San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-24
NEW YORK CONVENTION.
TEMPORARY CHAIRMANs STRONG
MORTON EFFORT.
Tom Plat Kept to His Room, But Re-
ceived His Friends-Marton Will
Garry the Day.

NEW YORK, March 24.--J. Sloat
Fassett is among the arrivals Of
prominent republicans who will
participate in the state convention.
He is actively working up the
presidential candidacy of Governor
Morton.
&c. Platt kept in his room all
of yesterday. He was able, how
ever, to give audience to several
leaders from the interior Of the
state.
Senator LeXow will be chairman
of the committee on resolutions. 1t
has been decided to admit the Mil
holland delegates from five Of the
New York City districts.
The convention opened today
with Chairman Parsons speech as
follows:
/ thank you gentlemen for the
honor of presiding over your tenn
porary deliberations. We are as
sembled together under circum-
stances which lend to this conven-
ton unusual Importance. Next
June the Republican party for the
first time in its history will NOM
mate as its standard bearer the
governor of the Empire state and
we will today initiate the campaign
which will restore our party to
power and promote the executive
OF our state to the executive Of the
nation.
Never was there such great i'm
patience for a party to return to
power as now demanded by the
people. They miss many blessings
which they did not know they had
until they were deprived Of them
by the Republican defeat four
years ago. That the country, the
richest in the world in natural re-
sources, should suffer beyond
others from financial distress is
proof demonstrative OF inefficient
management Of its affairs. We do
not look to one party for a fault
less administration, but that a
ruinous condition arising from
faulty legislation should be reme-
died, the people have right to de-
mand. If our distress were in
evitable, if it were caused by war
or pestilence, we would endure it
without complaint, but when we
| reflect that 1t is the result OF ig-
norance and perversion then 1t be-
| comes intolerable.
The democratic party is an ag-
| gregation of sectional groups at
war with each other, each contend
ing for narrow, local, even individ-
ual advantage, irreconciable with
the welfare of the public. 1t has
brought upon the country a success
sion of business disasters, for which
it seeks to make guilty the sun,
moon and the weather as IL they
came by divine trusting on, but
the democracy in power cannot OBJ
scure its faults by excuses. 1t has
shown that 1t is one thing to make
platforms, and another thing to
make laws. Never was there a
greater opportunity, greater need
for wise legislation than during
the past three years. Never was
there a more complete want OF re-
lief. The democracy had not ad-
vanced one great national doctrine
which, when the party was in full
power, became embodied in stat.
ute, the Wilson bill notwithstand-
ing. That bill recognizes no doc
trine or understanding and meets
with the approval Of no party or
individual. 1t illustrates the in
coherency OF the democratic party
and it's utter incapability to accom-
plish beneficial and successful leg
islation. Its administration Of the
government while giving new
proof of the wealth OF the nation
has been characterized by costly
plumbers. Washington, in his fare
we'll address, warned the nation,
"as a very important source OF
strength and security, cherish pub
lie credit. One method to cherish
it is to use it as sparingly as posi-
ble." The wisdom OF the words is
apparent, but they describe that
very reverse OF the democratic
management OF affairs. Its con.
duct will soon prove fatal to its
supreme existence. The death Of
party is always suicide.
The republican party stands for
something definite. Its treatment
OF public credit and finance has in
variably been conservative and
efficient. The business world
knows from experience that it has
not only a well defined policy, but
has character and strength when