Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-09-27
T'AMMANY A WINNER.
Turned the State Democracy
Down at the Syracuse
Convention.
Latter Objected to, the Treat
ment and Left the Hall
In a Body.
Nominations Put Through
Rapidly and a Platform
Adopted.


SYRACUSE, N. Y, Sept. 26.-The
Democratic convention has finished Ms
work by nominating the following ota-
GERS: Secretary Of state, Horatio q.
KING Of Brooklyn; comptroller, John 3.
Judson of Glovelsvilie; state treasurer,
ID. q. Dow of Cobleskill; attorney geil-
erai, Norton Chase Ct Albany; state en-
glneer, Russell Il. Stuart of Syracuse;
court of appeals, John D. Teller OF
Auburn. 1t then adopted the resolu-
tcns and its platform of principles.
Within two hours alter the close OF
the convention the town was deserted
by the delegates. There has been absO-
lu;e tack of enthusiasm, for up-country
delegates ale angry that an understands
irg was not arrived at with the State
Democracy people, and Tammai,y.
while exuitant at the State Demccracys
defeat, is still quite disg1untied ut the
platform declaration tn excise.
The Slate Broken.
Never at any political gathering did
so much depend OH the admission Ct
contestins delegations, and never were
plans so rudely broken as when the
State Democracy refused to enter the
convention. The ticket had leon
looked upon in part as: Augustus
Scheu of Erie for comptroller, Daniel
Griffin of Watertown for attorney gem
eral, Norton Chase of Albany for sec
reta1y Of state, and j. 3. Judson Of
Fulton for treasurer.
At - o'clock, one hour before the
time set for the meeting OF the con-
vention, the slate was unchanged and
the platform very little changed. Half
an hour 10, er Daniel Griffin, who had q
clear field tor attorney general, had de-
cined to luu, and Augustus ochea,
who was slated for comptroller, with
every chance in his favor, had declined
to alow his name to be used. Jnasdn
was Il ransfelrsd III the coz;1,tr seraiaiss;;
20. ~. Dow of Schoharie was y n
slated for State Treasurer !
end Norton Chase was Iut on the slate
for attorney general although he4 had
never been mentioned for the office.
The platform, too, had been cut until it
had become a much abbreviated mes
sage of few declarations and many semi
colons. The nominations were rapidly
put through by the convention and with
no great enthusiasm. The results de-
tailed were all because Of the with
drawal Of the delegates of the State
Democracy.
Various reasons were given for the
sudden changes in the slate. Mr..
Scheu, who had been turned down in
the comptrollership fight, was very
bitter. He said that the personal en-
nifty CT one of the leaders was the cause
A friend Of his stated that the reason
was that Herbert Bisseu refused to
nominate him and Mr.. Scheu would not
run unless the nomination was made by
a Cleveland adherent.
Cause of the BoltlDg.
The convention was slow in meeting
and it was l:25 when the gave1 of the
chairman fell, and the report of the Gre
dentials committee called for. The
Queens county contest was settled with
out debate. When the contest be-
tween Tammany and the State Democ-
racy was reached, however, the result
was different. The committee reported
the resolution adopted at its morning
session, allowing State Democracy del
egates one-ffth of q vote each, and
then there was trouble. Delegate Pat
terson Of Kings county offered substi-
tute in which the State Democracy was
accorded half the representation Of Tam
many. He made brief speech in sup.
port of his substitute and when the
vote was taken it was rejected. The
report of the credentials committee was
adopted, and the State Democracy dele
gates left the hall in a body. This cpl
sode over, the convention proceeded to
business and the above ticket was nom.
mated by acclamation.
The Platform.
The platform adopted lays down the
following propositions: Home rule;
economy in public expense; honesty in
public Office; equal and honest enforce.
ment Of all laws; equal taxation; indi-
vidual liberty; honest elections; honest
reform in civil service; earnest and lib.
eral promotion Of agriculture; improved
highways; beneficial and needed legisla-
ton in the interest Of labor; opposition
to combinations, trusts, and monopolies;
Improvement and the maintenance of
the canals Of the state; federal taxation
for revenue only; no meddling with the
present reformed tariff to theinjury and
unsettling Of business and industries;
sound money legislation, as gold and sill.
YER the only legal tenders; no currency
not convertible into coin; gradual re-
tirement| and extinction Of the green.
back currency; no free and unlimited
coinage Of silver: strict construction of