The New York herald., 1872-09-06
Inside Workings Of the Liberals
and Democrats at Syracuse.
Abundant WIrepuning and a Great Deal
Of Hard Fighting.
SEVERE SCRAMBLE FOR The OFFICES
The Young Politicians Versus
the Veterans.
Treme Enthusiasm
at the Finish.

SYRACUSE Sept. 5, 1872.
The worse than imprudent action Of the State
Central Committee yesterday In forcing upon the
Convention Conference Committee on the partl-
ton Of places on the State ticket without allowing
the delegates beforehand say in its completion,
brought forth its evil fruit to-day, as predicted In
my dispatches last night that 1t would. Shortly
after the Convention had been called to order the
report of the committee recommending that the
democrats should give the liberals the Congress
man at Large was submitted and
THE RUMPUS
at once began. Mr. John Kelly of New York, was
the first to secure the floor, after Mr.. Tilden had
announced the tenor Of the report He stated
that as a member Of the committee he should have
been consulted about the report before 1t was
made, and boldly asserted that the committee had
in point Of fact held no meeting whatever. This
insnuation that the report was nothing more nor
less than the work Of one or two men who had as
sumed to act as leaders for the entire Convention
created no small amount of excitement and Of
course Tilden had to reply.
TILDEN's DEFENCE.
He argued to show that Mr.. Kelly was lab0ring
under serious mistake. He was followed by
young De Witt of Kings county, who, with his usual
recklessness and want of tact pitched into Tiden
regardless Of consequences. and went SO far as to
insinuate that the committee had been packed by
the veteran himsel. This only served to make
matters worse and in few minutes the Conven-
tlOn presented the
Widest SCENE OF DISORDER
imaginable. The delegates who had been smart
ing under the snub given them the day
previous by the Central Committee, virtually
robbing them OF the right to ap'
point the Conference Committee themselves,
saw that they had at last got good opportunity of
wreaking revenge on Tden, and they went about
it in dead earnest The latter and De Witt had a
Kings county orator was unsparing in his rather
mean innusndoes l as to the motives which had &C, &C.
tuated Mr.. 1ilden in presenting the resolution he
Which viii 't the ' peculiarly Constituted con1erenc &C
in vain that Tden attempted to parry the thrusts
made at , him without explaining why he had al 81:
the other members Of his committee.
"BLO0Dl BLOOD"
The delegates were in Tor revenge, and ne got it
no mood to be triaed with, he finally explained how
he had not packed the COMMITTEES as charged, but
had only performed duty the Central Committee
rather pathetic way to the taunts and Insults that
the hope that the Convention was not in sympathy
with his calumnlations. The old gentleman was
in the Convention at once saw that the row was was
| growing altogether too serious, and SO appauded
Mr.. Tlden and loudly, when he took his seat, look
| ing
PALE AND AGITATED
The fact is that the young man element had, as
and the old wire-pullers knew that there was dan
ger ahead II it was not curbed before 1t had got
completely beyond their control. Kelly managed,
with good deal OF TACT to calm the excitement by
explaining that he had not been neglected by the
P1posMen M and tnat IN +, he
was soon followed by motion to have
new. Conference Committee appointed, and
sHs sse was ns S to
and passed amid considerable excitement. And
thus ended the first lesson. The delegates had
the night before made up their minds to give their
| wOuld-be leader q lesson to teach him what they
knew about their own rights.
RENEWAL OF THE FIGHT
Id the afternoon, however, the excitement over
the question as to what side should secure the
Tilden out of the fight. The new committee vr-
tually made the same report as the first one had,
would give the liberals the Congressman. Apgar
of Tompkins county however, was unwilling to
give up the fight without another struggle and
made vigorous speech against the report, suggest
ing that the liberals should be rendered. in lieu of
the Congressman, the Lieutenant Governor ana
the State Prison Inspector.
TIE COMPROMISE CARRIED.
lie gained his point the yeas and nays being
called upon the motion to appoint new committee
OF three; and shortly after the committee had
called upon the liberals General Cochrane and an
other member Of the other Convention entered and
the offer of the positions of Lieutenant Governor
and State Prison Inspector: This settled the much.
right upon the heels Of the fight between the hot.
heads and Tden over the way the first Conference
Ias passed anthong @ the to seect
representative from each Congressional district,
the tnllrtytW9 representatives to form the stase
TILDEN FORGOTTEN
The resolution was Immediately acted upon, and
covered that Tiden had been entirely forgotten
The forgetulness OF the delegates was malicious
and Mr. Tilden felt the slight keenly. He was
hOwpypr ko IN fha Of
forts Of the New York city delegation, and was
made member at large Of the committee.
NOMINATING THE GOVERNOR.
When the time came for nominating a candidate
for Governor the excitement was intense. The
Of spectators filed the parquet and the alsles to
such degree that locomotion was sheer impossi.
blity; It became evident from the start that Ker-
nan had many friends among the audience,
II not among the delegates, Tor the moment |
his name was mentioned it was greeted |
delegation determined, II possible to drag Church |
into the contest, and to that end they put DE Witt
In which he attempted to show that II the Conven.
ton nominated the Chief Justice, he would feel IL
his duty not to decline, put the Judge in nomina
ti0n.
ANOTHER Fight.
OF course this aroused the ire of the Herman men,
their denunciations OF what they called the trickery
and want OF good faith OF the Kings county dele
o the SEs aS ST be ae e
rather nat upon the Convention when they
were challenged TO produce some proof TO
show that the Chief Justice would accept
If nominated and were unable to furnish any. Tie
balloling was then begun in downright earnest
The first ballot resulted as follows:-Schell, 2a1S;
Kernan, 421s; Beach, 80; Homer A. Nelson, 10;
Lucius Robinson, 8; Church, 1l-l25 votes being
cast All the New York delegation with four eX.
ceptions, voted for Schell.
KERNAN's VICTORY.
The Herman men, when the result was announced,
broke out into loud cheers. But before the second
ballot was begun 1t was rumored that the New YORK
delegation intended to throw solid vote for Beach,
thus giving him the victory. There was no founda.
The second ballotlng begun when Robinson's
name name was withdrawn and the six votes
cast Tor him on the first ballot were
thrown for Kernan. The spechators grew
Wild with excitement at this juncture, and
Every time delegate rose when his name was
,aed ana voted for Herman he was greeted with
oud aud ng-contnued cheering. Indeed, the
enthusiasm OF the audience seemed to carry the