The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-09-22
David B Hill Prophtsies Vic
tory for State and Ma
ton in November
PLATFORM PAYS GLOWING
TRIBUTE TO JUDGE PARKER
Makes Direct Personal Attack on Gov
ernor Odell, Denounces the Repub-
lIcan Administration and En-
dorses Natl Dem. Platform. \,

Saratoga, N. Y, September 21.-S ST
a situation which at times seemed = So1st
impossible of amicaple solut q the
leaders of the democratic pa oSoday
found way to unanimous : o 81 and
! at 1928 o'clock this afternoc state
convention adjourned after he lg nom-
mated unanimously the following ticket:
For governor-D Cady Herrick of AL
bany, at present a justice of the su-
preme court.
Lieutenant governor-francis Burton
Harrison of New York, now a represen-
tative in congress from the thirteenth
district.
For comp p-roller-George Hall of St
Lawrence.
State reasurer-willam Muench of
Onondaga.
Chief judge of the court of appeals
Edgar M. Cullen of Kings (democraD
For associate Judge of the court of APP
| peals-William E. Warner. Monroe re-
! publican), now of that bench By designa-
ton by Governor odell and the republi-
can nominee.
Th conference of leaders last night
/
continued almost up to the moment of
the chairmans call for nominations for
the office of governor.
Former United States Senator David
B. Hill presented to the convention the
name Supreme Court Justice Daniel
! Cady Herrick of Albany. Judge Herrick's
| name was received with great enthusi-
| asm and endorsed with cordial speeches
of support by three representatives, of
the elements whose attitude had been an
important factor in the serious situation
/ which had formed lne subject or the
| conference Incidentally Senator Hill
was accorded a reception which was
little less than an ovation.
fractional Warfare Disappears.
| A notable feature of the convention
was the disappearance of all open evil
| dence of the factional warfare between
| the Kings county organization headed by
State Senator McCarren and Tammany
| hall under the leadership of Charles f.
Murphy.
The platform adopted includes di-
rect personal attack upon Governor
Odell, as well as a denunciation of the
| republican administration, an endorse
ment Of the democratic national ticket
platform and resolutions and a strongly
worded discussion of state and national
|
view
The chief participants in the confer
ence which brought about unanimous
action were Senator Hill, former Lieu
tenant Governor Sheehan, chairman OF
the national democratic committee Geo.
F. Peabody treasurer Of the national
committee Chairman Cord Meyer of the
state committee. and w s. Rode of the
state executive committee; State Senator
McCarren. Charles F. Murphy State
Senator v. j. Bowling, national commit
teeman Norman E. Mack, August Bel
mont and former senator Edward Muir
ply, Jr., Of Troy.
Was Compromise Candidate.
Justice Herrick was essentially COM
promise candidate, as between Edward
| M. Grout of Brooklyn, comptroller of
Greater New York, and Edward M. Shep-
ard, also of Brooklyn, who practically
drove each other from the field. Mr..
Shepard was finally dropped from con-
sideration, because of the opposition of
Senator McCarren and the Kings county
organization, Mr.. Grout. because of posi-
tive opposition of Tammany hall.
Mr. Hill made little speech tonight
from the balcony of his room in the
Grand Union hotel. A crowd of delegates
gathered on the walks, serenaded him
with band, and clamored for his ap-
pearance. He came out and said:
Fellow democrats, l thank you for your
kindness expressed in this greeting, and
desire to congratulate you upon the splen-
did work of the convention ended today. 1t
means victory in the state of New York
and in my judgment is the forerunner of
victory in the nation.
Adoption of Platform.
The nominations were preceded by the
| adoption of the platform, which was
read by George Rains of Rochester.
David b. Hill was greeted with cheers
as he placed Judge Herrick in nomina-
ton The nomination was seconded by
Bourke Cochran and Luke d. Stapleton
of Brooklyn.
The agreement on Supreme Court Justice
Herrick of Albany as the candidate for
governor came after a series of confer
ences carried on up almost to the very
moment of the presentation of Justice
Herrick's name in today's convention.
The resolutions as reported by the COM
mittee were long and chiefly devoted to
state issues They "arra1gn before the
bar of public judgment the one-man pow
er that today dominates the republican or
ganization of New York state. The people
elected Benjamin B. Odell Jr.. to be gov
| ernor, in palpable violation of his sworn
obligation to be the impartial servant of
the whole people he has assumed to act
, as state chairman of a public machine.
His present dual relation constitutes a
public scandal and amounts to the gross
, est contempt of duty in the history of the
state.
odeII's Integrity Questioned.
For the first time in its history the
Empire state has a governor whose per-
sonai integrity rests under widespread
suspicion. He has surrounded himself
by high officials and advisers under
whose maign influence the public reve-
nues of the state are largely diverted to
private profit. Instead of being opposed
to extravaganza and waste the adminis-
tration has become the actual promoter
of adroit schemes to loot the public treas
ury and In the guise of law.
THE example set in these affairs ex-
} tends to counties. cities. towns and vii
lagos under republican machine control.