Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-10-05
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order st 1925 by Chairman Hilckly ot
 the state committee. Perry Belmont,
 the temporary chairman, compared the i conditions this year with those of last,
 sayiug the political Ekles were much 1 brighter this fall. He had q compli-
 ment for Senator Hill, saying the swift
 changes of party power in this state en- l courage us not to be without hope,
 notwithstanding recent adverse events.
 On the subject of exercise he said:
 "Preschers and churches, brewers and l saloons should act together to formU- late, vote for and enforce a reescn-
 able exercise Jaw. Sobriety IS
 very important, but more important
 than this is personal freedom for sober
 men to buy, eat and drink and do what
 pleases them if 1t does not infringe on
 the right of others
 Belmont declared the New York demo. cracy has always been for 'sound
 money" He said green backs drove gold out. Belmont finished speaking
 amid much applause.
 Oa roll call after the clerk had read
 the entire Tsmmany delegation, ex-Sec-
 retary Charles Fairchil6 said: "I pre-
 sent contest for thlrty-five seats, held by the New York delegation just read" |" By resolution of the state committee
 both sets of delegates from Kings
 county (Brooklyn) were placed OH the
 roll, and it was resolved, in the event of two organizations failing 10 unite upon
 candidate, the Democratic organiZa-
 tion of which Joseph D. Bell is head,
 shall bs and hereby is declared to be
 the only recognized Democratic organi- ' zation from Kings county.
 TEe conyeD ton at l 30 took 6 recess | iiil 1U n. m. tomorrow.
 1 Just before the convention adjourned l Dr. Yorke of Buffalo offered local op-
 ton resolution, which was referred to the committee on platform. The demo cratic state com mittee this morning ] adopted resolution recommending aE | increase in the state committee to fifty mem bers, one from each senatorial dls- trict, instead of thirty four ss now. Dr. Yorke's resolution aeks the state legislature to pass uniform license 1 law. with the provision for local option, l the revenue of which licenses shall gc
 to the local poor fund of the cities and towns in the state. IL further asks that l the legislature amend and modify the 1 Sunday laws now on the statute books
 h such a form that the emf orcement thereof will not oe oppressive Tor ob- | noXious to any class of people and not
 prove destructive to any business in the state.
 Few of the practical politicians in the city will admit ever having seen such a seething pot of discontent as that brew ed within the few hours that intervened between recess of the convention and
 the meeting of the committees. Up to the hour of converting it was supposed that ] the plan of representation adopted by the Kings county men was the plan favored by the leaders and would be adopted in the c9se Of the New York contest. But the men with TammAny | badges were discontented and the result
 was that when the convention adjourned
 there was no certainty that there would | be an acceptance of the plsn. At the head and front Of the revolt against the plan favored by Senator Hill and ex- | c. vernon Flower were Senator Murphy. ex-Police Commissioner Marin, ex- ! Speaker Grady, ex-Mayor Gilroy and
 ex Lieutenant Governor Sheehan. Police Commissioner Martin had R
 talk with ex-Goveruor Flower this even | lng and some very hot words passed.
 Flower was in favor of harmony 6t any cost and Martin was just as sure that
 the state Democracy people should not
 be treated with. us they did not regular | ly come as contestants. The two lead CTS disagreed so badly that they lost their tempers and left each other with
 out coming to a settlement. Martin went at once to the Vanderbilt and
 called meeting of the Tsmmany con- mittee. He presented himself and up
 on a motion appointed committee To appear before the committee on contest
 ed seats ard argued against any repre-
 eptation for the stste democracy. The significant feature of this movement wBs the fact that Thomas r. Grady, who is well known to be deadly enemy of the state democracy, wes made chgirn9n or
 the delegation.
 The following is the platform go far
 as adopted by the committee tonight: "The democratic party of the state of
 New York, by its delegates in conven-
 tion assembled, adopts this declaration
 of principles:
 ''We hold that lf-government ls the foundation principle of American lib
 erty and of true democracy. We therefore oppose paternalism, socialism and the control of oue class by another We believe that the political life of New York will be made healthy if our state officers and legislators shall honestly
 and competently govern the state, rG,h- CT than to strive to rule the nation or administer the cities. We therefore up- hold home rule for cities and ether local communities throughout the state. We advise voteTs to scrutinize most care 1 fully the character, record and political
 opinion of candidates for the state sen
 ate end assembly and ttus liberste our great state from such silent, secret aud sinister influences as dominated the leg | islstuTe of 1895.
 ''We affirm that self government and home rule involve local option in excIge and other regulations which require | local public sentiment for theIr fair en- forcement. The republican policy of
 ruling New York and other great cities
 from Albany has utterly failed; if cor
 rupted ths legislature and Gemoralized the cities. Its sole defense of unifor- mity of law throughout the state falls before the ridiculous fact that it IS to- day crime to sell drink or to shave at
 at one end of Brooklyn bridge and not crime to sell drink or to shave St the
 other end. We recognize, therefore,
 the necessity and the rights of proper regulations for Sundays and other holi- days, upon which general bueiness
 is suspended and large number of people, especially women and children are passing iD the street. What restrict ions of this character are naedul for
 each various and wildly different com