The sun., 1910-02-25

| TO Murphy.
Chairman Conners shortly before 3
O'Clock called the committees to order
and Clerk John A. Mason called tho roll.
/ There were only nine proxies in the COM
mittee OF fifty. one members. a. follows:
Second district. Luke A. Keenan, for
Joseph Cassidy: Eighth. John II. McCooey
for William F. Doyle: ThirUeenth, John
J.. White for Daniel Il Finn: sixteenth.
Thomas Y. Smith for Bart Dunn: Seven
| teenth. George Il. Weller for j. Sergeant
Cram; Thirtieth. Frank n Patterson
Tor Winfield A. Huppuch; Thirty -seoond
y MSSnSh@P sr RSass %Sss %oyaSsha
| Il Ford and Forty sixth, Jacob GefIing,
/ Jr.. TOR Jacob GeTling. Sr.
| With the roll fini&hed, Chairman Conne-s
amid the profound silence Of all assembled
read the following from a typewriter
GENrLEAGEN: Before we proceed with
any other business wish to mako n per-
sonal statement TO the members OF the
committee. have now been for several
ysers chairman Of this body, having been
elected et the Buffalo convention IN 1905
end served throughout that term and
again az the Carnegie Hall convention in
April. is0S. when was elected, as ] claim,
| for the term OF two years. expect and
desire to serve out that term OF otfice
out l wish now 70 give you timely
notice OF the fact that. as nave freQuentiy
saic, under no oonceivEbie circumstances
will be a candidate for reelection to this
Office.
with al! due regard for the honor con-
FIRED by This distinction the Office OF
state Oh .irIil&n OF the party 10 thsnkIess
ana dincult job. have given you the
BEST thtt is in me for ell the time that
have be-n at the head Of this body, and
! believe that the party throughout tho
state Is now in good fighting condition
Tor the coming campaign. but, a., you all
Know. l have lErge business intsfC SITS to
attend to and have neglected them dur
/ Ing the last four years.
| i nave a large family and desire to
give to them more OF my time end Gttsn-
tom than have been able to do. and l
Ia ,,se ,e ~, . r,I,,' a., ~ a. .!,. ,s;n .
in ra ss;o,, sn1 haot ,.yhioh a.. ,,,,;,,s,;gsJ
! in feet and nor meant nv me- 10 I,e b. Len
" riously. ~
Il hr.ve said some of theae thin ss lately
aud I sincerely regret them. Under all
those circumstances I again announce TO
you that ! will not consent to be Il cHndi-
date Tor reelectton to this ONCE and !
esk you TO look around ths state and
sci ct trom the ranks OF the peIty at the
eApsisIlon OF my rm some man Well
quAnHn a 70 take savaht2ee OF tne un-
~ uan opPolr tunluss I new pISsen!so 70
I - AN.g A-ln -.
IN a. e. - ,-;iI r...S-i. \, "a. = tesS r ~
rS,stor~ o,r "a ~ 20 r,o,,sy W
Mavor F,hrmsnn ,4R,,Nalo p,o.,ad that
| Conners's staterDent re snrNad on the
minutes of the State oonrnitfee and this
was done. Clerk Mason then read the
call for the assembling, OF the State
committee at this time az SRred bv the
ten state committeeman. This petition
dwells upon Republican mlsrule IN the
SSate and nation ana calls Tor harmony
MSI M 4cC'on oy tne DemocraIc part. IN sne
.s..,.: ue vas NO InenWon "a ssaIs sn's
- a.. on ~ ~ .s' vi vi y, .ne
Caorrs r Ven E.nn.n oS 0~dsnahurx
offered thesa resohItions an the tsriE
income taT ami r;;rrcf no,riy,. t;nr,. ~ n;
which were unanimously adopted.
-,
hhat we enarge the Fepnoncah Ieaoers,
IN She 'ocenI revision OF tne tsrIh' WIN sross
oIeacu VI Iatn anu ueecnsry 20 lne poopIe
anu @ uecasIe IN our OPINION snet tee eAcessNe
the country il sufrernx--a cost out Of ali
proportIon 20 the earning capacitv Of the
masses-is directly attributable 10 Re-
nuhIicur oisr,,I. and rsr,ain ,o cortin,,a
until the iniauitous tarin law-so well
called the mother OF trusts-shah be hon
estly revised by those who represent the
sufferers emo not the benehciarles unner y.
ana until. under Democratic rule, the tArtn
" 80 80 HttFa'N1O SaNCS
way TO the tsrin for revenue only.
That We urge our representative in the
Legislature 10 press Tor pass lge and vote
.t,,n,,on 1is+,na 80 ~. Cor1rs.s ., 'sh.
1870 9. -. -. - ,.,,S,... 80
"a. Sln.ou S'Ste' '~"S' ~ I1'ipO0 UPON
nu-vn'es ,sun -,
Inst we strongly iHVor ana urgently
commend TO our representsp pVee IN tns
Legislature the bill Tor direct nominations
and revision OF the primary law introduced
in the Senate and Assembly by Senator
Grady and Assemblyman Frisbie. respec-
lively, and declare that In our opinion IL
removes the many wea knesscs OF the present
primary law end solves in manner fair
alike To the large citis. and the rural dis-
,ric,. ~ the seat. ~. nroh,srn ~ nlacirv
In IN. hands ~ The vot.,s mora cnmrl.ts
a..ns, ~ .ns 'a =, S ~ ~, o.eh,n~r. "a - -
conaIoi " Vno paiS .I. ~. .n M '. tue
rpo~sr oi ms Nns iS' ~. sss'ous ,s.s,
pubic omces OF 'ne s'aSe ana is poht'cai
suodiVislons'
Henry .p Rurzard Of Buffalo o6er.d
this resolution for q Personal reTiatration
in the entire Sta te. and II IVES adopted
unanimously: