Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-27
W. R. HEARST NOMINATED AT
BUFFALO
Several Delegates, Openly Declare
That Party Was Sold Out Body
and soul--DeFeat Is
Predicted
c..ntinnnh from rnrc one.


Hearst contestants from upstate also
found favor i'm the eyes Of a majority
of the committee.
The report was presented by John b.
Stanchfeld, who said he was opposed
to Hearst, but declared that II Hearst
had come to the convention untram-
nieled by any ties such as the Independ-
ence league, he would nave peeh the
nominee of the Democrats without q
dissenting voice.
Never" yelled a delegate.
Mr.. Stanchfield advocated the nomi-
nation of Representative william SUI
ger for governor and the mention OF the
name provoked a considerable volume
of applause. ............,.s
Senator Thomas r. Grady presented
the majority report, indulgng in gen.
eral defense of Tammany.
He closed with an appeal Tor the
nomination of William r. Hearst.
on the question of substituting the
minority report for that of the majority
roll call was demanded by Mr.. Stanch-
field This vote was regarded as test
of the Hearst strength. Kings county
cast sixty-nine votes for the substltu.
tion of the minority report This showed
Senator McCarren opposed to Hearst
Motion Is Lost
Leader Murphy Of Tammany hall cast
ninetv-three votes "no." The motion
was lost by vote Of 244 to 142.
This forecast hte nomination OF
Hearst The majority vote was then
adopted viva voce. William Nixon was
elected unanimously as permanent
chairman and he at once called upon
Chairman w. Bourke Cochran to sub
init the report of the committee on reso-
lutions and platform
Following is an abstract of the re-
port:
Democracy is invoked to defend plum
der of the masses by few rich men,
through partial laws on one hand ana
on the other to justify many extrava-
CANT and revolutionary proposals
which. if adopted, must Inevitably pro-
duce worse disasters than the abuses
thev seek to cure, we deem 1T emil
nently fitting to declare that the whole
Democratic principle is embraced IN
the Injunction laid on the first man
that by the sweat of their brows ne
and all his posterity must eat their
bread.
I'VE affirm it to be as much the
supreme duty of government to pre-
vent any man from taking by violence,
fraudulent device or legislative favor.
cne dollar or it's equivalent produced
by the labor of another man, as 1t Is
to protect every man in the enjoyment
Of all property, however extensive,
produced by his own labor.
1--WE therefore denounce Republican
high protection which enables few
to plunder the whole body of their
fellow citizens by charging extortion-
ate prices for the necessarieS of life
and the essentials of Industry.
I'VE deplore as the most sinister con-
sequence of the corruption and graft
which degrade our political and indus
trial life, the widespread distFust and
discredit of Republican rule which they
had produced and which had led many
men of undoubted probity and ardent
patriotism to listen patiently If not
approvingly to proposals distinctly So
cialistic, which If adopted must in
evitably break the foundation of re-
publican government and rend the
fabric of Christian civilization.
Socialism Not the Cure
1--WE hold that the cure for these
abuses is not in socialism, which by
enormously extending the power of
government must aggravate them, but
in Democracy, which by excluding gov
ernment from any Interference what
ever with private industry must cure
them.
EVERY proposal that a municipality
assume operation of all public utilities
and reduce rates to persons using
them regardless of what the service
may actually cost, is an attempt to
force some men to bear the expense of
others because where the outlay for
operation exceeds earnings the deficit
must be made up by taxation, and this
would be socialistic and therefore hos-
tile to justice and subversiVe of demo-
cratic government.
ut is the duty of government there
fore to ascertain the actual cost of
operation of all public service corpora
tlons and fix from time to time reason
able rates for service they perform.
1--WE denounce as a crime against
morals and decency the refusal of the
Republican administration to permit
an investigation into the different de-
partments, especially the banking de-
partment.
"We demand the passage of such
legisla tion as will deal effectively with
the whole subject of life insurance and
encourage this form of economy by
making its fruits absolutely secure.
We are resolved, above all, that every
rogue who has aided in planning this
punder, who has conniVed at 1t or
shared in it's profits, shall be pursued
by every punitive weapon of the law
as welded by honest, fearless, loyal
pubic prosecutors.
I'VE ask the federal government to
exercise it's influence to bring about
speedy cessation of the atrocities now
being committed against the Jews in
Russia.
Bryan's Worth Acknowledged
I'm common with the demands of all
the states and expressing the sentiment
of the high minded citizens of the re-
public, regardless of party. we review
with pride and satisfaction the hospi-
tality and acclaim which has been ac-
corded at home and abroad to that
great Democratic leader and Typical
American, William Jennings Bryan, to
whom the Democrats of New York ex-
tend most cordial and sincere feliclta-
tions.
FINALLY. we record our solemn belief
that corruption in the public service, or
In corporation management cannot be
eradicated while schemes of plumber are
Implanted in the very body of the law
Itself.
''Where the law not only permits but
empowers the great trusts to exact for
their products from the people of this
country prices vastly exceeding those
asked in foreign countries and this
power TO plunder our cithizens is treat