The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-08-17
INTELLIGENCE BY THE MAILS.
THE ROME CONVENTIONS
RoME. August 1910 A. NJ.

The First Days Proceedings Of the Iiunkr Conoeiioa.
The hour appointed for the members Of this sonven-
ton to meet together at the Church
III o'clock butt In advance Of the appointed hour,
quite large number of the regular and honorary
beers assembled At the church. for the purpose of
sultipg together for an hour in an informal wav
About 10 O'CLOCK the church literally crowded With
delegates honorary members, and others all eagerly
LOOKING with anxiousness to kno~ what going to
be done The following are the proceedings up to I
o'clock this afternoon =
The first OF the delegates who opened the ball was
the gentleman from Cayuga county.
Mr. GOODWIN, from Cayuga county, said-I am re-
quested to to the delegates assembled here,
that 1t is not the Intention convention to 20
business until about ii o'clock when trains
will arrive, and there will be many delegates here
but at the same time those now here counsel
getber.
Here some discussion took place between Mr. Shaw
of New York, and a Western delegate, in regard to
holding informal meeting
IL was then suggested that MIR. Shaw be appointed
Chairman pro which question put aud carried.
A delegate then moved TO appoint Judge Oliver, OF
Yates county Secretary Of this informal meeting.
This carried
Another member moved to have the list Of delegates
called over This was objected to by Gen Ward, Of
Westchester on the ground that the hour OF meeting
Judge BrAnDsLnr, of Oneida then said would sug-
gest that the Clerk be ordered prepare and
the names Of the members OF this convention now
present II
Gen WARD, and MIR. EDWARDS of Ouondasa then
answered the gentleman from Oneida county by saw
ing they would move that this informal meeting Be-
changed to caucus, and take till quarter
before IL /!
The CHAIRMAN then arose, and put the question Of
calling the names OF the delegates.
MIR. CHArFIELp, of Oneida then said AS this IL
informal meeting think had better pro-
coed to something that is formal and not lose an hour
and half of our time but at have the names Of
the members Of this convention read over.
Mr.. c. was followed by Gen N,Lsrv, Of Tompkins
county by saying he thought it proper proceed
to business Informally, the democrats had come to
the gates Of Romeo (roars Of aughter) to harmonys
The chairman then puthe question Of calling
the counties and Of the gentlemen present
nft fheSe Ilarat chatrr
interrupted by General Ward, of Westchester who
said he would have objection to this II it would be
and the question put and carried when the
tary Judge Oliver proceeded call the follow
Ing counties and representatives -
DELEGATES TO THE HUNKER CONVENTION
Albany Co.-1st district Samuel @. Courtney "a
do. Rufus II. Peckham. Sd do WIN. l.. Marcy. lth DO
.qii,s hany.-A. p sammis, NJ. 3. Champlin.
Broome-D Daniel s. Dickinson.
Catarau gus.-Robt II. Sbsnkland, Robt b II. WILDER
Csyuga Stephen A. Goodwin, John Thompson,
Robert Bloomfield.
| Chsmung.-samuel @. Hathaway.
ChensngoIRsbert Mcneil B Andrews.
Ciinion-Lt. John .. skinner
| CoiumIiG.-Joesph D. Mcneil, Silss Camp.
| Cortiandt.-Robert O. Reynolds
| DelaWare.-Stephen II. Keller, Henry L. Mitchell
| DutehsSs-Alexander Hasbrouck, J.. II. Otis, James
| Mabbtt.
Erie.-w. A. seaver, Allen Potter, W. L. O. Smith,
| Eswe-Charles N. Watson,
| Franklin-John q. Flanders.
| Fulton and HdmiLon-M thompson.
| Genssee- Frederick @. Follett, charles Danforth
Grsens-F A. Feren, r. Van Dyck, ..I
| Jef~son-LysanderA A. Brown, Eli West, T.. D. Wynn.
kmgs-Willism Conciles, 7. $. Dsniks, Edward Pell.
Lsi"s,ton~s Bagley, Lyman odsl.
| Nadison-Petsr d Ravens, William J. Hough.
Monroe-s. s. BOVINE, Roswell wickwire, John Mur-
MISCONCEPTIONS Mitchell, William MsClsary
New Iork-1st district, o. Charlick, (absent "a
district, r B. cutting 30 district y Mccarthy 4th
district H. NJ Western 9th district, W. ~ Deaa 9th
district T. G. Iitchsed 10th district. Henr,ssha~
18th district q. j. Gallagher l4th district A. NJ Al
ling 10Th district, Andrew Clarke 10th district L.
ri viii be seen from the above that every district 4.
