The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-30

sef-Has Enough Votes behino
Him to Dictate Nomin alton Judge
Parker Raps Hard at Roosevelt In
Opening Speech.
Rochester, N. Y, Sept. 3O.-With
all the gubernatorial candidates
standing pat. the second days ses-
sion Of the Democratic state conven-
tion was called to order at 1890 this
morning. All efforts to get the up
state men TO agree on candidate
acceptable to Mr.. Murphy have
failed. Fifteen leaders got together
at the Hotel Seneca, at which meet
ing Shepard, Havens, Sulzer. Osborne
and Glynn were represented.
After a long conference Osborne's
men agreed to favor Shepard IL the
other upstate delegates would get in
line, and Shepard's representatives
said that II there was chance 70
combine on Osborne, Mr.. Shepard
would be willing to back up the Au.
burn man.
Any movement toward harmony
was baked by the insistence of the
Havens people that their candidate
has a winning chance, and the more
the thing was talked over the farther
away from an agreement the leaders
got. The conference ended with no
IL yhn hpu
insisted all along that he will let up
state men name the candidate II they
will unite on a first.class man, was
waiting at the Seneca. After he was
told that there was nothing doing.
the rumors came thick and fast that
he would take the situation out OF
the hands Of the upstate folk and
pick the candidates himself.
More talk was heard to the effect
that unless the warning delegates
came to some decision Murphy would
put an end TO the trouble by insisting
on the nomination of Mayor Gaynor,
despite the letter written by the may.
or declaring that he would not take
the nomination even If II should be
egates here who are of the opinion
that the mayor would take the nomi.
nation II It should be offered 10 him.
and that the convention would finally
resolve to give the nomination to Mr..
Gaynor.
The rough draft of the platform
has been finished. and the following
q &c Nrin Al L.,
direct primaries, but with no psrtic-
ular plan indorsed constitutional
amendment providing for direct nomi-
nation of United States senators:
employers liability law; equal and
uniform taxation denunciation of
Roosevelt for attack on supreme
court bench; attack on Governor
Hughes administration for extrava.
gance; income tax and tariff reform.
Judge Parker's Speech.
The feature Of the opening session
was the long and somewhat academic
address of Alton b. Parker. Ex-Jus-
tice Parker read his keynote speech
and the delegates listened intently,
seldom interrupting with applause,
but manifesting their approval when.
ever the Judge said something that
pleased them lie took the line that
1t Is up to the Democratic party to
stand against the tendency toward
usurpation of local government by
federal power, that the party should
appeal TO the people on th2 score OF
economic matters. since the Republi.
cans have been so outrageously ex-
trayagant; the Republicans have
been benefited from corporation con
tributions.
To his prepared speech he added
"Since this was written there has
been convention at Saratoga. The
Republican organization has passed
into new hands through the assist
anee OF federal ofIiceholders. More
than 200 federal oficeholders contrib
uted TO the majority. An appeal was
made to President Taft to release
these delegates from the fear that
weighed them down, but the appeal
was not needed. Think OF the dis
grace of It! Free men not able to
vote their will, for behind them
stands the federal power threatening
to end their political life.
And the man who is responsible
for this removed ostentatiously only
a year ago public oficial VINO was
charged with taking part in politics.
and the same man, the temporary
chairman. after pronouncing for
free expression of the will of the
will OF the people through direct pri.
maries, too away the right OF the
people TO select, through their regu.
larly chosen delegates members of
the important committees. He ap-
piled the gag rule"
lnsures Solitude.
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