New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-09-25
NETWORK REPUBLICANS.
THE STATE CONVENTION AND ITS DOINGS.
NOTES or A LOCAL oRGAN-TIIE MISSION or THE
DEIEGATEs-A TAIKATIvE BoDY-REs0LUTIoNs
WHICH SAY LITTLE AND MEAN LESS.

WHICH SAY LITTLE AND MEAN LESS.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUSEl
UTICA, Sept. 4-The Administration organ in
this city welcomed the Convention this morning
with n double-eaded article in which the proper
ton OF welcome to delegates TO abuse OF HE IRIB-
UNE is about one TO thousand The reader OF
this article while nc will be panied to learn that
THE TRIBUNE is "jaundiced and canting author
ity' an "apostate journal, which degrades Journal
ism by its duplicIty and hypocrisy" "Pharsee Of
the first water" meddler in other peoples bust
ness" an "impostor," an lass i'll the lions skim"
known "by its ears and its hoofs, and above all
by its voice whose editors apostates and hypo
critics who have sacrificed principle to personal
piqne and seliishness and now presume to read
moral homiies to better men, will yet be consOled
for II in some measure by the assurance, upon the
same authority, that the delegates to the Conven-
ton are all honest and honorable men," COnsola
ton Will rise to comfort and kinde into enthusiasm
as he reads further the programme of the delegates
who are here, it Is stated TO "stie vain ambitions
curb greedy selfshness. Danish factions feelings
disregard ring considerations, ignore sectional jea
ousies, and act on the plane OF patriotism
and craftsmanship. And yet it hardly needed to be
pointed out that this was the object OF the Conyen-
ton. Done who knows the delegates, at least no one
who knows how faithfully they served their coun-
try and at what salaries. need be told that they are
here TO stiGe, curb Danish, disregard, and ignore.
The trains for p hours have been loaded down with
"stilers" and CURRIERS'" while "banishers" and
"ignoreTs" ill the hotels and confuse the simple
minded baTkeepers.
The first suggestion to the incoming delegate, yes
terday, as he alighted from the train, was of a
sitting character. The Hon. Roscoe Conkling
of this city, to whose inspiration the ford rhetoric
and vigorous if inconsequent logic of this eituslon
generally attributed stood at the gates and eX-
tended the verbal, personal welcome which was put
in beautiful loaded type in the morning organ. The
purpose of the Convention to stine0 vain ambi-
ton could not have been better embodied. hr.
Conkling has devoted his life TO it, and was then
representing ambitions " stfed" than
any other man in the country. Then there
are here large number of Custom
house people who have come for the specific purpose
Of "carbing" greedy selfshness The New-fork
Republicans who voted the other night not to admit
to their deliberations anybody who did not vote for
Grant last Fall have come up here to banlsh lac
tious feeling. A lot of canal officials are attending
to the duty of disregarding Ring considerations"
and several gentlemen, with red noses, sat up all
night acting the plane of patriotism and states
manshp" The morning newspaper certainly de-
scribed the Convention very happily. 1t reads like
i IL
ting il into the English language.
The morning session of the Convention was very
tame and destitute of incidents The proceedings
were merely formal enlivened only by an occasional
interruption from Custom-house delegate, who
buged upon the Convention early with PROPOSE
ton that stick which he held his hand, and said
was from the grave of Henry Clay should be used
as gavel by the chairman. This gentleman rose
number of times to the hight of the OCCASION in
compliance with the requests of the AdministTa-
tion organs furnishing thereby much amuse-
ment to an otherwise sepulchral assembly
The speech Of the temporary Chairman was n some
what ambitious but hating effort, and elected no
enthusiasm. There was a feeble attempt at APP
plauA when complimentary reference was made to
Gov Dix and quite little squirt OF II from the Gus
om-house people at the auslon to President Grant
reference TO Senator Conklng, under the disguise
of New Orks favorite son. inspired shulllngot
feet, which seemed to be a mistake, and was sud-
denly corrected. At the suggestion OF the speaker
that success was certain" the Convention quite
woke up and looked cheerful.
The afternoon session was a little more lively.
Gen. Woodford's speech upon taking the char was
applauded warmly at two three points partcu-
larly when he predicted the success of the party,
and emphasized the necessity for putting none but
Administration Republicans on guard. His glowing
eulogy of Grant for daring to stand up, with "A
throng surging round him, in New-York, and say he
would not violate the law elected the most enthu-
siastc demonstration of the session. 1t was so re-
markable thing the part of the President TO re-
fuse to violate law, that the Convention applauded
energetcally ana large delegate on front seat
started in with three cheers, which he carried
through religiously all alone.
Gen. Woodfords speech was as round and beauu-
ful as a cypher and meant as much. Al It's e0ncIu'
SION the Convention being then fully organized,
took up at once the important business of making
ticket and proceeded with it till nightfal 1t was
dreary waste of the badest and most dismal piatl-
tudes that ever worried the human ear. The old
figures of speech and the old phrases that NIL the ar
in political campaigns were tossed about passed
pack and forth and repeated, intoned, sung and
drawled howled and shouted, and beloved, till the
whole crowd grew tired to death of being bored with
them. and they had less meaning than ever. The
amount of utterly meaningless bosh that
was let loose upon the Convention was
something wonderful. They nominated stand
ard-bearers, held aloft glorious banners,
advance columns, stormed strongholds, and did all
sorts of ridiculous things with their mother tongue
till at last one fellow routed Gibraltar" and the
onsb stoned. Mr.. WOodford, like physician
taking his own medicine, barkeeper the thInnest
of his own dilutions sat and smiled, and seemed to
enjoy it, 1t was funny to hear the presentation OF
candidates names Why, if one-half that was said
about the gentlemen who were nominated, and the
others who wanted to be and were not is true there
are some two dozen ready for translation in
the State, and much more likely TO go up than The
Graphic balloon. 1t was an unaccountable piece OF
negligence not to appoint committee to watch the
gentlemen on the ticket and keep their wings
clipped,
The programme. arranged beforehand, was carried
ont in the nomination without any difficulty. There
WAS danger at one time that j. Patt Carpenter
would be nominated for Attorney General instead