The evening world., 1894-09-25

advertently carried the State last FAN
py only siooO majority. result which
indicated and complimented the abso-
lutte fairness and business of our Demo-
cratic statute.
Fight Against Fraud.
THE people have not FORGOTTEN the
fact that under the Republican appor-
tlonment which existed In 1891 and which
nau existed Tor years which they arbi-
trnrlly, refused I" change, although we
carried the State by 5000 majority, yet
the senate was close and our opponents.
by fraud and techncalities. sought to de-
prive us of that control to which we were
of the state
We demand an apportionment which
snail quickly and faithfully respond to
public sentiment, whether 1t Is for or
against US, which shall fully recognize
tne equality of every citizen. so that
an honest laborlng man living in his
humble home or In a tenement-house
In great city shall count as much as
an occupant OF a palace or the owner of
thousands of acres in the country.
Slap at Constitutional Convention.
The Republican Constitutional Con-
vention, now In session, whose work is
largely, miserable failure, and was
only damned with faint praise In the
republican platform of last week. has
Invented scheme to deprive the great
l'tIlOCTdtlC cities OF the STATE from their
Just share Of representations scheme
which actually provides that an in
crease OF population In such cities
shall not furnish a basis for increased
representation In the Legislature. Never
was there great political outrage de
liberately contemplated and concocted
TO enable a desperate party to retain
power and not the will OF the people.
This partisan and nefarious attack
upon the political rights OF our party.
should arose every Democrat worthw OF
the name to the danger of the situation,
and lead him to do his utmost to secure
the defeat the whole work Of that in
famous Convention, some OF the mem
bers of which are now under criminal
ceiving or giving votes for the appor-
tionment article. 1t is a fitting com
mentary upon the men and work OF that
Convention. that scheme conceived in
its Just rights should be based and sup
ported upon bribery and corruption.
The A. p. A. Arrnigncd.
THE Democratic party stands in this
State as 1t has ever Stood for that re-
ligious liberty which is guaranteed them
by our Constitutions: and l arraign the
Republican party for its covertsympathy
with and encouragement OF that pro-
scriptive spirit which attempts to set up
n religious text as qualification for Of
ficial preferment In this land of the free.
and which is propagated by certain
political organization which deserves
execreation at the hands of every fair
minded man, but which the Republican
State Convention last week distinctly
refused though earnestly urged, to con-
denim.
"Our duty is plain, and I believe we
shall perform 1t, and, II perchance, ad-
herence to the right brings disaster, we
shall bravely accept our fate and take
our place In private stations by the side
our prescribed fellow citizens until rea-
son, Justice and true religious freedom
shall again resume their sway. as surely
thew will.
"The administration of Gov Roswell
p. Flower has been honest, bold and
earnest in behalf of the best interests
Of the State. He, retires from the high
Office which he has honored with the
confidence and respect of his party. the
esteem and good will of all classes, and
with the consciousness of duty well and
faithfully performed.
The record of his public service adds
lustre to the Empire State, and l take
pleasure in adding my testimony to the
fact that he has made one of the best
Governors New York has ever had.
His active associate. Lieut.. Gov.
Sheehan. has endeared himself to the
Democratic party by the course he has
always zealously espoused. Young.
vigorous and brilliant, other and high
honors in the future await him at the
hands of a devoted constituency.
Victory Now Means Triumph in DO
Fellow delegates, let us not under
estimate the dangers which confront us
We shall encounter the cohorts of cor
porations in this campaign led by auda-
cious and INSCRIPTIONS leaders, who are
lighting not only for the control of New
York, but for the control Of the country
We are n the skirmish line Of the great
National battle OF 1885, and the loss OF
New York may lose our party the Presi-
dency.
9TH whole country is breathlessly and
hopefully watching our contest, and we
must do our full duty. Sinking every
prejudice. subordlnating every selfish
| consideration, actuated only by high
and patriotic motives, realizing how
much Is at stake to be won or lost
mindful of the grand traditions which
son and Tilden, knowing that a united
Democracy in this State means an old
fashioned Democratic triumph, let us
like the Macedonian phalanx OF old
with locked shields and measured tread. "
to the contest that awaits us, with
courage, with resolution, with conf.
dence, believing that our cause Is just
and that God and the right will surely
give us the victory
Cheers for Cleveland.
When Senator Hill mentioned Cleve.
lands name the delegation cheered for
work OF the Constitutional Convention
as a miserable failure struck a popu.
| lar chord and received VOciferOuS re-
| Spouse of approval. Another great out.
burst followed when the speaker de.
nounced in vigorous language the A. p
| A.. and reminded the delegates that the
| Republicans, when callSd upon to do SO
refused to condemn their Objectionable
principles.
| At the conclusion of Senator Hills
speech the band played The star
| Doodle" as an accompaniment.
on roll call notice was given that tho
seats of the sitting delegations from
Albany. Kings and New York the matter
was retired to the Committee OH Con
| tested Seats. There were cheers wher
| the Shepardites and Grace men present.
ed their credentials.
Each delegates name was called
separately by Clerk DeFreest, and as
each favorte was mentioned his name
was applauded. The Troy delegation
made the most noise for Mr.. Murphy
| In the New York delegation the names
OF Gilroy, George b. Mcclellan, Hugh j
Grant and w. Bourke Cochran walked
the most applause.
There are also contests for the seats
Of the delegates from Rensselaer,. Temp
A delegate from Chemung offered a
| resolution for the appointment OF a
| committee on contested seats. In offer.
| ing the resolution, he said he did so In
| the interest of the contestants whose
votes we want on election day" The
resolution provided that contests shall
be taken up by Assembly districts, and
| that no delegate shall vote on any con-
! test affecting his district.
| The Convention adopted Lieut.. Gov