The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-09-24
THEY PUT OUT A TICKET AND
ADOPT A CONSERVATIVE
+ PLATFORM.
CHICAGO PLATFORM AND TICKET
Endorsed, But the Radical Silver Men
Are Not Pleased With the Wording.
John Boyd Thatcher Was Nom
mated for Governor.

John Boyd Thatcher, the present mayor
of Albany, eX-state senator and New
York worlds fair commissioner.
For lieutenant governor-Wilbur +.
Porter of WATERFOWL, eX-commissioner of
the court of claims and political leader
in northern New York for many years.
For judge of the court of appeals-Rob-
ert C. Titus of Buffalo, judge of the SUI
preme court and formerly district attor-
ney of Erie county.
The platform-An equiyocal endorse
ment of the Chicago platform and ticket
and denuncation of republican state
legislation.
This, in brief, is the work of the dem
ocratic state convention. which closed its
labOrs in this city today, if merely the
perfunctory work of the convention is
looked at. 1t is, however, a significant
fact that the state organization leaders
who have heretofore controlled the con-
ventions of this party are still at the
helm.
Senator Hill, Senator Edward Murphy,
eX-Licutenant Governor William +. Shee-
han. Richard Croker and each one of the
lesser lights of the party who serve under
these mems banners are undoubtedly sat
ished with the work of today's conven-
ton.
1t has been predicted up to last night
that these leaders would have no control
of the state convention and that they
themselves would practically be read out
of the party in order to make room for
more youthful aspirantS. The result of
the convention is this:
The ticket, made up of strictly Organi-
cation men, has been nominated: the Sc
lection of the leaders who did not attend
the convention has been adopted: the ma
tional committeeman to be selected next
week will be Il man favorable to Organi-
cation leaders and the platform is not
as radical as it was intimated some weeks
ago it would be.
Those who are inclined to be extremely
radical in their advocacy of silver display
some little disappointment tonight over
the platform, but as whole it is taken
with a very good grace. The state COM
mittee, as constituted, contains a ma
jority of strictly state organization men
and in the selection this afternoon of Ell
lott r. Danforth to be chairman, Calvin
j. Hudson to be secretary and an agree
ment to make Frank $. Campbell of
Bath the national committeeman as soon
as Senator Jones notifies the committee
of the resignation of Sheehan, it will be
the desire to conduct the campaign from
the standpoint of state organization
The refusal of Tammany to endorse the
candidacy of one of its own members
William Suffer- was not due to any per
sonal objection to him, but rather, it was
explained by Senator Grady, because il
was believed that Tammany would EN-
barrass itself and be accused, in the event
of Mr. Bryan's defeat, of selling out the
national ticket to secure the election OF
one of its own members for a state Office
1t is conceded tonight among the more
prominent of the delegates that the selec,
ton of Mr.. Thatcher and Mr.. Porter vii!
not be successful in preventing the. gold
standard men from nominating, a ticket
Delay in perfecting its work by the
platform committee was the reason as
signed for the lapse of an hour after the
time set for assembling before the con
vention was called to order
The report of the credentials committee
having been adopted, the committee or
permanent organization reported, naming
eX-Congressman Rockwell of ChemunS
for permanent chairman. Mr.. Rockwel
made vigorous free silver argument
AT the conclusion of his speech, he chair
man called for the report of the commit
tee on resolutions and it was read by MI
Yorke. The first plank of the platform
is as follows:
"The democratic party in New York
unreservedly endorses the platform adopt
ed by the democratic party in the nationa
convention held in Chicago; cordially ap
proves the nominations there; pledges t'
VIM. ]. Bryan and Arthur Sewall its
hearty and active support and declares
that in its Judgment that never il, tho
history of the party has a platform, beer
written which embodies so completely th'
whole interests of the people than thai
given by the national convention of 1870