New-York tribune., 1867-10-05
THE ALBANY CONVENTION.

yo,frR A. NELSON TO HEAD THE pEMUe sron,,, na1n
PICKET li6HT ABOUT 1IiE .lf1 ILH Nr,,I-
rgE CHARACTER OF TnH liCALi N0'4'
NAIED.
=, ,,.kskArH TO TmBrsr
ALBANY. Friday. Oct. 4. 1867.
A four honrs session to-day finished the WoiK
,hA temeertlc state Convention. Few DoHiea oi 'HS
.hsraeter have hcon mCie orderly ana shIeNul' i""
,ced To-day, there more ehciteiheh' "'"" -! !,
day but by careful management the leaoers Pie'e"u
90 orot r,ot,ne However, there were many VINO
spoke out in m,ctin." and among Tue oo'u'S'
,f these was John McKeon OF your o"y'
s,.aEipg ~ tle platform, John McKeOn Of Ne"-1oik
,sy IN open Convection to-day, said 1t was OF no moran
,deet ulatever ard would give no power TO the Doh
cratic party btcause it was too equvoca ana h"' mani!
a .trnebtforwnid This s doubtless, the sense o the
o,,ort, of the members Of the Convention, but w oI
them had the bodhcs 10 avOw it-and OF thes' le" ''
NleKcop was tie boldcst Ihis platform was made up
ufer a great amount Of labor by q few leaders ana
submitted TO the Convention VITA inc cN"eh'
desire 10 force II through When it got before TIC CON
yention this morning. the fight upon II eommeu'e"py
a,r McKeon leading of with the remark quoted above
and following it with the prediction that If the party
ent before the people with such principles fhey womb
DC beaten at lie pOss 10000 majority Democrats
hc said had trimming long enough, and IL was no"
time for them to tahe broad stand Tor true DeoeIdc
principles These were opposition to the taI olp"s
zion to paying the luhlc utDt III eOlu OPPVsA""" '" "
law restraining tie sale or liquors any MoIe g
fau any other article of nerchandlse, lndoisehet g"
state rights and u the principle that a me nc national R @
Keon's views cieaicd much alarm among me ltt1eIs
shat for time they unable to make any movement
This emboldcned Mr.. MeKeOn and Mr. ia"itHtS t oa ~
sluCens 10 amendments employing niS UI ' S
principles TO wit, that The public dsP }a shPsa % ~ % adk
currrncy but as 1t was read Joi ~ .i"sl" n H
The noCr and told tho Convenuon thIv az io21 -
Pssod t they would h. themsenes ,s TetieD peb He
oYsht the party Lad better wait until got power ad
lo
and uembrrs gave evidence thal thty h'" .'ttei
adopt hs plan ever II Il wss the dshones. Us 1
ing chat greenbaeks a. good as gold IN pay no oI
p9os dGSts s,1@our and through secretary Perrin,
.repaTod compromise amendment whlch lOluISu 'hat @
the parry gained IN g ho"fT s "s eed
md taOEed 10 the second resolution Wnen iaNoss
eSuaijty Of taxation" In other words mat bonds
.hond taxed iKo other property Tue ohy otner f s
oiuOn slpOn which there was contest Was uc ni'n' @
relative TO the EAsise Law - , AS s ~ IsS bnt WAS SO
amended 10 declare that that act sn1uu p' nv,
"A the contest upon the resolution wac o
oilers were adopted IN mass under ne Ol'Lno ~, "
,hc previous question III ~ hau hot Deer iaI thS
.nothor fight would taken place On the Farm queS-
q6e ticket nominated is a weak one and Is the slate
6xed W by Ilden SsSgfr arr from puc6es aud was
Formerly in Congress from that distinct "heeel ~
tol the candidate i9r n scaTcsiv Enow outside
vi It, Marshall b. Champlen, the candidate IVr Attor
neyeneial end msrIen ng%any The ormer was
beaten twice for the position ne Is Low rihl.hs hs
for; aud the latter is supreme Court SHIse ReuS
acan Judge William +. Allen, for COnIIoneI, :
pat down from oiSego m but MSzar % he c"un. Of FER
,ando wood, and Of the Liquor Dealers Asst'
John D. Fay of Monroe for Canal i s Ca eontra
tors Solomon Scbeu tpIonouneed shy( '"i-I",o ~" ~,
Prison Inspector 3 ,Le esasf chm"Hd :, H cu
nee for fo9ineer-hlled that position once