The record-union., 1896-08-27

proposition, Judge Cravens advocating
leaving the order of business alone till
after the Conference Committee report.
and P. J. Shields advocating the adop-
ton of the report in full.
PERMANENT OFFICERS.
The temporary Chairman was made
the permanent Chairman of the conven-
ton, and II. M. LaRue, Jr., Secretary,
and Granville Furnish, Henry Price, j.
J. Rafferty,, w. J. Fetherstone and w.
Lawrence Assistant Secretaries u.
Enright was made Sergeant-at-Arms,
and King Silvera, John Perry, Pat
Nash, A. Schmitgen, E. Lamke, ). +.
Hardy, Tom Hanlon, P. Valens1n, ,.
Radovich, c. Tomlin and j. Somers
Assistant Sergeants- alarms
P. j. Shields, for the Committee on
Platform and Resolutions, reported
congrat atulating the people of the state
and nation on the nomination of Bryan
and eulogizing him; commencing the
economical and reformatory admins
tration of Governor Budd, and heartily
indorsing it; indorsing the conduct and
official administration of Railroad Com
rnissioners LaRue and Stanton; favor
ing the free and unlimited coinage OF
silver at ratio of 16 to l, without the
consent or cooperation of any other
nation, and expressing confidence In
the ability of this nation to maintain
its own system of finance; opposing
the refunding bill and demanding the
payment of the debt due the Govern
ment by the railroads or that the Gov
ernment Immediately take possession
of them by foreclosure; demanding the
practice of economy in the adminlStra-
ton of county affairs, and pledging
candidates for superviSorships to a re-
duction of the county tax rate one
third
The report of the committee was
adopted unanimously
H. NJ. LaRue, for the Committee on
Conference, reported that the commit
tees had agreed on a ticket to be nom
mated and supported by the two con-
Ventions.
The terms of the compromise were
that the Democrats should have two
of the three Superior Judges, the State
Senator, an Assemblyman from the
Twenty-frst District, the Supervisor
from the Second District, the City JUS
tice and one Constable for the city,
while the Populists have one Superior
Twentieth and Twenty second Districts,
the Supervisors of the Third and Fourth
Districts, the Coroner, Township JUS
tice and one Constable
A NJ Seymour said he was opposed
to the adoption of the report Of the
committee He had been astonished at
it, and had no doubt the convention had
also been astonished (Applause.) 1t
- a,.sr.
Judges, two Assemblymen, a Coroner,
and the Supervisors of the Third and
Fourth Districts. 1t was understood
when Mr.. Leonard was elected Chair
man that the convention would insist
on all three of the Superior Judges and
the Supervisors. Now it was asked to
give them up.
Long before the subject of fusion was
brought up, three honorable gentlemen,
lifelong Democrats, had announced
themselves as candidates for the Judge
ship. What had they done that anyone
of the three should be turned down?
(Applause.) He saw no way but for the
convention to preserve its integrity and
nominate it's own candidates, even if
they did not elect one of them. Fur
thermore, here was young man whose
father was a lifelong Democrat, and
who was an aspirant for office. Why
should Dr. Tyrrelrs son be turned down
for Coroner?
J. E. Baker denied that the committee
had gone under any instructions. They
had gone perfectly free and after long
conference had done the best they could.
The nomination of Senator was worth
more than that of all the Superior
Judges, as he would have to vote for q
United States Senator.
r. NJ. Cravens thought the committee
had secured the best end of the bargain
in the agreement. There was no Coro-
ner to be elected, as the Supervisors had
filed the office for the unexpired term.
No man who could not sacrifice at such
a time as this his personal ambition was
not a good American citizen.
P. J. Shields said that he was friend
of fusion, but ]. NJ. Morrison was per-
sonal friend of his and had filed the po-
sition of Supervisor long and well. He
had been bitterly assailed by his enc
mics He believed that Mr.. Morrison,
holding that position at present, should
not be denied the privilege of going be-
fore the people on the Democratic ticket
moved that the report of the commit
tee, with the exception of the Supervisor
of the Third District, be adopted.
r. NJ. Clarken argued for the adoption
of the report, and said that the welfare
of one man should not stand in the way
of the success of the party.
John Rooney, the Brighton states
man, made an impassioned speech in
favor of the report, and III. NJ. LaRue
also spoke, saying that men had not
been considered, but they had looked to
the good Of the whole party. If the re-
port were altered it would not be ac-
ceded to by the Peoples party, which
had adopted the report Of it's own COM
mittee.
The question of adopting the report
with the exception Of the Supervisor of
the Third District was put and the
roll call was begun, when II. NJ. La Rue
made the point that the convention
could not amend the report and could
only accept or reject it.
The chair decided the point we'll
taken, and an appeal was taken from
the ruling.
Leonard called La Rue to the chair
to put the appeal to vote.
A NJ. Seymour spoke to the question
of appeal and said the delegates had a
right to vote on whether they wished
to adopt a portion or the whole Of the
report, and they demanded their right.
Mr. Baker said the convention could
not amend the report of a joint COM
mittee without the consent Of the other
committee.
The roll was then called and the chair
was sustained by a vote of 80 to 81.
a motion to adjourn was put to a
viva voce vote, but the chair was in