The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-20
4s sp HARRISBURG
 sLONVENTION Motion to Instruct is
 Beaten. THE UNIT RULE ADOPTED Guffey Heads List of Dele . gates at Large. Hall, Pattison and Wright Occupy Places with Him on the Ticket.
 Thompson Nominated to Succeed Himself.

l Harrisburg, April 19.-The Democratic
 State Convention. which was held ners 1 today. refused to instruct the national delegates from Pennsylvania to vote fol | the nomination of Judge Alton B. Parker
 ct New York for President The deie- gates will go to St. Louis uninstructeG, and will be bound by the unit rule. | An attempt was made to amend the pla form by substituting for the unit rule plank a paragraph instructing the delegates for Judge Parker. It failed and the platform as adopted by the com n'ttee was unanimously adopted by the convention.
 Justice Samuel Gustin Thompson of Philadelphia was nominated by acclama- | tion for Supreme Court Justice, to suc- ceed himself for the full term of twenty years. He Is at present a member of | the Supreme Court by appointment of | Governor Pennypacker.
 The delegates at large to the National Convention are: Col. James M. Guffey,
 State chairman; J. K. P. Hall, ex-Gover- nor Robert Pattison and Robert E. Wright.
 Arranged in Advance. The final details of the Democratic
 State Convention were arranged at con | ference of the leaders today at State headquarters.
 Robert Irwin of Washington and Stan- ley W. Davenport of Wilkesbarre were selected for presidential electors at large.
 It was decided that the 6S national dele gates should not be instructed, but that they should be bound by the unit rule. The leaders concede that there is a strong sentiment among the State dele gates in favor of Judge Parker and has
 made every effort to prevent instructions for the New Yorker. - Chairman Hall called the convention to
 order at 1I:10 o'clock. After the reading I of the call Frank J. Fitzsimmons of
 Lackawanna county was chosen tenn porary chairman. Mir Fitzslmmons, in his speech said the Republican party in Pennsylvania wasydead to State pride and I individual liberty and that the serfs of the plains of Siberia have more independ- ence than have the ''cringing machine-rid- den and boss-worshipping pack of slaves | who belong to the party given glory by Lincoln and long line of illustrious statesmen"
 After caustic reference to the "muzzler bill' and Governor Pennypacker, MT. l Fitzsimmons closed with the statement | that President Roosevelt Is a constant | source of unrest to the American people and a menace to the peace of the coun- try. He would like to build up new na- tion on his own ideals He would like tc | have the senseless rough rider take the | place of common sense Uncle Sam and
 San Juan Hill substituted for Bunker | Hin."
 Without Debate. A resolution was adopted that all res olutions. petitions and memorials be re- ferred to committee without debate. After the announcement of the standing | committees the convention took a recess | until o'clock to allow the committees l to organize and dispose of the business | referred to them.
 Ex-Governor Pattison was chosen chair man of the Resolutions Committee of the Democratic convention, which met imme- | diately after the recess. William J. Brinn, | ot Allegheny, submitted a brief platform prepared at the conference of the leaders | and moved It's adoption
 Park IT. Davis, of Northampton, offer | ed the following amendment to the plank | relating to the unit rule:
 Resolved. that the delegates at large | from the State of Pennsylvania to the l national convention of the Democratic l party, to be held in the city of St. Louis July 6, 1904 be and the same are hereby instructed to use all honorable means, by
 ballot and otherwise. to secure the nomi- naIlOn or f1On. AllOn D. EdTheT, Ol NSW York. for President of the United States"
 MT. Davis made brief speech in sup
 port of his amendment. which was reject
 ed by viva voce vote after which the platform was adopted and the committee adjourned.
 The afternoon session of the convention
 was called to order at 2 o'clock, and Mir.
 Dewalt delivered his address as perma-
 nent chairman.
 He contended that the Republican ad-
 ministration had caused distrust and mis-
 mana cement of afairs, and stated that
 the only hope for the nation was In the
 success of Democratic principles.
 He spoke ss follows
 Speech of Dewalt.
 MT. Dewah said in part:
 Unless signs of the times are falsely read by those who are deemed to know something of public opinion. time Is ripe for the success of the great Democratic party Its principles and its platform should be today what they always have been-a demand for honesty and sanity in the administration of public affairs and a cessation of spectacular govern ment by a President. whose every move Is made toward his own succession in the white house The prudence, safety and patriotism of a Mckinley have given way to the schemes of a Rough Rider. whose strenuous methods have more than once caused the nation to tremble. lest overnight some act of his. and through him. his party would cause all citizens untold misfortunes.
 Democracy Only Relief.
 '"Thls great feeling of uncertainty. this widespread impression that the Presi-
 dent Is not a safe man, that he lacks
 boise and good judgment has caused the | conservative and intelligent voter of the country to again turn his eyes to the
 Democracy for relief and safety" Mir. Dewalt also said that the Demo-
 crats demand for the people of this coun- trv an equitable revision of the tariff laws, an increased navy to protect and increase our foreign commerce, liberal
 and just pension laws. and just laws of | taxation so that the burden thereof may
 be equally distributed and the favorine of some classes to the detriment of oth-
 CTS may cease.
 The proposed platform was then adopt ] ed. It Is as follows: