The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-09-26
.THEY Split IN new YORK! |!
State Democracy WithdrawS From the
State Convention.
WILL FIGHT AGAINST TAMMANV
The Leaders of the Anti-Tammany organ
ization Declare They viii Support
an Independent Ticket for County
officers.

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Sept. 26.-The Demo
cratic state convention finished its work
yesterday by nominating these officers:
For secretary of state, Horatio G. King of
Brooklyn; comptroller, John B. Judson of
Gloversville; state treasurer, ID. c. Dow of
Cobleskill; attorney general, Norton
Chase of Albany; state engineer Russell
r. Stuart of SYRACUSE judge of the court
of appeals, John d. Teller of Auburn.
The convention then adopted it's plat
form of principles substantially as already
published. The excise plank is as follows:
Equal and honest enforcement of all
laws; proper observance of aday of rest
and an orderly Sunday; notifications or
repeal of laws unsupported by public opin-
ion; no unjust sumptuary laws recogni-
tion of the fundamental American princi-
pie of freedom of conscience; home rule in
excise, as well as in other matters, within
reasonable limitations established to pro-
tect the interests of temperance and mo-
rality, and an amendment of the excise
and other laws by the legislature of the
state which shall permit each municipal
ity expressing it's sentiments by popular
vote of a majority of it's citizens to deter
mine within such proper legislative re-
strictions as shall be required by the inter
ests of the entire state what may best
suit its special necessities and conditions"
Within two hours after the close of the
convention the delegations had taken reg
ular and special trains for home. There
has been an absolute lack of enthusiasm
for up country delegates are angry that an
understanding was not arrived at with the
State Democracy people, and Tammany,
while exultant at the State Democracy's 5
defeat, is still quite disgruntled at the
platform declaration on excise.
Never at any political gathering did so
much depend upon the admission of con
| testing delegations, and never were plans
so rudely broken as when the State De
mocracy refused to enter the convention.
In the morning Norton Chase, of Albany,
was running for comptroller and John B.
Judson, of Fulton, was looking for state
treasurer while Augustus Scheu, of Erie,
! was slated for comptroller and Daniel b.
Griffin, of WatertOwn, was considered tho
( choice for attorney general. An hour be,
| fore the time set for the meeting of the
/ convention the slate was unchanged, and
the platform as already sent by the Asso-
ciated Press, very little changed
Half an hour later both Daniel Griffin
and Augustus Scheu had declined to allow
their names to be used. Judson was trans
| ferred to the comptrollership, Dow of
Schohrie was slated for state treasurer,
and Norton Chase was put on the slate
for attorney general, although he had
never been mentioned for the office. The
nominations were rapidly put through by
the convention and with no great On
thusiasm The results detailed were all
because of the withdrawal of the delegates
of the State Democracy.
Various reasons were given for the sud
den changes in the slate. Mr. Scheu, of
| Erie who had been turned down in the
oomptrollership fight, was very bitter. He
said that the personal enmity of one of the
! leaders was the cause. A friend of his
stated that the reason was that Herbert
| Bissell refused to nominate him, and Mr..
! Scheu would not run unless the nomina-
tion was made by Cleveland adherent.
Daniel Griffin said, when asked by the
Associated Press reporter for his reason
for Withdrawing:
"Had my name been presented to the
convention would have been nominated
unanimously But after the report of the
majority of the committee on credentials
had been adopted by the committee |
labored so far as l could to procure the
adoption of the minority report by the
convention, believing that the situation in
New York county logically required the
same treatment us had already been made
in the case of Kings county Before the
report had been adopted saw my friends
and said to them that if the report of the
majority Of the committee in the Now
York city contest should be indorsed |
would not become a candidate, and ad
hered to that position"
When the State Democracy people left
the rink after being denied more reprasen-
tation, they were in a fighting frame and
continued so until their train left. The
leaders were very free i'm their expressions
of disapproval, and here are some of their
remarks:
Corporation Counsel Frank NJ Scott
"The action Of the convention ratifying
the report of the committee on contested
seats made it impossible for the State De
mocracy 60 retain the seats allotted them
in the convention, because the report takes
the ground that the Tammany alone is the
regular organization of the city of New
| York, and that the members of the State
! Democracy had no right to participate in
the organization of the next convention
Jonh JerOlOman, preSldenG OF Ghe board
! of aldermen of New York: I'VE are going
back to pulverize Tammany Hall. 1t is
not the giving to us of one-fifth of the del
| egation that we object to, but the action
of the convention in humiliating us; that
we have no state committeeman or repre-
sentatives in the party organization We
will fight them on county and legislative
tickets, and beat them"
Theodore Sutro; THE effect will be to
draw many Of the German-American votes
away from the nominees of the convention
and Tammany Hall.
John ]. Quinlan I'VE are going back
to fight them TO thesend While we will
not indorse the local Republican nominees
we may support consolidated ticket, the
same as we did last year,
Fits, Epilepsy and Commissions positively
cured in young or old at Ladies' Medical