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G. E. Payne Substituted by tbeVNa-tional Democratic iState Committee.. %JUSTICE PARKER IS INDORSED.%'rOpposition to the Ca-cUciate foriOhief Judge of Court of Appeals Develops, as He Voted for Bryan—Resolutions Adopted Favoring Maiate :ance of,tbe Gold standard and Retirement-: of Greenbaoks.Two acts by the state committee of., the National Democratic party, in sessiomat S4 William street, New Pork, yesterda^'afternoon, were prominent. One''was the-'Indorsement of Justice Alton B. .Parker;'already named by the regular Democrats for chief judge of the Court of Appeals, that was ae-cmpllslied with some opposition' behind closed doors, as Justice Parker had confessed that he voted for Bryan.; the. other was the expulsion of Mayor Gleason of Long Island City. • . .'Mucfci influence was exerted in tbe meeting by the Kings County delegates, Charles ;J. Patterson being the mover of a set of. resolutions that was adopted in preferenceto New York Corporation Counsel Scott’s suggestion that a simple resolution reaffirming the Indianapolis and the Syracuse platforms be passed. Mr. Patterson also proposed..the resolution expelling Mayor Gleason. * The Senate districts and the representatives present were as follows:1 Howard R. Bay no. r 23 Robert A. Widea*.2 Patrick J. Gleason. [ mann.3 John A. Hennessey, j 25 John J. Llnson.2G Frank B. Mayham.*27 J. I. Van Wyck, •proxy.2S Herbert O. Baileyv29 Simeon H. Holroyd.30 Thomas F\ Keating,proxy. i-.31 John B. Riley.32 John N. Webb.33 A. Bee 1cman Gox.36 William A. Beach.37 Charles Tracy, proxy.38 R. Grier Monroe,iroxy. . -43 H. H. Sherman,proxy. • -47 Franklin D. Loeke.., 50 Fred’k A- Fuller, Jr.•. r : •4 J. Herbert Watson.5 W. V. B. Bennett.0 Herman A. Metz.8 Charles Jerome Ed-wards.9 C. J. Patterson,proxy.11 John Fennell.12 3*Vanlt;ris M. Scott.13 Theodore Sutro.14 H. DeF. Baldwin,proxy.15 Lawrence E. Sexton.16 Thomas Costlgan.17 John DeWitt Warner.IS Calvin Tomkins.2» John A. Ilenneberry.21 !•!ward McCue.22 George It. Crawford.Twenty-one members of the com tp it tee were from the Greater New* York. Robert A. Widenmann of Rockland County presided. A committee,. with John De Witt Warner;.*as chairman, presented resolutions on the death of Daniel G. Griffin, chairman of the executive committee in the last campaign. tV’hile the committee was out a resolution was adopted providing for nominations in certain districts where there may be no primaries. The intent of this is to keep In the field a full ticket under the ship emblem. Mayor; Gleason’s case was then taken up and Mr. Patterson offered this resolution:Resolved, That It is the sense of the state committee that the position o£ the committeeman from the Second Senate District, as explained by himself, is inconsistent with/his: ^position as a member of the state committee.Mr. Patterson recalled the fact that the Mayor had refused to act with the National Democratic city committee and that he-is now’ a candidate for mayor under an emblem,. not that of the committee In session.' AS there might be another candidate named by the city committee, it was not consistent for Mayor Gleason to set himself up as an outside candidate. Mr. Patterson’s resolution was adopted by a unanimous vote, with the exception Of the Mayor, who voted “no,” after Robert; Grier Monroe had asked the Mayor to resign, and had received a reply refusing to do* so. The Mayor, before leaving the room, denied that his position was inconsistent with-,his maining a member of the committee, and. declared that the state committee had no right to interfere in municipal affairs. He proposed to remain in the flght as an opponent of Tain-many Hall. -By resolution of Mr. Monroe, the place'Gf committeeman from Mayer Gleason's district was declared vacant and George E. Payfle of Long Island City was elected to succeed him. Charles J. Edwards of this city moved for the adoption of a committee of five representing the five metropolitan boroughs to reorganize the party in Mayor Gleason's-*district.Justice Alton B. Parker was then Dominated by Charles J. Patterson for chief judge'of the Court of Appeals. Several members'Objected to the justice’s nomination onthe ground that he had voted for Bryan. -. John. J. Lurston of Kingston second the nomination'. A member from up the state produced a letter from Justice Parker to Chairman Dan forth of the regular Democratic State committee. It was dated last Monday and is as follows:'My d-etr Dan for* li--It was entirely right for you tlt;* bring to my attention the question which the sinlt;*cr*- frfr-nds of Mr. !-:rynn nr- pressing upon you. 1 mn Miy to y«oi frankly and sincerely thkt you ran assnr.- them that I voted for the last national nominees f*f the Democratic part}’, as • I have voT-d f.-r all the regular U-mocratio nonat-iiees since I had a vote. V«lt;urs ve--y sincerely.ALTON 13. PARKER.-There was. as said, some opposition, but Francis M. Scott stood by 'Parker and said every Democrat, who made a mistake last year should not be ostracized. Factional politics should not rule, as the place demanded high judicial gi/ts. As Democrats all should support him. A vote was taken and there was scarcely any opposition to Justice Parker. A commit too, consisting of Henry De Forest Baldwin, Charles Tracy, Charles F. Patterson and Calvin Tomkins, was appointed to notify Judge Parker of his nomination.The question of an address to the people came up next and John De Witt Warner want-i olt;l to have a committee appointed to draft resolutions. lie wanted the more drastic platform of the Brooklyn convention indorsed, as well as the resolutions adopted by the state committee relative to keeping up the flght against the Hill machine. Mr. Scott protested against that as to offensive at this time. The Scott faction finally accepted Mr. Patterson’s address, which was adopted, and which, is as follows:V\'a, the represent ativcs of the National Demo-lt;'r.uie |*arty i’i th** State of New York, reaffirm our nllegiane.* t«lt; the principles of the party aa sm forth In th-- platform adopted at th$ National Convention nt Indianapolis, and the state convention at Symons**, in 1896. - -We ikc!;:r f«r the maintenance of the gold Mnwlar.1. for th** retirement of the greenbacks. W*r donounoe the bad faith of the Republican party In appealing to the people of this country last year to aid It In sustaining the cause of sound currency, and then falling to make even an attempt to place our curivncy upon a durable and sound basis. Carried Into power on the currency Issue, the Republican party has devoted all its energies to taxing the people. not for the benefit lt;f the trov.*rn:n*-m. but for the benefit of .a few individuals and corporations. We reassert the necessity oi such intelligent currency reform as shall confine tIt** government to Its legitimate functions ami completely separate it from 'the banking Inmlness. and afford to all sections of our country a uniform, safe and elastic* bank: lt;urrency under governmental supervision, meaa-ur*M In volume by the Ms of business.We opiK.se any form of legislation designed to tax all the people for the benefit of a few people; and believe that it is not only unjust and undemocratic, but a m*st fruitful source of corruption in our legislative bodies; and. above all, ••r.dmg to demoralize the public conscience andweaken respect for the law.We denounce the Dingley tariff - as a fraud wh**reb.v the cost **f living is needlessly increased. irusts and monopolies fostered and enriched, our growing export trad*.* in manufactures shackled, and the revenues cf the federal government rendered Insufficient to meet its expenses. ‘ We maintain that its failure tc supply the needed revenue shows that a tariff for protection must-blt;* a tariff for a deficit. No lasting prosperity .•art roine until those who earn small incomes'-ar** freed from the burden of paying tribute to u\-rgrown industrial monopolies.W»* believe m civil service reform, and we denounce the Rep i:;ban party in this state for. its attempt to emasculate by legislation the pro^ visions of the .state constitution relating to appointments to office.We demand home rule for cities and condemn interference by the Legislature with our-.city-government' against the wishes of the local authorities.
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Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Brooklyn, New York, US
Thu, Sep 23, 1897
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