Connecticut western news., 1900-09-06

George w Aldrich of Monroe, who of. fered a resolution that Reuben l.. Fox, John D. Kenyon, Colonel Baxter, James s. Whipple, k. B. Gleason and c. A Ball be appointed as secretaries of the convention, and this was adopted without opposition.
 Resolutions were then offered for ths appointment by the temporary chairmaI of the usual committees, permanent or ganization. credentials and resolutions and Mir. Woodruff announced l.. E Quigg of New York as chairman of the committee on permanent organization NJ. J. Dady of Kings chairman of the committee on credentials and JohL Raines of Ontario chairman of the com mittee on resolutions, with a member from each assembly district on eacL committee.
 The convention then took a recess. Upon reassembling Mir. Dady, chair man of the committee on credentials, an nounced that ''there were no contests il the entire state," which was greeted witt, applause.
 The committee on permanent organiza tion reported the name of Nevada Stranahan for permanent chairman, and he was escorted to the chair by Congress- man Serene l.. Payne and Senator Henry V The sentiment of the convention founo expression in the most prolonged dem onstration of the day when Mir. Strana han declared that the span of life would never see the day when the people would | relinquish one single inch of the territory | secured at the sacrifice of the blood and | life of citizens of this peerless republic. The Platform Adopted. The pIatform as prepared by the com | mittee on resolutions was then read by | Chairman Raines and adopted without | dissent.
 The platform reviews at considerable | length the policy and achievements oI | the Republican party in the nation and | says:
 | We indorse the administration of President | Mckinley and urge his reelection as the sure pledge of four more years of development anc i prosperity at home and of honorable influence | and renown abroad. We congratulate the peoplt | upon the nomination for vice president of Gov | ernor Roosevelt, whose high place in the admi i ration and confidence of his countrymen, achiev
 ed by long public service and especially by hi. l yalor and success the field of battle, has beer
 distinctly advanced by his splendid record the
 governor of New York It then takes up state issues and says
 The Republican party has been in control O | the state for the last years. During thai | time the state has increased greatly in popula
 tion, thereby causing a relative annual increase 1T | expenditure for many public purposes. This h
 illustrated in the increased appropriations for tn,
 common schools, which in ten years have growI
 from S4, ,OO0, 900 to s5,o000oo.
 | Within the period of Republican control, more
 over, the state has assumed the expense of caring | for the indigent and insane. That item of ex | pense seven years ago, when the maintenanc,
 of charitable institutions was principally cbarg,
 upon the counties, amounted against the stat,
 to only about s2, 500, 900. The great reforms in
 augurated by state control, which have done &
 much for the improvement of the condition o
 the helpless and unfortunate, compelled an ex
 penditure in 1899 of nearly S9, 9,O0O,00 Notwith
 standing these great and increasing burdens, Re | publican legislation and administration hay
 brought about gradual lowering of the tax rat 1 until this year it has reached the amazingly To l point of 1 96-100 mills the dollar of the equal | ized valuation of real and personal property | The Raines liquor tax law is also Republican | measure. It has been in operation since and in l cluding the year 1896. The Democrats have op
 posed it in every Democratic state platform sine
 its enactment and have threatened its repeal Thi | law has brought into the town, city and stat | treasuries of New York state during the five year
 of its operation the great of s60 7ss S56. One
 third of this sum, s20. .262. .952, has been apple
 to state purposes, while the balance, $40, ,525 9o4 | has by much reduced local taxation on req | and personal property.
 | Every reform which has been accomplished iI | the state of New York to the lawful vote | the right to cast his ballot freely, to have i | counted as cast and to keep out of the ballo l boxes illegal and fraudulent votes is of Republic | an origin. We charge upon the Democratic par | ty, especially in the city of New York, an organ
 ized conspiracy to defeat the purpose of the cleo | tion laws and to carry the elections by fraudu
 lent practices. The fraudulent operations of tn
 Democratic organization, repeated year after year | compelled the enactment of special law gov
 erning elections in the metropolitan district. Tn
 Democrats characterized this law "force bill'
 and with the ery of nome rule' sought to dis