The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-02
BEGAN WITH UPRoAR.
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Continued from fiTSt rage.
--.I1ar right. Mr.. Hill, as state leader
+ts state of New York. we ask JUS
OF o. ~ fron YOU as leader of the Demo-
tic marty. We do not come here as
tonest Democrats to be deprived of our
rights" -. -. .,.4s.. -.
delegate was in his seat and the
eaIlery was in a wild state OF excite
ment. .. a. -.
I'm and attempted to speak. The
lhafr told him that he could not adj
dress the convention. Amidst ire
,-endous uproar he started to speak,
but a sergeant-at-arms hustled him
down the steps. For fully ten min
mes the convention and spectators
Toared. applauded and Kissed.
FINALLY some semblance of order was
Unnamed and then Mr.. Devery present.
ed a minority report.
Majority Report Adopted.
The majority report of the Commit
go on Credentials throwing out the
Ninth district, declared that neither
+be Devery nor the Goodwin delegates
we're entitled to seats by reason of
..wbolesale corruption pertaining to the
Urinary election in said district, where
nv if cannot be determined what dele
gates were legally elected"
The majority report was sustained
The counties voting in whole or in
mart in favor of the seating of the
Devery delegates were: Queens, for,
against Suffolk, for, 2 against
Wyoming for: Yates, for.
All of the other counties voted for
the majority report, declaring the seats
of the delegates from the Ninth va
cant.
Devery Leaves Hall.
When the vote had been announced
Mr. Devery left the hall, followed by
his delegates and friends. There was
not much trouble or cheering.
The Committee on Permanent Or
panization made it's report, naming
Martin w. Littleton of Brooklyn for
permanent chairman, Mr.. Littleton
made a speech in which he criticised
some of President Roosevelt's, recent
speeches.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Littletons
speech the platform was presented. 1t
calls for steadfast fidelity to American
PRINCIPLES. for the lack of which it ar
raigns the Republican party, demands
the returns to the principles of JEFF
ferson to stop decentralization of the
country; favors trade expansion, but
objects to this country apeing Eng
land in trying to establish colonial
government; condemns the action of
the government in it's treatment of the
Philippines; demands justice for Cuba
in the matter of trade by reducing the
tariff to a strictly revenue basis; de-
nounces the present state excise laws
and demands the return of all monies
received to the county where collected;
sympathizes with the Jews in Rouma-
mia: favors the election of United States
senators by direct vote, and condemns
- fr,a \
ing judicial positions for state aid.
Advocates Mine Ownership.
The following declaration regarding
national ownership of anthracite mines
is made:
I'VE advocate the national ownership
and operation of the anthracite coal
mines by the exercise of the right of
eminent domain with just compensation
TO owners. Ninety per cent. of the an
thracite coal deposits of the world be-
ing in the state of Pennsylvania, ma
t:onal ownership can be but in the
interest of the whole people.
Fuel, like water, being a public
necessity, we advocate national owner
ship and operation of the mines as a
solution of the problem which will re-
1ieve the country from the suffeTings
which follow differences between labor
and capital in the anthracite mines.
This course will insure peace in the
mining regions and remove the cause
for differences leading not only to
suffering, but oftimes to bloodshed and
instruction,
1T will relieve the consumers OF
coal, not only i'll this state, but
throughout the whole country: insure
steady employment and ample compen-
sation to labor; transfer children from
the mines to the schools; insure.
strengthen and preserve the stability
Of the business interests and popular
institutions of our country. Whatever
differences of opinion may exist over
ether propositions of public ownership
the propricty of that policy as applied
to anthracite coal mines must be ap-
narent to every citizen"
The platform declares that the i'm
mediate revision of the tariff is the SUI
preme duty of the hour and that tariff
taxation should be limited to the neces-
cities of the government economically
administered. 1t declares for reciprocal
trade as the traditional Democratic
policy and opposes the system by
which a surplus is locked up in the
treasury thereby contracting the cur
rency.
Trusts and MonopoIies.
On trusts and monopolies, the plat
form saws.
The Democratic party is opposed to
those gigantic corporate combinations,
commonly known as trusts, which
practically establish monopolies, de-
stroy competition, control the raw
material and increase the price of fin
lshed product, thus injuriously affect
ing both producer and consumer; they
lessen the employment of labor, arbi-
rarily fix the terms and conditions
thereof, and deprive individual energy
and small capital of their opportunity
Tor betterment We especially con-
uemn the beef and coal trusts, which
nave unreasonably raised the price of
meat and coal to an extent which
threatens the impoverishment and lives
OF the people.
These trust evils are the legitimate
product of the Republican policies,
they are fostered by Republican laws,
and excused. apnlogized for. defended
and protected by Republican admin
situations, in return for campaign sub
scrlptions and political support.
we promise the people relief from
the exorbitant prices of the necessaries
OF life and from the abnormal and IL
legitimate increase in the present cost
or living, and particularly occasioned
py trust exactions. Existing laws
against trusts must be enforced, more
stringent ones must be enacted, rea-
sonable limitations and restrictions
should be imposed upon the extent to
which wealth shall be permitted to
combine and virtually monopohze any