The Portland daily press., 1900-09-05
Platform Adopted And Other Pre-
liminarieS.
Mr.. Odel Will Be Nom
mated Today.
Speech By Gov. Roosevelt Will
Be Chief Event.

Saratoga, N. Y, septem Der 4.-The
practical work of the state convention
was completed today with the adoption
OF the platform. There only remains
the formal naming Of the candidates
and these have already been agreed upon
and known for several days Tomorrow
Will be devoted to oratory. The ticket
will be:
For Governor, Benjamin OdelI of New
berg; for neutrality-suspicious.. Timothy
Q. Woodruff; for secretary Of state, John
L. McDonough of Albany; for comp
troller, William. Morgan of Buffalo; Tor
state treasurer. John P. JackaeIgof
Cayuga county; for attorney general,
j. @. Davies; for state engineer and sur
veyor, A. e. Bond of jefferson county.
| From this pre-arranged programme
there can now be no deviation. Form
er Governor Black formally presents the
name of Mr.. OdelI as a candidate for gov
ernor. Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew
VIII follow when the convention has
ratified this nomination by acclamation
with a speech nominating Timothy
Woodruff for lieutenant-governor. This
nomination out the way there VIII fol-
low the denomination Of the present
I officers by resolution and then win begin
the ratification OF the ticket nominated,
in speech by Gov. Roosevelt which will
doubtless be the event of the day. Gov.
Roosevelt reached here tonight and
throughout the evening held a reception,
cordially greeting all delegates who
called on him.
/ The pre-arrangemen of all details Of
the convention was manifested in the
work CT the committee on resolutions
when they ASSEM- bled. A printed platform
! prepared by Senator Raines, was read
and with the modification of single
phrase in the canal plank, this was
adopted by the convention. The plat
form is of unusual length and remark
able for it's, statistical review OF the party
and the evils which have been passed.
rather than for the definite party pledges.
The convention itself was characterised
by no unusual demonstrations.
The convention was called to order at
4. Is O'Clock. The committee on perma-
nent organization reported the name of
Nevada Stranahan for permanent chair
man, and he was escorted to the chair.
The sentiment OF the convention
found expression in the most prolonged
demonstration of the day when Mr..
Stranahan declared that the span OF life
would never see the day when the people
would reIinquish one single inch of the
territory secured at the sacrifice OF the
blood and life Of citizens of this repub-
lie. Nlr. Stranahan finished at four min
utes of five O'Clock. ana Senator Raines
presented the platform. He read the
platform deliberately and clearly and
was frequently applauded. The platform
was adopted without debate.
The platform is lengthy and deals ex-
haustiyely with state Issues. On nations I
questions the platform speaks as follows
The country was never so prosperous
as it has been since the Inauguration OF
William Mckinley. Capital has never
been so actively occupied. the volume OF
money In circulation was never so great.
labor never SO fully employed, wages
never so high, prices never so generally
good.
''The Chicago platform is still the
Democratic programme. Conscious OF the
weakness Of relying on the theories thax
have been exploded and OF ignoring rac6z
that are self evident, the Democrats ar
undertaking to push into conspicuous pc
sition before the people an issue which
they describe ana stigmatize by the wore
Imperialism
In this course they are charaeteristicaL
" dishonest, first, becaus there Is no sentI
ment in the United States that deserves
to be called Imperialism and second
because the Democrats do not come with
clean hands into discussion OF popula
sovereignty and the consent Of the gov
erned.'
Neither in the Philippines or else
where while the cause of human. iber p
look for its champion to a party whose
only hope OF obtaining power lies in the
suppression Of human rights and in an
organized conspiracy to nullify the guar
antees with which the constitution en-
deavors to surround the citizen.
"There is no middle course between re-
sponsiDility for the governments of the
Philippines and abandoning them to be
seized by some other power.
'The situation in China where it Is
evident that our interests require that the
integrity OF the empire should be main p
tanned, completely Justifes the course or
the administration with regard to the
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