Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-09-26
TAMMANY ON TOP.
New York Democratic Meeting
Stands by the "Tiger."
SITS UPON THE STATE DEMOCRACY

And ApprSyes Of the Action Of the Gre
The Beaten Faction Folds It's Tents and
Leaves the Hall Disxruntied - Ticket
That Was Nominated-Combine Of North
Carolina Parties for Free Silver.
SYRACUSE, Sept. 26.-The Democratic
state convention finished its work yester-
day by nominating these officers: Secre-
tary of state, HOratio G. King, Of Brook
lyn; comptroller, John B. Judson, Of
Gloversville; state treasurer, ID. G. Dow,
Of CObleskill; attorney general, Morton
Chase, of Albany; state engineer, Russell
X. Stuart, of Syracuse; court Of appeals,
John ID. Teller, Of Auburn. Briefly the
platform stands for home rule and local
option on the excise question, the gold
standard on the money question, and tariff
for revenue only. The administration Of
Grover Cleveland is approved as to its
foreign, tariff and financial policies.
Delegates Go Home Promptly.
Within two hours after the close of the
convention the delegates had taken regu-
lar and special trains for home, and last
night the town was deserted. Never at
any political gathering did SO much de-
pend ON the admission Of cOntesting dele.
cations, and never were plans SO rudely
broken as when the State Democracy re-
fused to enter the convention. The NOM
inatiIns were rapidly put through the
convention and were not what were ex-
pccted. Daniel Griffin withdrew from
the race for attorney general. When
asked By the Associated Press reporter
for his reason for withdrawal he said:
Il have no desire to disguise the reasons
why my name was not presented as q can
ddatc for the Office Of attorney general.
In politics, as in all other affairs, the
least injury Is done by u strict observance
of the truth and entire frankness Had
my name been presented to the conven-
tion would have been nominated unani-
mously.
why Grimm Declined to Run.
"But after the report of the majority of
the committee on credentials had been
adopted by the committee labored so far
rs l could to procure the adoption of the
minority report by the convention. Be-
fore the report had been adopted / saw my
friends and said to them that If the re-
port Of the majority of the committee in
the New YORK city contests should be IN
dorsed i would not become a candidate,
and adhered to that position. The can
didates nominated are men of exceptional
character. The greater part of the work
Of the convention has been done in an ad-
mirable manner, and the party having
spoken in an orderly way through its nc
credited representatives will command
general support, Notwithstanding the seri-
Gus disapprOval among many individuals
of its action in the case of the New
York contest"
State Democracy Is Much Wroth.
When the State Democracy people left
the rink after being denied more repre-
sentatiOn they were in u fighting frame
and continued so until their train left
The leaders were very free in their OK
prcssions of disapproval. John Jcrolo-
mon, president of the board of aldermen
of New York, said: I'VE are going back
to pulverize Tammany Hall. 1t is not the
giving to us Of onefifth Of the delegation
that we object to, but the action of the
convention in humiliating us; that we
have no state committeeman or repre-
sentatives in the party organization. We
will fight them on county and legislative
tickets and beat them"