The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-10-03
COLER HEADS THE TICKET
For Government Ownership of the
Coal Mines.
IMMEDIATE REVISION or THE TARIFF. "
Imperialism and Trusts Denounced. National
Administration Condemned for Trading
Judicial Positions for
State Ali.
CBy the Associated Prcss.)


Saratoga, N. Y. Oct. IA convention
so strenuous in its final hours as to
bring almost personal conflict, and yet
terminating in such perfect harmony, as
TO allow the completion of the State tick
ct with less than a hundred delegates out
of four hundred and fifty in the hall. was
the result of today's closing of the Demo-
cratic State Convention.
1t began in the early morning with
a prepared slate of candidates. The slate
was not broken in any particular, but the
right OF objection to it was given to all
the delegates except, when in the case
of one New York delegate, it was De
lieved to be an infringement of the rules
under which the convention was acting.
The ticket nominated follows:
For Governor-Bird S. Coler, of Brook
Ign.
For Lieutenant Governor-Charles N.
Bulger, of Oswego.
Secretary of State-Frank Mott, Of
Chautauqua.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES NJ. Preston, OF
Ulster.
Attorney George Cunneen. OF
Erie.
State Engineer and Surveyor-Richard
w. Sherman, of Oneida.
State Treasurer-George R. Finch. OF
Warren.
Associate Judge of the Court of APP
peals-John G. Gray, of New York.
Naturally a great deal of the interest
in the convention centered in the atti-
Il de it would take towards the seating
of William S. Devery, former head of the
Police Department of New York. who
held a regular certificate Of election
from the Ninth New York district. II
was not an unexpected event that the
convention decided to unseat him; and it
was not also unexpected that he and his
followers were vociferous in their objec-
tiOns.
So thoroughly had Mr.. Devery made up
his mini 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 convention decided to adopt
the report of he committee by the vote
of 422 to d, then Mr.. Devery walked out
OF the convention after being allowed to
declare himself a good Democrat and
proceeded 20 hold a mass meeting on the
steps of the United States Hotel. After
that MIR. Devery started for home and
threatened all sorts of disasters for the
ticket, but halted long enough in his de-
nunciations of the leaders. TO assert that
he was a good Democrat.
Perhaps the most dramatic situation
Of no
was the refusal to hear the opposition
that developed to Mr.. Coler from the
Third district of Kings and from New
York city.
When Mr.. Coler's name had been placed
in nomination and the nominations
closed, Nathan Strauss, of New YORK
arose and offered objections to Mr. Coler.
He was allowed to go to the platform TO
present them and he requested in an emil
nently fair manner the privilege OF tank
ing He had hardly begun, however, TO
state his objections, when he was rouhdly
Missed and finally. upon motion OF Dele-
gate Milne was ruled out or ORDER ne
started to leave the platform, putting
the notes from which he was readlng' IN
his pocket, and when he had reached the
steps leading to the auditorium, ne was
surrounded by a number OF he"Spapel
men who desired copies of his remarks
He was attempting to determine VINO 10
give them to. when a number or ram
many delegates surrounded MIN ana
pressing him against the wall, took the
notes from him and tore them up. Luck
ily he had preserved paper in MS pocket
and this copy he managed finally alter
recovering his hat and glasses to hano
to the newspaper men. The strauss III,
cident ended objections to the tlcKet ahu
the rest of it was nominated without any
Question or objection whatever MI
Coler was nominated by vote OF 444
~ The rest of the ticket was named
by acclamation. =,
The ,latform tonight is looked upon py
the delegates present as perhaps Eels
verbose. but as a whole, one OF Ihe pe9'
documents of its kind that has been lofih-
ulated in years.