Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-19

way Of Brooklyn. AS a%lternates it Sc
lected G.. N. Bulger of Oswego, w.
Caryl Ely of Buffalo, G. II. Alderman
of Brooklyn and Francis Burton Harri-
son of New York.
AS was indicated, the convention was
instructed by a vote of 301 to 149 for
Alton b. Parker as the state candidate
for president. Tammany was not treat
cd as badly as had been predicted, be-
ing allowed to name a delegate at
large, Mr.. Ehret.
Senator McCarren then followed with
the report Of the committee OIL plat
form, John B. Stanchfield i~nterrupting
to ask that the temporary chairman
be made permanent. Mr.. McCarren
then read the platform.
The platform adopted was as fol-
lows:
"The Democrats of New York, in re-
newing their pledge of fidelity to the
essential principles of Jeffersonian
Democracy, as repeatedly enunciated
in our national and state platforms,
make these further declarations upon
the national issues of the hour, reserv-
ing an expression upon state issues I'M
til the fall convention, when state can
dldates are to be nominated:
"First.-This Is n government Of
laws, not of men; II law for presi-
dents, cabinets and people; no usurpa-
ton; no executive encroachment upon
the legislative o. judicial department.
"Second.-We must keep inviolate
the pledges of Il treaties; we must
renew and reinvigorate within
selves that respect for law and that
love CT liberty and of peace which the
spirit of military domination tends in
evitably to weaken and destroy.
"Third.-Unsteady national policies
ana a restless spirit of adventure en-
gender alarms TINT check our CONNER
cihl growth; let us have peace, to the
end that business confidence may be
restored and that Il people may again
In tranquility enjoy the gains of their
toll.
N"Fourth.-Corporations chartered by
1.-THE state must be subject to just regu-
llation by the state in the interest of
1.-THE people; taxation for public pur-
poses only; no government partnership
with protected monopolies.
"Fifth.-Opposition to trusts and ON
Ibinations that Cypress the people and
Stife healthy Industrial competition.
"Slxth.-A check upon extravaganza
in public expenditures, that the burden
Of the peoples taxes may be lightened.
acknowledgements revision of
the tariff; needless duties upon import
ed raw materials weigh heavily upon
the manufacturer, are a menace to the
American wage Garner and by increas-
Ing the cost of production shut out our
products from the foreign markets.
"Eighth.-The maintenance of state
rights and home rule; no Capitalization.
"Ninth.-IIonesty in the public serv-
ice, vigilance in the prevention of
fraud and firmness in the punishment
Of guilt when detected.
'renth.-The. impartial maintenance
Of the rights of labor and of capital, no
unequal discrimination, no abuse of the
powers of law for favoritism or op-
preston.
THE Democracy of New York favor
the nomination for president of the
United States of that distinguished
and eminent jurist of our own state
Alton Brooks Parker, and the delegates
selected by this convention are hereby
Instructed to present and support such
nomination at the approaching nation
al convention.
THAT the said delegates are hereby
further instructed to act and vote as a
unit in all matters pertaining to said
convention, in accordance with the will
Of the majority Of the said conven-
ton"