The sun., 1908-04-26

.rr. McCarren, Haven, BlapdY and Gray.
80 saOludons were referred 70 this Oon-
Idtee. -" F''"
5ov-n sent up a resolution calling for
octnnlttee Of three TO promote legisla-
,,n 70 make the primaries effective
~, 'hat delegates elected by their Owa
-, pc ahall not be thrown out Of State
INVENTIONS by sself-oonstituted bosses
NJ Mott introduced a series Of resolu-
,,oLs Ienounclng the Carnegie Han ;oon=
qrulon and calling for a1sepAtatS State
.u'yrL.iOn TO meet In Utica on June 10
.,f no purpose Of sending an entire ooR-
a, .l.s ting delegation from the State to Den.
N'd' 'lr. Mott In his resolutions declared
tlyl ne Carnegie Hall convention 'vio-
nrrd lime honored customs. rules and
: rgJIu'lons Of the Democratic party ST.
,rced free speech and prevented discus
il'i ut the many questions arising for
.o' sid Jration, unseated regularly elected
..4lrga5es and placed on the rolls OF said
invention persons who we're not entitled
60 ouch position and aided by brutal police
y nrf renoe ultimately resolved heelt into
o. mob" There was much more n the
Mott rssolutions, all Of the same tenor
Ind -S ott speaking to his resolutlohs, said
IA, moral influence OF gathering dom
i ted as the Carnegie Hall convention was
,rniu ted s NIL while its actual influence
Hr7l : measured by It's capacity and oppor-
,uli, Tor political barter Its opposition Is
.Ctupliment and It's favor fatal. lis leaders
IN not seem to have learned that violence
md Ct nning never were successful in deter
miniug a Presidential choice, They 90 pot
.spm % have learned that the organization
4 81. . - HNaF
tNr thu organization. Its leaders would be
Tor Mr.. Bryan II be didn't need them and
.rIust him II he did need them, or for OF
r1lntt any other candidate whose friends
ruid admit them to naliORsi oonV enhon
rlr's with them for the spoils OF victory
1hrl leadership presumes to pass upon
B.. Lumocracy Of men who have carried
iguners and voted its ticket when some
'h number we're playing the game Of
.,'i'icll bushwhackers, night riders and
l,s hands They appoint committee
.r rc,rganze the Democratic party In To-
ties as may suit their whm, while the
rrohuent list of large city might disclose
he {, ct that at least one Of the members
-,s uu enrolled Republican until the very
.,,rut past, or, to be more accurate until
90 'bs interests Of the telephone made II seem
''DsTt rous to be Democrat This leader
lam takes acduiesence in its particular
.'', OF commercalizing the party organ-
..mu the test Of party fealty and public
-.IviCo.
'r Mott, in closing. called attention to the
l,G,r llstio Capitalization Of power policies
.Corlld by Murphy and Oonners. policies
.IrcDy opposed TO the fundamental prn-
.ut,s OF Democracy. recess was taken
pr, pare the address 10 the Democrats OF
rhr 81 Ite.
On reassembing Col Rice, chairman Of
le committee on resolutions. read the
following address:
the Dsmocrdtsiof ne State,
Nhcn a combination OF designing men IN
.us lise OF Democracy takes possession by
uhol rent means Of the party organization
we Democrats owe it 20 the people to de-
uourue the violation OF party usage and to
rf," i'm the instigat thereof as traitors
% , rty tradition. II Is fitting that this
.spl renee called to consider the conditions
p confront us, shoud-assembie In the
.uuity Of Oneida. a county which has given
% democracy the honored names OF Horatlo
.,yl our and Francis Herman.
crisis has arisen In the affairs Of our
..st; conspiracy orGaniEed IN the interest
/ . cAbal, at present at the head OF Tammany
",l 10 New York city, has been actively at
..,r, for a considerable time endeavoring TO
.Ui4 control Of the Democratic State organ
.t,uIn. Heretofore efforts for such control
ave been successfully resisted by the Wig
lance Of the party In the interior, aided by
hc democracy OF Kings county. &c. .
lyo years ago, at the instigaton Of the
.lus small TammRny Hall clique, a tenn
rUr ~ arrangement was. effected with those
nav ng no fixed principles in common with
Den ooracy and party organisatIon~ was
,lcnoralized. This year disclosed the same
"abl still In control OF Tammany Hall and
combination formed b. 10 wkh ths chair
man Of our State committee, who appears
,oely a. a servant OF his New York master
and pledged to deliver over to them the
state committee for selfish purposes. The
.cheme OF this latest partnership is,to obtain
control not only Of greater New York" but
l5o Of the entire State and the entire party
wachnery. 90
. accomplish the ends Of this latest COM
Jinltion it became needful to control the
recent State convention by any means az
heir command The methods adopted were
hose Of the highwayman. In the convention
re-, emily held the rules Of parliamentary law
H,re ruthlessly violated, the long established
urccedents Of the party we're ignored, the
pr nciples Of home rule we're rejected, the
re ht Of choice ot represeptatv vea Tas .RhTu- +,
,1,ed and the privilege or free speech was
holly denied. We do not condemn the
General membership of Tunmany Hall for
Z believe that the great body Of that associa-
'uu desires to be loyal 10 Democratic pTiD-'
rilles, but we do denounce the action Of the
,e6sh and narrow minded individuals who are
isinGthe machinery OF great party organi2a-
lion 10 rob their associates in the State at
args Of the right Of home rule.
It is then recited in the address the preoe-
dcuts and methods by which the party or.
sani5aton had been guided for many years
and the work and resolutions d the Car
uoue hall convention are gone over. Re
furrinR TO the conventions domination Of
slate committeeman and the power Of the
tate committee TO send reorganizing
Lands into the counties the address de-
lAres
No man loyal 10 Democratic principles
an AFFORD 10 hold place on, ths,oommittee
hm constituted, q clear ustRpatiou Of the
rlghts OF every individual eleotor in the State,
II can have no legal existence. its aim is To
ssiLe not only Kings county but also 10 seize
be upstate organizations existing IN all
rountiss which do not bow the knee 70 az
odlous political dictatorship. lntruders,
'lothed with inoulstorial powers are to Be
sent In such counties and loyal party gov
Srnment will become thing Of the past.
The State Democracy, which has sustained
The greater cities Of the commonwealth in
many contests for self-government now
tnds that by the autoorAtk use OF power
liz he i0hf nl iocal aalaNtinn