The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-09-21
The Tammany Han City and County

A roIsryRoUs TINE AxoHo THE DELEeATEs-soxr.
NATION or GYoRGE o. BARNARD TOR s-prE,rE
COURT AiD JOHN 7. HoTFfAH Foa REcoRDEa.
Ils Tammany Hall City md County Convention took
place a. tho nola wigwan" las, evening and the
oa,on Of rcebe of excitement. confusion tnd tlusierng
fsai woud have done honor to the paost day o. lie
"scsl Hole
About Eht O'Clock tie converiion organlzsa By the
election or william ~ Tweed FOR chairman and George
A. Jorcm ali and Henry ?. West as secretaries.
After settling Few irainr dicuiiissf causcd sy con
tested delegates IN the First Eleventh and Sinc,ecain
wards communicates received from the BreckIn
ridge Convention, expressing desire for fuslos the
nominations for city and county officers
% motion, a Committee Of Conference, coussting d
EcsGrs Waterbury, Clancy srceny Bell Boo.c Fremont
and Ksner appointed deliberate with the Rrecx
lnrdgcrs on proper bns 5 Cor division Of the spols
recess y hour followed, n the termination q which
The Convention 70 Afculbled
ridge uterce, claimed one half the ticket which propo
ston reecied me Convrnton susainei the aciica
to cuter Into nominations for candidates.
On motion the Convention then proceeset . 5ao. fer
Judge u the Supreme Court with the following result
Recorder George o. Raruard.
Judge John r. Brady "a
ro.n.........................~.............isi Total.
me rssait was received with round Il me mos, tu
muituous applause, and the nomination was declared
Ater 4 stort recess the bal.cs wcre again prepared
ara the delegates proceeded vote lor candidate r
Recorder Thc rcsut of the nrst bao, when announesi
Stood
Abraham p flusteil ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. e5
John T. 60 mar. .....t.......4........... f3
Robert IIvingston .............ss.sssts..*.s.s ~
kclFnn smth....... .stss..4... IL
"a. W. Clarke. ...-..s......................
Amasri,y cf The Convention no, has nc voted for any
cir glc candldate-1T votes being Necessary choice
erectual Efforts made 70 obtain al adsourn.
ment 70 this evening, but the balk u the
delegates expressed themselves determined n hneh up
the nomination Of Recorder On the spot The process
q ballot making therefore again gcnc through with,
while considerable swapping and bargaining ~erc Oh.
servablc among the delegates, the paramount object
evidently being 70 gain votes for thc Reg gsteshp In
due time the ballots deposited The teer's table.
all voting except Mr. Jones' of the Twenty second ward,
who absent Ot counting the ballots " founi that
notwithstanding the absence of delegate fS4 votes
were on the table rhs discovery followed by The
widest confusion.
One deiegate moved that the ballot be declared nfor
mat, and that ballot be had. Al her delegate
offered smendmsnt that the Chairman b. nporerei
TO throw OF the ballots from hat and that the
the votes then be counted This amendment having been
put, carried, and acted upon the ballots were duly
counted and the result about being pnncuncea rnen
again - uproar occasioped.
Mr. ywrro, the chairman, stated that hs bad heard
that man n the Convention bad snatchef one Of the
ballots from the hat scch conduct vas assa,n'y, ano
b. would use esesy egori 10 hs p0v" 70 Dfns we sa'y