Connecticut western news., 1896-09-24
TEACHER IS THE MAN
NOMINATED AT BUFFALO FOR GOV
 ERNoR BY THE DEMOCRATS.

 William J. Bryan Indor-ed-Ths Chicago
 Platform Upheld-some Details of the
 Convention-Tho Platform as Adopted
 Porter For Second Place.
 BUFFALO, Sept 1s-This, in brief, Is the result of the Democratic state oonven- ton In this city:
 For Governor-John Boyd Thaoher, the present mayor of Albany. ex.state senator and New York's Worlds fair commis- Eioner.
 For Lieutenant Governor-wilbur F. Porter of watertown, ex-oommissioner 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 attor- ney of Erie county.
 The Platform.-An unequivooal in- dorsement of the Chicago platform and ticket, an arraignment of the Republican legislature and tho Raines liquor law and blanks for the betterment of the condition of labor, good roads and protection of the veteran soldier.
 The Platform.
 The Democratic party of the state of New York, in convention assembled, unrceervedly indorses the platform adopted by the Demo cratic party at the national convention held in Chicago on July :, 1896, cordially approves the nominations there made, pledges to William J. Bryan and Arthur Sewall its hearty and active support and declares as it's deliberate iudg- ment that never in the history of the Damo- cratic party has a platform been written which embodied moro completely tho interests of the whole people distinguished from those who seek legislation for private benent than that given to the country by tho national Democratic convention of lSa
 We denounoe those provisions of tho RAines liquor law which deprive municipalities of the right to restrict and regulate the liquor traffic within reasonable limits prescribed by law. which divert excise moneys from local treas uries, where they properly belong, into the stato treasury in order to make good deh- ciencies in state revenues caused by the ex- travaganoe of Republican iegislatures that otherwise would need to be supplied by addi- tional direct taxation; which fastens upon the people gigantic state political machine breed ing corruption and inti-, ,idation, and which compels the granting of l. .ai.ses to persons or places of notoriously ba | character. If in- trusted with power, we pledge our rcpresents- tives to enact just and reasonable excise law, restoring the principle of local Eupervi- sion and regulation, comforting upon each lo- cality the control and use of its own excise revenue with which Co reduce It's local taxa tion and uaranteeing to each municipality the determination of it's own excise regula. tions within proper Limitations prescribed by general law.
 Governor Morton As.aiIsd-
 We arraign tho administration of Governor Morton and recent Republican legislatures for their extrsvagant iegislstion, whereby the state taxes have been largely increased and the burdens of tho people augmented. Instead of reforms, which were promised, there have been fragrant corruption and misrule; instead of economy, there has been prodigality; in' stead of retrenchment, there has been inereas- ed expenditure; instead of legislation for the people. there have been protection and favor itisin for trusts and monopolies.
 We charge that the office of superintendent of public works by the present incumbent has been notoriously eItravagant. corrupt re- gardless of law and defiant of public deoeney.
 The Republican legislature has multiplied state commissions, increased salaries. permit ted unnecessary and ruinous special legizia- tion almost without limit, suppressed freedom of legislative debate, held secret sessions in violation of tho constitution and exhibited the grossest partisanship, even to the extent of legislating out of office the nonpartisan man agers of the state hospitals and of other char itable institutions of the state.
 We reaffirm our adherence to the principle of home rule for municipalities. We especial ly denounoe the Republican policy which sanc- tioned one kind of legislation for Democratic cities and another kind for Republican cities, and we insist upon substantially uniform leg islstion for all cities regardless of partisan considerations.
 We protest against the repeated violation by Republican stato officials of the constitution and laws which guarantee preference in tho public service to honorably discharged soldiers and sailors of the Union army and navy, whereby, under various pretenses and excuses, veterans have been removed from positions without cause in order to make room for po- htical favorites. We demand tho strict and honest enforcement of the laws in their behalf.
 We recommend the building and mainte- nance of a uniform system of good roads throughout the state, the expense thereof to be equitably divided between the state and respective localities.
 We recommend such a modification and re- vision of the employers liability and sntioon- spiraoy laws as will offer equal opportunity and secure exact justice to employees and em- ployers.
 Upon these principles and policies applicable to state affairs we invite the cooperation of all good citizens, to the end that better ad- ministrstion of the affairs of our state may be obtained; that local self government may be re-established; that tho principle of homo rule for cities may be enforced; that fair and hon est legislation may be enacted; that lower tax rates may be secured and the true welfare, prosperity and happiness or the people may be promoted.