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DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION.
Every Town In the County Fully Represented—A Splendid Ticket Nominated.
The
Democratic County Convention assembled in the hall of the Cortland Democratic Club in the Miller block in this
village at 1 o'clock last Tuesday afternoon and was called to order by Hugh
Duffy, Esq., chairman of the County Committee, on whose motion Irving H.
Palmer, Esq.. of Cortland was made chairman. Mr. Palmer made an excellent
address upon taking the chair, which was frequently interrupted with applause.
W. J.
Corcoran of Solon, and Jas. Walsh of Cortland, were elected Secretaries.
The oath
of office was administered to the officers of the convention by R. Champlin,
Esq.
On motion
the list of towns was called and the following delegates responded to their
names:
Cuyler—
Albert D. Barber, Amenzo Campbell, John Babcock, Wm. Petrie, Adelbert Holmes, F.
Barker.
Cincinnatus— T. E. Dye, W. H. Potter, M. V. Totman, F. M. Benjamin, W. W.
Wood, Jno. D. Fish.
Cortland—Geo.
C. Hubbard, R. Chamlin, Ed. Fitzgerald, Patrick Maloney, Jas. Walsh, I. H.
Palmer.
Freetown—Horace
Martin, N. R. Moon, D. K. Allen, Chas. Manroe, Morgan McSweeney, M. Pickert.
Homer—W.
S. Stephenson, C. E. Wills, Samuel Saunders, Edward S. Hyatt, G. A. Thompson, D.
D. Newton.
Harford—R. F. Chappuis, J. H. Wavle,
O. F. Sexton, John C. Edmonds, F. H. Osborne, Robert Wilcox.
Lapeer—LeRoy
Smith, P. A. Hazen, P. W. Blodgett, Elisha Winter, S. H. Bouton, Henry Boyce.
Marathon—L.
A. Hasen, M. N. Pierce, Charles Youngs, Grove Bell, Wm. Buckley, H. G.
Tallmadge.
Preble—H.
D. Hunt, Seth Hobart, Jno. Ackles, Smith Wright, M. M. Outt, A. H. VanBuskirk.
Solon—Henry
Kelley, K. R. Brown, John Byron, B. D. Greenman, W. J. Corcoran, Jas. Doran.
Scott—S.
R. McConnell. F. M. Hazard, N. C. Black, F. H. Alvord, Chas. M. Dunbar, D. W.
VanHoesen.
Truxton—L.
L. Perry, Patrick Long, S. S. Pierce, C. D. Dillenbeck, John O'Connor, Patrick
Sheehan.
Taylor—Y.
Jipson, N. Perry, T. O. Brown, F. E. Jordan, E. Crane, Levi Neal.
Virgil—A.
T. Dickinson, J. B. Shevalier, Eugene Dickinson, Henry McKinney, Frank Marcy,
W. A. Holton.
Willett—G.
Maurice Green, Jefferson Greene, C. G. Eaton, E. W. McBirney, Adelbert Babcock,
Elvin Babcock.
On motion
of R. Champlin, Esq., the convention proceeded to an informal ballot for a
candidate for Member of Assembly, which resulted as follows: Whole number of
votes cast 84, of which Stratton S. Knox received 83; R. W. Bourne, 1.
On motion
of D. W. VanHoesen, the ballot was made formal and Judge Knox was declared the
unanimous nominee of the convention for Member of Assembly.
On motion
the chair appointed a committee of two, consisting of M. N. Pierce and E.
Fitzgerald, to wait upon Judge Knox and request his presence before the convention.
The committee returned in a few moments with the nominee, who being introduced
addressed the convention as follows:
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Convention:
In response to the invitation of your committee,
I appear before you to return my sincere thanks for the high honor which you
have conferred in extending to me the nomination of Member of Assembly of the great
Empire State.
In accepting this nomination so kindly tendered,
it is needless for me to say that it comes unsought, for it is known to all or
nearly all here assembled, that it was my earnest wish, that this convention in
its calm, deliberate judgment would call some other comrade from the ranks, as
the recipient of this honor.
