The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-09-26

Va sVtc 70 cacu STATE DSf1OtIdcy ucie-
gate and four-fifths of vote to each Tam
many Hall delegation
Then during a roar Of applause. delegate
Patterson. OF Kings county. offered this:
Resolved that on the roll OF the con-
vention be placed the names Of both sitting
ana contesting delegations from New York
county. and that the sitting delegation
thirty-f1ve votes and that the State Democ-
racy elect four members OF the State COM
mittee and the sitting delegation eight.
subject. however. TO the conceding OF the
party emblem to the sitting delegation in
case Of difference In party ticket"
AR, Patterson had stepped up the aisle
luton was finished. the New York state
Democracy delegates In the back OF the
hail yelled themselves hoarse. When the
this substitute / desire TO occupy a few
minutes to state the reasons why we offer
this n by aane New yor
Democracy saying that they cannot with
decency or dignity accept the committee S
ofrer .spplause and hissss9 TO me It seems eel
a step towards harmony by adopting the
committees resolution. Ii will irritate them
AGAINST re1 ans s,at re-, ana n w,n
the party TO do this. II they are given
their seats they must. according to- the
resolutions, come under the cloak of Tam
many. II I understand the tempers of
these gentlemen they will never come here
delegates from Tammany Shouts and
5eers.)
CALLED A "GAROO.'
II am delegate here. and can. at least,
have my say. / may do some good At
least. / can do no harm. The gentlemen
represent the pick of the business and So
cial life fflisses): who are these gentlemen?
(cries CT 'Garoo.) l say they are gentle
men," cGaroo'' means. literally. men,
-
and is applied to any reformer)
They never showed yelled a voice.
Senator Hill 0rom the aisle: II trust the
ruptions ceslse''
There was cheer and then Mr.. Patter-
son continued: You may scott, IL you
please, but reform has come to stay, and
sense s the wor are se IN the
York city have been just when We consider
the government of that city. 1t is idle to
deny that there was room for reform, as
was recently demonstrated by the fact that
thousands CT Democrats voted with the Re-
publicans. and the records show that 6O.uo0
Of orr votes went from ms controlled by
these people who ask recognition here
Mr. Bell. of Kings, chairman of the Gre
dentials committee took the platform. He
said: Il had the honor last night TO pre-
Democratic gathering The whole matter
was detailed at length. and later. ii execu-
s i've session. the matter was carefally, con-
sldered- Mr. Patterson was there. and pre-
sented his resolution for third. II was de-
feafed by a large majority. and IL was de-
cided to give them one-fifth- Tammany OBJ
1ected, and voted against il. We consider
II fair. and We consider IL especially fair
because both parties object to il. II 1T is
an insult TO offer one-ffth. IL is an insult to
offer one-third. Misses and groaDs) We had
great respect for the contestants. but we had
also to consider the question OF the Demo-
cratic party OF the State. l move the adop-
siSn Of resolution indOrsins our a'fi-
Senator Charles Guy. of Tammany took
the stage. One of his first assertions was
that Tammany had upheld the Democracy
A voice in the back part OF the hall asked:
who slaughtered Winfield Hancock?''
The Chair: The gentleman will cease his
interruptions"
When State Senator Guy had concluded
Thomas +. Grady spoke for the Tlmmany
Democrats The latter said that the State
Democracy, with the German reforners to
help them. were less than one-fifth. Yet
they gave them a fifth. They ask for
nalr 1T Is surprising" Mr.. Grady said,
they don't ask for moro than that. This
Is matter now OF conscience not politics.
What would they do IL they had third /
venture prediction. II for any motive
moment they will be without con-
stituency: had supposed that after our
decision last night the kicking and cutting
WOULD DC over. Tammany TO the number of
lo3CU Will decide whether the action OF this
eonanittee and convention is right or
wrong"
The question was put by the chair and
the Patterson resolution was killed and the
other resolution. giving the State Democ-
racy one-hfth. was adopted. The Grace
falrchlld people started to leave the hall
and as some of them filed out there was
repetition of the scene in the Demo-
cratic convention of 1894 at Saratoga. They
we're alternately eheered and Kissed.
Chairman Flowers speech.
When the tumult had subsidized the re-
port OF the committee on permanent cr-
ganization was read. and the chair ap-
pointed John Boyd Thatcher and James
~ Sheppard to escort Ex-Governor Flow
er to the chair. On assuming the position
or permanent chairman Mr.. Flower said:
Il count myself out OF active politics.
but I am too earnest Democrat to re-
fuse the call of my party If II needs NV
service on such an occasion as this, and /
feel proud at being asked to preside over
the delibei ations of a convention whose
action Will. as l believe. reflect the judg-
ment and opinions of a majority of the
voters in the Empire State at the next
election. In victory or in defeat. there is
always one sure and lasting satisfaction
In being Democrat. and that is the con-
"a 'ctofitAis W a party which
is. whatever else may be said of Ii. the
party of the plain people. and the party
Wn1cn instinctively ard naturally abhors
Rohticai hypocrisy and false pretense
democrats may make mistakes in policy
or In conduct, but there is that rough hon
esy about them which makes them shrink
from political professions that are not
genuine. but are made wholly 10 deceive
voters until after election day. Thank
heaven the Democratic party is not a
party or cant and hypocrisy
The memory of the people of New
oTk Is rot short enough to forget entire-
~ the promises with which the Republic
an party assumed complete power on Jan
!, backed by an unusual expression of
popular confidence. nor can IL forget the
melancholy. humiliating and disgraceful
failure to redeem those promises or the
miserable nasco which has followed every
pretense OF reform. No party within re-
ment IN our State with a larger measure
OF public confidence or with greater OBJ
nortunity OF gratifying public expectation
But even a month OF power was suffi-
Gent TO expose the false pretense nv
wnich power had been obtained, and TO re-
veal professed reformers in their true
ESnf as political pirates. The lofty pro-
LESSONS OF morality and public duty be-
1ore the assumption of power degenerated
afterNard into a party feud for political
SPOTS. the perversion OF legislative power
70 personal cupidity and the betrayal of
every genuine reform.
Il do not stand here in the pe,-functo,,,
manner OF partisans on such occasions as
this 10 denounce the other party and TO
praise my own. ] am merely stating what
every intelligent voter In the State knours