The Monitor-register., 1897-10-15

The Democratic County Convention
met in Alex. Ramsey's new hall, or
Walnut street, Salem, yesterday, and
was called to order at II O'Clock, and
Jos. 81. Bell, of Salem, made temporary
chairman. The committees on creden.
tials, permanent organization, rules and
resolutions, consisting of five each, were
then appointed and recess taken for
dinner.
1t was about 8 O'Clock when the CON
vention re~assembled, and nobody seemed
to be in any great hurry, the difficulty
nate for the two offices to be filled.
The committees reported, when Mayor
Packard, of Elmer, VAS made permanent
chairman, and the committee on resolu-
tions reported the following platform,
which was adopted:
We, the Democrats of the county of Salem,
in convention assembled, renew our allie.
glance to the principles of Jefferson and
Jackson as enunciated in our last national
PLATFORM, adopted at Chicago in 1895. We
rejoice that a kind Providence has given
our farmers abundant crops of grain and
that higher prices have brought them some
prosperity. If the Republican party wish
to claim the credit of these higher prices
hey must also claim the credit of the fam
inc and starvation in foreign countries,
which alone has caused the advance in the
price of grain.
tariff law that allows trusts and ~monopol1es
to increase and control the prices of neces-
stiles of life to both producers and con
sumers, while giving the masses no more
money to buy with. We denounce the sham
reform of the Republican party now in
power, which promised us economy, but the
last two Republican Legislatures have APP
~propriated greater sums Of public money
than was ever spent by any Democratic
Legislature. The only economy made is In
stopping the publication of the laws OF the
State, thus limiting the avenues of informa-
ton for people to learn about laws they are
expected to obey when ignorance of these
laws does not excuse them.
Resolved, That we ondemn the official act
of our present Legislature for voting against
equal taxation of corporate property with
Individual property, and instead of voting
large sums from the State treasury to GER
tain cities to relieve their axes, money
should only be voted to the necessary de-
the State school fund, SO as to lessen the
burden of taxation TO all taxpayers. We
denOunce the action of the last Legislature
In voting away the natural waterways of the
State by giving corporations the privilege
of damming the Delaware river, which sci
entitc fish culturistsd declare will practically
destroy the river as a foolish producing
river and be II loss of thousands of dollars
annually to our citizens. We denounce the
lack of interes of our State officials in fail
ing to prosecute the case of our fishermen
to the free right to fish in the Delaware
river and their proposed abandonment in
the u. S. Supreme Court.
RESOLVED, That during the past twenty
years the Democrat Surrogate administered
The office with the greatest efficiency and
least expense to those who had estates to
settle. We mourn the death Of Geo. r. Nor
rison, ana know that all of Salem county
has sustained a loss. We pledge our ear
nest support to the d tes nominated
by this convention and ask the support of
all citizens because we believe them pre-
eminoutlY fitted and will maintain the eff
cfent record of former Democratic county
officials.
Nominations were then called for and
Robert Gwynne, Jr., of Salem. in a neat
speech, named Loren P. Plummer, of
Salem, for Surrogate, and his nomination
was quickly made.
For Assembly four persons were
named, Frank Wright, of Woodstown;
Thos. Y. Hsckett, of Upper Pittsgrove;
J. Ford Thompson, of Upper PENIS
Neck, and Joel Langley, of Pitts
grove. Frank Wright declined, and a
ballot being taken, Backett and Thomp-
son ran pretty g each receiving
between thirty and forty votes, the others
voting for Langley. Mr.. Hackett de-
clined and another ballot was ordered,
MIR. Langley finally being declared the
nominee. He accepted the nomination.
The next convention will be held at
Woodstown.