The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-10-14
TAMMANY COUNTY CONVENTION.
EDITORIAL ALDERMEN AT LARGE-GEoRGE W.
MORTON FOR CORONER

THE CUT AND DRIED NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED
EDITORIAL ALDERMEN AT LARGE-GEoRGE W.
MORTON FOR CORONER.
The Tammany County Convention to nominate a can
didate for Coroner place of Kessler and four cand
dates for Aldermen Large met yesterday afternoon
in Tammany Ball scyQr IN hour prior to the meeting
tho sidewaAN n-fshfSeentn street thronged with
members OF the General Committee and their friends
The coming together of the Convention and its pro-
ceedings after very slow and dilatory. Memo
Defendorff called tho Convention to order and said
the hour for business having arrived he instructed
to nominate Mr. Daniel +. Tiemann for temporary
chairman. Mr.. Tiemann conducted to the chair by
William Conner and Smith E. Lane, and Henry F.
Porter and Henry D. Purroy elected temporary
Secretaries.
The districts then, motion of Colonel Mooney pre-
their credentials Secretary Purroy proceeded
TO read the by districts and after reaching the
Eleventh, motion made and carried that each
delegate answer to his name.
Senator Hugh Moore, of tho Twenty-frst district,
offered resolution that majority of each district del
egaton appoint a committee of two from their re-
spectve delegations to select permanent officers of the
Convention
recess Of fifteen minutes here taken, motion
of Colonel Mooney, to allow the Committee on Perma-
ncnt Organization to confer.
PERMANENT OFFICERS
on the rcassembng of the Convention the committee
reported through their chairman P. G. Duffy for per-
manent officers Of the Convention Daniel f. Tiemann
Chairman, and Henry D. Purroy and Henry Il Porter
for Recording Secretaries together with host of vice
presidents and secretaries
The Chairman in returning thanks for the honor
ferred on him. said they had important duty to per-
form members OF the Tammany organization and as
citizens Of New York. He trusted the nominees would
be up the high standard that the democracy desired
to have.
Alderman Glon o0-red the following preamble and
resolution, which was adopted
Whereas this committee recognizes its obligation az
well to the party which II represents to the people
large to place in nomination for the responsible Offices
to be filed at the ensuing election of ability in
egrity and tried moral WORTH in addition to the special
qualifications required 70 fill the respective offices with
fidelity md for the public interests; and whereas
discharge this duty II is necessary that the qualifications
OF all candidates shall be fully inquired and their
merits discussed; and whereas such inquiry be
made more carefully and judciousy by committee
selected from tho several districts and wards in
Resolved That the several Assembly districts and
two wards be called in their order for the purpose
of making nominations for Coroner and four Alder
men Large
NOMINATING CANDIDATES
Alderman Gion, before the nominations we're made,
forward and requested that Of his friends
would present his for the Office of Coroner, but
he would offer instead the of George w. Morton
to whom he paid warm tribute.
The districts we're then called upon for their nomna-
tons. The Eighth district presented the name OF Or
Augustus Frcch, which received with Some APP
plause. General Spinola from the Seventeenth dis
trict presented the name, Colonel MooHey from
tho wenty-thIrd ward presented the name Of DR. Geo.
W. Ietltner, and the Convention then proceeded to
nominate by disr cts candidates for Aldermen Large
> A. Lewis, William l.. Cole, John Reilly and Magnus
Gross were named by nearly all the districts The
Fourth presented the name OF Edwin NJ Plumb along
with three OF those just gwen; the Thirteenth Edward
henry Ahern; the Nineteenth David NJ Baker and the
Twentieth John J. Mackin.
n committee Of Conference then selected, and
hVln2 retired 70 consider the nominations the remain
s audience had their intellectual tastes catered for By
Mt NJ: a. ~ H. Dawson, Mr.. d. II. Lyddy and Major
Smncy VINO spoke fervdly in favor OF the ticket and
AePt eheir hearers from going TO sleep. About six
O'Clock the Conference Committee returned and re.
ported through their Chairman CHRISTOPHER Fine tho
tonnoWinB names, which were unanimously adopted
FOR Coroner-George W. Morton
r ror Aldermen al. Large-Magnus Cross John Reilly
william L. Cole and Samuel A. Lewis
800, = MORE REVOLUTIONS
william Boyd, Corporation Attorney oncred a
set o. resolutions ndorslng tho action OF Governor
llden ~ MS Efforts at reform and also ndorsng tha
candidates just nominated 80 80
Christopher Fine presented resolutions ndorsinp the
Work o. tns committee on Crime and thanking them
A resolution offered calling for the onno,p.rron,
Of from each district to confer with the Com
on Organization 10 arrange for a grand ratacation
meeting
Hugh T. Cole, Of the Seventh district tber rn.do a.
address aud soon altar The Cnpyepllnn adjourned