Ne. York is repre-. ep p except fourb
Oceda-samusl Beardsley, VIM c. Russr, john
| Stryker, John ID. Leland.
| 0nonda ga-Wm. Porter, jr, Seth Hutchinson, T. @.
Afford. ssmue, l.. Ed.aras
0ntario--Peter Mitchell, Thomas NJ. Howell.
Orenge-Chares Borland, John q. Wilkin, Charles
| OrIeans-silas Burrows
| ofusxo-wm Lewis, jr., Avery Skinner,
Ofseso-Geo w Little, s. Cribhen, Lewis. Chstnsid.
| Pufnam-Charles Gsnun.
Quosns-John w Lawrence.
ksns'eiasr-Job Iierson Charles J. Wilber Lawrence
| R,ehmond-Thos W. Clarke
Roekiasd-A r. Stevens.
81 Lowrsnes-Ebenessr Miner, Edwin Dodge, Aaro,
Sarsfogd-wn Shepherd, II. II. wslworth
Seheneefody-Jsmes Csdy.
SsnseG-s Birdssll
si,uten-John @. foppno, John hcBirnsy, T. J. Rsy-
nolds.
| SUFFOLK j. b. Smith, Grosvenor B. Adams
| saliiron-A b. kiv.n.
| Tioga-Erastus Evans
| Tompkins = Daniel jackson, Robert Halsey.
uiafer archibald Taylor, ~ X. Graham
| Worsn.-Joseph Russell
| baihfngion- d. Wait, w. Thompson.
| Wsyne.-Wm m Edwards, Ambrose Salisbury.
| Weseheser.-John b. Haskins, Aaron Ward.
| UyeEing-A. s. Stevens.
| Iai,s- Andrew Oliver.
After the above and the names Of the mem
bers had all been called there W delegates
present; was then ,uggeted that they take rscess
for hour So until after the arrival OF the trains
aud some Of the members lief, take stroll towards
the Bnptt Church, whore the bsrnburnsrs have beer
all the morning caucussDg while others remained In
| the church to await the arrival Of the cars.
| H.Lr-rssr Etrvr-, A. NJ
The ears arrived n few moments SINCE which has
made quite increase Of members Of both factions
A. about hall past IL, the delegates into
the church accom- panied by large number Of honorary
| members. The nrst question that before this
great body Of old hspkers In regard toa porAry
organization and appointing officers for the same
The follosing gentleman then arose
Rurus H. frcHHAn, OF Albany, called the convention
to order and nominated Francis b. Cuttpg as Chair
Of the temporary organization Of this
The syet and nays vcr. taken upon the nominsti
and SIr cutting was appointed amidst tremendous
cheers took the chair and made long and able Speech
In which be strongly alluded to the great question
which they here accomplish and that he hoped
they would soon be able to to the d.
s%o"s ,hs@ Throughout the Whole S United s.ssss
| (Mr q. was loudly cbesrej) Francis segAr then
nomins.ed az temporary Secretary Of th. convention;
| MIR. Charles Ganun, Of Putnam, sso was nomipsted
| by Cen Ward OF westchester The two Secretaries
nov took their seats beside the Chairman when Gen.
| A Ward requested that the roll Of the delegates be
called over. This was done by MIR. Ganun, Of the
above ecretarss; after this the gentleman named be-
low asked leave TO present the following resolution
| Mir CoopwIs, Of Cayugs then read as follows:
| Resolved, That a committee Il from each Judi
csl district be appointed by the chair to report on
for the permanent Organization Of this convention
| The resolution adopted, aud the Chairman nonl-
mated the followipg gentemca to appoint permanent
| officers Of the convention
let Dis. Daniel siekles. 9Th Dis. ssml L. Edwards
| "a Aaron Ward 9th s. Cripp~u
| I'd Joseph y. Mcneil. 9Th s. A Goodwin
| 4th q" T. b. Mitchell. Stn " Fred Follett
The above committee retired to the basement Of the
church, where they remained for about an hour ana
returned with the following lst Of permanent officers
| Of the convention
President, william L. Marcy, Of Albany county.
4 Vice President