New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-16

s.rsd their eeedentiss entire, with The exception Of
the cn,,e.i ant O. the seat of Gideon J. Tucke-
1T,e Chairman the COMMITTEE addressed not. -
Fernando Wood Informing him that tie Committee
were in session. and awaited the ATTENDANCE Of the
snti.Tammauy Delegates Tie note wa. taken by
Mr. Huight, one Of the COMMITTEE, 70 Mr Wool.
roorn NJ. Haighi reported that ne had deiiyer7i
note to a gentleman, who handed il 20 another who
ne believed to b. Mr.. Wood.
AaeG wa.iin. one hour, TIE foloviu. aote W.
addressed to ;he anii-Tammany Delegate, by the
Chairman
STRAcrsF, Sept lj 1853
To he Hon Ferr1rso FooS aHd r. otA.r Ts~r1-s ~
| 9aies
GENTLrxFS: The Committee os the Democratic
State Convention upon the Contested Scsts from the
| City and County Of New-York Is now in session AZ
room No. Is voorhees, House ready to hear whatever
! may be- said on the question. The Committee has de-
termired to hear two persons upon each side
Respectfully vorrs 5. T FAiRCHILD Chairman.
This letter was handed to one of the anti-Tammany
delegates. who read IT, and returned word h. had
No answer to give.
The Committee waited another half holr when NJ.
! THOMAS c. FIELDs addressed them az follows:
GIsTLENES or THE CcasITTEr: Mr. Fowler and
myself were selected To present the lfore you.
We remained here an hour and forty Minutes waiting
for the attendance of thOse VINO contest our seats.
! They have failed to appear, though @e have used
every exeTt!On to got them here. Your Committee
!
to which no reply has been received The character
| istc conduct OF these gentlemen cannot but b.
garCed greatly discOurteous to this Committee who
certainly cannot be expected to sat any longer. We
| in the City Of NcwYoTk can understand full wei Why
! Mr.. Wood and his friehds have no. presented their
case here. They have np case on record. Mr.. Wood
was himself member OF our organization. II -nit.d
him and he friendly 20 il 80 long he could
troll IT, but when he found he could do longer he
became the enemy Of the organization. Notwlth
standing that lie present and took part in the Gen
era Committees action on Sept. :, aud when he was
| charged in the Committee with the design and
| intention TO follow the dictates of his feelings
| and oppose the organization OF Tammany Hall.
| he said emphatically and with hypcoritlcal
earnestne-- that he recognized no organization but
| tba, Of Thammany Hall But to-day find this same
| gentleman after submitting his own claims and the
claims of his friends to election under that Organi-
zaton controlling after defeat the seats OF the regulay
delegates, and adopting course that must if per,e-
yered H. destroy the union Of the party. As TO the
regularity of the Tammany delegates there be
question and submit to the Convention our claims
to admission into it, body with the desire that this
question OF reeuarity shall be settled now and tore'er
We are the representatives Of the only Democratic
organization in NewYork having any claim 70 regular
iy For the consideration of this COMMITTEE and IN
order that the Committee may sustain Itself funy, II,
when We take as must, judgment by default, If
assigns the TO us, beg to present brief history
of the Tammany organization, a. set forth III
an official report, after seven months con-
sideration aud adopted by a vote OF " To -;
Committee which are valuable at the present time,
by rea Of the experience they give and also OF the
binding force Of their results, may be very briefly
stated: At the commencement OF the year 1891, TWO
rival bodies claimed to be the Democratic Republican
General Committee of this city, and entitled t" the
| occupancy of Tammany Hail. The matter was pre-
sened for the action Of the Grand Council ofthe Tam
many Society which decided that neither of the two
had clear aud exclusive right and proposed to settle
the matter By the election VI new COMMITTEE under
| the Joint direction Of the two oontesting Committees
and Of the Grand Council. This proposition, when
was adopted in the Grand Council BY vote OF seven
TO six was rejected by one of the two Committees.
plan was then proposed by the Hon. John Kelly, for
| the formation of n Convention to consist OF nye
| members from each ward two - be appointed
| by each Of the delegations from the ward, 20 the
| two Committees, and the fifth by the Grand
council the Convention to act as general committee
until the first Of July, and nwhie to mature plan
for the organization of the party and tor the election
| of new general committee which was to be the sole
| organization. This plan was unanimously adopted by
the Council and the members Of the Convention were
appointed accordingly by the acton OF the se'rral
delegations TO the two committees ard Council The
Convention thus formed met organized ana adopted
plan fol- the organization of the Democratic party u
this city installed new general committee ana al
iourned within the period limtedtor us existence Ire
plan of organization consisted of Democratic asSoca-
tions to be formed in the several wards n the const-
tutional bodies under regulations which II was ciaii
| Democrat while efficient safeguards were pro-
| vded against Illegal voting, and other frsnds:
! One Of the two previous committees refused
| to submit to the action OF the Convention,
! and contested the authority of the gen
| eral committee organized under that action
each Committee issued call for an election oi Dele
gates to the State Convention OF 1881 and Two con
! testing delegations were accordingly chosen. The
State Convention evsded the settlement OF the matter
| by admitting half of each ieegaton. Subsequently
the two Committees adol tped sine die. having first
| organised new Commttte, composed IN equal parts
from the two previous Comittees and presided over
.l.... Mn AM flnsfXn
| undisduted Gennral Conaltee was thus at last
formed by which plan adopted for the selection
of of the nominating Conveptions oi last al" ara "i
Ce neral Committee for tie present year. The NOM
nations made under that plan received the enthusl-
a.tc support Of the Democracy Of the city to an ex-
tent that was best manifested in the fact that with the
exception of single nominee to whose election there
was an opposition before equaei in this city IN
extent and power candidate ~ the city and coun
ty and in the Senate and Assembly districts was elect
ed The present General Committee Is the und-pu
successor Of that General Committee whose action was
so beneficial Ia the Democratic party AMI 30 efoIent
lv sustain ed BY its votes at the General aud Charter
eleaiions These facts cannot be questioned on any
side. Thus, Sir in this official statement Is presented
the claim to regularity Of these delegates. Mr. ooD
who il the head OF the opposition delegates took part
in every action embraced in what has been just heard
Under these considerations ask you 70 report to this
| Con, enion admitting the Tsmmany delegates a. tide
only regular delegates representing the city OF New
York.
tested the seat OF Gideon j. Tucker, did so only on
principle; and as Mr.. Tucker held certificate under
The Tammany organization. # he was admitted on
| that Mr. Mehans claims would be Withdrawn.
Mr.. BRoADHYAD then moved that the delegation
| elected under the call Of the Democratic Republican
| General Committee at Tammany Hail. including Mr.
Tucker be admitted the regularly elected delegates
from New-York, which was adopted and the Commit
tee adjourned.
FvEsIsG SESSION.
The Convention was called 20 order at II pm.
The CHAIR announced that the first business wo'iid
Ia cd