Daily Kennebec journal., 1895-09-18
THE REPUBLICANS
THE hEFUDllCHNS
Of New York Have a Rousing
Convention at Saratoga.
The Old State Ticket Renominated
Without a Change.
The Party Thoroughly United and Confident Of
Success at the Election.

Saratoga, \. Y, Sept l7.-Tbe Rcpub
lican state convention is In session here
| today.
The convention was called TO order a
l2.27 by Chairman Ssckett.
l. James :. Sherman was chosen tcmnorar,
chairman.
During the recess the committee or
resolutions had protracted session. Ed
ward Lauterbach, chairman of the New
York county committee. made a long arru
ment in favor of more liberal laws for New
York city. He urged that the subject sc
far as the metropolis is concerned be left
| to the vote of the residents of the CITY,
He was listened to for nearly an hour by
| the committeeman, most of whom were
| from up the state and had views entirely
different from those expressed by Mr..
Lauterbach. They Were opposed to apv.
thing in the nature of local option. or that
encroached upon the American Sabbath.
Seats in the convention hall were filled w
with outsiders anxious to hear Mr.. LexoY's $
speech and possibly one by Mr.. Depew.
until about 5000 people were present. AT
3.h5 the crowd called for Mr. Depew He
responded promptly and soon set his audi
encc III p roar
Mr.. Depew spoke for nearly half an hour
and was given an ovation when he closed.
AS the committee on permanent organiza
ton was not ready to report, there was
more waiting. To fill in the interval the
crowd shouted for Mr. Fassetr, who made
short speech, The committee on perma-
nent organization reported at 4.42, nam
ing Senator Lexow for permanent chair
man and named the temporary secretaries
as permanent officials. Chairman Sher-
man introduced Senator Lexow and the
latter made an address. When Senator
Lexow had concluded, the report of the
committee on resolutions was called for
Hamilton Fish handed up the platform.
1t contained no excise plank. The vote
in the committee on omittiDg the plank
was 81 to 7.
MIR. Milholland will make a minority
report on the matter of upholding Com
missioner Roosevclt's course The COM
mittcc on credentials disallowcd all con.
tests and seated the regular delegates.
After the platform had been read, John
Il. Milholland offered minority report
containing two propositions. One
favored the enlargement of the state com
mittee and the other was an excise plank
VIM. A. Sutherland of Rochester, a
member of the committee on resolutions.
moved that Milholland's report lie on the
table.
AT this point ex-senator Warner Miller,
who had been standing some time, caught
the chairman's eye. He spoke with
warmth. He said "I rose for tho pnr-
pose of Offering an amendment to the plat
fnr,p, xph h Jol, hoc
did not recognize me. l don t understand
chat Republican convention will apply
gag law.
.1Chairman Lexow interrupted: II will
state that | did not see the gentleman,
and the Chair does not propose that In
this convention any gag law shall be ap
piled. The Chair now rules that the mo-
tion before the house Is the motion to lay
the minority report oa the table, and the
report is not debatablc -
The motion was put and there seemed
to be more noes than ayes. Mr. Milholland
demanded roll call. Chairman Lexow
said; "The motion is carried ana Senator
Miller has the floor" There were mur-
murs of discomfort with the ruling and
things were quite lively for few minutes.
Warner Miller then took the floor and
argued for a plank for Sabbath obser-
vance. Senator Edmund O'Connor fol
lowed him with a speech in favor of home
rule. Hamilton Fish, chairman of the
committee on resolutions, spoke briefly
against the resolution offered by Mr. Mil
Ter. MIR. Lautcrbach called for the read
ing of Senator Miller's resolution When
it had been read he said: "No Republican
can object to that"
Amid somo confusion the Miller reso
luton was carried by the convention
unanimously Hamilton Fish moved the
previous question on the adoption of the
platform as amended. 1t was carried.
and then the platform went through with
u rush
j. Sloat Fasset, by unaniomus consent.
brought up the proposition made by Mr..
Mllholland favoring the enlargement of
the state committee. He offered motion
that the resolution already voted down be
taken from the table The motion was
lost.
Hamilton Fish made motion TO pro-
coed to the nomination OF candidates.
The motion was carried.
Judge Celora +. Martin of Blnghamtop.
was nominated As associate Justice of the
court of appeals on the second ballot. AT
least dozen gentlemen present had pre-
pared nomination speeches for secretary of
state comptroller state treasurer, attor-
Eey general and state engineer There
was sigh of relief when OF Z. 30, Edmund
l.. Pitts of Orleans, moved that the entire
old state ticket be nominated on single
ballot Frank Hiscock objected, but the
resolution was carried with hurrah and
the present incumbents will again go be-
fore the people.