The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-03
DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION
Nominees Of the Party Nance
at Dover on Saturday
Afternoon.
W. B. GILLEN FOR SHERIFF.

The Morris County Democratic Con-
yention was held in a second story.
y parlor Of the Hotel Dover, at Dover,
on Saturday. J. o. Cooper, secretary
Of the Democratic County Committee
called the convention to order He
called for nominations for temporary
chairman and John v. Wise was nom
mated and elected.
In taking the chair Mr.. Wise
thanked the convention for the UNI
expected honor. J. Q. Cooper was
elected temporary secretary.
The roll Of municipalities was called
and it was found that somewhat more
than half the districts we're repre-
sented. the attendance being about
twenty-five
On motion the chair was empowered
to appoint committees, which he did
as follows: resolutions, L. a, Vogt,
Leader, Kice credentials, Bum, Bry-
ant, Elliott; rules, L. B. Tredway,
kaufman, Welch; permanent organ
ization, e. S. Burke, Salmon, Weber.
on reassembling after dinner the
usual motions to make the temporary
organization permanent, abide by the
rules Of the last convention, etc, were
adopted.
The following platform was adopted.
The Democrats of Morris County, in
Convention assembled, believing that
the necessity for allegiance to party
principles has never appealed to the
party in stronger degree than at the
present moment, reahirm the doc
trines of the Democratic party as
founded by the fathers, and pledge
our hearty support to the nominees Of
this Convention.
We deplore the fact, so clearly pro-
ven, that Republican national politics
has been bolstered up by huge corrup-
tion funds, we denounce the methods
of that party in State Legislation, that
has become so disgraeeful that men,
bers of that party are now in a life
and death struggle in several of the
counties of the State, and call the at
rention of the taxpayers of this Coun-
ty to the platform of the recent Re-
publican convention held in Norris
town, which was driven into a refer
ence to the tremendous increase in
County expenditures and into urging
its party majority in the Board Of
Freeholders to- be- less extravagant-
We believe in local self govern
ment and are opposed to the granting
of franchises in perpetuity, holding
that each town and township should
control this matter locally.
We favor the election of United
States Senators by the direct vote Of
the people, and hold that the primary
election law recently enacted by a Re-
publican Legislature is subversive of
the very objects it pretends to safe
guard and simplify, as we'll as un-
necessary expensive and wasteful of
the public monies, and we demand it's
repeal
We are emphatically opposed to the
abandonment of the Morris Canal at
the behest of a private corporation
that has much to gain by dismantling
this great waterway, believing that
the rights of the people nthe shores
of Lake Hopatcong and on the line
OF the Canal would be jeopardized
thereby. We favor the preservation
of the private waters of the State for
the people of the State and are oppos-
ed to the excessive use and diversion
of the waters Of Lake HopatcOng for
other than canal purposes, as has been
apparent during the past summer.
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favorable to corporations, and as
against the best interests Of the pub
lie at large, and rejoice to note the
growing opposition to this complicated
and confused proposition for levying
the public income. We are opposed
to taxation that discriminates in favor
of corporations and approve and heart
lily endorse the scheme of taxation
promulgated by the Democratic State
Convention held in renton in 1904
Al few more delegates had arrived
during the noon intefmission and
nominations were called for. The dis
tricts were not called in order, but
nominations were made from the
floor.
j. y. cooper nominated WnlUneld b.
Gillen for sheriff. e. S. Burke second
ing the nomination. The secretary
on motion cast the vote Of the conven-
tion and he was declared nominated
For Assemblymen, Lloyd B. Tired
way, Of Morristown and Albert Bum,
of Washington, were named and the
secretary again cast the ballot.
Enr oornr1nrc M Mtt0hn1l cf Mo
son. John Fl. Fancher, of ROxbury and
J. w. Smith, of Dover, were the only
nominees and the same sormality was
repeated,
Messrs. Burke, Bryant and Weber
were appointed committee on vacan-
cies after which the candidates were
brought before the convention.