The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-18

years ago a certain element In the Re-
publican party by means of a forged tele.s
gram got possession of the machinery or
n the Republican state conyention a. g
equally as Objectionable deprived Gov
ernor Cornell of the nomination to
which under fair count of the delegates
he was clearly entitled The result was
that thousands upon thousands of Repub-
leans joined with the Democrats IN eject
ing Grover Cleveland, then candidate for
Governor, by the phenomenal majority OIL
nearly 100000. a majority 50 great that the
result was stripped of all appearances of
partisanship. These Republicans did not
become Democrats. They simply propos-
ed to ;rebHlSe the time servers, camp fol-
lowers, and sstricksters who had gotten
possession of the Saratoga Convention.
and to condemn their dishonest methods.
Occurrences somewhat similar 10 these
took place in the Chicago Convention. The
Tillmans, the Aitgelds and others, who
could not at least be considered the best
means of unseating delegates that We're
honestly elected, and otherwise, were en-
abled to nominate its candidates and to
dictate its platform, and we are now
asked on the simple plea of regularity to
approve of these methods, and to adj
vocate principles in which we do not be-
lieve,- and to support doctrines which
We're never before made a part of any
national Democratic platform.
| am willing in humble way to join
with Governor Flower, William c. Whit
ney and host of other true Democrats
in opposing the nominees of that con-
vention, its methods and its platform.
The defeat of the Republican party in
1882 by the phenomenal majority of near
ly 200, 900 in this State worked no per-
manent injury to that party, but, on the
contrary, it was ultimately a benefit. The
very next year 1T polled on an average
its full normal vote, and its subsequent
strength was not in the least impaired
by the rebuke which the voters saw fit
to administer to the managers of the
Saratoga Convention. Democratic oppo-
Sition to the Chicago platform and nomi-
nees will undoubtedly result in imme-
diate, but temporary, defeat; but the
Democratic party, purged by that defeat
of the heresies of the Chicago Conven-
tion, will next year present solid and a
united front, and this State will then be
swung back again into the Democratic
column, in which it properly belongs.
There are more elections coming than
the one that is to occur this fall and
of us than the simple tomorrow | be-
heye that that man who stands steadily,
firmly and boldly for what he believes to
be right will at least command the re-
spect of his fellow citizens and that that
party which will do the same thing will
pursue a course which, in the long run
will achieve for itself the greatest amount
of success.
put to route at Chicago, "horse, foot
and dragons; but its scattered forces
have since rallied at Indianapolis, and
now propose to renew the fight from
principles. I shall have no quarrel with
any of my fellow Democrats who shall
oppose the election of Bryan and Sewall
by voting directly for the electors of
but shall cast my vote for the electors
of Palmer and Buckner. They are good
Democrats and they stand on Demo-
cratic platform. S. D. HALLIDAY.