The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-31

City RSansaes.
WHO SENATORIAL cosvxsrros.

The whig delegates 10 the ftnh ssas,eelsi District
Convention, comprising the nshsh, Ksssh ssa Pour
tenth wards met last night st the Broadway Hsass
and Organized by the appointment o. Benedrt Lewis IT,
Of the Fourteenth ward, for Chairman, end " n Law
renee, Of the ward, ass<cretary. AFTER pre-
lminary business the first ballot vas ordered, which
resulted follows
Horsto N. wfd eighth wsrd) ............ ~ votes.
Willis BLACK stone Eighth wSrd) .............
Chas. Crane, (seventh ward ................ =
Hoiatio ~ Wild then declared the unanimous
nominee Of the wings for Senator OF the fifth district
Mr. Wild is at present Councilman OF the Seventeenth
district and is the x. n, nominee Tor senator
After the election Mr.. Win, who present,
called upon for speech whereupon he thanked them
Cor the honcr they had conferred upon him, and
nouneed that he was wing a. the Henry Clay school
II had been said tina! he (Mr. Wild Of the Dark
Lantern party OF that he would say nothing but " lac
was he favored the policy OF putting torch In the Ian
longer Mr.. wild concluded by expressing hope that
the party would rally for the regular nominees, for II
they did success would attend their efforts.
After cheering Mr.. Wild aud ''smiling all around.
the Convention adjourned.
THIRD ps1Ri,r
This Convention met last evening at Demcnico's lin
the ing House,, and called TO crcer at O'Clock
by Dennis Mclaughlin, Of thef Fourth ward, who ncml
mated Charles IaPpen Of the Fifth ward for
NJ n Jones Of the Fourth ward, and Joshua g. Able oil
the Second ward for Secretaries.
Upon calling the wards for credentials Of delegates
appeared that the Third ward was contested BY three sets
OF delegates. moved that Committee upon Gre
denals be appointed to settle this dispute. Messrs d.
Mclaughlin j. G. Able and A. NJ c. Smith we're so de-
sigrated.
recess Of ten minutes had, to give the commit
tee time 10 examine the credentials.
The Convention reassembled, and the committee re-
ported, through Dir. Mclaughlin, that the ticket with
the certificate Of three regularly appointed inspectors
should he admitted.
Objections were made to this report by Edgar Mcsul-
len on behalf of the ticket elected in Church street and
by D. G. Henderson, who claimed to have been f,iTly
lams 1t was finally resolved to hear one from each OF
the conestng delegations, and the chairman selected
Messrs = @ Henderson =. MSMallen aud j. e. acWh9r,
allowed ten minutes each to explain the points in the
case. These gentlemen addressed the convention rea-
tive to their claims for admission to seats in the conven-
ton and while they being heard the rest of the
contestants from the Third ard had leave to withdraw
Of the different delegations left the room and the conven.
ton voted that the ticket signed by Archibald Cochrane
Horato n. Sherwood and John NJ Cook as inspectors,
with the exception Of the of j. Williams for which
that Of d. C. Henderson substituted should be ad-
mitted the regular and fairly elected ticket This de-
cision seemed to give universal satisfaction except TO
one or two dsafeeted individuals outside.
The convention then proceeded TO business, Messrs
d. Mclaughlin, Of the Fourth ward, and Owen W. Bren-
The baotings delegates at large from the district
to complete the convention, resulted thus
II Ballot. ID Ballot
William West Fourth wald..... ;. 8 Withdraw.
Hon Guy R. Telton, Third ward. . IL
Hon. Mr.. fciton chosen, and Mr.. Mclaughlin was
designated to conduct him into the convention
The wards called for nominations for Sena
tor. Judge Welsh, Theodore A. Ward and b. f. Wey
mouth named. The convention then proceeded to
ballot, with the following result
1a BALLOT. 2d Ballo,.
James H. Welsh IL 10
u. +. Weymouth Observation-Disclosures. =
Theodore A. Ward .... 10 Ii
Moved that Hon. Theodore A. Ward be declared the
una nimous nominee.
After passing resolution to notify the candidate of
his nomination, the convention adjourned subject to
the call Ct its officers.
Some dissatisfaction felt by the friends Of Judge
Welsh TO the count Of the votes. They recounted
and the tally proved correct. II understood that
Judge Welsh was candidate and That the support
he received from his friends simply complimentary