The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-09-01
NEW TORY GOLD DEMOCRATS.
Ringing Speech of Presiding Officer
 

LNiAiEotAio 9PNSSll OL iSoiNiAi5 CAAANNN Griffin.
 Syracuse, Aug. 31-The convention of the democratic party reform organiza- tion of the state was called to order at the Alhambra rink at 12:33 o'clock this afternoon. Besides the adoption of platform, the convention was to elect siXty-eight district delegates, two from each congressional district and four electors -at-large, to represent the sound money democrats of the Empire state.
 The prominent leaders here include Former Congressman c. S. Tracey of Albany, ex-Collector William A. Beach, ex-Governor Flower, Edward M. Shep- ard of Brooklyn, Robert Grier Monroe, George Walton Green, Shipping Com missioner Maurice J. Power, United States District Attorney Wallace Mac l farlane, Commissioner of Taxes Sutro, John Dewitt Warner, President Jerolo- man of the board of aldermen, all of New York city; Patrick J. Gleason of Long Island city, General Horatio c. King, who was the democratic candi- date for secretary of state; ex-District Attorney James w. Eaton of Albany, E. Winslow Paige and Samuel F. Bene- dict of Schenectady, District Attorney John R. Fellows Internal Revenue Col lector Edward Crosse, ex-Alderman Edward II. Eiseman, Charles J. Canda and F. J. Dunphy of New York city, | Former Fish Commissioner Theodore Basin of Lowville and former Warden | E111pr of Clinton frtcnn who iS resident of Kingston.
 The convention was called to order at 12:33 o'clock by Chairman Daniel G. Griffin of Watertown.
 | Gentlemen of the Convention: I thank you for the honor of presiding over convention of democrats who have the courage to openly repudiate the action of their party convention, be- lieving that such action is in hostility l to public welfare and in subversion. of democratic doctrine.
 "When citizen has to choose be- | tween duty to his country and an op- posite demand by his party if he hesi- tate or attempt to minimize or palliate 1 the extent of his defiance of his party organization under such circumstances, he thereby publishes his own pusillani- mity.
 And what are our grievances and l what is the cause of conventions like this in every state in the union? Why, the Chicago convention threatened pub lie welfare and dishonored democracy in it's own household. And if we, in order to combat that danger and avenge the insult, are compelled to act l jy,In IA,, tion, then we glory in our irregularity
 ITO those who ask us why We do not support Mckinley, our answer Is: We l are democrats and not protectionists. To those who ask us why we do not support Bryan our answer is. We are democrats and not revolutionists. If we are still pressed for an explanation by those who assert we should not prac- tically nullify our support by giving it to cause represented by hopeless candidate, but that we should choose instead betwen the two candidates all ready nominated and one of whom is sure of election, we reply: No man is yet qualified to predict that the In- dianapolis convention cannot originate movement which shall make its can
 
 those already in the field
 "McKinley's daily teaching that 1t is the duty of the government to provide and control a market for every busi- ness enterprise, and especially for the enterprises of his nearest neighbors, is founded upon the same vicious idea of governmental paternalism which finds expression in no more objection able form in the populist demand for governmental control of railroads and telegraphs, and the other demands of the silver miner, that the government shall also provide and control market for his product. We deny that it is the duty or the right of the govern ment to de either, and adhere to the democratic doctrine that the govern ment shall not lay it's hands on com merce for any purpose except for rev enue. No emergency has yet arisen which requires democrats to stultify their convictions in this respect by giving their support to a candidate who typifes the extreme opposite poli- cy. And yet the republican candidate for governor of New York recently de- clared in effect that although his party advocates a policy which contains the very essence of the chief vices which now threaten public welfare and which led his party to adopt law to pur- chase the product of the silver miner in order to maintain its price and to vote governmental bounties to favored in- dustries, yet he prefers to rely upon the respect of young men for republi- can doctrine rather than on the alarms of democrats. Let me assure him that his party, by it's support of the doc Urine alluded to, long since forfeited the respect of the former and there is not any likelihood that alarmed demo- ocrats will in this campaign contribute to his own support"
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