The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-06

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LOckp ort, Edward +. Stokes Of Port Henry,
A. W. Woovcrton OF .Valatie, Frank n.
Loouis Of Buffalo. A. Armstrong Of GIens
Falls. chAles A. Taicott OF Utica. "A. b.
MacArdell md c. e. Bogart Of Middle
town, A. ID. Mead Of Schoharte, James W..
tSreens OF GloversvIIe, N. ID. Murray of
J~ohnatown, George 8. Leonard Of Owego,
G. r.. Nesbit and johns 8. Hays Of Amster-
dam, y. e. Peck ,ofOnsidH, A. s. Mot5at Of
Newburgh, Lorenzo Burrows OF Albion.
d. J. Van Auken Of Gensva. c. H. Van
Orden Of Catskill, John Taafe and r. H.
Allen Of Westchester, Edward r. Lynch OF
Ogdensburg, A. II. Fitch Of Cazsnovia,
George f.. Ellison OF Allegheny county.
Edward Denton OF Elmira, Louis ]. Bailey
Of Wayne, John Anderson, DR., Of Essex,
Eugene q. StockeR-of Otsego, H. B. Harn-
son Of Addison and Benjamin NJ. Welden
and Leo M. Caherty Of Binghamton:
Odd Fellows Hall was beautifully adorned
with bunting and there was a band which
played stirring melodies. 1t was a touch
and go affair in every particular. There
wasn't a hitch, there wasn't n mar. there
wasn't anything that any Democrat in the
State should not have been pleased TO hear.
While the name 81 william r. Hearst was
not mentioned by any Of tho speakers, he
came in for double barrelled c~annonading
M No man and no woman in the audience
failed TO understand who was meant when
the Democratic orators in his conference
spoke OF the multimillionaire who has
committed so many offences against Demo-
Gratis and Democracy
Democratic oJStS-Committoemsn Ratti-
gan of CayNga county called the conferenc"
TO order by saying:
II have been delegated TO call this con-
ference to order and I will now read the
call for the conference
Mr.. Rattigaa then read the call. which
was sent out from Albany two weeks ago.
and which has been frequently printed in
the columns Of THE Sun. Mr., Rattigan
slen announced that he had been requested
to name Inward NJ. Shepard Of Kings and
Warren counties to be chairman OF the
conference, and Mr.. Shepard's name was
greeted with applause. As Mr.. Shepard
mounted the ~rostrurn he-me with a very
me reception. He Harted right in to do
business. He spoke in clear and foroible
tones and his short speech was punctuated
with applause. Mr.. Shepard said:
EDwARD NJ. sHEPARD's SPEECH.
I Qte u u n very BIFth uulOl nv - DoNN
myself, and | may say also my county OF Kings
n Chico ling me TO preside over this meeting OF
upstate Democrats. am not here to make
q speech. Indeed. suoh a speech ns l have in
luind I shall prefer to make when | shall be
before a gathering not waiting for those
whom you are 80 much more impatient to
hear than you could possibly be for me. But
you will forgive ME II do say. in a very
few words, that this State and the Democratic
party are in a situation where patriotic eer-
vice, fnteili rent service. is demanded per-
haps az IL has new r been demanded In our
political history. lApplause.l
The history Of the Democratic parry OF
New York, beginning when the political power
OF JET rson took it's comm encement and com-
ing down to the present time. has on the
whole. with many shortcomings and faults.
been a noble and n progressive history, lap
plause.l We viii begin with the Livingstones
and with De Witt Clinton and with Van Buren,
and with Marcy and with Azariah FIack and
witi Seymour and with Dean Richmond
and with Tilden, not TO speak OF those
who are yet living. and YOU have a partisan
and political history almost unequalled. I'M
Q ,uaIled in wisdom, unequalled in philosophic
sense. uneuualled in practical service to the
community.
The Democratic party is an organization
with a great past it is an organization with
a momeatous present. 1t ought to be, and.
please God. it will be. an organization with a
noble and a triumphant future. Applause
But these are brave words. and brave words
Oannot be put into truth and into reality
unless We shall be willing TO make a sacrifice
and TO do the work. 20 make the Democratic
party speak its own character and speak its
owl really intended programme.
SO u is that we are here In the way OF this
informal conference. not to dictate to the
Democratic state convention. not TO ex-
clude or prevent many like gatherings In
other parts Of the st ate; we are not here to
any cit izen. We are not here to
promote the political welfare or ambition
of any citizen. We ARE here. IL ] understand
the programme OF this conference Alright,
to ask in the first place for a free. open, repre-
Democratic state convention. such
as was held for the first eighty years Of the
polit ical history Of the State OF New York
IApplause.l We are here to AJAX the spon-
tankeus expression OF Democratic sentiment
OF every locality. OF every county, OF every
city Of the State,
We are here. not to crowd OF unduly in
huence or seek to influence the state con-
vention when it meets. hut We are here to beg
and to struggle to procure this event at least
that the Democratic convention to assemble
later on in this month shall he representative.
shall be tNe. and that when its verdict ia
rendered Il shall be a Democratic verdict.
representing the principles and traditions OF
the past. representing an adequate sense OF
responsibility in the present. and representing
q confident hone and belief that the long time
s1reer Of the Democracy in the past Is to be
its noble and its successful career In the
future. tGrest applause.l
Mr.. Van Orden Of CatskiIl then moved
that'Mr. Tichener OF Broome be made secre-
tary of the conference. This was adopted.
The next step was on the proposition OF
Mr.. Holroyd OF Albany hat q committee
OF three be appointed 10 draft resolutions
expressing the views OF the conference,
which are to be presented to the Buffalo
convention on September 20. Mr.. Shepard
IIere p O appointed Mr., Richmond of Erie,
DR.. Osborn Of Putnam and Mr.. Lynch of
st. Lawrence, and the committee withdrew
q prepare itJ resolutions. v ..
JEROME GREETED WITH ROUNDS or APP
PLAUsE.
Il will now call on william Travers
Jerome" announced Chairman Shepard,
aid he hadn't the words fairly out Of his
mouth before the entire conference burst
ont into round after round Of applause, in
which the land Joined in its melodious