New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-09-16
BLACK NAMED IN JERSEY.
OTHER CANDIDATES OUT.
Equal Taration" Made the Feature
of the Platform.

Trenton sept - (SpeCinD.-There was room
and To spare In the little theatre in TINS city IN
which the Democratic State Convention that
nominated Charles G. Black OF Hudson County.
FOR Governor was held to-day. The upper gar
lerv contained less than fifty apparently disin-
terasted men and boys. and ex-United States
Senator smith could without crowding nave
accommodated several Democrats near the seat
which ne occupied i'm the centre of the stage
The convention began its proceedings soon
after roon with music by local band few
cheers for William 3. Gourley. chairman of the
Democratic state Committee, who called the
meeting TO order. a few more cheers for eN-
Senator smith. and still more cheers for Will
fam j. BRYAN when his name was mentioned
by John r. Hardin. the chairman of the con
v-ution and the orator Of the day. When the
name OF Judge Parker WAS mentioned the
cheers exceeded iu almost inperceptibIe degree
the applause for the vhiom peerless leader
II was when Mr. Hardin. whose utilization with
the infamous coal combine when he a MEM
Der of the legislature has followed him with
persistence for more than aIdoZen years, al
Iuded 10 equal taxation. that the applause was
the greatest. BY perssteuty waving a white
haudkeryhie. from conspicuous place on the
stage "Chiet" Haggerty. OF Newark. managed
To sustain the applause for equal taxation FOR
fully minute and = half. After that the cheers
punctuating now and then point in Mr.
Hardns speech, or when some popular dele
gate like Elviu W. Crane. of Newark or Seua-
tor Hudspeth. of Hudson occupied the floor of
the convention.
When the counties were called for nomina-
tions Of a candidate for Governor. Jacob L. Hen
Erickson of Burlington. the native county of Mr.
Black. presented the successful candidates name
TO the convention Mr.. Blacks name was
greeted by a round of cheers in which the con-
veutiou flebly participated, and applause which
was largely confined 10 Hudson County
The platform. which it understood was
written 10y Congressman Allan l.. McDermott
ana which distributed to the newspaper men
by him. begins by indors.ng the nomination Of
Alton b. Parker and Henry G.. Davis" and in
vites TO the support of those statesmen every
/ voter Of New-Jersey who believes that our ma
tional government should be guided by the Con-
sttution and not by desire for spectacular and
| sensational experiment"
The platform. without further association with
+ the national ticket, then proceeds to slash away
/ at State issues in the usually picturesque way
! which leaves the McDermott stamp on every
/ thing political that the Congressman touches.
/ Just 10 show what ne could do in the way OF
''deuouncng." "arraignng" and charging
while ne about il. the platform builder
sails into" the legislature
We denounce the carnival of corruption that has
disEraced our legislature for years and which l,st
! winter reached The point that declared that any
and all LEGISLATION WAS for sale Hand i'm han
with corrupt legislation for the benefit of ,urpor,-
lions and individuals there has gone an extray;I-
gance in expenditure OF public funds. until the
annual cost or our State government has reached
/ figure the very mention Of which indcates fb4
| hold o. corruption and waste upon our State
J treasury.
Equal taxation is the next feature of the
/ PLATFORM and as this has been declared nv the
| Democratic leaders to be the burning issue
upon which is based their hone OF eicc,!us tn
Democratic candidate, 1t says:
w, We premise ,he pee99pIe OF New-Jersey that III,
Democratic party WILL in the nrst year that il /,
mirusied with power enact the following PROPOSE
'lir,t-That tAe real estate of every railroad an,
I canal company in New-JeTsey shall be taxed in
'ach huhlclpalltN. AT the same that is impose,
. upon the property of private owners Dollar TO
i'm amount OF tax.
second nat the franchises Of railroad and cana
companies small be subject a State OF one
hali OF per cent for State
I hlIu mat expert know ledge being necessary [,
dttSfIlhe the values of railroad and canal proper
IltS, me assessment Of values shall he made by
state board the taxes collected By the State an,
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