The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-09-20
ITIACKED EXCITEMENT
pepubliean Convention at
Saratoga Very Quiet.
Everything Predicted by Platt Was
Aooomplished-Excise Plank IL
Omitted and q Vaguely Worded
Sunday Observance Resolution
Adopted-The Ticket.


Saratoga. N. Y, Sept. 16-The repub-
poon state convention completed its
rork In less than eight hours, renomina-
.rg the state ticket Of 1893 and adding
cslora E. Martin OF Binghamton for as
soc,ate Justice Of the court Of appeals in
.Isce of Judge Francis NJ. Finch, who
Eli shortly be retired by reaching the
sgs limit. The preerranged programme
20. carried out with remarkable celerity
and smoothness. Everything that T. d.
platt predicted would be done last Sat-
urdsy was done, and except for few
breezy moments the proceedings were
lacking In excitement.
Same Old Ticket,
The ticket named is as follows: For
Judge of the court of appeals, Cslora E.
Martin of Broome; for secretary of state,
john Palmer of Albany; for comptroller,
James A. Roberts of Erie; for treasurer,
4. B. Colvin of Warren; for attorney
general, Theodore E. Hancock of Onon-
daga; for state engineer, Campbell w.
Adams of Oneida. Two ballots were
necessary before Judge Martin was
named. Jesse johnson of Brooklyn and
Pardon G. Williams of Watertown gave
Mr.. Platt's candidate quite a close fight
tor the nomination. When Broome
county won the delegates lost all ambi-
tion to break the slate and the old state
ticket Of '93 was nominated by accla-
nation on single ballot.
Excise Plank Omitted.
The platform with the excise plank
omitted was adopted and an amendment
In favor of the maintenance of the Sun
day laws offered by Warner Miller was
tackled on. Strong efforts were made for
liberal resolutions on excise and homo
rule but they were defeated, and the con-
vention went to the other extreme and
placed the party on record as favoring
the enforcement of Sunday laws in the
interest of labor and morality. The
wording of the resolution is somewhat
vague, and it may mean great deal or
very little, according to the standtbint
from which it is viewed. Congressman
sherman of Utica was temporary chair
man and Senator Clarence Lexow, of in
Vestigating fame, was permanent chair
man. The latter made the speech of his
life upon assuming the gavel, and
sounded the keynote of the campaign
reform in city and state sffairs.
Morton End dorsed for President.
Chauncey NJ. Depew, fresh from his
trip abroad, killed half an hours time
while the delegates we're waiting for com.
mittee reports by a speech delivered Of
hand and In his best vein. The conven-
tion endorsed the administration of
Gov. Levi p. Morton, and expressed the
hope that the next national republican
convention will place him In nomination
for president. ]. Sleat Fassett, the
doughty young warrior Of Chemung, was
made hero OF by the delegates, and he
also helped kill time by . speech IN which
one may find sarcastic fings ct Platt be-
tween the lines.
Anti-Platt Men Turned Down.
All the contestina anti-Platt delegsp
tons were turned down by the commit.
tee on contested seats. The attendance
Ut the convention was not overwhella-
ingly large but good showing was mads
when it is remembered that there were
practically no hooms in town. Chauncey
NJ. Depew and Platt and nearly all t.ls
lesser lights of the party left for theY
homes last evening and by midnight
Saratoga was nearly deserted.