New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-24
TIE LATE DEMOCRATIC STATE con-
FENTION


SYRACUSE, Sept 20, 1853.
Now that the smoke of the battle is cleared away.
and the orgies of Peter Cagger, the festive Wander
pool, the rollickng Fowler, the "grm-visaged
Hart the oily Sckles, and the rattlng, staggering,
swearing juvenile who represented the "gcod drink.
ers" of Steuben, no longer "make night hideous''
now that the " short boys" have departed with all
the silver spoons that lay around loose, and the dis
cordan notes of that fghtfu brass band have ceased
and order and quiet again restored-we can look
over the ground and trace the of tho terrible
defeat of the friends Of Scripture Dick and the
New-iork CustOm-HOuse.
The great motive power that controlled the action
of the Convention Of the 18th inst. tho NewYork
Central Railroad Its Directors, Superintendents
Attorneys, Conductors and Ticket Agents
merous in the Convention as Irshmen around brew
cry The influence Of this overshadowng corporation
felt in every county from the Hudson to Lake
Erie against the Hards and in favor Of the Soits
Men ike Gushing Of Montgomery and Foster of Wayne
who were harder than adsmant or the sage of Bing-
hamton put through loftpg process by Corning
Richmond, Spraker Co., and made TO slaughter
their old friends and companions with whom they had
stood shoulder to shoulder in many hard-fought
battle.
Let us examine the figures and the facts and the
whole thing resolves itself into a shell, as Dolly
Spanker would say The official proceedings of the
Convention show that the seats Of twenty-sx Of the
l2s delegates contested and that only lG2 votes
were cast the Organization The strength OF the
two factions evelOped the choice O Presiding
Officer of the Convention. Peter Cagger nominated
the Hon. Horato Seymour rs permanent chairman.
Jehn A. Green of this city, moved to amend by
making the Hon. Edward A. Lawrence of Queens,
temporary chairman. The question taken on the
amendment and lost-the vote standing 50 for and
81 against, In other words IS Hards and 67 Softs.
Take from the Softs the seventeen Delegates elected
BY the Central Railroad and the Hards would have
secured the organization and admitted the Anti-Tam-
many and Vanderbilt delegation from New-fork and
Brooklyn There is question that but for this Rail
road influence the Hards would have elected Delegates
in every county along the line Of the Central Railroad.
This powerful corporation, controlled and directed oy
Dean Richmond Nice-PresdeDt of the road was used
to crush out the friends of Dickinson aud the princi
pies of 90 Look at the array Of railroad employees
who acted as Delegates:
Schenectady County.-Thompson, Car Inspector.
Montgomery County.-Cushing, Attorney for the
Central Railroad.
Herkmer County.-Priest, Superintendent of the
Road
Oneida County.-Jones, Wood Contractor.
Madison County.-Fairchild Assistant Treasurer.
Wayne County. Foster, Ticket Agent.
Ontario County.-Pierpont Contractor.
These are but few of the names that can call to
mind present who the active emissaries of the
Road in Strengthening the Softs Ii is well understood
that Crandel one Of the Delegates from Albany, was
elected by the employees of the Central Road. Gen.
Good, one of the Directors of this Corporation,
marched at the head of squad of aborers up to the
polls in Rochester to crush out the llards Piper the
candidate for Canal Commissioner WAS made Delegate
from Niagara through arrangements made by job
Coamer the Superintendent of the Road at the Falls
Richmond carried his man in Genesee and made Eli
Cook of Buffalo dance "The Railroad Jig" at Syracuse.
By such means as these the Hards were defeated. IL
is SO evident that "he who runs can read"
The Atlas and Argus and other Lecompton prints
being very busy just trying to delude the people
with the idea that Mr.. Morgan, the Republican candi
date for Governor is in the interest Of the Central
Railroad it may be well to remind them that the late
Democratic State Convention was owned and con-
trolled by the Central Railroad Directors. Richmond
the president of the road, with Cagger aud Fair
child, run the machine" and nominated the ticket.
The Democratic ticket is nothing more or less than
the railroad ticket and Parker and Taylor are as
much the creatures OF Richmond Csgger Il Co. as
Joce Heath was of the notorious Bsrnum. More
anon. SALT PoISr.