New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-09-30
MURPHY AND HIS WORK,
THE CONVENTION

FhEokNI' buI IaCohSffCUOUS-A HAPPT RE
roKr By HAMILTON WARD.
SYRACUSE. Sept. 2S.-Gne Of the most start
Ling Of the hundred stories which the cspHou,e tan
ton have bean circulating since yesterday. J,.~,
Of tho regular NewYork dsieatioa, 70 te es.et -
when Waldo Hutcps in attempting 10 get the ssr o, t,s
Convention for bis demand that all oontestnx delsxs
lions should be passed over the call Of tho roll FOE tom
IOrary organization advanced toward the platform saa
was stopped By Mr. Cornells body guard Of polioo
the movament intended . signal for the rush %
dsordesly characters who should carry Cornell Oh the
stage and allow ho Convention TO be organized on the
motion Of Hutchins, By Vfpa soce vote The simpis
fact Ia that Mr. Hutchins was 20 hoarse that DO could
only with great difficulty mako himself beard and Il
the request Of delegates from al parts Of tho ball. he
went to the platform in the hope Of being there
able to get the ear OF tho Convention for TIE
simple proposition he had TO make This proposition Mr.
Cornell had deliberately decided 10 defy, hs purposs
being place the roll the names Of every contested
which he favored and to enable them 70 vote
in their own case whereby he would inevitably secure
the control For quarter Of hour Mr.. Cornell fought
1t out On this line. For this purpose he called h do
tachment of police and drove Waldo Hutcbns OF the
platform 70 which he and bis representative Q few
hours later cordially welcomed Mr. Ramsey. Il not
until tie temper Of the Convention too plainly mani
tested that abandoned bis bold purpose then
did altar his own arbitrary fashion, refusing 10 put
Mr. Hutohins motion but saying that at Tho request OF
the contestng delegations themselves their would
DO emitted from the roll Mr.. HutchiDs only succeeded
In making himself heard by the greatest possible
tons, and before the Convention had become
hoarse In consequence that he could not speak shove
o whisper.
There much talk here among Mr.. Andrew d. Whites
wal personal friends about his course In the Conycn
ton, and the way he got there. His county Is over
whelmingy on the side Of Senator FentOn, and in az
ordinary way he would have stood no chance OF selection
a. deegate HIS associates assert that he made per
sonal appeals to them 70 be chosen. say
ing that although he was not in favor Of
Fenton, he would do nothing that would
not tend to tho harmony of the party, and asking
on personal grounds for their support On these pledges
they waived the question Of Fenton or ConklinS and
added him TO delegation otherwise solid for Fenton
Then he went to his feowdeegates and specially TO
auested Of them that they would vote for him Tor tenn
porary Chairman, giving the same pledses- Thcn hs
mounted tho platform and made his peace and harmony
speech which he instantly followed by appointing the
most important committee with only two out OF b four
teen members to represent the nearly oneha tho Con-
yention which had voted against him. His WsrInoSa
friends are the worst mortified over this a. wen a. over
his ackno wledged failure as presiding officer Ihsy all
say that he did nttnend TO oct unfairly but AFTER nav
ax Rryen himself over to the State Committee and the
ConklnR wing he felt bound act their pleasure Inc
bisnar among his friends that he s anxous for poe
cal preferment and that since tho santo DSmnSo Com
,.son v,sons Of foreign mission, or even OF oeoo-
.v,bin have been ounningiy brought oeioro MS oyo
M" Thomas Murphy received no active eoun'cnsnos
At the Convention. He here, but dfu pO' ouV" "uA
self In any conspicuous part OF the ma aue
took none but o secret share In the pts<
oeedings The gravest charges were frequently
made against him. and tho regular Hev-York
delegation In particular seemed to find Murphy
card to play whenever the cries Of the other side
angered them. But enc man 10 the whoS COnventisa
IL. Nrva--
Spencer was making che formal speech In behalf
Of the .Custom-House delegation on tho quesioa
Of their admission, soma ono flung tho name Of
Murphy at him, and he replied that Murphy had beea
wrong once he right now In supporting the Repub
lican party and the majority OF this Cohventon-A ~
mark which greeted with derisive laughter and
hisses While Senator Conkling was on tho door In the
speech with which he drove his followers in' The
adoption Of the resolution which compelled tho
York delegation 10 retire. he two or three times
with the call from different parts Of the hail. How
about Murphyp BE was ready enough 70 respond 70
every other interruption, and even 70 man
sneering taunt at tho banner hepuouoaa 4
County of the State, In quick reply 70
remark Of the Chairman Of lie delegation; Dus ne
persuasiveness Of tones or force OF lunspo"e
could mako him hear tho name OF Murphy ~
was evident that that subject lsbelfd Danger
ous-not TO be touched under any proyocattfn.'
Some Of the country members were not pleased Of ths
fact that Rufus Andrews appeared 90 consticseusV
tho regular NewYork delegation but their disgust was
intensified tenfod ct oeholding Charley Spencer apps
rently accredited the authorized spokesman Of
TOM House delegstion. Whom the question Of admission
came I'D he rose Immediately after the first speech On
behalf of the Regular delegation had been made ana
delivered what appeared to be the formal reply reoe'
ing the frequent cheers Of his associates during ~
delivery. n
One of the neatest things in the Convention was HAH
ilton Wards swift and crushing response to toe en'S
Senator Conkling made to twist THE TRIBUSBs deolAs
ton favor of harmony into an indersemens OF an
tyraunical course. The passage which tae eensN
quoted from TIE TRIBUNE, and from which no sousn
to devise an Endorsement for his demand saN
Moses H. Grinnen and Marshall o. Roberts should
branded TammaDy thieves before being Invited 70 ~
elected Vice-President, was as follows Mr. Conn ~,
garbline it by reading only the fret and the next
at seems probable that the Convention will ndorss ~
action Of the State Committee will authorize me c1n
these questions viii admit both the regular and ~
H Il ia needless for US to state that we do d
consider this the most inst or m4ss TSsa
is neser anything gained by cSm2oHinSa non, ~ X
treaChery or rebellion ana we nOl cons sns
upon it's own merits aud less than none when We . ~
sder the tatered and shabby characer o. M sSoss
IL mot the fullest knowledge Of the stuation az s s
for Of snd the
Custom House organs Of this City, which nay S,s
more than usually vulgar and inane In then aHS
the regular organization, and their futile and
efSort 10 connect It With the thieves Of Tsmmany.
It was . singular piece Of good fortune that I~
York Times Of the same day should have c0nIHnv
editorial paragraph so exactly covering M oon.nn
point and equally singular that aitnousn 'ne
I'm hrouoht into the convention during the progioy
Inc debate Mr. Ward should have been lucky eoous-
hit upon II. Here II Is: ,., 49,. =. "A
Ah ne Wv ALLEGATIONS with half VOC
each recognize The The aS oSm Il which
nssoe S ~ 20 form an organization In the ClT
TSieh the sincere men Of both the present ana ds