The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-30
A BRYANITE CHIEF JUDGE.
DEMANDED OF m STATE COMMIT
TEE ny THE LOYAL LEAGUE.
II Is said THAT Esm and Murphy want - Houa-
mate Justice Parker-Aiso That Croker,
when re Gets Here. win Mako Taunany
Hall Renmirm tho Chicago Platform.

II II Sato That Hill ana Murphy WANT 70 ho1-
mate Justice Parker-Aiso That Croker,
when He Gets Here. viii Make TAunany
Hall Rcnnirm trio chicago Piatrornn.
The Loyal League of Democratic Clubs mot
last night at the Gcrlsch Hotel and issued tho
following address:
:" 10 the Democratic State Committee Of the state Of
Ne,p York.
GENTLEMEN: BY a resolution OF the late
State Convention of the Democratic party your
organization was given authority to select a
candidate for Chief Judge Of the Court Of
Appeals and to issue in behalf Of the party an
address to the voters in the election OF
November. 1897. Prior to your taking
such action, we, the undersigned voters Of the
state Of New York. declaring our fealty to the
principles of the Chicago platform, desire to
urge upon you tho necessity of nominating q
candidate who was in absolute and avoweo har.
mony with the Democratic party In the Presi.
Dental campaign Of 1895 and the Incorporation
in your address OF q full and frank re-
affirmation OF the principles of the party
as onunciated in the platform adopted by the
national convention at Chicago. July o. 1895.
1t is the unwritten but historic law OF all ma
tional political parties that the platform
adopted by one national convention remains
the political creed OF that party until a new
, national convention shall amend II. The
platform adopted at Chicago was reafirmed
by the State convention at which your
| was created. Your work In the
| selection of n candidate for Chief Judge of the
Court of Appeals. and in the direction of his
campaign is but the continuation OF the task of
that convention. Should you nominate a can
didate who refused to give his vote and his Of
forts according to his abilities to Bryan and
Sewall. or should you refrain from re-
i~terating the declaration OF principles
adopted by the convention which gavo
you official existence, you would utterly fail to
| obey tho will OF over $50, 900 Democrats Of tho
Empire State who loyalty supported the nomi-
nees of 1896. Therefore. for your honorable
committee there Ia but one path in the direction
of party loyalty and political honor-thc nomi-
nation OF a candidate upon whom is no faint Of
treachery and the reafarmation of the princi-
pies Of the Democratic platform OF the Chicago
Convention OF 1896"
The League appointed a committee Of ten to
attend the meeting OF fifty active members Of
the League to be held in Syracuse on Aug. L..
The League says that IL has an organization in
every county in the State.
Chairman Elliott Danforth OF the Democratic
State Committee was at the Manhattan Beach
Hotel last night. He and Senator Hill and
cause the Republicans refused to fuse" with
the Democrats on the nomination for a
to Mr.. Danforth's friends. never had the slight
est idea of entering into a combine" on this
| nomination for the reason that the aforesaid
Republicans propose to fight the battle in the
State and Greater New York on the sound.money
issue and the Republican national platform Of
1896.
Ex-senator Hill and Senator Murphy have
conferred on the situation at Long Branch for
the last two days, and the drift OF sentiment
fayors the nomination of Supreme Court Justice
Alton b. Parker OF Kingston as the candidate Of
the Democratic state to be Chief
Judge OF the Court OF Appeals. The Bryanites
complain that nobody knows whether or not
Justice Parker voted for Bryan last fall any
more than anybody knows how Mr.. Hill voted.
The most important bit OF information, how:
ever. was to the effect that when Richard
Croker arrives in New York ho will come out and
declare positively that Tammany should rea firm
the Chicago platform Of 1896 as the straight
political Democratic doctrine, This means, it
many should be regular" before the next
Democratic National Committee, which is
largely dominated by free-silver, income tax,
antl.rnited states Supreme Court Democrats:
Mr.. Croker. by such a move, 1t was added. would
compel Mr.. Hill to show his hand on national
issues, and 1t WAS declared there has
never been any particular love lost between Mr..
Croker and Mr.. Hill. Senator Murphy. who
was regular" in the national fight for Bryan,
is the warm personal friend Of Mr.. Croker.