But when I reflect that the delegates here assembled
came not at the bidding of any man, and that the nomination has sought the man,
and not man the nomination; and when I am reminded that in the past you have
been very grateful to me and that now I am asked to lend a helping hand, I am
compelled to yield to what seems to be duty's call, and lay aside my individual
wishes.
In the past I have been the recipient of repeated
honors at the hands of similar conventions, and my debt of gratitude is enlarged
by this day's act.
I have not forgotten that in 1877, when
comparatively a new man in your county, you placed me at the front, and,
although unsuccessful in that contest, we survived the result. Again in 1883,
the battle was renewed, and the victory was ours.
Once more in 1889 we were together, and although
that campaign ended in defeat, you have once again invited me to enter upon a
new contest of a somewhat different character.
When I reflect upon your past and present
generosity, I feel truly grateful, and would that I might be as faithful to and
honor you, as you have been faithful to and honored me.
He who is called to act in any official capacity
should ever remember that he is the representative of others.
I am not unmindful, and would not have you
unmindful of the fact, that we shall labor under many disadvantages in the
coming contest. We are handicapped by a large majority, and the party machinery
of our adversary has long been in working order. His pickets are already upon
the outposts and a large
portion of the rank and file
are already in line.
It behooves you therefore, if you hope for
success, to make this canvass yours.
Every voter, before depositing his ballot should
ask himself, is he whose name is submitted for the consideration of his fellow men worthy of the official station? Is
he capable of performing well
the duties attached thereto?
Has he such ability as will bring credit to himself
and honor to his constituents? Is his integrity above suspicion? Can he say "no" to the
seductive wooings of corrupt
influence from every quarter,
and has he upon all questions the
courage of his convictions?
The crying demand of the hour
in our legislative halls is for more men, and fewer demagogues and political tricksters; men whose aim will be to
accomplish a much needed reform in the public service by way of retrenchment and rigid
economy in public expenditures, and who
will earnestly endeavor to build up and sustain an honest government in the
simplicity of our fathers; men who will remember that the small farmer, or the
owner or occupant of some little home, be it ever so humble, who, in so many
instances is struggling so heroically against poverty and excessive wealth, as
well as he who has wealth and power at his command.
The workings of the secret ballot are for the
first time, soon to be put to the test, throughout our state. By it each voter can
deposit his ballot untrammeled by party heelers or improper influences from without
or within, accountable therefor, only to his conscience and his God.
It is to be expected that its effect will somewhat
weaken party ties, but at the same time it will increase the responsibility of
the individual voter.
Party organizations always have existed and
always will exist under our form of government, but let me say in conclusion, that
happy will be that people who can break away from the fetters of party ties, if
the issues of the hour and good government demand it, and vote in accordance with
the best interests and advancement of the people of our whole country, instead of
being inspired with the sole desire of singing the paeons of party victory.
The Judge was frequently applauded during
the speech, which was received with marked favor.
On motion of L. A. Hazen of Marathon, Randolph
R. Maybury was nominated for County Treasurer by acclamation.
On motion an informal ballot for Justice of
Sessions was taken which resulted as follows: Whole number of votes cast 82, of
which Theron O. Brown of Freetown, received 74; John D. Coe of Willett, 8.
The ballot was made formal and Mr. Brown was
declared the unanimous choice of the convention.
On motion of Horace Martin, Dr. D. K. Allen
of Freetown, was nominated for Coroner by acclamation.
On motion of R. Champlin, the convention
proceeded to take an informal ballot for a candidate for School Commissioner for
District No. 1, which resulted as follows: Whole number of votes cast 39, of
which Charles E. Osborne received 33; M. C. Bingham, 6.
Mr. Osborne was declared the unanimous choice
of the convention.
The convention then proceeded to an informal
ballot for a candidate for School Commissioner in District No. 2, which
resulted as follows: Whole number of votes cast 41, of which William A. Coon received
36; H. D. Hunt, 5.
Mr. Coon was declared the unanimous choice
of the convention.
On motion of Mr. D. W. VanHoesen, the County
Committee was empowered to fill any vacancies on the ticket should any occur.
Mr. Osborne, the candidate for School Commissioner
in District No. 1, was brought before the convention by the committee appointed
by the chair to procure his attendance and addressed the convention in a few
well chosen remarks.
