The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-25
.eserved rights of the States; no force

eign nations; the vigorous enforcement
of the Monroe doctrine: no jingoism.
We re-aff1rm the Democratic national
piaform of 1892 and congratulate the
people that Democratic legislation and
Democratic administration have success
fully brought the country out of the
disastrous financial and industrial con-
dition into which it was plunged by the
ill-conceived acts of the Republican
party.
We endorse the administration of
President Cleveland.
THE REPUBLICAN RECORD.
We invite the attention of electors to
publican party in it's recent restoration to
power in this State. In full control of
all branches of the State Government,
equipped with complete power to aceomp-
lish promised reforms, it has prodigally
wasted the peoples money ans forfeited
public confidence by it's defiance of the
popular will and its scandalous disre-:
gard of the public welfare. AS result
of their less than one year of power,
State taxation has been increased over
81 500. 900; the tax rate has been raised
from 2-1S to 3-24: many new and extern
SlVe state COMMISSIONS nave DeeH cI6dI-
ed; hundreds of thousands of dollars have
been fruitlessly and unnecessarily eX-
pended by legislative committees in
searching through the State departments
for Democratic iniquities which were not
found because they did not exist; the
principle of home rule has been deliber-
ately and continually violated; the civil
service reform laws have been fagrant-
ly disregarded, especially in reference to
the deserving veterans, and the entire
legislative record has been one of scam
dal incompetence and extravaganza
Upon such a record of faithlessness to
pRslic trust the Republican party de-
serves the condemnation of the people
at the polls and the Democratic party
invites the cooperation of all citizens
in restoring good government to the En-
pire State.
WAVE OF ENTHUSIASM.
A wave of enthusiasm spread over the
convention as Senator Hill Ex-Governor
Roswell P Flower, Chairman James w.
Hinckley, James j. Martin. John Boyd
Thacher and VIM. H. Clark came into
the hall in a group at II :25.
AT 11;25 the convention was called to
order by temporary chairman Perry
Belmont The first business was the re-
port of the Committee on Credentials.
James D. Bell of Kings county pre-
sented the report of the Committee on
Credentials In the contests in Oswego
and Queens county the committee re-
ported in favor of the sitting delegates.
This was adopted.
He then reported the resolution adopt
ed last night by the committee giving
the New York State Democracy a one
fifth representation in the convention,
and for this convention only and de-
claring the Tanlmany delegates to be
the only regular delegates from New
York county. Each Tammany Hall dele
gate, under the resolution, is given four
fifths of a vote and each Grace-F'air-
child delegate one-ffth vote.
Charles j. Patterson of Kings county
then presented a resolution giving the
contestants 35 seats to Tammany's 10
with proportional representation on the
State Committee. -A---
Mr.. Patterson made a long argument
in favor of his resolution. In conclu-
sion he said:-"The mistaken idea that
Tammany was responsible for the al
legged corruptions which existed in New
York city had cost the Democratic party
thousands and thousands of votes in
the State of New York. It is time to
turn now before it be too late. Before
the efficiency of the New York Democ-
racy be impaired so that it's usefulness
will be gone.
We must unite the Democracy of the
State. Our power, our existence, depend
No lo+
the way. When the Democratic Com
mittee commits such an error as to Of
fer such voice in the convention, they
offer something that will very much irri-
tate these men. These gentlemen can
not conscientiouly accept these terms.
Your action in compelling them to refuse
the one-fifth offer will be in the nature
of a kick. This should not be- The
party in New York city is broad enough
for al.''
Mr.. Patterson ended at u o'clock, and
James d. Bell, chairman of the regular
Democracy of Kings county, was recog-
nized. He took the platform.
Mr.. Bell was chairman of the Com
mittee on Credentials He spoke against
giving the one-third representation. He
said the committee had defeated the
pfOpOSlllOH py d large IldJOFlly. Mf.
Patterson was a member of the commit
tee, and his present resolution was care
fully considered and defeated. The report
of the committee should be upheld. We
consider it fair, especially as neither
side are satisfied with it. We thought
our one-ffth proposition sufficient to Sc
cure harmony in the State, and intend to
let the local matters in New York city
take care of themselves. He urged the
adoption of the report of the Committee
on Credentials.
SENATOR GRIGGS' SPEECH.
He was followed by Senator Guy of
the New York Tammany delegation, who
said:-'"The regular Democracy of the
city of New York sends it's regular deles
gates here Men who for years have kept
alive the party in this State; men repre-
senting a Democracy without whose vote
Grover Cleveland could not sit in the
White House today cloud applause) and
coming here representing such an organ
ization we ask no fayors. We simply
stand here and ask the delegates if we
have not earned the right to equal re-
presentation. If this We're matter of
self interest we would yield to you, but
it would be abandoning of Democratic
principles. that if carried into other
counties of the State would result in
chaos Yet we so love the Democratic
party that we are willing to bow to the
will of the Committee and abide by the
decision of the committee.
1--WE do not say that we will go back