The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-18


Buffalo, Sept 17-For governor, John
Boyd Thatcher, the present mayor of AL
bany, ex-State senator and New York's
Worlds Fair commissioner; for lien
tenant governor, Wilbur F. Porter, of
Watertown, ex-commissioner of the court
of claims and political leader in Northern
New York for many years; for Judge of
the court of appeals, Robert c. Titus, of
Buffalo, judge of the supreme court and
former district attorney for Erie county.
The platform-an unequivocal endorse
ment of the Chicago platform and ticket
and Il denunciation of the Republican
State legislation.
This i'll brief is the work of the Demo
cratic State convention which closed it's
labors in this city to-day, if merely the
perfunctory work is looked at. It is,
however, II significant fact that the State
organization leaders who have heretofore
controlled the conventions of this party
are still ut the helm. Senator David b.
Hill, Senator Edward Murphy, ex-Lieu-
tenant Governor William T. Sheehan,
Richard Croker, and each one of the
smaller lights of the party, who serve I'M
der these mems banners, are undoubtedly
satisfied with the work of the days con,
vention. 1t had been predicted up to last
night that these leaders would have no
Sohetoi VI bue Stute convention ana that
they themselves would be practically read
out of the party in order to make room
for more youthful aspirants The result
OF the convention to-day is this A ticket,
made up of strictly organization men has
been nominated; the selection of the lead
ers who did not attend the convention has
been adopted by the chairman of the State
committee; the national committeeman
to be selected next week will be a man
tO hp MI
the platform is not rs radical as it was
lntimated 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 VIZ ole it is taken
with very good grace. The State COM
| mittee rs constituted, contains majority
| of strictly State organization men, and in
the selection this afternoon of Elliott Il.
| Danforth to be chairman, Calvin J.
hudson to be secretary, and an agreement
| to make Frank 5. Campbell of Bath, the
national committeeman as soon as Sena-
| tor Jones has notified the committee of
the resignation of William f. Sheehan, it
has evinced the desire to conduct the cam
| paign nom the standpoint OF a State Or
| ganiZatton. The refusal of Tammany to
endorse one of its own members. William
Sulzer, was not due to any personal obiec-
ton to him. but rather us was eyDlained
by Senator Grady because it was believed
that. Tammany would embarrass itselfand
be accused in the event of Bryan's defeat
OF selling out the national ticket to secure
the electlon OF one of its members to a
State Office.
1t is very generally conceded tonight
among the more prominent of the dele
gates that the selection of Mr. Thatcher
and MIR. Porter will not be successful in
preventing the gold standard men from
nominating u third ticket
Mr.. Thatcher, the gubernatorial nomi
nee, decided late to. night that he would
make public statement the early part of
next week as he wishes it to be published
before the State convention of gold Dem
ocrats in brooklyn on Thursday He will
either make his statement at q mass
meeting in this city on Monday or Tues
day night of next week, when the Demo-
cratic State and national tickets are to be
ratified, or else in letter to the voters of
the State. He has decided to follow the
course OF Senator Hill in his campaign
and contine himself to State issues.
The plank of the platform referring to
the national issues is as follows;
The Democratic party of the State of
New York in convention assembled, un.
reservcdly endorse the platform adopted
by the Democratic party at the national
convention held in Chicago on July 4
1910, cordially approves the nominations
there made, pledges to William j. Bryan
and Arthur Sewall it's hearty and active
support, and declares as its deliberate
Judgment that never in the history of the
Democratic party has platform been
written which embodied more completely
the interests of the whole people as dis
tlnguished from those who seek legisla-
ton for private benefit, than that given
to the country by the national Democratic
convention of 1896"
In the remaining planks, devoted to
state issues, the Raines liquor law is de-
nounced and Governor Morton's admins
tration severely arraigned
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