The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-10-04

For comptroller-JoHN B. JuDsoN.
For attorney general - NORTON
CHASE.
For state treasurer-D. C. Dow.
SYRACUSE. N. Y, Sept. 26.-When
the Democratic state convention met
to-day the committee on credentials
reported four -ffths of vote for Tam
many hall and one-fifth for the state
Democracy in the New York City con-
tests. Then, during roar of applause,
Delegate Patterson of Kings, offered
this:
Resolved, That upon the roll of the
convention be placed the names of
both sitting and contesting delega-
lions from New York county and that
the sitting delegates have 20 votes and
the contestants 55 votes and that the
state Democracy elect four members
of the state committee and the sitting
delegates eight, subject, however, to
the conceding of the party emblem of
the sitting delegations IN case Of dit
ference in party ticket.
When the applause subsidized Mr..
Patterson said: I'm otfering this ,sub-
stitute [ desire to occupy few mo-
ments to state the reasons why we
offer this substitute. / have in my
hands the resolution adopted this
morning by the New York Democracy
saying that they cannot; with decency
or dignity accept the offer. To me it
seems that they are right. We are not
making step toward harmony by
adopting the committees resolution.
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state organization, and, with great re-
the party to do this. If they are given
their seats they must, according to the
resolutions, come under the, cloak of
J. Tammany. If understanding the tenn
pers of these gentlemen they will
never come here as delegates from
Tammany. am delegate here and
can at least have my say. It may do
some good. At least 1 can do no harm.
The gentlemen represent the pick of
the business and sociallife. Who are
these gentlemen? (Cries of "Garoos."
This word means literally a mem ber of
the German-American Reform union,
and is applied to any reformer.) say
they are gentlemen.
''They never showed!'' yelled q
voice.
Senator Hill from the aisle cried:
81 trust that the sergeant-at-arms will
see that these Interruptions cease
There was a cheer and then. Mr..
Patterson continued: 'sYou may scott
If you please, but reform has come to
stay, and these gentlemen are reform
ers in the true sense of the word.
Their actions in New York city have
been just when we consider the gov
ernment Of that city. 1t is idle to
deny that there was room for reform,
as was certainly demonstrated by the
investigation there. That some of
the assertions of fraud and corruption
were true is demonstrated by the fact
that thousands of Democrats voted
with the Republicans, and the records
show that 10000 of our voters went
from us controlled by these people
who ask recognition here.
Senator Charles Guy of Tainmany
said silat Tammany had upheld the
Democracy for one hundred years,
slaughtered Winfield Hancock?" The
chair said: ''The gentleman will cease
his Interruptions.
State hed+2r Guy and Thomas A.
Grad bper + Tammany, the latter
-sayi Eanno, state Democracy, with
the Bred formers to help them,
was less ae,. fifth. They had
been given ISeek!!tsth; OK they asked for half.
It was SURF rEagallg that they did not ask
for more TIE Geaat.
The quesseH was then put by the
chair, and ede Patterson resolution
was killed aesd the other resolution.
giving to Nhlf state Democracy one
fifth adoptS
The Irscs., ,Airchild people started
to leave the lll, and as some of them
filed out ther vas repetition of the
scene in the Democratic convention
last year at Saratoga, they being al
ternately cheered and Kissed. When
the tumult had subsided the report Of
the committee on permanent orga nj
azStion was read and the chairman ap-
pointed John Boyd Thacher and James
NJ Sheppard to escort Ex-Governor
Flower to the chair.
FLOWERS TRIBUTE TO CLEVELAND.
Mr.. Flower attacked the Republican
party for breaking its pledges. After
giving details of what he called "the
contrast between Republican promises
and Republican performances he ex-
pressed himself on national issues as
follows: 81 have alluded as yet only to
matters of state concern, for in the
coming election those are the ques-