The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-09-29
Meeting of the Greeley Committee.
Withdrawal of II Portion of the
Brooklyn Delegation ...In
The Nominations md Platform.

SYRACUSE, September 9S.
The Greeley Committee held u meeting
ut o o'clock this morning, which was
largely attended. Chairman Sinclair
Toucey, Thomas Il. Stewart and Ira
O'Miller expressed their dissatisfaction at
the manner In which tho delegates had
been treated by the Convention. Mr..
Stewart, whose address was loudly ap.
plOuded, said the New York delegation
had not withdrawn unadviscdly, and
would never go back on their present foot
ing Keeping the delegation out was ono
OF the wickedest and basest frauds ever
devised by any Senator or any other man.
An allusiOn to the Massachusetts COhven.
tion brought out the remark by Mr. Tou-
CeY that the members and Senators ofihat
state do not so on the floor OF con :
ventlon TO act as whippers in.
The delegate from Tompklns county,
said That tue delegation, though SYM
pathi2ing with the committee, could not
leave the convention. '"
Mr. Miller said let us come out dis.
llnctly, not only against the Tammany
Hall corruption, but against the shOddy
and oppression In our own ranks
An adjournment was had till eleven
o'clock. The feeling Is very bitter.
The Convention assembled at O.3O this
morning, and II wNsobSerycd that John
A, Griswold was not present
Isaac II. Bailey, Of New York, charac.
lerlzed and regretted that the dele.
CATION, the Instruments Of Tammany,
could not be present, but thought
nothing lost by their withdrawal,
lie called up the resolution allowing the
delegation full vote. Sirismund
kaufman was opposed to the reso.
luton, as there were so many excellent
men Withdrawing from the delegation
whom ho hOpel to sec return, The
Chalr stated that the resolution was with.
drawn. Some Of the st. Lawrence dele.
gauOn expressed their willingness to re.
main In the Convention. a permanent
organization was then effected by the
election Of Andrew u. White, President
Inc OonSention then proceeded to the
nominations. Francis S. Thayer was
nominated Secretary Of State, the mover
OF MS nomination stating that he was tile
only Republican Senator who voted
against the New York city charter In
The interest of harmony, however, the
name OF Thayer was not pressed and
that of G. Hilton scribnor was preseNts,l
and adopted as candidate for Secretary
OF State N. r. Hopkins was then nomi.
mated as candidate Tor Comptroller Al
this stage Forbush announced That thc
delegations from the ist, 81, 9th and 9Th
Districts of Kings Co. would now he with.
drawn from the Convention, owing 10 ia
last nights action Oakley, the contesIins
delegate from Kings county said tho rg, s
remaining delegates were true to the Re.
publican party, and were treated soby iho
Convention Thos. L. Raines was nomino.
ted over +. @. Barlow for Atty General
receiving 1894 to 1880 votes. Henry q
smith and II Roberts received tho nomi
nations for State Engineer and Surveyor
VIM Batkley was nominated Canal Com.
missioner and Thomas Kirkpatrick was
nominated States Prison Inspector.
In all the evotes the names of both ,he
Son'ea'lng delegations from New YorI