The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-25
THE NEW YORK CONVENTION
ADOPTS A MODEL DEMOCRAT
&c PLATFORM.
SOUND FINANCIAL PLANK INSERTED
the Silver Craze-Presdent Cleve-
lands Administration Endorsed.
A Tariff for Revenue Only.

Saratoga, \. Y, June 24.-The Demo
cratic state convention, which convened
this morning and adjourned this after.
noon, has put itself on record on the
financial question and selected its dele.
gates to the national convention, but in
doing these things it has followed out
the predictions of weeks ago and has not
created any sensation or even mild sur.
prise. 1t has declined to name its cleo
tors; has not put itself on record on any
state issue and has left the selection of
a state committee until the next state
convention. These things have all been
done for the purpose of placing the
party in such a position that no matter
what the platform of the national party
is. it can be supported by the electors
and the party in this state.
The corrected list of delegates at
large and alternates is as follows
Delegates at Large-David B. Hill,
Roswell p Flower, Edward Murphy, Jr.,
Frederick II. Coudert.
Alternates at Large-Robert Earle,
Smith M. Weed, j. A. Canter and Will
liam Purcell
CONVENTION PROCEEDINGS.
Saratoga, n. Y, June 24.-While the
number of people in attendance upon the
Democratic state convention today was
smaller than usual there has been in
the last few hours marked awakening
of interest in the outcome. This was
due to the aggressiveness of the free sill
yer wing of the party, who have entered
upon an agitation that promises to try
the resources of such experienced polit-
ical leaders as Senator Hill and eX-Sec-
retary Whitney. They refused the prop
ositiOn to fight out the currency issue
in the platform committee and declared
their purpose of making themselves
heard in the convention, should the COM
mittee report an out and out silver plank.
Some of them, however, were disposed to
accept the Whitney proposition of a dec
laration in favor of bi-metallism when
that can be brought about upon the basis
of an international agreement, the exist
ing system to be maintained in the mean
time.
There was talk of deferring the selec-
tion of presidential electors till the meet
q ing of the state convention, which will
> nominate state officers in the fall. This
proposition is said to find most favor
among gold standard people.
Before the time for the assembling of
the convention. it had been given out
that Senator Hill would be the chairman
of the committee on resolutions. The
convention was called to order by Chair
man Hinkley, who introduced Mayor
John Boyd Thatcher of Albany as tenn
porary chairman. In the course of his
speech ON assuming the chair, Mr.
Thatcher said:
Facing Chicago. we confess that the
proposition is not without peril. Circum-
stances-some of which, perhaps, might
have been controlled-have created what
we believe to be an erroneous financial
faith, faith WHICH has spread alarm
ingly in the west and south and which
has found adherents even in the east and
north. 1t is faith which is not to be
eradicated with the sword, but with the
pen and tongue. With many it is Il pam
acea for commercial disorder. Men hold
these false views through a misconcep-
ton of economic truths and through not
understanding economic laws or the times
and season of their application. Not
everything which is signed and sealed
is valid. The stamp of the government
on piece of silver can never make it
worth much more than the world is will
ling to give for it. 1t is passing strange
that the very men who have such mar
yelous faith in the power of their gov
ernment should seem to have so little
sentiment as to its honor. They rever
ence it's seal, but appear to be Indifferent
as to it's escutcheon. If we are to ac-
complsh our mission at Chicago. we must
go there to persuade erring brothers and
not to quarrel with enemies. The peo-
pie who hold these strange views are
honest, but mistaken. We must make
them see that our views are as honest
as theirs are and that we are right. AT