New-York tribune., 1871-10-06
TIE ROCHESTER, CONVENTION
Confined from First Pnre.

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srea' democrat Was simply trick tue part Of the
eate committee who, knowing that Mr. O'Connor could
never DC Drought 70 serve would have the filing Of the
place themselves, independent Of the Conyention
Tlden denied the charge with acrimonious yea, and
the Of Dean Richmond confirmed b, denial hnt A.
clared Marshall Ii. Champa tho only man for thu nce
h this tuuctnre Col Faulkner repeated his ASSERTION
against the State Committee and Mr. Tilden asksd him
to his informant. and the Colonel do
clined.
This gave the Rim time to meet the danger. and DE-.
witt moved that before further action "a that tha
ilusirious gentleman "whom oil rovore" should not
hayo his amo bandied about In this way he be telo
erapbed TO at onoc, and the Convention proceeded to
other bfsiness in tho mcGn tune.
The Issue here wal sde plain, and the Ring partzans
brought into play every engine OF legislative trickey
and shameless subtnfugr avoid the omission OF Cham
pn's nnme from the ticket Tho reason Is evident
Prcseny II may I've tho duty OF the AtorneyGcncrsl to
take cognlzlnc OF the leaders of the Ring. Of which
Champin IA the Acknowledged ally. Charles O'Oonor
in his place would mean more than political dcfeat IL
would mean States Prison. Col. Faulkner besought the
Convention TO consider before they put an aront upon
n man who had served 80 faithfully and efficiently !;
whcreupon
Mr. Tldcn inquired, "How long man must be Kept In
oice before he considered 1t hardship to be retired
An unhappy stroke for the venerable Chairman rs De-
witt responded thai tne CDulfmlil vi otitc
tee was living illustration Of how long place cotud
be held but the happy day his retiring had not yet
como.
The question came to ballot, and Mr.. Champain re
ccvcd 69 to ~ for Mr. OCOnor about the majority
that Tweed had mentioned the night before the Conven
tlon After coni erabc wranging Canal Commissioner
was reached, and tho Tammany Canal Ring made
strong fight for tho present incumbent. He was de-
nounced as torrupt and inefficient by member from his
dis tric "A there prospect OF now
name carry Ing the day.
Jarvis Lord the Senator from Monroe and head OF the
Canal Ring saw the danger and put HardenburS on the
floor to doend his tool The tide was not strong enough
among the opposition however and tho present incum
bent was rcnomnatcd. The ticket now stands ss fol-
lows:
Secretary ofState. .DIEnRIcn WHIERs. or seneca
Controller ........AsCHER 7. NICHOLS Of Erie.
STATE Treasurer. -. .WHEELEK H. BRISTOL Of Ii9ga
Attorney General. MARSHALL b. CHAhPLAN OF Allcgany
Stae Eng,mrsr-. VAN r. RICHMOND Of Wayne
Canal CommiS'r GEORGE W. CHAPMAN OF Saratoga.
STATE Prison InSp..DAvID B. MCNEIL of Cayuga'
Before tho adjournment resolution. looking to Tam
many int r. st in the State Committee providing for tho
appointment Of members oil the Committee by the Pres
dent Of the Convention. passed. and tho war upon
den will begin there as the organization comes
into existence
This closed the work OF the Convention which Mr..
Seymour sad Yesterday. the most important ever
assembled in thar State and at crisis in the history OF
party which it would require the greatest wisdom and
harmony to successfully meet"
THIEVES PIEFERRED TO REPUBLICANS.
The whole safety of the party before hand staked
on the results I've achieved here The delegates not In
the Ring the needs of the party before the first
session. ana these aDgrily confess that
they were tied hand and foot by weak intrgues
With the leader Of the Ring. Messrs T1den,
ScJ nour. and Herman, with many others, were
Enthusiastically in earnest In trying to pitch Tweed OUT
a,H
yielded tho threat OF secession rung in their ears by
the Ring. They were anxious to defend tho Ring and
eager purify the party but they were more anxious 10
defeat the Republican ticket and for that prospect gave
up their only chance of salvation at the hands Of the
honest Democrats OF the country.
The refOrmers eaOlcd and swndlcd by turns. To
please Tweed they kept from the Convention and
to avoid q rupture they were permitted to appear few
minutes at the conclusion OF the Convention, to state
their case and denounce the thieves who boldly con-
fronted deed them Tbroats were used to prevent
the withdrawal Of Otendorcr. and dcccitful compro-
misses made to gull people into believing the Conven-
ton inimical to Tammany and the piundertng Ring.
Horato Seymour had little heart for the small play and
and quit the place before the crownng nfay OF the last
session.
TIE WORD "TAMMANY" TO DE DROPrED.
The wrctched prctcnsc OF an excommunicated Tam
many was kept up the latest moment, and tho order
goes forth that that must not be used as usual
in conjuring maOrtes for the State ticket yet three
members Of the ticket denounced by members OF the
Convention stpendares and the selected law officer
VIGOROUSLY of the partisans OF the Ring and re-
ceives hs nomination at the insoent dctation OF the
representative OF Tweed.
The conduct Of Tweed is enough to show what the Con-
vention really achieved. ALI day he held State levees,
and referred to the action Of Seymour Co. with good
natured contempt characterizng them as troublesome
old fools" who did all they could TO smash up the party
because they could not run it.
Some speaking to him Of his misfortunes' he re-
piled with bland good humor, should like some more
OF the same sort When I'm the under dog, you'll hear
me howl, not before.