Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-09-15

Gloucester; M. b. Ferguson, Salem.
Rules Harry Wagner, Camden; W. H. Davis,
Camden B. F. Hires, Cumberland; @. A. Norton,
Cape May; JOS. 7. Sickler, Gloucester; Louis
Hoelzel, Salem.
Resolntions-w H. Davis, Camden C. S. Ma
grath, Camden; John Wilcox, Cumberland; @.
W. Simmerman Cape May; James ID. Carpenter,
Gloucester; w. A. Wilcox, Salem.
A recess was here taken for dinner, and
during the interim the committees met and
transacted routine business.
| Ca reassembling, the Committee on Or
ganization reported tor Permanent Chair
man, Samuel IredeIl, OF Cumberland,
aud for permanent Secretaries, Joseph E.
Sickler, of Gloucester, and VIM. Jones' of
Salem.
The majority report of the Committee on
Credentials recommended giving the con-
testing delegations from Camden a half
vote each, and the minority report, pre-
scented by Mr.. Atkinson, favored seating
the Regulars" The Conyention, by a
large majority, adopted the majority report,
giving the contestants equal representation
with the Regulars in the Camden City
vote. In the townships and wards outside
Camden City, there were no contests
The committee on resolutions through
Capt c. S. Magrath, reported the follow
ing platform
Resolued, By the Democratic Convention
of the First Congress District of New Jer
sey, That, as the honor and the interests of
our district are alike the concern of its PEG
pie Of all parties, we confidently believe
that this election will defeat and very en-
phatically rebnke the brand of machine
politics which regards personal honesty and
honest dealing of man with man as no longer
essential to public trust, and which seizes
the hon )rs and rewards of the republic as
Kings to be bestowed merely as best serves
the interests of corporations or of Office
brokers' We believe. therefore, that the
candidate we nominate to day is to be our
next Representative in Congress. We shall
rely upon his reputation as man and his
record as a citizen to assure his fidelity to
this high trust, and we pledge him to
honest aud diligent service of all the i'm
poTtant common interests of his c0nstitu-
ency.
Res0lUcd, That the Democracy which this
Convention represents is OF kind which
has held fast to its principles through gen
Grafton after generation OF almost incessant
defeat. We believe them to be the pure
principles of Thomas Jefferson's teaching
and exemplifcatlon, applicable to ali times
and to all the vicissitudes of the American
governmental system, and guaranteeing to
all its pc pie the highest degree of happi-
ness and prosperity by putting on them the
least possible burdens of government, and
by just and equal laws. Economy in the
public expenditure, no faYors to any few at
the cost of the many. These form the
essence of JeffeIsonian Democracy, and it
is needed both in the legislation of the
Congress and of States. The last National
Convention at Chicago declared the old and
never changed principles Of the party of
Jefferson and Jackson A sound and steady
currency, on the broad base of the money
metals which the Constitution placed side
by side, giving by natural balance that
unvarying safeguard to labor and enter
prise which is at once the incentive and
the assurance of honest industry as against
the stealthy schemes of avarice and the
spirit of speculation. This is one of the
points of Democratic doctrine which has
never changed since Jefferson wrote, with
SO clear forethought for his country and
the rights OF man, "Tbe American money
unit must stand on both metals"
ResolUed, That we believe most search
ing investigation into the charges made by
officers aud men of the army against the
War Department is a just duty of the
Congress, whatever may be done by the
Executive. It is due to the honor of the
country. 1t is due to her brave defenders,
whose sufferings in camp have been vastly
worse than in their victorious battles That
investigation will never be accepted by the
country as complete if conducted by
Congress controlled by the fellow partisans
of the Secretary of War The Repub ican
President should have a Democratic Con-
gress to take part in that investigation or
to conduct one of its own. More important
than present party power is the clear vim
dication of the country's good name now
and an assurance for her future that when
again she calls her citizens to volunteer by
the hundred thousand the humane care of
her soldiery shall be the chief administra
tive concern.
The above platform was enthusiastically
adopted.
Messrs. Summerill and Atkinson were
appointed committee to conduct Chair
man Iredell to the platform, who made a
brief speech in accepting the honor.
On motion the townships were then
called for nominations. Camden county
presented Howard Carlow, ex-Judge D, J.
Pancoast, Saml NJ Roberts aud John T
Wright. Cumberland nominated j. j.
Davidson and Austin H. Swackhamer Esq,
of this county, and Cape May nominated
Mr. Porter, of Cape May City.
The names of ex-Judge Carrow, ex-Judge
Pancoast and j. j. Davidson were with
drawn.
Before the roll of counties was called to
vote on the nominations delegate from
Camden nominated Samuel IredelI, Esq
This nomination was favorably seconded
by various counties, and before Mr. Iredell
could stem the tide, wave of enthusiasm
swept the Convention. Mr.. Iredell's pro-
test that he was too poor to accept the
nomination only increased the enthusiasm,
and delegate declared that that fact, and
that he was not ashamed of it, would be
worth thousands of votes to his candidacy
That the people wanted an honest man to
vote for. The nomination was then made
unanimous.
After selecting Salem as the next place
of meeting, add appointing committee of
one from each county on formal notification,
the Convention adjourned.
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