New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-19

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place at the table the front of the stage.
HATS SMASHED. CLOTHING TORN.
All this time the hall in an uproar. the aisles
filled with a scrambfng crowd. demanding seats
at the ratio of about three persons seat The
police helpless AS fast they got
out Of seat to which he was not entitled another
stepped into II.
and feet trampled in the rush Suddenly the band
broke with ''There'H Be Hot Time in the Old
Town Tonight
At first there a laugh. then cheer and in
moment the crowd was in a wild turmoil Of
thusasm. Then it was discovered that Charles F.
Murphy coming down the aisle. The band
played Hall to the Chief to the accompaniment
OF deafening cheers. Bourke Cochran. ex-United
States Senator Murphy. of Troy: Senator Grady
and many others came in amid wild cheering above
which the sound of the band hardly audible.
Mr.. Campbell. the chairman. welcomed with
great applause. but waited before calling the con-
vention order until something family resembling
ORDER could be secured.
At 2i9 p. m his savel fell and he presented the
nomination Of ex-senator George Rainos. Of Mon
roe, chairman Of the convention. The nominal
ton was accepted with applause. and Mr.. Raines
escorted TO the platform by Senator Thomas +.
Grady. of New-York; John L. Shea Of Kings. and
Robert A. Maxwell, Of Gencsee, ex-State Super
intendent of insurance. As they struggled down
the aisle the band played Yankee Doodle" ana
I'VE Won't Go Home TIL Morning" while the
convention cheered.
GEORGE RAINES'S SPEECH.
Mr. Raines was enthusiastically welcomed and
began his address. Mr.. Raiues sad
Thank you for your cordial reception, Never in
OF a union of sI lovers OF constitutional liberty I'm
rScT answers TO the call of duty Gndsmayed by
the boastful challenge OF the leaders OF the new new
S of I 1bd baHPe who assume no" 10 Do 0
MIR Depew has been once more before the foot
lights of a convention and with lack OF con-
hdence in the promise Of Carnegie the Laird OF
assured his party and the country Of unbounded
, prosperity. The walls Of Carnegie Han echoed
with Skibo rhetoric and applause. said Senator
DepeW speaking OF the Bankruptcy law and the
debtors dschaTged Dpa@T S pFo'Ions 6 or
tribute 20 the prosperity resulting from the meas
honesty OF American business men that niue-jenhs
this remedial measure have since in their abun-
dent success paid prneiPsl and interest OF theF
Cato when cicero, IN defending MEr'na. whom
a i9u t.iu IN the assembly and even among the
judges, what pleasant consul we have''
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF EXECUTIVE.
We. as Democrats, have in our State recently
OF power over matters OF local administration Of
every kind. Yet the work has gone on until per
haps local police appointments the only defect
hnt oon ~ he Ternedied by The passavr or the state
C"nstabuiary BIZ Tho arifui Govern0r of our state
/ h1s seemed not to Dc acquainted with the tradl-
lions Of hber'y loving peoples no were over jea!-
Of the invasion Of their control of affairs eX-
affecting the commonwealth. He
has absorbed powers OF local administration until
the Executive is swollen with privileges duties and
powers deemed the badges Of distinction OF free
institutions. because towns and cities had them II
is wonderful. therefore that this ambitious
the times are not auspicous for submitting by his
own candidacy his work to tho people FOR approva
and Vet unwilling TO lose the frIt Of his labor
has accepted the Craftsmanship Of HIS party com
mittee In the presence Of the people, with The
same audacity which has marked the creation by
law of the governmental machine, he now unites
the functions Of control as the Governor Of the
state with the functions Of the party manager IN
control Of lis committees organization. Truly this
Is me era OF great ions com
petition is this part Of the new inperalism which
ME The voice of tho rapresantatyas of the peo
pie gave the decree protective tariff in behalf
OF the infant industries of the Laird OF SkibO. Is
to unite the powers of the Executive of the State
ana nation with those OF the party oosS TO meet
protection enjoyed by the Laird of Skibo2 We Oh
civil War to pay off more man half the debt ere
ated by it. But the Laird Of skibo from an infant
as the nation has reduced its debt.
Would it not be well TO take a census Of the
nestle under the tariff and what other infant
industries have created bonares who are not
foolish enough to go about the country buying
pennyworth of paradise by endowing Summaries
and libraries?
NO LONGER DIsCORD IN GRAND OLD PARTY.
Great opportunities OF usefulness come with great
power. and in this new sort of combination OF
for creating balance of power against political
rival ceases; There can be no rival Time was
| whether TO consult Albany TiOga. and when the
Governor needed balance of power in the Senate
against the sway of Senator Platt But how
different. The Senator from Ontario and the Sena-
tor from Saratoga need not differ longer because
of their temperaments again open the books
as that troublesome account Of Odell with Platt
has been permanently adjusted and there shall
longer be dscord In the grand old party.
So felest foes
Whose passions and whose plots have broke their sleep
Some trick worth shall dear friends
And interjcin their issucF
But this absorption by the party boss Of the
symptom the general failure of clear perception
OF the distinctions which should be jealousy guard
cd between the prerogatiVcs of the executive, ju-
dcial and legislative branches OF government. The
bar of New York has denounced the attack OF the
and everywhere there is unrest this maIign
influence in the courts Of the country. But the
conspicuous fact OF eNl omen IN the national ad-
mnistTation. The brilliant member from New
which all recognize and none other had the
az ability formulate this critical period.
Who does not know that the patronage OF the
Executive holds the Congress cringinG and sub
servient to his will ard that It Is boldly used to
election of Senators by popular vote az partial
remedy but the sure re1edy rs a return re- OF the
whole people to the sound teachings OF Democracy
to the true theory and limitations of powers OF
every branch of government under the consttu-
tion. These have been long disregarded, ana what
has seemed an expedient has been preferred TO the
dictates of sound PRINCIPLES of permanent appca-
ton. We approach campaign OF grayest moment
of far reaching consequence
HOLDS BALANCE OF POWER.
The evils OF Republican rule are fragrant, and the
increase false theories and their intrenchment In
legislation threaten permanent changes IN the IN
10 regard the history of the Republic and its les
sons. Its early political literature is seo1ed at by
ance of power in State and nation. The deception