New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-09-17

strengthen him in his administration, give him faith
full officers to cooperate with him in carrying OH his
proposed reforms, and adopt declaration of princi-
pies in accordance with his ideas. That they will be
done seems now not to be doubted. That all these
gentlemen entirely sincere in their support of the
Governors reform movement, and their offer of CO.
operation with him in it, may well be doubted. The
scanty applause which the references of the tenn
porary Chairman to the subject received did not de-
note a great degree of enthusiasm; but this
may have been attributable partly to the fact that
Mr.. Magone read his speech from manuscript, and
put no magnetism into it, and partly because the
delegates who arc honestly i'll favor of reform are
not of the sort that knde very readily at any KIND
of oratOrical effuson. Administration reform ana
opposition to official delinquency and dereilclOn are
war cries with which the party is not yet familiar
SO long as they understood to be only war
cries. and used merely as party capital, they might
have aroused enthusiasm but profound conviction
is gaining ground that the Governor Is III earnest
about it, and means business and the party leaders
are only beginning to comprehend it. They applaud
little, but wonder more.
It's a question whether the opposition to the Gov
crnor. which runs IN an undercurrent and is not
positive or pronounced will appear at all in the pro-
ccedings If it should it is likely to be in the
currency than any other. If they felt sure they
could put through the Convention a financial reso-
luton which should mean little or nothing, or be OF
such an evasive character to leave the possibhty
Of harmonious action with the Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania Democracy, they would gladly do 1t for the
sake Of destroying the Governor. There has been
some talk of this sort to-day, but chiefly among the
outside or contesting delegations.
There are, of course, very many men i'll the party,
and some in this Convention, who are heartily III
accord with the Governor, but the majority oi the
managing politicians, who publicly support hiii' Ill
private speak derslvey of him and his distinctive
measures and laugh at the idea. as they say OF the
old mans making National question Of canal
reform. Speaker McGuiTe, as is well known, is open
and bold in his opposition to the Governors but there
are hundreds of Others not less influential who dono
dare speak out their hostility who nevertheless
would rejoice to see Tilden come to grief and the
party allowed to return to its waOw in the mlre.
So sagacious politician as the Governor, | suppose,
does not need to be told this and so consummate a
party manager will hardly need advice to be on his
guard against the men who are cordial and friendly
in appearance while they feeling around for his
fifth rib.
SOME OF THE SHINING LIGHTS or TIE CONVENTION.
The forenoon session was devoid of interest. The
galleries were crowded with spectators, among
whom were the cOntesting delegations from New
York. On one side sat Rufus F. Andrews, represent
alive OF a thousand parties and permanent and con-
tinuous cOntestng delegate to all sorts of conven-
tons, On the other sat the Hon. John
Morrisscy, who was introduced last night
TO the band which he had hired to sur
prise him with a serenlde, as the foremost
Democrat of New-York, and the champion of the
workngmen. John has been good deal in the
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serve that the champion of the workingman is al
ways so engrosscd with the Office of champion, that
he never has time to do any work himself = The
body of the house was nearly full of delegates
Halfway in the aisle the round big mead and square
face of John Kelly was conspicuous.
At the right of the stage, on n front seat, were
Mclaughlin, Kinsella, and the Brooklyn delegation.
On the other side, at the front, MIR. Manton Marble
and Speaker Magmre sat side by side, and next to
them Jimmy" Hayes, the three occasionally putting
their heads together, and exchanging views, no
doubt upon public affairs of great magnitude.
Various little persons pranced about after the man
ner of men, of whom the State is expecting great
things, and others sat round i'll the consciousness
that they commanded the situation, and that, how
ever much the State needed their good services, 1t
must wait for them.
Mr. Magone is not success as q presiding officer.
managed to worry through lis ToItlne duties with
only occasional blundcrs which excited the unsup-
pressed admiration of Mr.. MorTissey and other
friends of the working man in the galleries. The en-
trance of Mr.. Ira Shafer upon the during the
rocal as the representative OF the contestng del
egatiOn was impressive but as sensation, the eff
feet was very brief lie went down under point of
order raised by John Kelly.
After him, the representatives, of various con
testing delegations bulged in on the Convention i'll
somewhat abrupt and unexpected manner from the
galleries. az their several districts called All
their credentials went to the Committee, under the
rule and there disturbance OF disorder
during the proceedings a circumstance which may
be recorded to the credit of the Convention and the
contcsting delegates. The only breach of decorum
was in Mr. Ira Skaters remark, in the course of his
sharp little discussion of the point of order ruling
him out that he had his hair cut short Kelys,
and so had as much right he i'll the Convention.
This was an observation which struck the indifferent
spectator as being a trife irrelevant. The COnven-
ton got fairly under way by o'clock, and took
recess until !.
MORNING SESSION.
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