The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-27
CONVENTION HALL PACKED
suIzer Got Great Applause and Rival Factions Tried to See Which Could Make the Larger Demon
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early this morning nominated Tor goVer- nor on the first ballot by the democrats of New York after an all night session. The nomination came after a day spent fin fruitless attempts by his opponents and even some of his unpledged supporters to find a stronger candidate.
 The Hearst men, however, captured the organization and put their man in, despite the fact of William Travers Jerome s threat to take the stump against him, and despite the fact that MT. Hearst was more bitterly assailed on the floor than any other successful candidate in the history of New York politics. The vote stood:
 Hearst ............,............'.. SUs
 Sulzer .....................t..,. "A
 Dix ......................... r
 Necessary to a choice. e.......... 226
 The ticket:
 Ciovernor-William Randolph Hearst
 Lieutenant Governor-Lewis F. Chanler. Secretary of State-John Whalen.
 Controller-Martin M. Glynn.
 Attorney General-W. s. Jackson.
 Treasurer-Julius Hauser.
 The convention adjourned at 2:20 a. m.
 Convention Hall Packed.
 Convention hall was packed to over flowing tonight at 7:55 when the twice postponed second session was called to orr der. The enthusiasm lacking yesterday Was rampant tonight, the committee on contested seats found itself divided 26 to 21 regarding the twenty-one contests fn- volving 63 seats
 The majority report was regarded as a Hearst victory.
 The fifteen Murphy contestants in the five New York county districts were given Of
 The Hearst men in Queens county were e,Nen eests and the Hea'ssA contestants from upstate also found favor in the eyes of the committee.
 The minority report was presented by John B. Stanchfield, who said he was op- posed to Hearst, but declared that If Hearst had come to the convention un- trammeled by any ties such as the 1nde- pendence league, he would have been the nominee of the democrats without a dis senting voice.
 Never" yelled delegate.
 Sulzer Receives Some Applause. Mr. Stanchfield advocated the nomina- ton of Representative William Sulzer for governor and the mention of the name provoked considerable volume of applause. Senator Thomas F. Grady presented the majority report, indulging In general oe- fense of Tammany. He closed with an ap- peal for the nomination of William R.. Hearst and there was great cheering. On the question of substituting the mi nority report for that of the majority, a roll call was demanded by Mir Stanch- field This vote was regarded as test of the Hearst strength.
 The motion was lost by a vote of 244 to 142
 This forecasted the nomination of Hearst and there was a storm of cheers. The majority report was then adopted viva voce. Lewis Nixon was elected unan- imously as permanent chairman and he at once called upon Congressman w., Bourke Cochran to submit the report of the committee on resolutions and platform which was as follows:
 Text of Platform.
 "At this time when the authority of the democracy Is invoked to defend plunder of masses by a few rich men, through partial laws on one hand and on the other to justify many extravagant and revolutionary proposals, which U adopted must inevitably produce worse disasters than the abuses they seek to cure, we deem 1t eminently fitting to declare that all democratic principles are embraced in the injunction laid on the first man-that in the sweat of his brow he and all his posterity must eat their bread.
 ''We affirm 1t to be as much the su- preme duty of government to prevent any man from taking by violence, frau ruent device. or legislative favor, one dollar or it's equivalent produced by the labor of another man. as 1t Is to protect every man in the enjoyment of all the property, however extensive, produced by his own labor.
 Denounce High Protection.
 we. therefore. denounce republican high protection which enables a few to plunder the whole body of their fellow citizens by charging extortionate prices for the necessaries of life and the es- sentials of industry.
 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 government from any in- terference whatsoever with private indus try 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 ac- tually cost Is an attempt to force some men to bear the expense of others, be- cause where the outlay for operation ex- ceeds earnings the deficit must be made up by taxation, and this would be social istlc and the reform hostile to just and subversive to democratic government.
 "It Is the duty of government there fore to ascertain the actual cost of oper- atng all public service corporations and to fix from time to time reasonable rates for the service they perform.
 ''we denounce as a crime against morals and decency the refusal of the republ- can administration to permit an investi- gation of the different departments. es- pecially the banking department
 Investigate All Departments.
 If entrusted with the administration of the state government we promise that there shall be an impartial and public in- vestigation of every department of the state.
 "The recent investigation of insurance companies affords but faint idea of the gross corruption which has governed the republican administration for a long period. It is a scandal of unparalleled d. mensions that these shocking exposures
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