The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-17
fight for the maintenance of Democ-
racy and Democratic principles"
OTHER BUSINESS.

a number of other resolutions were
introduced and referred, among them
being one on government control of
railroads.
The committee on platform was noti-
fed TO meet at pm.
The convention, at 1:4S, adjourned
until tomorrow morning at 10 O'Clock.
The committee on permanent organ
lzation met at pm and selected
Hosea H. Rockwell Of Chemung for
/ permanent chairman.
The committee on credentials met at
4:30 pm. Charles n. Bulger of Oswego
was elected chairman.
The committee on resolutions met
shortly after ) pm. B. j. Yorke of
Kings was made chairman.
The committee was confronted with
q stack Of resolutions and proposed
Planks a foot high, and the indications
are that their session Will be a pro-
| longed one.
James W. Hinckley declined re-elec-
ton to the state committee from his.
the Eighteenth, district. though urged
to Go so by the members Of the delega-
ton. A. II. Greene was elected in his
place.
There was a lively time at the meet
ing of the Kings county delegation.
Senator McCarren offered a resolution
that the delegates vote as a unit on
all questions before the convention II
was lost by a vote OF IL TO A.
The friends If Coffey and Ridgeway
claim TO have captured the delegation
by electing the committeeman in an
but the Third, Sixth and Seventh dis
tricts.
A conference of -Thacher dele
gates WIS held this afternoon and
James w. Rldgeway was urged 10
stand in opposition to the Albany man.
He declined and declared himself out
of the contest.
Chairman Hinckley wired to Senator
Murphy this morning asking him to ac-
cent the place on the national commit
tee which would be vacant by the res
igna,tion of William f. Sheehan. ne
received the following reply; Il would
not accept under any conditions. l ia
vor Frank Campbell for the place.
The committee on electors met at the
Iroouois hotel this afternoon. The fol-
lowing electors ad-large were chosen:
Robert p. Bush of Horsehead; Benja-
min Wood of Erie District electors
were also selected.
THE SUB COMMITTEE
of the committee on resolutions met al
10 n M and were in consultation for
an hour and prepared that portion OF
the platform relating 20 state issues,
and drafted that on national issues.
There were pianks touching every
conceivable question. presented but all
were tabled with the exception OF one
or two
Tine plank relating to national issues
which the sub committee presented to
the full committee at II O'clock was as
follows:
I'VE hereby unreselVedly radfy and
approve the platform adopted by the
Democratic national convention al chi
cago. We endorse the nomination OF
William ]. Bryan of Nebraska, for
president and of Arthur Sewal, of
Maine. for vice-president and pledge
them our hearty support.
The platform will be an unusually
short one.
THE TAMMANY DELEGATES
held a meeting tonight at the Genesee
and devoted several hours to discuss
ing the ACCESSIBILITY of supporting
Thatcher or Sulzer for the governor
ship nomination, A vote was taken
upon the question and resulted in Tina
chers favor. The unit rule, after some
discussion, was adopted by vote OF
9S to L This choked off Mr. Suffers
eleven Tammany supporters when 1t
comes to balloting in the convention.