Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-10-04
HILL IS THEIR NAN.
Nominated for Governor by the New
York Democratic Con-
VentiOn.


! convention went wild and the nomination
was reached amid a scene of confusion
such as is rarely witnessed. Mr.. Whit
ney was to have been named by acclama-
ton. His refusal to run left the delegates
in an exceedingly unpleasant position
| The convention had promptly adjourned
over from yesterday in order to give party
leaders time to hear from Mr. Whitney,
| who did not arrive from Europe until this
morning He was informed on the steam
er at quarantine that he had been decided
on as the nominee of the convention; he
at once sent telegram to the party lead
! erS here declining to permit the use OF
his name. The reason given by Mr.. Whit
ney for refusing to accept the nominal
| ton was given as a personal one.
Senator Hill did not desire the nomina-
ton, and while facing the convention
from the platform declared that ne would
not accept it. He was cried down. how
ever. Immediately after the nomination
of the ticket Senator Hill was asked by
he thought of the situation. Oh he
replied, with no little anger expressed on
his face, Its an outrage, it's an outrage"
Hill Named with Howl.
Tt was /: 30 o'clock when Chairman
| Hill raped the convention to order and
| then ten minutes were spent in bringing
| the delegates to silence for the transaction
of business. The committee on creden-
! tials reported in favor of the sitting dele
! gates in all the counties except that from
Monroe county. In that case both dele
cations are permitted to sit in the con-
vention, each member to have half vote.
The Shepard people from Kings county
| left the hall. With this exception the
greatest good humor characterized the
| adoption of the committees work
When some routine business had been
| disposed of the convention was ready to
nominate a candidate for the governor
ship. Galen r. Hit first took the floor
and proposed John Boyd Thatcher for the
office. Mr.. Hits speech was highly eulo-
CYSTIC of Mr.. Thacher, whose business and
political career was recounted with par
ticularly.
At the conclusionNof Mr.. Hits speech
| an Allegheny man arose and moved the
clined to be a candidate. At $50 p. m.
the roll call by counties was started on
nominations for governor. Senator Guy
arose and attempted to stampede the con-
vention for Hill Enthusiasm was run
ming high. Everybody was shouting for
| Hill. Bourke Cochran took the platform
and seconded the nomination. of Senator
Hill.
After Mr. HIT had finished Delegate
Reynolds from Allegheny county arose
and said: MIR. Chairman, | desire for
Allegheny county to put in nomination our
| nett Hill"
In an instant there was pandemonium.
| Delegates were standing on chairs. crowd
ing aisles, pushing towards the platform
and yelling themselves hoarse, tossing
hats and canes in the air and shouting
Hill" Hill" Senator Hill stood pound
| ing the gavel. his face pale and his lips
shut He hammered vigorously, but as
he did SO the din increased Three
| cheers for the next governor OF the state.'
shouted man in the rear and up went
mighty shout.
After five minutes OF the remarkable
| scene there was some order restored. and
Senator Hill said: u am grateful to
the Democrats for thus showing their
good will and faith, but | cannot accept
the nomination you offer me-" This was
received with cries of yes, yes
Il must say no to you" Again the tu-
multi broke out, and again Mr.. Hill was
unable to stop it. He banged with the
! gavel, appealed to the band to play and
looked appealingly at the crowd. There
was no cessa ton. The band played, but
its music was drowned by the shouting of
the delegates.
Col Fellows got recognition and asked
that the clerk be authorized to call the
roll by counties. This was done and
when Columbia, Kings and Lewis were
reached the delegates shouted Hill.
Then New York was reached and Sen
|
the party not to turn around and look
| for a man that could undoubtedly lead
them to victory. They must have a
giant to snatch victory from the jaws of
| defeat" He paid a remarkable tribute
to Senator Hill and then the tumult in
! creased.
The report on permanent organization
recommending Senator Hill for permanent
chairman was adopted. Lieut. Gov.
Sheehan, chairman of the committee on
| platform, then arose and pleading a cold,
| handed up the platform to be read by the
clerk.
Roll call was proceeded with, but the
delegations continued shouting tor Sen
ator Hill. Every county voted for Hill,
and the clerk announced the entire vote
| for David 3. Hill. Clerk Defrest de-
clared Hill the nominee of the party for
governor.
The ticket was completed by the nomlna-
ton of Lockwood for acknowledgements
| and Judge Gaynor for judge of the court
Of appeals.
A resolution to appoint a committee of
five to notify the candidates of their noml-
nation was adopted amid laughter.
Resolutions Tariff
Following is the platform submitted to
the Democratic state convention:
The Democratic party of New YORK con
graduates the people of the state upon me th
restoration Of business confidence ana the
Improvement of industrial conditions when
are following the repeal by Democratic
Congress of the laws of its Republican pred
ecessors. Unsound financial legislation, drlv-
ing out our gold and threatening silver
standard worse than war tariff, unneces-
sarily adding the cost of living, diminish
ing federal revenues and over-stimulatlng
favored industries at the general expense;
prot1igate expenditures converting an as
Surfing treasury surplus into an alarming
deficit; these We're the ill-conceived and III
fated products of Republican partlsansmp
which brought the country to the verge or
financial and industrial ruin, which wiped
out private fortunes, reduced incomes.
turned tens of thousands of men out OF
work, closed factories. destroyed business,
brought thousands. of deserving poor face to
face with starvation and inflicted general
distress upon the American people. Com
plete transfer of the government to the
Democratic party was too late to avert
these terrible evils; it could only remove
their uses and repair their injury.
We therefore rejoice that by the repeal OF
the Sherman law for the purchase and
storage of silver bullion all fear of a de-
preciated currency has been allayed and
faith has been restored in the ability of the
government to maintain a constant parity
between its gold and silver coinage: that by
the repeal of the Mckinley tariff law the
inordinate taxation of the many for the