Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-10-04

| That the Horrors OF Fuel FAMINE
May Be Prevented-Favorable Re
plies From Mitchell and Baer.
Saratoga, y. V, Oct. "A convention
SO strenuous in its closing hours rs to
bring almost personal conflict ANA yet
closing in such perfect harmony rs tO
allow the completion of the state ticket
with less than 100 delegates out of ioO
in the hall, was the result Of yestrr-
days closing of the Democratic state
convention.
1t began in the early morning with Il
prepared slate of candidates. The slate
was not broken in any particular, but
the right of objection to 1t was given
to all the delegates except when, in the
case of one New York delegate, it was
believed to be an infringement of tho
rules under which the convention was
acting. Naturally Il great deal of Tie
interest in the convention centered in
the attitude ii would take toward the
seating of William :. Devcry, former
head of the police department of New
York. and who held Il regular certificate
of election from the Ninth New York
district.
| 1t was not an unexpected event that
the convention decided to unseat him.
| And it was not also unexpected that he
and his followers, who We're given
ample room in the convention to make
themselves conspicuous, We're ro-
ciferouS in their objections. Mr..
Devery's attitude and that of his
friends was pictureSquely objection,
able. SO thoroughly had he made NJ
his mind that the convention would
have none of him that he did not at
tend the meeting of the committee on
credentials. When the convention de.
cided to adopt the report of the commit
| tee by the preponderOus vote of 422 tC
II, Mr.. Devery walked out of the con-
ventiOn after being allowed to declare
himself good Democrat and pro
ceeded to hold mass meeting on the
steps of the United States Hotel.
Perhaps the most dramatic situation
| during the convention was the refusal
to hear the opposition that developed
to Coler from the Third district of
Kings and from New York city. COlcr'S
name had been placed in nomination
and the nominations closed. Nathan
Straus of New York offered objections
to Coler He had hardly begun to state
his objections when he was roundly
hissed and finally ruled out of order.
AS he was about to hand his written
objection to a newspaper man it was
seized by delegate and torn up. The
Straus incident ended objections to the
ticket, and the rest of it was nominated
without any question whatever in a
perfunctOry manner.
The nominations are: For governor,
Bird s. Coler: lieutenant governor, G..
n. Bulger; comptroller, G. NJ. Preston:
secretary of state, Il. ii. Mott; attorney
general. ]. Cunneen; engineer, II. W.
Sherman; treasurer, G. Il. Finch;
judge court of appeals, ]. c. Gray.
The platform calls for steadfast
fidelity to American principles, ar.
raigns the Republican party for lack
of these; demands returns to the prin.
ciples of Thomas Jefferson to stop Ce-
mOralzation Of the country; opposes
trusts that injuriOusly affect consumer
and employer and drive out small manu-
facturers, anI especially condemns the
beef and coal trusts for unreasonab bly,
depriving the people of necessities of
life. Restriction Of the amassng of
wealth is advocated, and the amend
ments Of the tariff law by placing the
necessities of life on the free list is de.
manded. The Dingley tariff law is con-
demned rs whole. The president is
criticised for diatOry conduct and is
accused Of not wanting to offend the
| trusts.
The platform asserts that the propO-
| sitiOn to amend the United States CON
, stitutiOn to enable the federal govern
mcnt to proceed against the trusts is a
mere subterfuge to get delay; condemns
| the neglect of the national and state ad-
ministratiOns to enforce the Sherman
law and the DOnnelly state law; favors
trade expansion, but objects to this
| country initiating England in trying to
establish colonial government: con-
demnS the action of the government in
its treatment Of the Philippines: de-
mands justice for Cuba in the matter of
| trade by reducing the tariff 10 a
strictly revenue basis; favors election of
United States senators by direct vote,
AT 5:55 o'clock the Devery special
cleared the Saratoga yards. AS the
train pulled out the leader occupied the
front platform. TO demands of
speech, Speech" he said: Il am not
prepared to say anything other than
that | am a Democrat and will support
the ticket nominated today. was
robbed OF my seats. but that seems to
he one of the incidents of the conven-
tlon. Maybe I'll have better luck next
| time
New York, Oct. 2.-When the train
bearing W. s. Devery and his friends
reached the city from Saratoga last
| night Devery was greeted with great
enthusiasm. He made speech in
which he said he would do all he could
to elect Colcr and the rest of the
ticket aud called on his supporters to
do the same. There was an imposi ly
procession from the train to the Devcry
headquarters.
Some have sluices in the conscien.
ces, and can keep them open or shut,
IS occasion reQulreth.