The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-02
BIRD C0LER GETS /
 THE MODERATION
New York Democrats Hold an EX- citing Convention--- ---Devery Un-
 seated Amid Exciting Scenes.

Saratoga. N. r.. Oct. 1.-The following tioket was named today by the New York State Democratic Conventions:
 Governor. Bird s. Coler of Brooklyn.
 Lieutenant Governor. Charles N. Bull ger of oswego.
 Secretary of State, Frank Mott of Chau- tauqua.
 Controller, Charles M. Preston of Uls- ter.
 Attorney General, John Cuneen of Erie. State Engineer and Surveyor, Richard w. sherman of Oneida.
 State Treasurer. George R. Finch of Warren.
 Associate Judge of the Court of Ap- peals. John c. Gray of New York.
 These nominees were selected today by the Democrats of New York after a con- vention so strenuous in it's final hours as to bring almost personal combat, and yet terminating in such perfect harmony as to allow the completion of the State ticket with less than 100 delegates out of 450 in the hall
 The Convention began in the early morning with a prepared slate of candi-
 
 particular, but the right of objection to it was given to all the delegates except when, in the case of one New York del egate, 1t was believed to be an infringe ment of the rules under which the Con- vention was acting
 The Case of Devery.
 Naturally great deal of the interest in the Convention centered in the atti- tude 1t would take toward the seating of William S. Devery, former head of the Police Department of New York, who held regular certificate of election from the Ninth District It was not an unex- pected event that the Convention decided to unseat him and it was not also unex- pected that he and his followers were vociferous in their objections.
 So thoroughly had MT. Devery made up his mind that the Convention would have none of him that he did not attend the meeting of the Committee on Credentials. but spent the earlier hours of the morn- ing in the rear of the convention hall announcing his attitude. When the Con- cention decided to adopt the report of the Committee by the vote of 422 to 21, then MT. Devery walked out of the Con- vention after being allowed to declare himself a good Democrat, and proce eded to hold a mass meeting on the steps of the United States Hotel.
 He was assisted in this by James Gra- ham of the Longshoremens Association of New York, and Richard Butler of the United Bridge Workers of New York.
 MT. Graham took occasion to say:
 'Laboring men have been overridden and insulted by different sets until they have risen up in arms against them When they nominated MT Devery they placed their hearts and souls, their every thing, the dignity of their homes in it. And yet by the work of this convention they have no representation whatever" "
 Butler Gets Excited.
 Mir. Butler said:
 ''IIill and those others with him have nut themselves up against it in a terrible style Their styles will not be forgotten for many years to come. l tell you, as a man representing the United Bridge and Structural Iron Workers of the United States and Canada that we resent the action of these scoundrels. ridicule them and they deserve 1t. They called us thugs and scoundrels. DO we look like scoundrels? Are the men of the Ninth District scoundrels and you men who applauded William s. Devery's name ,n the convention scoundrels? l do not think so.
 Then MT. Devery started for home and threatened all sorts of disasters for the ticket but halted long enough in his denunciations of the leaders to assert that he was a good Democrat
 Perhaps the most dramatic situation during the long hours of the convention was the refusal to hear the opposition that developed to Mir. Coler from the Third District of Kings and from New York city. Moses Wafer of Kings and one other delegate attempted to make
 l@,,t ho of various delegates and the attitude Of inc chair in ruling them out of order at that time forbade them continuing
 Nathan Straus Assaulted. But when MT. Colers name had been placed in nomination and the nominations closed, Nathan straus of New York arose and offered objections to Mir Coler. He was allowed to go to the plat from to present them and he requested in an eminently fair manner, the privilege of talking. He had hardly begun, how ever to state his objections when he was roundIy hissed, and finally, upon motion of Delegates Milne was ruled out Of order He started to leave the platform nutting the notes from which he was roading in his pocket, and when he had reached the steps leading to the audi +or,um he was surrounded by number of newspaper men who desired copies of lie remarks He was attempting to de- tarrine whom to give them to, when a rurnher of Tammany delegates surround cd him and, pressing him against the 1.au took the notes from him and tore +ben up. Luckily he had preserved a conv in his pocket and this copy he managed finally, after recovering his hat and glasses, to hand to the newspaper men. ,, ox.oot,.. e the ticket and the rest of 1t was nomi- .,.ted without any question or objection whatever , .na delegates present as perhaps rather ,.erbose but as a whole, one of the best Socnments of it's kind that has been for mulated in years
 The Platform.
 The nIatform calls for steadfast fidelity +o American principles for the lack of uhich it arraigns the Republican party; demands the return to the principles of Jefferson to stop demoralzation of the country opposes trusts that injuriously o fect consumer and employer and drive 0ut small manufacturers; especially con- domns the so-called beef and coal trusts for .unrea sonabIy depriving the people of necessaries of life.'
 Pestriction of the anna assing of wealth ;g advocated and the amendment of the tariff law hy placing the necessities of life on the free list is demanded. The Ding iev tarin law is condemned as whole.