New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-18


nor, ~ the report when william Sutherland
WAS recognized by Chairman Lexow Mr. Suth-
erland moved TO lay the minority report on the
table Mr. sutherland said that the Committee
on Resolutions had given the Sunday excise laws
a careful consideration. and had decided tha' no
action on the question by the committee was
NECESSARY and as for the proposal to chanHe the
basis of representation In the state Comnht'ee'
they were of the opinion that committee wh'ch
had successfully carried the party through TWO
successive campaigns did not need any increase
in its membership The assaults upon IL were uh-
just
Chairman Lexow put the motion OF MI Su.he'-
land,ths the minority repor; Of Mr. Mhoiland
and his friends lay upon the table ana oeciareo
that 1t was carried. although IT appeared as II as
many delegates voted against 1t as for IT. He also
denied MIR M.lholland's demand for rcllcall
Before Mr.. Lexov had put the motion to lay the
minority report on TIE table. ex-senator Warner
Miller tried to get the floor. After Mr.. Lexow
had put the motion and declared 1t carried he
suddenly discovered MIR. Miller and said. Mr.
Miller has the floor" Mr. Miller did not seem
pleased with this late recognition and started To
make a speech. Hamilton Fish cried out Not
debatable" Senator Lexow then said the mo-
ton had been adoprd@s > ~
NO GAG. Law FOR EX-SENATOR MILLER
why | plainly asked for the floor before the
chairman put the motion" said ex-senator Miller
Indignantly. And would like to say that am
not responsible for a personal deficiency Of the
chairman We are Republicans and we do not
live under any gag law in our cor ventions."
The chairman reports That he did not see the
gentleman" said Senator Lexow. soothngly, to
ex-senator Miller
Ex-senator Miller Their determined TO be heard.
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Platform:
Sunday laws In the interest OF labor anc morality.
Mr. Miller made a remarkable speech in ad-
yocacy Of this plank against the Sunday sale OF
liquor Speaker Fish. who had taken seat on
one OF the first Of seats. yelled out. Not
debatabler as Mr.. Miller began speaking Plainly
II was Tip TO Chairman Lexow to rule that
Mr.. Miller had right to speak but Lexow
was wise enough to let Mr.. Miller alone.
Mr. Miller a, frs; was regarded askance by the
Platt Republicans but as he proceeded with his
speech denouncing in fiery manner the policy Of
silence on the Sunday liquor question. and they
saw that he had the convention ba TX OF him. they
grew more attentive to what he was saying and
Mr.. Platt began to look troubled
MR.. MILLER's BOLD SPEECH
Mr. Miller soo1 made II impossible to ignore the
Sunday liquor question No such frank speech
could be unheeded. II would make platform for
the Republican party to stand Upon even If the
platform should be eit barren Of the plank Mr.
Miller had offered. He said:
I need not tell this convention that the eyes OF
the people OF this State and country are fixed upon
1t to-day, to see what II shall do upon great
if the Republican party is the great party Of The
past. IT VIII meet this Issue to-day az has ; met
respect to it. The Republican party VII stand forth
on the side e, Of IT, good and for the e"
Within the last few weeks tbs issue has been
Of the Democratic party in this State, over mis- own
signature. has sent out message when pro,
by any public man in this country, in any day or at
any time. He in effect says that the laws are not
OF trading that man has the right OF personal
the law liberty GS TO levy b"ckma upon large
ton OF the people liberty to make contracts WIZ
snd the , pem n party they shall be exempt
from the enforcement OF the law o ,s orDos,,e
side not. you will find that from the moment
Election S Day that ss'.e viii be before YOU No
man can escape IT, No man who accepts nom
10 begin his campaign until he has answered to
his constituents how he stands upon this question
a vast majority Of its members, is simply this
M the of ma
have always maintained It, in the interests of
know there is is an eort on the part Of some to
avoid the issue by sayins: Let US have local
decide for Itself whether i shall be moral com
soms things Gr the Sovereign Of the state
can submit to the decision Of no less body than
ns of the spe Of q making are ia
the sunday laws in the liquor interest they have
by the whole people. and we as party here and
in the Legsa,pre have no right to submit those
Much has been said about the right OF local self,
and lust. We leave TO local governments the
matter of their roads the care Of their poor and
properly within the province. OF a board Of super
yIsors and to the cities questions as to their streets
right to say to a community in this state, III you
ali alike we will let You decide upon it yourseives
Why, we might as well propose that the City OF
shall be carried On in that city. You might as
well leave 1t. to the village Of Saratoga to. say
where else in the State.
oCoNNoR BACKS UP THE EX-SENATOR.
Senator Edmund O'Connor of Binghamton
sprang up as Mr. Miller ended his notable speech
and In passionate manner supported Mr.. Miller's
policy of dealing with the Sunday liquor issue.
Mr.. Platt looked still troubled and held a
hasty conference with William A. Sutherland and
Frank Hiscock Senator O'Connor spoke as fol-
lows:
Mr.. Chairman l am in favor OF home rue to the
s sS o pa eo O@ times
TO the present day it has been the fundamental
policy Of this State that the Sabbath shall be day
OF Now. sir. say this Convention will make
big mistake II It falls TO take fair and square
position this important question. The Republican
party has always succeeded by taking the right side
every question. This Issue will not down. and
we might we'll .et this Convention express itself
as to what II proposes to do Is there Republican
the 's y"c Then WHY IafO S' e IF h
law is no. what 1t ought to be then II should be
changed I know that the gentlemen from New
York and Kings and Erie feel that the sentiment
81 their localities is in favor OF local option but
was well stated by Senator Miller. you might
well cave it to them to say whether gambling shall
be permitted In those cOunttes-yes and whether
forgery may be committed within the boundaries of