgreu thoFroll TO be called
by counties. ~
Before Ontario was reached Morton
had been nominated. aud when tho
vote was finished tho clerk, amid great
confusion, announced: Morton, 532 /;
Fassett, 90; Woodford, 40; Butteriield,
90; Russell, 20; Bliss, 403 and Arkell, !.
The nomination Of Morton was madc
unanimous, each OF tho opposing eau.
didatus making short speechos pledgtng
him their support
A recess until 10 p. m. was taken.
sAxroN FOR LIEUT.. GOVERNOR.
On re-assembling nominations for
L,cut. Governor were declared to be In
orde, and the names OF Charles L. Sax
ton, George W. Aldrich, Charles w.
Wadsworth, Arthur w. Wado, George
Green, Francis Hendricks, Henry J.
Coggeshail, O. A. Brundage and Colonel
A. D. Shaw, were presented.
AT 1920 O. m., call of tho roll for o
vote on lieutenant governor commenced,
Charles 7. saxton was nominated on,
the first ballot
While the vote was being counted, St
Lawrenco, Schoharie, Ulstor and o
dozen other counties changed their
votes including Mayor Green, who
changed his vote and moved that the
nomination be made unanimous.
Every delegation leader who cast q
vote against Saxton changed theirvotes.
aud he vas nominated by acclamation
amidst great enthusiasm.
Judge Haight was nominated for
Judge Of tho court Of appeals on the
second ballot.
Tho convention adjourned sine die
at 2:l0 q. m.
Flower Reads Handwriting on the Wall.
Albany, Sept. 1s.-Gov. Flower to-day
declined 10 DO a candidate for ronomina.
tIon for governor. He made known this
determination at noon to tho Associated
Press correspondent, after long intor-
view with Senators Hill and Murphy.
Both came to tho executive chamber
shortly before 10 o'clock.
At the conclusion Of the interview
Gov. Flower said to an Associated
Press reporter II am convinced that
nv nomination, il II should be accorded
to mo bv tho convention, would not be
40 likolv to command tho full vote OF
tho party as would bo the nomination
OF some othor Democrat, and l am too
desirous OF party success to DO o candi-
dato under those circumstances"
Anthracite Miners organiz,ng.
shAMoKtN, Pa. Sept 1s.-Represen-
tatiycs Of tho United N1ino Workers Of
America aro hard at work organizing
assemblies throughout tho anthracite
recion, and claim that they will
tSh' F,.II,, n.0oni,ad within