The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-25

| for rest and recreation of the people in
the interest of good morals and labor
| as we'll as capital,
AT 1;5O p, m. the convention adjourned
| till 10 a. m. Tomorrow
The committee ON permanent organ
| iztion met tonight. The committee
will report Ex-Governor Flower as the
permanent chairman of the convention.
The committee on credentials before
whom the contests for admission were
carried met at 7:30 p m. Senator Hill
was an interested spectator. After the
contests in Oswego and in Queens coun-
| ty had been considered the contest of
| the state democracy for a representa-
| ton from New York city was taken
up. Charles Fairchild opened for the
state democracy Thomas F. Grady re-
sponded in behalf of Tammany. He
spoke in impassioned tones. Mr.. Fair
child said his side did not desire to
reply to Mr.. Grady. x-Mayor Gilroy
said that if the state democracy were
satisfied with the presentation of the
caes his organization was. Chairman
Belmont then declared the contest
closed and the committee went into eX-
| ecutive session.
The plank which will be most talked
| about in the coming campaign-that
relating to excise and Sunday observ-
ance has been framed. Weeks have
been spent in its preparation and the
brainy men of the party have strug-
gled with hundreds of sugge stions. The
plank is intended to be acceptable to
| ba A htb
eral minded people without offending
the more straight-laced democrats. 1t
| is most cleverly worded. The plank
has been submitted to the German
Americans and it is satisfactory to
| them. 1t Is also satisfactory to the
Tammany democrats, who announced
some time ago that they We're out for
legislation to do away with Roosevelt
1 ism.
Just how the democrats of the rural
| districts will take it is a question which
the November election will solve. The
plank is a slight modification of the
following, which was submitted by the
committee of the German-American or
ganization of the city of New York:
"The democratic party, being as it
ever has been strictly in favor of the
respectful observance of Sunday, espe-
cially by abstaining from all save nee
| essary labor and avocations and yet
mindful of the right of every citizen to
| the enjoyment of worship and comforts
4 and recreations according to his own
| conscience and wishes as far as COM
pa tible with due regard to the beliefs
and desires of others, we promise to en-
4 deavor to obtain from this coming leg
| islature a law which will enable each
| community to determine for itself by
| popular vote whether the sale of food,
| beverages and other necessaries shall
1 be permitted on the first day of the
week, during certain hours, and in
manner SO restricted as not to interfere
with religious observance to the speci-
fed by statute"
Senator Hill is throwing all his in
| fiuence in favor of admitting the
state democracy contestants, and SO
bitter is the fight that Mr. Hill and ex-
Lieutenant Governor Sheehan, who rep
resents Senator Murphy and Mr.. Crok-
er, scarcely speak to each other. The
general belief is that Tammany will
be compelled to swallow the bitter pill,
and that the state demacrocy will be
given one-third of New York city's rep
resentation.
| Perry Belmont, who acted to-day as
temporary chairman, is said to be in
training for the next gubernatorial
nomination.
The slate as it stands tonight is:
For secretary of state, General Horatio
G. King of Kings; for attorney general,
Daniel Griffin of Jefferson; for state
treasurer John Fl. Judson of Fulton;
for comptroller, Augustus F. Scheu of
Erie; for state engineer and surveyor,
George Clinton Wade of Oneida; for
Judge of the court of appeals, Alton B.
Parker of Ulster.
The committee on resolutions met to-
| night. The session was a protracted
one the excise plank causing much de-
lbate The excise plank, which was
drawn up in advance for the considera~
tion of the committee, met with con-
siderable opposition, owing to its quiet
tone.
While apparently a large number of
the committee were in favor of declar-
ing for the passage of law permitting
the sale of liquor. etc, at certain hours
on Sunday and also a condemnation of
the policy of Police Commissioner
Roosevelt, the Shepard men on the COM
mittee fought strenuously against such
a policy.
Colonel Fellows made a ringing speech
in favor of the adoption of liberal ex-
else plank The committee on resolu-
tions adjourned after adopting the plat
form, with the exception of the excise
plank.
A committee consisting of E. NJ. Shep-
ard R. p Flower, ]. r. Fellows Wall
hope Lynn and Daniel E. Lockwood was
appointed to draw up special excise
plank and report to the whole commit
tee tomorrow
The platform declares gold and silver
the only legal tender; denounces all
money not convertible into coin; favors
the gradual retirement of greenbacks;
declares against the free and unlimited
coinage of silver, and favors the i'm
provement of state canals.
One clause of the excise plank which
was specially agreed upon reads:
1--WE condemn the hypocrisy of the
republican party in persistently refusing
to enforce the excise and Sunday clos
ing laws in republican cities, while de-
lmanding such enforcement elsewhere"
| The committee on contested seats. af-