Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-08

The largest democratic state convention
ever helG in Tennessee has met AMI ad-
journed. 1t was free silver convention
from start to finish. Fully $500 delegates
and visit, rs v ere at Nashville yesterday.
Nothing of Importance was done until
about O'Clock last night, when vote on
contested delegations reports showed that
the free silver men proposed to grant no
quarter t. the handful of sound money del
egates. A. b. Woodward, Fayetteville, Co
lumbuS and March Banks, Chattanooga,
were chosen electors for the state at large.
Senators 1Shani C. Harris and w. b. Bate.
f. w Carmack Memphis. and +. NJ. Nc
Council, Chattanooga were chosen dele
gates from the state at large to Chicago.
The district delegates chosen were accepted
by the convention.
The platform CCrtainS a strong free sill
yer plank, follows:
I'VE demand a restoration of the money
of the Constitution by law provi ling for
the free and unlimited coinage of botn gold
and silver as full legal tender money at the
ratio of Ii to l. regardless of the action of
any other nation.
The platform also demands laws. stale
and national. making gold and silver legal
tender for all debts and prohibiting con-
tracts discrmins ting against either, the
repeal of 10 per cent tax or issues of state
banks. tariff for revenue only. an income
tax, and the administration of President
Cleveland is not mentioned and only re-
EX-Gov. Robert l.. Taylor was nominated
for governor by reclamation.
New Jersey Democrats Excited.
The New Jersey democratic convention
yesterday, after a struggle, elected candi-
dates for delegates-at-large to the national
convention at Chicago as follows: Senator
James Smith, jr., ex-senator Rufus Blod-
gett. ex-State Chairman Allan L. McDcr-
mott and eX-Judge Albert Tallman The
election of sixteen district delegates was
also ratified. The notable feature of the
convention was an Intellectual effort to
stampede the delegates in favor of eX-Sen-
ator Frederick Marsh against Mr.. Blodgett.
Allan McDermott was the one leader who
stood out against the slate, and when the
voting was completed and before the result
was announced he was on the floor leading
the effort to stampede the convention and
denouncing Blodgett as traitor TO his
party. McDermott has never forgiven
Blodgett fer having accepted an election as
United States Senator in 1887 at the hands
of combination of republicans and bolt
ing democrats. which defeated the late
Governor Albeit. the democratic caucus
nominee. McDermott was closely affiliat-
ed with Governor Albeit, both politically
and personally. The effort to break the
slate only resulted in throwing the con
Nention into the widest confusion for about
ten minutes. Mr. Marsh got Alb out of 96I
votes. Ex-Judge Carrow of Camden was
also put forward by the slate-smashers as
the representative of the younger democ-
racy, but he also fell outside of the breast
work. Tie platform warmly Endorsed the
administration of President Cleveland The
fact that Mr.. Cleveland has not expressed
himself as willing to accept the nomination
was the only thing that prevented an effort
to instruct the delegate for denomination.
The Cleveland sentiment in the convention
was strong, and the effort might have
proved successful had it been made. No