On motion the new County Committee was empowered
to select the delegates to the Democratic Congressional Convention.
On motion of Geo. C. Hubbard, the several
towns presented the names of the following gentlemen to serve as members of the
County Committee for the ensuing year:
Cuyler—Wm. Petrie.
Cincinnatus—F. M. Benjamin.
Cortland—Hugh Duffy, B. F. Taylor, B. B.
Jones, D. W. VanHoesen, Patrick Maloney.
Freetown—M. A. Mynard.
Homer—C. E. Wills, W. A. Coon, Jno. K.
Miller, Frank Wilcox.
Harford—R. F. Chappuis.
Lapeer—Henry Hunt.
Marathon—R. R. Maybury, C. M. Chapman.
Preble—H. D. Hunt.
Scott—F. M. Hazard.
Solon—Henry Kelley.
Taylor—V. Jipson.
Truxton—Patrick Comfort, Chas. L. Whaite.
Virgil—W. A. Holton.
Willett—Jefferson Greene.
The following resolution offered by Mr. Champlin
was unanimously adopted.
Resolved, That it is the sense of
this convention, that the candidate for Member, this day placed in nomination
shall, if elected, use all honorable means to secure the passage of a law
making personal property bear its just share of the burden of taxation, and
thus relieve real estate from the unjust burden now resting upon it.
On motion of R. Champlin, Esq., convention
adjourned sine die.
IRVING H. PALMER, Chairman.
JAS. WALSH, W. J. CORCORAN, Secretaries.
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FROM
EVERYWHERE.
Cow hides have doubled in value.
There are 288 lawyers in Congress.
Sayre is to have a German Lutheran church.
Eri Gray of Roxbury, Delaware county, is in
his 106th year.
It is curious that there are no direct
descendants of Napoleon, Wellington, Washington or Walter Scott.
Sally Barret, Putnam county's centenarian,
recently died at the age of 103 years, four months and five days.
Dr. George F. Root, the author of "Rally
Round the Flag Boys!" and other war songs, is seventy years old and lives
in Chicago.
Locks were used by the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans and Chinese. Du Cange mentions
locks and padlocks as early as 1381.
Seven paper mills have been successively burned
in Dansville, and a singular fatality has attended the paper-making business
there.
It has been discovered that a strong, flexible
fiber can be secured from hop vines and that it can be manufactured into a most
excellent paper.
Mrs. Ella Mary Bennett, of Stony Brook, L.
I., was ordained to the Universalist ministry last week, being the first
instance recorded on the Island.
An English syndicate has purchased a large
tract of land in Burlington and Ocean counties, N. J., for the purpose of
growing cranberries on an extensive scale.
October 1st, engineers on the consolidated or
six-wheel freight locomotives were raised from 3 1/2 to 4 cents per mile and firemen
from 1 9-10 to 1 cents per mile.
The Rakes of Kildare is the name of an athletic
organization lately formed in South Brooklyn and is composed of young and
muscular Irishmen who will take active interest in all-round athletic sports.
Last week two packages of artfully
manufactured Chinese biscuits were seized at Seattle by a custom officer and
investigation revealed small pieces of opium surrounded by thin crusts of baked
dough.
Prof. Allen made a balloon ascension from
the Oswego Lake fair grounds last Thursday. A strong wind carried the balloon over
Onondaga lake and all went into the water. Though exhausted the aeronaut was
rescued.
The Lake George Pulp and Paper company of
Ticonderoga, and the Glens Falls Paper and
Pulp company have bought in Canada, on the Morrise river [Saint Maurice River--CC editor] and its tributaries, a
tract of timber containing 150,000 acres, or about 235 square miles. This tract
is heavily timbered with spruce, pine and cedar.
Little Falls merchants tested the long distance
telephone line last week reporting the ordinary Blake transmitter as
successfully working. From that village the rates to Boston, New York,
Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia or Buffalo are $2.75, $3.50, $3.75, $3.50,
$3.00 and $2.25 for five minutes conversation. Night messages, half rates.
Their
Wages Raised.
The wages of the engineers and firemen on
the Central Hudson road employed on the large engines who stuck to the road during
the strike, have been increased to the extent of an average of from $12 to $15
a month.
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