The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-27

- have resulted merely in the discarding of a few officers.
 We demand the passage of such legis- 1 lation as will deal effectively with the l whole subject of life insurance and en- courage this form of economy by mak- ing it's fruits absolutely secure.
 We ask the federal government to 1 exercise it's influence to bring about a speedy cessation of the atrocities now be- Ing committed against the Jews in Rus sia.
 Feicltations for Bryan.
 tIn common with the democrats of all l the states, and expressing the sentiment of the high-minded citizenship of the re- public without party we view with pride and satisfaction the hospitality and ac- l claim which have been accorded at home and abroad, to that great democratic | leader and typical American, William l Jennings Bryan, to whom the democrats of New York extend most cordial and sincere felicitatons.
 Finally we record our solemn belief that corruption in the public service or 1 corporate management cannot be erad- | ieated while schemes of plunder are i'm planted in the very body of the law itself. Where the law not only permits but | empowers great trusts to exact for their products prices vastly exceeding those 1 asked in foreign countries and this power to plunder our citizens Is treated as the property of certain private corporations. 1 the vast volume of tribute drawn from the masses of the community is the least l pernicious of its results. The wide emula- 1 tion In plunder which it evokes is it's worst result.
 We denounce the socialism which l seeks to make government the sole agent of production. as nothing less than ap- 1 peal to re-establish the institution of l eli tcb ished before the advance of Christian civilization"
 Nearly every paragraph received -ap- plause. There were cheers for the para graph extending felicitations to William J. Bryan but the demonstration was brief. 1 The platform was adopted unanimously. 1 W. " Cook of Albany county then took the platform to nominate William R. Hearst.
 l MT Cook said:
 This convention must convince the l people that bossism and corporate con i trol have been driven out and that demo- cracy will follow intelligent and, compe- tent Aeadershp, The candidate hust be l in direct sympathy with the declarations of the platform and such. alone can lead 1 it to victory.
 "But the objection is made that the l gentleman whom l have in mind should not be nominated because he is already ] the candidate of an Independent associa- 1 ton. We all agree that the party of in suranee frauds: the party of indirect tax ation the party which approved a cor rupt judiciaryi the party which prost- tuted the civil service by levyng cam ;, paign assessments: the party of maximum expenditures and minimum results, should be expelled from power in the empire state.
 Albany county presents the name of Ia q faA aht fttI a 1 who has ever opposed the drift from Jeff | fersonian doctrines; one who has ever pro- | tested against the pundering of the peo- pie by public service corporations; one whose time and money have always been l engaged for the betterment of labor one | who has ever declared that the prosperity of the individual depends upon the impar- tlal enforcement of the law; a true demo- crat, true man, and a true American, l William Randolph Hearst"
 The delegates had become restless to- ward the close of MT. Cooks speech, and his last words were so drowned in the hum of voices that the name of MT. Hearst was barely heard. Allegheny coun- ty seconded MT. Hearst, and the conven- tion named Congressman William Sulzer l sending George Raines of Monroe to the stage to make the nominating speech. Sul- gers name. was given an ovation which lasted many minutes.
 
 demonstration by the Kings county men, l When quiet had been restored Mir. Raines | proceeded declaring it was the pleasant est duty ofhi life to nominate a demo- crat of the character of William Sulzer for the office of Governor. He said Mir Sulzer had never been the foe of democracy. but a true and faithful one. Mir Ralnes next referred to the candidacy of Mir | Hearst and at the mention of the name l the delegates began to cheer, the demon- stration being far greater than when Mir. | Hearst was actually heard.
 Mir Ralnes charged Hearst with infdel- ity to every democratic trust imposed up on him and to every democratic principle contained in the platform the convention had adopted
 Partisans Are Arrayed.
 The friends of Hearst and those of Sul- ger were instantly arrayed against each other in counter demonstrations. The speaker charged Hearst with sending salaried agents through the state to form an organization to nominate him for gov ernor. He referred to Hearst as driver of men with brutal lash"
 The party, he declared. was to be so3l out body and soul The question before the convention was as to whether the delegates were to deliver the goods the leaders had bargained for
 Thomas NJ. Osborne of Cayuoga county, one of the originaters of the Albany conference of anti-Hearst democrats. '' took the platform at 1920 a. m.. and placed in nomination John A. Dix of Washington county, a nephew of the late Governor Dix of New York.
 You can sell the democratic name; it's emblem and its organiza tion," said MT. Osborne. 'but you cannot sell the dem- ocratic voters. Out of the trail of your dishonor will raise a new democracy in which vOu will have no part'
 MT. Osborne concluded in a perfect storm of interruptions of hoots and ap- plause.