The herald., 1898-09-29

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ator DAILY and Clarence Atkinson, both OF
whom were special favorites Of the silver
men and were candidates for the nomina.
ton, mounted the platform and promised
to do all they could to insure Mr.. Cranes
election. A feature of the convention was
the presence of a delegation Of colored
men, who had called to pledge support to
the conventions nominees
| The convention to nominate q can
didate for Governor was called to order in
the Taylor Opera House at noon today by
Chairman f. o. Price of the State Commit
tee The delegates numbered nearly 100.
Chairman Price recommended VIM. Gour-
| ley of Paterson as chairman of the con-
vention This choice was ratified by the
convention. In the course of his address
Mr. Gourley said: II ask, has the State
seen, III all its history, such absolute DOM
| nation of legislation as has been witnessed
during the last three years by the Repub-
| lican State Committee? 1t would seem
as If the Legislature were created to re-
cord their DEGREES. Corporate power has
fastened itself upon the State With the
State Committee 1t dominates the Legis-
lature; It's shadow has fallen across nc
Gubernatorial chair. It's influence under
the fostering care of Republican officials
has grown into a menace 1t has set aside
every advance made toward equal taxa
ton. We record our voice for equal taxa
ton. This has ever been the policy of the
Democratic party"
The Platform
The platform agreed upon by the state
central committee for submission to the
conventions committee on resolutions
makes state issues the prominent feature
but contains an Endorsement of the nation
al principles of the party. The first para
graph is as follows:
1--WE, the representatives of the Demo-
cratic party in state convention assembled,
reaffirm our devotion to the great and vital
principles of the Democratic party on ma
tional issues, believing, however, that the
coming state campaign should be fought
out on state issues and for the redemption
Of the state from Republican extrava-
gance, corruption and misrule."
A paragraph is devoted to thanking the
soldiers of New Jersey who volunteered
for the Spanish-American war.
The war plank of the platform Is as fol-
lows:
I'VE declare that the thanks Of the peo-
pie Of the state and nation are due to the
soldiers and sailors of the army and navy
of the United States. who have imperiled
their lives in the defense of the country
and in vindication Of the honor of its flag
IN the recent Spanish war; that the nation
owes to them permanent recognition of
their patriotism and their valor, and ample
and permanent provision for those OF their
survivors who have received disabling and
honorable wounds in the service of their
country, and that the memories of those
who have fallen In its defense shall be
held In grateful and everlasting remem-
brance; that the state should make suit
able provision for additional pay to our
New Jersey volunteers. While we rejoice
and feel thankful to them for their great
victories on land and sea, we denounce the
gross, open and criminal incompetency of
those placed, and defiantly kept, in charge
of the affairs of the war department of
the present administration of the United
States, resulting in needless loss of life
and the infliction of horrible suffering and
torture upon thousands of the brave de-
tenders of the countrys honor; and we
charge the present administration with be-
ing solely responsible for tho horrible re-
suits of this incompetency Of government
officials. continued even after the appall-
ing results were repeatedly brought to the
attention of the president of the United
States and his official advisers; and we
call the attention of the people of the state
to the fact that up to this time not a single
example has been made of a government
official responsible for these monstrous
wrongs.
1--WE deplore the spectacle Of an ex-gov-
ernor of this state, now a member of that
cabinet, appearing at public convention
of his party as the apologist and defender
Of Algerism and it's results"
There was a fight in the convention on
a motion to insert in the platform a spe-
cific Endorsement Of the Chicago platform
of 1896. The motion was defeated by
decisive vote.
Crane Nominated
Alvin w. Crane was nominated for gov
ernor on the first ballot.
Working for Silver
HELENA, Mont, Sept. 28.-Hon. Chas,
s. Hartman, nominee of the Silver Repub-
licans and Populists for congress, has with
drawn, and asks that the name of Hon. A.
J. Campbell, the Democratic nominee, be
placed ON those tickets and supported by
all who believe in the free coinage of sill
yer. He offers his services on the stump
during the campaign to Mr.. Campbell and
the Democratic state central committee.
Conditions Chaotic
SYRACUSE, N. Y, Sept. 2S.-The chaotic
condition of the delegations to the Demo-
cratic state convention at midnight was
accentuated by contest precipitated by
the action of the committee on credentials
in confirming the sitting delegations in the
three districts CT Erie and seating the con-
testing delegates in the First and Third of
Monroe This action, II approved would
probably give control Of the next state
committee to ex-senator Hill. and at mid