The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-06
Impressive Conference In
Albany Of Old Tin.
Party Men.
PLANS TO SAVE DEMOCRACY


Must First Take the Ofgar.zatton FreM
the Con troll Of the Roses, Says Jerome.
and Restore II W the Peeple-Hcarst's
Methods OF TrytLg 10 ForestaEl the
Action Of the stste' Csnvcntien by
snap Caucuses and Purchase OF
Delegates Roundiy Deneunced-Reso-
buttons Adopted Rcpudiating Boss
Rude and EnOrts TO Control Party
Machinery by Purchase. Intimidation
or Hired Agents and Resentins Amy
EnOrt 20 Commit the Party to . sO-
claustIc Position Or TO Dictate Its
POIicy-JerOme Says He Il Delighted
with the Result OF the Conference.
ALBANY, Sept. Sat the very red hottess
conference any body OF Democrats has
held in this State for many years the follow
ing resolutions were unanimously and
enthusiastically adopted in Odd Fellows
Hall this afternoons: r.
Rssolred. That Democrats should recognize
and repudiate boss rule in every form and
especially efforts from any direction to OBJ
tain control OF the party organization by pur-
chase, by Intimidation or by hired agents.
That the principles OF the party require
III ninching opposition To protectionism. so
cha lism and imperialism. We recognize the
right and the ability Of the people to rsRu-
late and control public interests in the State.
but we resent any effort to commit the party
to a sOcialistic position or dictate the policy
OF the Democrats party.
That policy should be the outcome Of Q full.
free and untrammelled expr ession Of the
opinion OF the party in open convention
assembled.
RESOLVED, That a committee Of ave be ap-
pointed by the Chair. with power to all va
cancles, to lay before the Democrats Of every
county the principles above expressed.
These resolutions had been prepared by
Henry A. Richmond Of Erie, William Church
Osborn Of Putnam and Edward p. Lynch
Of st. Lawrence county. They were the
committee on resolutions appointed at
the direction OF this red hot body Of Demo-
Gratis who had assembled here for the pur-
pose Of making II clear 20 all citizens In
this State that the Democratic party would
not be sold out or bartered or cheated at
the Democratic State convention, to be
held in Buffalo on September rs, II they
could prevent it. ~
The conference held here to-day wa
in response to the call sent out two weeks
ago, wherein it was stated that there must
be a eight to the finish for the preservation
of Democratic principle and Democratic
honor This call further said:
1T is time that the honest; intelligent
voters who love their party and believe
in it's m issiOn should speak OUT should
reafirm in clear and positive form its basic
principle and announce their refusal to
surrender to any political blackmailer
or gang Of political thieves who are pre-
and the party faith
There was full measure and heaping
over Of clear and positive statementsi In
the conference to-day. Everything was
orderly, but all Of the utterances were
determined. Among those present at the
conference were some very Familiarity
known Democrats in the State. AL told
there were ninety-eiEht Democrats in the
conference, with all but FIVE counties in
the State represented.
PROMINENT DEMOCRATS PRESENT.
Among those present were Edward NJ.
Shepard Of Kings county, william Church
Osborn Of Putnam, ex-MayOr Osborne
OF Auburn, Henry A. Richmond Of Buffalo,
the friend inc conidant OF Samuel J. Tilden;
Spencer Trusk Of Saratoga, Henry s. Bacon
and Frederick W. Smith Of Monroe county.
John B. Judson OF Fulton and Hamilton,
j. Van Ness Philip Of Cofumbia,D D. H. Itch
m Of Broomei Clarelce e. Bloodgood
OF Greene and Oswald Garrison Willard
Of Westchester county.
The following members OF the Demo-
cratic State committee we're also present
at the conferences: James A. Glavin Of
Saratoga, Melvin E. Haven OF OnondagaJ
John N. Carlisle; secretary OF the Demo-
cratic State committees OF Jefferson; Clin~
ton Beckwith Of HerdmerE Charles A. Lux
Of Wayne and Charles !. Rattigan OF Cayuga.
In addition there were also at the con-
ference: Homer Van SantwoodJ II. H.
M0CrsadorJ Mark CohnI J.J. HartJ A. V. V.
Dodge, Stewart d. Brown; James j. NolanJ
Il. J. Kearneyy George n. Reilly, William
". Cooke, Simeon Hofroyd; DR.. J. W. Witsej
Frank White, George Lampe and Robert
J. Whalen Of Albany; Nj. Farley and David
D. Lent Of Batavia =. N. HArveye OF Sa-
vannahI George W. Featherstonhaugh.
Frank Coopers Jamea @. Mcdonald, r. J.
Cooper, Edward Wfnslow Paige, Daniel
Daton, Jr.; Brioe r. Marrow, Louis NJ. King;
j. ". Cronin1 James A. Randall. T. W.
Meaoham and Harold Straw OF Schenec-
tady; Joseph NJ. Ksatingo Of Richmond
county William H. Dempsey Of Seneca,
W. A. White Of Ontario, I. G. Flandy and
G. H. Barber OF Washington. John W. Hig- 4
gins and Frank z. Brewster OF Troy. Nel-4