The record-union., 1895-09-27
NEW JERSEY DEMOCRACY.
THE STATE CONVENTION MEETS
AT TRENTON.
Alexander L. McGill Nominated On
the First Ballot for Governor-The
Meeting an Enthusiastic One.

TRENTON q. j.. Sept. 26.-The Demo-
cratic State Convention to-day nominated
for Governor Alex. L. McGill, the pres
ent Chancellor of New Jersey. His nom
ination occurred on the first ballot his
only competitor, Augustus ". Cutler OF
Morris County, obtaining altogether only
143 votes out of total of 939, or neces-
sary 40 votes. AS soon as Essex and
Hudson Counties voted the nomination
of McGilI was assured.
Despite the fact that the Democrats
have been feeling hopeless regarding the
outcome o: the election this year, il was
an enthusiastic convention. The dele
gates sitting In tayIors Opera house in
their shirt-sleeYes shouted and cheered
almost continuously, and the mention of
McGiiPs name was many times the sig
nal for rafter-ringiug demonstrations.
Chancellor McGill is a Pennsylvania
| by birth. and 81 years of age. lie grad
uated from Princeton in 1864, and two
wears later from the Columbia Law
School New York. He has been 4 MEM
ber OF the bar since 1861. He was coun-
sci for the city OF Bayonne in 1874 and
1875, and during the same years was Il
member of the House OF Assembly from
the old First District of Hudson County,
and also Judge. lie was appointed Chan
cellor by Governor Green in March, 1887,
and re-appointed last year by Governor
Werts. 1t is expected that he will resign
the Chancellorship in order to be free to
take the stump.
The convention was slated to meet at
noon, but at that hour the doors of Tay-
| lor's Opera-hOuse were yet unopened
/ When the doors were finally thrown open
| there was no such rush to get in as
| marked the meeting OF the publican
! convention week ago to-day. There
was, however, more life and spirit OBJ
| servable than the managers had looked
! for, and especially was this true, in view
| of tue fact that everyone knew in ad
| vance the name OF the successful aSDIrant.
! The convention was called to order by
! Chairman McDermott, and Samuel Kali
| isch was made temporary Chairman
| In denying the charge that the judici
| ary was partisan, Mr.. Kalisch referred to
| Chancellor McGill, and the delegates ap-
plauded with sufficient vigor TO indicate
| unmistak able signs OF preference. With
| out transacting any further business than
| the calling OF the roll OF counties for State
| Committeeman, the convention at
! o'clock took recess until p. NJ.
| The convention resumed business at
/ $50. Judge Howard Carrow of Camden
was selected as permanent Chairman.
! The Resolutions Committee reported the
! following, and it was unanimously ap-
! proved:
/ The platform reaffirms the National
! Democratic platform adopted at Chicago
/ in 1892, and cordially indorses the admin
! istration of President Cleveland, with
! whose determination to protect The peo-
/ pie OF this country from the evils ever at
tendant upon debaseInent OF the ma
/ tional currency, we are IN most earnest
/ sympathy.
"Wo congratulate the people upon the
I revival OF prosperity, everywhere evil
! dent in our land, and we assert that the
industrial depression with which we
! have been afflicted during the past three
years is chargable TO Legislation enacted
! by the Republican party.
"The purchase OF sivler to be stored in
the treasury and the enactment of unjust
| tariff laws, to enrich a few favorites by
/ the oppression of millions of consumers,
were the main causes OF the paralysis of
our markets. That paralysis, with an
empty treasury, were the legacies re-
ceived from the Republican administra-
| ton. The battle against system tos-
tered in violation Of self-evident laws of
political economy has been won.
Every struggle against entreuched
1 wrong is attended by privat;on and suf-
! tering, but these are never endured in
vain. Tho lesson of cause and effect has
| been thoroughly learned, and we are
willing to abide by the decision of an in
telligent people, who are now entering
upon period of prosperity that will
prove both substantial and enduring"
Denials of the charges made by Repub-
licans of extravaganza form large por-
| ton of the document.
\ constitutional amendment rendering
impossible any form of gambling, par
! tieularly betting on horse racing, is ia
vored, and the Republican party is
charged with deceit and trickery in deal
ing with these questions.
State issues are dealt with in the re-
maiuder OF the document.