The New York herald., 1872-10-15
James II. Leonard for Justice Of the Su-
prems Court, James G. Spencer for
Justice Of the Superior Court
and Cunning 8. Bedford
for City Judge.
THE NOMINATIONS MADE BY ACCLAMATloN
4 lively Fight Over the District Attorneyship
and No Nomination Made.
A SCENE OF WILD CONFUSION.
The Triumph Of the Reformers
and the Final Adjournment.

dDO TIC AOd1 <AuJOuIIuncuC.
The Tammany Hall Judiciary Convention met
again yesterday pursuant to adjournment 1t be-
came apparent, from the moment the doors were
thrown open and the crowd that had patiently
waited outside for over an hour had poured In,
that the session was to be . lively one. For some
reason or other best known to the individuals who
had charge Of the doorways, and whose instruc-
lions were imperative not to allow any person to
enter who was not furnished with an admission
ticket, large number OF persons succeeded in get
ting into the body OF the hal In which the Conven-
tiOn was held Not only this but fully as many
outsiders as there were members OF the Convention
deliberately took possession Of the seats reserved
for the delegates and fer o time had as much to
eay in the Utcd UOce votes taken did the Conven-
tion Itself, and probably little more 90. Every
body who was not In
THE SECRETS OF THE OUTSIDERS
was naturally enough anxious to find out what the
invasion really meant, but very few OF the un-
sophisticated got at the bottom Of the mystery
Until the Convention had half accomplished it's
work. 1t became noised about just before it met
that the Conference Committee had not been able
to agree to all the ofces that had to be filed, or
rather as TO who were the proper persons to fiji
them, and this put all hands on the Q1i utUe to
learn what was what No one appeared to know
definitely what the committee had disagreed about.
One had 1t that 1t was In reference to the "best
man" to nll the position Of Justice OF the Supreme
Court; another that 1t had all arisen from the op
position OF several members Of the committee to
one OF the candidates for the Superior Court;
and yet another that the liberal republicans
had taken such decided action in relation to Of
the positions to be filed that the last meeting OF
the committee had almost broken up in a row.
mined not to make up on their own responsibility
. full ticket for the approval Of the Convention
leaked out finally, and in this way was no.
fced that when the regular hour for the calling of
the Convention together arrived
THE ''BIG GUNs''
were stll in the consultation room on the first
GO0r. District Attorney Garvin was seen to enter
John Kelly and Horace F. Clark had their chairs
the room and were buslly engaged in
fion was about the small Try were OF
course very. anxious to find out. but they
two and two together, and which, when added to
the rumpus that afterward took place IN the Con-
senon was made very Plain indeed Garvin was WAS
manner, which showed that the "talk' going on
was not very pleasant one to him. His two inter-
locutors looked firm and determined, and, Judging
rom their energetic gestures "meant business'' in
10 an end alter very short Duration and few
minutes afterward
THE CONVENTION ASSEMBLED
mp stairs and was called to order by Mr.. Augustus
Schel The roll call was the first thing attended
TO- As soon as 1t had been gone through with it
Mr. Kelly, on discovering this state OF AFFAIRS made
a motion, which was carried that the vacancies
should be filed by substitutes who should be Sc.
lected by the various delegations, the names to be
sent up to the Chair. An effort was then made to
secure to each chairman the right to cast his vote
for
posed this and claimed that the candidates should
be voted for BY Assembly districts each delegate to
was not a unit. This motion was agreed to, when
Alfred Acker, from the Sixteenth district jumped
10 his feet and demanded that those persons who
were not members should
GO UP TO THE GALLERIES
and stay there. Quite a cOmm0tiOn ensued in the
crowd on the moor at this, but 1t was noticeable
that not over dozen persons left the room. Judge
Garyn had seat on the hoor OF the house; and IT
his district Colonel Fellows, his assistant, had
from his district and he, too, had seat among the
delegates But 1t will be seen, hereafter, that he
came to grief as O delegate before the Convention
was over II was evident that storm was brew.
Ing ahead, and that when the question as to who
should De tie candidate ior District Atorney came
THE UNoRRDENTrALLED CROWDS
In the room began to assume dictatOrial airs, and
appeared no longer to care whether they were
again ordered to the galleri es or not. Every man
of Garvin, which gave strong ground for the charge
one of the delegates made during the heat OF the
debate that followed the attempted nomination OF
Garvn that the room was 'pacKedn TO serve Gar.
wins ends.
THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEES REPORT
Once the manner OF voting had been decided
upon and comparative order restored, Mr.. Kelly
rose and presented the report OF the Conference
Committee. The report was read by the secretary,
and is as fOllows:-
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them respecting the nominaons be made BY this Con.
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ths they have not the power under the resolution ofther
rsps%i any ,is names before mentioned ief nomina @
flOn hut indulge III the hope that only such nomina
will be made by this Convention will be
ceptabe to the masses of the democratic party
political allies and the good citizen. of the city large
BEDFORD LOOMS Up
Mr. KELLY remarked after the report was read,
that Judge Bedford had received a majority OF the |
vote OF the committee, and was considered by II !
the most available candidate TOR the position OF City
Judge. HIS character as n criminal Judge had |
been for the past four years satisfactory !
TO the people that he believed he (the |
Jddeel would poll the great majority OF the
popular vote In November. Hs record could not be |
in any way. In fact his position az a |
criminal Judge was such that he OF all other men,
IN his opdnon, was the best fitted to perform its