New-York tribune., 1875-10-12
THE PROCEEDINGS.

TIN PRESIDING OfIlOtk-Nhhi> IhFH''>i'f ~
THE VARIOUS DISTRICTS FOR NoMNA1oN-
OBJECTIONS TO RECORDER HACkErT-MAkING
Up THE 1ICKEr-MR. KTLLN'S COMMENTS ON
THE CHARACTER OF THE TICKET
The Tammany Judiciary Convention, which met
. Yesterday at Tammany Hall to nominate candidates
for Judge of the superior Court. Judge of the
Court of Common Pleas two Justices of the Marine
Court a Judge of the Court of General Sessions
Surrogate. Recorder and DistFict-AttOrney, COM
prised some of the abicst men inthe Iammany ranks
Among the more prominent leaders present were John
Kelly. Augustus Schcll, Henry l.. Clinton, Chamber
lain Tappan. Sheriff Conner. Congressman Meade
ex-Mayor ID. +. Tiemann, Jordan l.. Mott. Thomas
Coopcr Campbell George W. Morton. Thomas
Boes6, Bernard Reillcy, Benton n. Harrison, r. T.
Marbnry Thomas Dunlap, and others The Con-
venton was called 10 order by John Kelly, who said
that the duty had been imposed on him by the Com
mittee on Organization to name the temporary
chairman and two secretaries He named as tenn
porary chairman Augustus Schell, and as Secreta-
ries Thomas Cooper Campbell and George W. Nor
ton.
VIM. A. Royd offered a resolution that the Chair
man request the delegates To present their cIeden-
tials and they be called in regular order. This was
adopted. The roll of delegates was then called
Each delegation was found 10 he full A. j. Delaney
offered resolution that a majority of each deega-
ton select one OF IBtI Huuluti w lIu'"tV 'h'ii
choice for permanent chairman. This was adopted
recess of IL minutes was taken to prepare repor
on permanent organization.
On the reassembling of the Convention Daniel r.
Iyddy az Chairman of the Committee on Per
mapent ORGANIZATION, announced that they had de-
cided that the temporary officers should also he
permanent Mr.. Schell returned thanks for the
honor conferred upon him, and said II was the duty
of The Convention to select suitable candidates
10 be voted for at the coming election. Ihey
should be men of whose honesty and ability there
conld he no doubt. With such ticket there was no
duestion of success They should be men worthy TO
engage in the great work of reform III which the
Governor of the State now engaged. Such
ticket could be elected by from $4,000 TO 10000
majority The persons on IL should be men of high
character who would discharge their duties with a
single eve to the public good. He sure that as
good Democrats. they would select none other.
list of Vice-Presidents aud secretaries was then
read Senator Gross offered preamble and resolu-
tions setting forth that the Convention recognizes
its duty as well TO the party which II represents as
TO the people st large 10 nominate only men OF
ability integrity, and moral worth, III addition 10
the special qualifications which the respective Offices
to be filled NAV require; that committee be
selected from each of the several Assembly districts
and wards represented there, and that they be
called in numerical order for the purpose of making
nominations and that each district may vote as a
unit or as many members as may desire to do 20
shall nominate candidates for the office then under
consideration and that all nominations so made
shall be referred TO the committee hereafter eon>ti-
tuted. This agreed to.
NAMEs PRESENTED FOR THE TICKET.
The Chairman announced that the first Office for
which candidates would be named was that OF
Judge of the Superior Court. All of the districts
n, N..rI-
were called, and it was found that Judge John j.
Friedman was the only candidate named.
The next office that of Judge of the Conrt OF
Common Pleas The district delegations, from the
Ist 10 the IXth inclusive named Frederick w loew.
The Xth District named Jacob A. Gross and Fred
erick w. Loew. The XINth and XVth Districts IA
vored Jacob A. Gross. The remaining Assembly dis
trcts favored Judge Locw, together with the
Twenty-thrd Ward. The Twenty fourth Ward sup
ported Jacob A. Gross.
The next office was that of Recorder. Frederick
A. Smythe received almost unanimous vote
the exception was the XIXth District.
Ex-Mayor d. F. Tiemann nominated Recorder
John X Hackett. For judge Of the Court of Gene
raj Sessions there were three candidates named,
James C. Spencer received a decided majority of all
tbe districts but i'm addition the names of Algernon
= Sullivan and Frederick a. Stallknecht were pre-
santed For Surrogate DelanO {. Calvin received
the votes of all the districts except those OF the
XIVtb XVIth aud XYIItb which were cast 1or
T. f. Marbury. For Justices of the Marine Court
the candidates named j. p. Sinnott, Frederick
S Stallknecht Alfred +. Ackert, William A. Boyd
T. j. Dnpignac John A. Bell, George +. Langhein,
John H. Hartnett and Samuel Muller. MessrS.
Boyd and Dupignac withdrew. For Distrct-Attor-
new Peter t. Oney received a unanimous vote.
with the exception Of the &Ath District, winch
named WTn. A. Beach.
The Chairman announced that Committee o.
Conference to consist of two from each district al'l
ward represented, would be appointed TO consider
the candidates named and report on ticket.
Mt KEILY's SPEECH CONCERNING RECORDER
HACKKTT.
John Kelly said that before the Committee OF Con
ference was appointed By the delegates from each OF
The districts he thought il was due 70 the Conven-
tion to himself and to the people OF New-folk that
be should make some answer to the charges made III
the public press against him by the gentleman VINO
holds the Office Of Recorder. Office to which thls
gentleman should not be nominated by Democratic
Convention in Tammany Hail. lApplause.l MIR.
Kelly then made in substance the following speech
II is irnproper AZ all times that personalities should be
used against any gentleman who s candidate Ior Pu'
favor be found that there an impression oIol
among the people Of this city that the presehi
should be nominated because he has proved hIns.t a
good efficient honorable and just Judge well he'l ~
the Recorder nor OF his friends WOuld crlelsc mn III
what he going If he endcaYOTed 10 snoW W '
Conyention that Mr. Hackett ia not that eicen, anu M
lust Judge some OF the newspapers Of TINS eiy h9
he is. lApplause Recorder Haesen aeo for TSe tSe
nominated by Mayor Hoffman nine years ago ior @ tn