New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-06-14
vcntm WINS at . seIsck, ,but at tsa minutes Of
O'Clock only eleven member o. the Board were


| o'clock only eleven member o. the Board wer'
| present. Mr.. Weed the 6ergeant-o.-Arns oil tn
| Board, was dispatched By tine Clegk TO nuni u
one or more members so as to make quorum.
Tie Sergeanf-at Arms returned shortly and STATE
that be could not find Alderman Lord tVhiSl OF
Alderman Bsrker lWhig,l and that Aldermen Tow
BIZ &c Wing WA out OF town.
Upon motion, however, Aid. Christie was csaled TO
the chair and the ro called but only eleven members
were announced as being present.
Aid. WILLiAAsoS thought that for the purposs OF
completing this business the meeting should adjosrn
from day TO day and lie would move that when tiss
Convention adjourned II adjourn to meet to morrow
afternoon, Thursday sud that the Clerk meantime
notify the missing members
AID Ely opposed the motion, as il was Not in ac-
cordnnce with the law. They must give eiyht days
notice 10 tie Mayor.
During debate that followed concerning the legaIi-
~ of an adjournment, Aid. Lord came III, whom the
Chain announced quorum present.
AID WILLIAgsos offered the following resolutions,
which were read by the CLERK:
c IS. o S oT Ct A% 5s syesh u D
Hs'osed That VIM H. Csnia be snd he hereby sppo,ted
eseioned BY the resignation of VIM. 5. Devson.
h'ofred Thst james N. Byne and Jchn ousekenbuh be
created By the sct passed March Il, 1854.
The resolutions being read, AID. WLLIsxsos
moved their adoption.
Aid. LORD moved that the resolutions be taken up
separately.
The resolutions as to John l.. Amber aud wm H.
Canif were passed unanimously.
The adoption of the fourth resolution being called
for, Aid. LORD moved that the name Of VIM. t.
Knapp be substituted for that of Mr.. Byrre.
Aid. DRAKE called for an explanation. lie wanted
TO know why Aid. Lord asked this substitution.
Aid. LORD replied that he knew Mr.. Knapp, but
did not know Mr.. Dyrne.
The vote on the substitution lost. ghe orig-
nal question was called, and though only eleven voted
in the affirmative the Chair decided Byrne elected.
The majority Of the Convention dssented from the
decision of the Chair though desiring the election Of
Byrne and during debate that occurred, the resou
ton as to Mr.. Qnaekenbush was put and carried
Aid. LORD then moved that the name of wilson G..
Small be substituted for TINT Of Mr.. Byrne. He, Aid.
L. bad been sent there both by Wings and Democrats
and he was bound to give them fair chance- Mr..
Small Yves Democrat and capable man.
Here an attempt was made to induce Aid. Baird
DEM, who was standing by, to vote for the Wing
candidate, but it did not succeed
Aid. MosELEY hers rose and said this Wing
Convention and that they could not get a Demo-
GRAFT 10 cit in ii. He had also received Wing and
Democratic votes hut he knew there was not Demo
crat in his Ward who woah ask him to vote Tor q
Democrat.
Aid. LORD denied that it was Wing Conversion,
as all the members of the Board of both sides and
Democratic Mayor had been summoned. He would
vote only for Mr.. Small.
AID DRAKE nextrose and commended eloquently that
Aid. Lord had manism" about him.
After some further discussion, the Wing portion of
the Board being unable to carry their point, the Con-
ventien rose subjectto the call of the Board OF Al
dermep,