Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1885 — POINTICAL. [ARTICLE]

POINTICAL.

The New York Eepublican Slate Convention met at Saratoga on the 22d of September. Senator Warner Miller was made temporary, and James W. Husted permanent, Chairman. An informal ballot was taken for Governor, thirteen candidates being placed before the convention, with the following result: Davenport, 105; Carr, 205; Morton, 42; Seward, 57; Swinburne, 32; Low, 10; Warren, 137; Drexel, 37; Bliss, 53; Cornell, 4; Evaits, 1; Starin, 1; Charles Andrews, 1. The convention then adjourned until the following morning. Upon reassembling a second ballot was taken, Davenport receiving 215 and Carr 192. On the third ballot there was a landslide for Davenport, and his nomination was made unanimous amid great cheering. The whole convention then yelled "Carr” for second place. General Carr was quickly nominated for the Lieutenant Governorship by acclamation. The remainder of the ticket went through With a rush, and when it was completed stood as follows: For Governor, Congressman Ira Davenport 4>f Steuben County; for Lieutenant Governor, Maj. Gen. Joseph B. Chrr of Rensselear County and at present Secretary of State; for Secretary of State, Col. Anson S. Wood of Wayne County; for Controller, James W. Wadsworth of Livingston County: for' Treasurer, Charles F.. Ulrich of NeW York County; for Attorney Genera), Senator Edward B. Thomas; for State Engineer and Surveyor, William V. Van Rensselaer of Seneca County. The platform, which is very lenghty, demands the strengthening and extension of the civil-service laws of the State and nation and the rigid enforcement of their provisions; favors the repeal of the silvercoinage law; reiterates the protective tariff resolution adopted by the last Republican National Convention; condemns “the hypocrisy of the Democratic party in pledging itself before election to civil-service reform, and after election denouncing through its press and its leaders the civil-service act as unconstitutional, while the national administration removes tried and faithful public servants, and replaces them with persons whose only recommendation is active, and, in some instances, disreputable political work;” declares it “the duty of the Republican majority of the Senate to oppose ( the confirmation of any person appointed in violation of the' letter or spirit of the civil-service act;” insists that “the right of suffrage must be maintained free and untrammeled" in all of the States; and recommends the passage of various measures for the benefit of the laboring classes. The candidate for Governor, Ira Davenport, is at present a Congressman, hiving been elected last folk He has large business interests, ahd has proved to be a most successful business man. He has been Trustee of the Grand Army of the Republic Soldiers’ Home* and Treasurer of the Davenport Female Orphan ’Asylum. He has been a State .Senator, ana was State ComptrollexJn 1881 and 1882..,.

The Prohibitionists of Ibwa met in State convention at Cedar Rapids and placed in. the field the following ticket: For Governor. James Mickelwaite, of Mills; for Lieutenant Governor, W. H. Steer, of Cedar; for Supreme Judge, Jacob Roger’s, of Fayette; for Superintendent of Schools, William H. Taft, of Milis... .The letter of Mr.! Dorman B. Eaton |b the President, under date of July c 28, tendering his resignation as a member ’of the civil-service commission, and t[ie reply of Mr. Cleveland accepting the same, to take effect Nov. 1, were given to the press last week. The correspondence is quite lengthy, Mr. Eaton testifying in the strongest terms to the fidelity with which the President has executed the reform laws, and the latter announcing his determination of adhering to the policy already adopted.... Col. Absalom Baird been appointed Inspector General of the' Army by the President... .Ex-Congress-man S. M. Stockslager, of Indiana, has been appointed Assistant Commissioner of the General Land Office. The New York Democratic > State Convention met at .Saratoga Sept. 24, George Raines acting as both temporary and permanent Chairman. David B. Hill, the present incumbent, was nominated for Governor on the first ballot by an overwhelming majority. The convention adjourned for the day. Upon reassembling, on the next day, Roswell P. Flpwer was nominated for Lieutenant Gov?ernor by acclamation. "'The ticket was rapidly completed as follows: Secretary of State, Frederick Cook; Comptroller, Alfred C. Chapin; Attorney General, Denis O'Brien; State Treasurer, LaWrence J. Fitz Gerald; State Engineer and Surveyor. L. Nathan Sweet. The platform indorses the administrations' of President Cleveland and Governor Hill; approves the spirit of the national and State laws for the regulation of the civil service, while condemning the manner in which the former were executed while the Republicans were in power, and demanding that the commission be reorganized so that its majority shall be in sympathy with the administration; advocates the repeal of the compulsory silver-coinage act; calls for a revision of the tariff upon the principles laid down by the last National Democratic Convention; expresses opposition to contract convict labor in any form; urges the enactment of Sunday laws for the benefit of ? the working classes, and denounces sumptuary legislation.... The Republicans of Maryland, in convention at Baltimore, nominated Francis Miller for Comptroller and William M. Marine for Clerk of the Court of Appeals. The resolutions pay a tribute to the memory of Gen. Grant, demand a protective tariff, commend civil-service reform, and denounce the appointments of Higgins, Thomas, and Mason... .The Colorado Republican State Convention, in session at Denver, nominated the Hon. Samuel H. , Elbert, of Denver, for Judge of the Supreme Court. Mr. Roswell P. Flower, nominated for Lieutenant Governor by the Democrats of New York, has declined to accept the nomination.... Prof. Alex. Agassiz was tendered the superintendency of the coast survey, vice Prof. Hilgard removed. Daniel O. Finch, of Des Moines, was appointed United States Attorney for the Southern District of lowa.