New-York tribune., 1870-04-28
POLITICAL.
NEW-YORK.
oon,r,c STATE CONVENTIONAL PICKET |
NoNuYATED, AND HOW 1T WAS DONE

STER, n. Aplt
..,,or,orcod the first held,lay Of Tweed ana MS
<,l-a.hod coberts. The battle mono the less
intorostnr that it was purely sham Last hieh'
ed show Of country delegates came III oH
tba trains but the schemes for the morio" W."
,,e and lndecisive without the sanction ana oou1'0
ance OF the inivncble SaChem. III was Pro''y V
ndortood however by those in the ring what the Dig
,..Rossv wanted He had fixed neat niue game i
killing sanford L. Church for the GuDerhaoi no'
nation next Fall andillence dexterously put MN III
expectancy for the ChiefJudgeshp on to-uay 'eheO
lie had enlisted the unsophiStcated LOru' oeh"oi i
this district by promising all sorts OF NICE tnsS io ~
friends and the organ of Church here fell Dhhdy INTO
4bo go A,c,s cassidy at first kicked Violently and
fbe rnspIt vould have been split had not some mys
,rious ram,oapv arguments" lulled the rising tenn
nest The Legislative arrived here from Albany al
IL O'Clock and Tweed, Sweeney, ana O'OoImah "ele
hastily sought out 10y the afdisracted rural delesaes
A secrect council was forthwith held in the Osborn
House. Harmony was apparently restored anu 'no
delegates proceeded to the Convention
81 Tden opened the proceedings with slight varia-
zion of his traditional eremad" familiar to us since
the first year The usual formula OF organza
eion was dispensed with and the Hon. Hiram Gray OF
Chemunc County made Chairman. He admitted in
enously that his first vote for Gen. jackson; ana
Judging from his idea OF the present standing OF politics,
he votes for that remarkable to this day. Before
work of any kind thought of, furious call came
from the country members To adjourn; and so frantc
were they that il required all the thunder OF Tweeds
gang to suppress the mtmcly mutiny That great man
Rroso and, bending benignantly to the President and
wrathfuy &c the cuprts commanded them to obey or
ders Whereupon the remulous rebels sat down amid the
Jcers of Tnmany. The cheftan, elated with the vic
tory ordered his myrdOns to action and the sad and
solemn OCornan put the first knife to the Presidential
and GubernatOral hopes Of Perpetual Candidate
Church." by nominating him for ChiefJudge. Then
followed words that breathed the sweets Of Arabia TO
tba vii blades q
tealed beneath cut his aspirations. The middle and
southern oOntcS could not contain their indignation and
The dapper Herman called heaven 10 witness his love,
his devotion to Churchhs desire to see him in another
sphere where he might do credit 10 the party. For
him. George +. COmstOck the man." kicrnan
done the incoribo. Countries smote the chiefan by
motion to adjourn and again, after much vexatious
squabbng by the chief and his egOns, the feeble Ru
rails" ANONYMOUSLY snubbed. Then new wrangle
in the admission of delegates from LOckport and
Wm NJ. Tweed brought the house down with the rrtOuS
plattudc that he didn't a straw whether both
Iestants admitted but the principle of the thing
trouble him" The ceetia of this took the house. and
The Boss got round of hands and feet in true Sixth
Ward style.
After much beating about the bush reached,
Lhe gates spreading Themselves on every point under
he sun except the subject The best speech Of
The day was by Herman who pointed out the dan
ger Of nominating politicians advice to which you see
the Tanmany men paid not the slightest attention.
Several delegates who reverently mentioned Jackson
urged earfly the necessity Of redeemng our Judiciary
from the prostitution OF the "cussed Radcas by poll
ticians who are alone able 10 them with their
weapons During this flood of highly exhilirating elo
quenoe. Tweed sweeny O'Gorman, and the symmetrical
Norton strengthened the weak points the line of battle
and smiled COmpacenty he wOrdy war; Several ofthe
Young Democracy spoke right out in meeting, and ex
c,osed the motive of nominating man. probably his
deathbcd and who had sort Of training urist TO
the high judicial place, now for the first time to
Roe filed All useless. Dewitt in vain poured out
well learned piece and Ju-e Pratt Of Onondaga wasted
1s breath in showing that sanford E. Church could not
All the place with credit to tie Democracy. Tweed gave
the order VOTE the President ordered the formula
Taxmany smOthered Church in "a vote Of II, and the
Young Democracy burned their incense at the feet of
COmsock, giving him so ballots The result was sur
r,rise to the spectators and few feeble
sieard from the via,Ors. Again motion to ad-
,0urn came from the rurals, and again Tammany
q raised the whoop the vote for four Associate
Judges. The Tammany Mosuls 'claimed but one man,
and heartlessly slaughtered Martin Of Buffalo to get
Charles A. Rapao of New ork. The business Of naming
candidates was then begun and kept up till everybody
siOzed save the MOguls WHO dreaded coup from the
Young Democracy One veteran delegate from ST. Law
renee then rambled incohercny the traditions Of
she JacksOnian era and electrified the audience by
Gravely nominating that indomitable Jacksonian
Democrat Martin Van Buren. The Convention
Che poor man that Martin Van Buren, had been dead
these years. when he smiled feeby and protested that
Pc didut mean him. He meant Martin Grover The
Western delegates raved at the treachery and bolt was
declared certain vote finally reached amid much
confusion with this result VIM. +. Allen, 1l2 Martin
Grover 77 Rufus w. Peckham, 1O1; Chas A. RapaDo,
200; WIN. T. Ode y; Jos G. Masten, As; Chas H. Win
deld, 95
The Convention then tried to take action on the resou
ton but Tweed cried wrathfully TO the President
that he "dd not want to stop IN the damned town all
day." and ordered him incontinenty TO shut up shop
The gathering then dispersed amid the dscOrdant hows
nf the Young Democracy The result Of the whole thing
Is that the western counties w hardly te Drought 10
stomach Tweed's handiwOTk. 1t was openly asserted
that taken to the strength OF the ticket
THE whole purpose to further the schemes OF
Tweed, and the Democrats OF the rural districts think
that Tnmany has enjoyed enough of the spos OF Office
without deDauchng the Judiciary Of the Empire states
GENERAL PRESS DIsPATCH1
ROCHESTER, April 27.-At 12t o'clock, ;: }.
widen Chairman Of the Democratic State Central Com
ruittec called the Convention TO ORDER ana pOceeueu
20 call attention the importance OF the acOn ABOUT 10
be taken here to-day; and especially ne sald us INC
ticket here nominated is to he elected Will the acon DC
Important elucidated this point at some lehgth
He claimed that the Democracy Of the state ever since
the adoption of the Constitution, had given an adnns