Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-25


the convention at least in part.
/ The hour OF meeting was postponed to
: Miss Susan B. Anthony and other woman
euffraefsts are here to urge the adoption of
q plank In favor Of extending the ballot to
women
Called to Order.
The state democratic convention to nomi-
nate candidates for governor and lieutenant
governor and court OF appeals Judge was
called to order here today by Senator Muir
ply. chairman of the state committee. He
named David B. Hill as temporary chair
man.
Mayor Gilroy of New York and Hon.
Daniel y. Lockwood of Erie escorted Sena-
TOR Hill to the front of the platform. and
thea occurred a remarkable scene.
TIE vast body of tie delegates stood on
chairs waving handkerchiefs and yelling
themselves hoarse as from different corners
Of the auditorium, came demands of Three
cheers for Hill
Senator Hills Speech.
Pandemonium reigned for at least five
minutes Senator Hill stood pale and mo-
ticnless. one hand resting on the writing
table until the applause had suDslded. and
then, at l.2o, began to speak extempo-
raneously and from notes He said:
The unterrified democracy of the empire
state assemble here today undisInayed at
the premature boasts and assumed conf
dence of our adversaries
we are not unaccustome1 to thei- annual
and moss-coyered & ime Of political bluff. al
though renewed this year with extraordl-
Eary yehemeLce and unblushing eIrontery
III vain boasts alone could brlns victory
their battle is indeed Won before Ii is ac-
tually cormenCed; but we beg to remind
them that there has not been a campaign
IN this state during the past twelve years
when they did not assume In AUGUST that
they had carried IT, when in trulh and in
fact. during that whole period. with a sin
gle exception. victory has percheu UPON our
banners on the first Tuesday OF November
IN each year. We won our victories on eiec-
ton days and not by exuberat braseadocio
In convention halls
The unexpected victory Of our opponents
iase ian mas turned their heads and ren-
dered them arrogant and opinionated. They
TAI. to recall the fact that the total vote
polied was nearly 30O.GU short of the fun
vote OF the state. a victory which they
themselves did not anticipate, and which
their surprised and astute leaders the next
day after election humo-ousiy attributed to
Divine Providence and not to republican
strength.
Democratic State.
With united democracy and a full vote
New York is still democratic state. ana
III We are true to ourselves will this year
resume her place in the democratic column.
Our opponents. by the vigorous beating
Vi bogus political tom-toms and the insis-
tenee upon petty and misleading local is
sues. seek to attract the public attention
from the unenviable record whicn thew
made during their recent four years con-
troll OF the federal government. The people,
however, have not forgotten the fact that
II Was a republican administration which in
that Inflated year of 1870 saddIed the coun-
try with unwise and vicious legislation
which has since crippled it's prosperity, en-
dangered its finances and augmented its
public burdens.
The people remember that the Sherman
silver bullion purchase law was the product
CT republican ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the
enactment OF which every democrat in Con-
Sress voted-a measure fraught with in
jury TO the business interests of the coun-
try, based upon no just or sound principle
OF hh2nce converting a constitutional mon
ey metal into commodity. fastening us to
a single rather than a bimetallic standard.
and weakening our national credit at home
and abroad.
A Republican Panic.
1t should be borne in mind that the finan-
cial panic of 1893 was a republican panic
republican in its inception, continuance and
disastrous effects-a situation largely in
duced by the results then existing and i'm
pending Of that republican legisla ton which
a democratic administration had no lot or
part in enacting, sanctioning or condoning
but which is only fortunately Inherited
from its predecessor.
The people recollect that 1t was under a
rational democratic administration that the
Sherman law was repealed, not as promptly
as some of us desired, ii it true. but never
theless Internationally repealed within
eight months after our advent to power
We promised the people in our Chicago
platform that this statute. which was eat
ing out the vitals of our financial body
polite, should not be permitted to endure
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adverse predictions of our adversaries-
We also declared in favor of the repeal
Of that last relic Of post-bellum partisan
legislation known as the federal elections
law. which invaded state rights, menaced
the liberties of the citizens and multiplied
federal officials. involved the expenditure
OF millions of money. continued sectional
animoSities. and were as ill-conceived, I'M
necessary and impotent for the prevention
of fraudulent practices and the promotion
OF pure elections as they were vexatious and
offensive In their enforcement.
L point you to the fact that the demo-
cratic party, although intrenched for four
years with the distribution of all the official
patronage incident to the execution OF these
powerful laws, yet with patriotic self-sac-
rifiee deliberately cast aside all the power.
mnuence. and patronage involved therein,
subordinating temporary selnsh interests
to the public good, wiped these odious laws
from the statute books within the first
year of our administration and at the en-
suing congressional electors the spectacle
will be witnessed for the first time in
twenty-four years of state elections con-
Quoted. as they of right ought to be. with
out federal interference idictation or
intimidation. without federal supervis-
lon, marshalS or other obnoxious fed
eral agents or instrumentalities, but
with state officials. selected or chosen
by the people themselves, according
to state laws and usages. for an ex-
emplification of the principle of home rule
In state and a vindication of the doctrine
of the sovereignty OF the states as it vas
recognized by our fathers from the founda-
ton of our government until that evil day
In the COS when the republicans, although
minority party, owing to our own divis-
ions. accidentally obtained control of the
country. We rejoice that with democratic
national ascendancy the country consist
entity returns to the simple methods, the
sound principles and the correct adminis-
tration Of public Offices which character
lied the earlier al d better days of the re-
public
The Mckinley Law.
The enactment of the Mckinley law was
the eliminating point of the republican
recklessness in legislation, a measure so
extreme, so selfish, unreasonable that
hazard nothing in asserting that conserva-
tive and fair-minded republicans every
where regretted the party exigencies which