The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-05
TOP2ESERVE The DEMOCRACY
MIRO YRS BEEN TO tRRIJE
ron ILBINI CONFERENCE.
Practically Every County ~ tnc state via
Rc OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES VIII Make n
speech MS = G;urst-Ne Delegates From
THIS Il, THOSE Who Are Expected.

~ Democrats who are a%rN!ors 20 lift their
,arfv from he "dis"reditaNIc and dangerous
,i,ugion" into whSA II has fallen arrived
in Albany tonight ready ror the confer
cncc which is cnllci for 80 o'clock to-
morrow afternoon in on Re lows Hall
Idwrri NJ shepard who j. now n resident
cg Warren county, it is expected, will pre-
side at N" conference.
The call for this conference was sent ont
from 'lhany two weeks ago, but no invi-
tntions were sent TO any Democrats in any
IF the five boroughs which make up the
civ O. New York, Manhattan, The Bronx
Richmond. Kings and Queens counties. II
Is es,cnrially and thoroughly an upstate
novcmcn t, and Of tho GGiy-six counties
above IN, Bronx Inc IN" conference to-
morrow will have Representatives from
fftv-tvo.
District Attorney William Travers Jerome
IF New York county has been invited to
sreak az the conference. II was exp lained
to-ni~ht BY ex-Mayor Thomas NJ. Osborne
of Auburn that Mr.. Jerome will not attend
to-morrow'r meeting as "A member Of the
conference, but a. a Democrat whom all
Democrats should delight to honor. It is
very apparent that this movement has got
a great swing in the State when it is recalled
that fftv-two of the ffty-six upstate
counties are represented, and that. too.
only after two weeks Of effort. The call
for these Democrats To assemble here to-
morrow said among other things as to the
purpose of the conference:
The object Of the conference should he
frankly stated and understood in advance.
j is for the purpose OF taking whatever
action Gems most effective in the present
emergency to prevent the completion OF
the corrupt deal which is contemplated,
involving the sale of the Democratic name
and organization. And let there be no
doubt whatever on this point; il must he a
fight to the finish for the preservation Of
Democratic principles and Democratic
honor
The call further says.
The situation Of the Democratic party
Of the State Of New York at the present
moment is without parallel, and it is in a
high degree discreditable to itself and
dangerous to the country. The party Is
without efficient organization and is lacking
in recognized leaders; there is danger,
therefore. Of its true principles. the very
reasons for its existence, being forgotten in
a mere scramble for control; there is immi-
nent danger Of its falling a prey either to
selfish corporate influences, to some unprin-
cipled d~emagogue without fixed political
principles or TO some clique of unscrupu-
lous politicians without any political princi-
pies whatever. 4.
1T must be obvious that a no animation
brought about under such di citation would
he disastrous to the party. that success
under such leadership would be worse
than defeat, that IL would take more than
a generation to recover from the intolerable
disgrace Of such a situation.
In this grave crisis il il highly desirable
that, the intelligent and responsible MEM
ters Of the party should not be silent. We
have heard too much, far too much, from
time serving politicians and hired shouters;
but the rank and file OF the De mocracy
has not been heard from; it is waiting in
suspense, fearing that the honor OF the
Iarty is to be sold, but not knowing how
TO prevent il.
1T is time that the honest, intelligent
voters who love their party and believe
in its mission should speak ~out-should
reafim in clear nd positive form its basic
principles and their refusal to
surrender to ny political bllckmailer
or ang OF political thieves who are pre-
pairing to buy or steal the party emblems
and the party faith
Ix-Mayo- Osborne OF Auburn announced
at the Ten Eyck tonight that among those
u-hn - ., ott-,I eIo .o.Fo,oa tnE,nrrDvu
will be:
Robert J. whalen, Mark Cohen. Simon
Holroyd, Francis B. Murphy, Frank White,
Leopold Lipkin and George A. Reilly. Al
bany; George T. Ellison. Wellsv lille; L. A.
kitchener, Frank O'NeilI, w. X. Carpenter
and G. NJ. Alderman, Binghamton; George
b. Ansley and j. p. Quigley, Salamanca;
Thomas NJ. Osborne, H. d. Lennon, r. C.. B.
Drummond and Fl. s. Starke, Auburn;
A. s. Brockway, Aurelius; F. A. Fuller.
DR., Jamestown; Isaac Dalrymple, Otselic;
George Scott Weed, Plattsburg; J. Van Ness
Philip, Hudson; Henry A. Richmond, Frank
NJ. LOOMS, Herbert p. Biesell, Frank l..
Bapet. John F. Malone, Maurice Spratt and
Howard II. Baker Buffalo; John B.Judson m
James W. Green, GlOversville; NJ. D.. Muir
ray, JohnstOwn; James Conkling, lion;
Daniel j. Cooney and Theodore NJ. Burns.
Little Falls; Henry Purcell and John N.
Carlisle, Watertown; A. C. Mailer, Clayton;
Charles D. Moore, Lewis; +. G. Peck, Nunda
A. +. Balkan. Henry 8. Bacon, F. W. Smith
and John J. Collins, Rochester; Jesse
Peterson, Lockport; NJ. T.. Hazen, James
A. Randall, T. W. Meacham, John W. Cronin
and John +. Nash, Syracuse; d. J. Van
Auken, Geneva; DR., W. A. White, Phelps; A.
h Macardell. MiddIetown: A. s.. MOffatt,
~Newburgh; John j. Ryan, Medina: Eugene
II. Stocker. CooperstOwn; William Church
Osborn, Garrison; Frank Malloy. Troy;
Robert A. Waterman, Haverstraw: Ed
ward P. Lynch, Thomas Spratt and George
Hall, Ogdensburg; Spencer Trask and David
Breslin. Saratoga; Daniel Naylor. Jr., John
C.McDonald and George W. Fetherstonaugh,
Schenectady; A. ID. Mead, S~choharie; DR..
Henry A. Argue and Judge George b.
Bradley, Corning; l.. j. Delevan. Jonas
shays, George s. Leonard, Oswego; John
n. Gallagher, Kingston; Edward NJ. Shepard,
Caldwell; j. G. Blandy, Greenwich; James
Converse, Argyle; Judge Charles McLough
and r. 5. Anderson, Palmyra; Il. NJ. Harvie,
Savannah; John @. Agar. New Rochelle;
Oswald c. Willard, Dobbs Ferry; r. B.