New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-09-17
SYRACUSE CONVENTION.
FIRST DAYS PROCEEDINGS.

The State Democratic Convention met AT oyi"ouso
yesterday, being called to order py Ahe" y,
Beach and organized for business WIFI oa''u
y Macone az Temporary Chairman Mr..
Magone made a few remarks i'll favor OF hard
,o,ov and administrative reform. Upon
calling the roll contcsting delegations appeared
f,o,n the lat Nth, XVIII, XVIllth, and XlAth DIS
trcts. from OSwcgo County ana Albany. lhclr
cases were referred TO the Committee on Creden-
tials. The Convention adjourned till p m while
tie Committee Credentials sat to consider the
,a,as in dispute against Them The session was
very excited one and MI Dreamer gave John Kelly
he lie. A. o'clock the Convention met, but adj
lormcd I'll evening The Committee on Creden-
ta'. r,yoltcl n favor of admitting the McEwen
dc..raics fr..A Albany and Tanmany delegates
from N,w-lork. A permanent organization was
effected, with Judge Sturcis as Chairman. Judge
Stuis.s spoke AZ some length. The Convention adj
jonrued until morning.
TIE CONVENTION IN IT'S GENERAL ASPECTS.
SYRACUSE As A PLACE FOR CONVENTIONS" TIE
SILENT WATCHES OF THE NIGHT Tie DEMO
CRATIC GATHERING IL Contrast WITH THAT AT
UnCA-Gov HLDEN's INFLUENCE AND Dino
CRATIC RTSr.VE~rss UNDrR IT.
laY TELEGRAPH From = STAFF CORRESPONDENT OF THE
TRIBUNE1
SYRACUSE, y. " SEPT 1G.-Ihc inventor OF syria
N a, the place for State Convention must have
been some person who thoroughly saturated
with the idea that eternal vigilance is the price OF
liberty" and who believed accordingly that sleepi is
incompatible with free Institutions For the SUD-
urban resident. the patriot who calmly enjoys the
p.odts of canal contracts, the snug mechanic, the
wcl-to-do citizen, the person, whoever he may pe'
who is in easy Circumstances and knows his Dusi-
I,ss and can choose Iii, place, presume there are
re-, and rep0sc back Whcrc on the hills, OUT OF
H.. sound of Tire rit ling trains the piercing whistle,
and IN 10 verifying bel. Indeed. know there are
such places comfortable and safe, except when
tn coming TO them of journalists of great
wealth tcinpts tie cupiiy of the tramp, ana
invites the attack of the hoGscbTeakers. But for the
casual visitor, the transient man, who comes and
Cos "a, delegate to convention or a substitute
fo.a delegate, or contestant of seat, or spec
talor of the great goiugs on; for him who wrcsileS
with the hotel ccr. for recognition, and gives that
mighty man q b.pcdictiOn for taking him Ill ana
sending him five fights upward to narrow room,
radiant with Inustncss. Syracuse, | may be per-
nttcd to say a slccpless cXasperation dreadful
nightmare Of escaping steam, jerky whistles rolling
Trans. and continuous bells.
Whether the hotels were built around the railroad
or the railroad slid in among the hotels am too
little acquainted with tie history of the town to
say. But here they are all together, and at what
ever hotel you take mp your residence for the night
the trains which run all night long, remind you,
through all the silent watches of the night Conly
they have no silent watches of the night
in Syracuse; they all alarm cocksl !
tnat eternal vigilance Is tho price OF other |
things than liberty, as, for instance, attend |
iup syracuse Convention. The conversation of the
statesmen. who on these occasions do not shrink |
from sacIiitng tie small hours of the night to a
large and general and audibly profane discussion of
men and measures, had hardly died away this morn
irg m the slow r,iacting and laboriousy ascend
IN. hc,l2 whom tA- railroad trains began their rat
Ting scrceciiug and nglng. SO that the remainder
of the night might be filled with music and the del
egatcs who infested the bay might receive renewed !
assurance OF tie eternal VIZ lance of the town /
There was no sahcucsS in the music. lOu could not
dlowsc under tie mon0touy. II yo1 dozcd a mo-
ucnt il caught you up with >Iil shrek or reused
you win the Sharp crack OF escaping steam. 1t
even drowned the hum Of the prevalent mesquite |
ana it was only by their disendcd bodies as they
stood bottom side MP the ceiling above me, at !
daybrcak, that | know how dearly had paid III |
blood. a. well as treasure, for uy nights lodging
At twenty-cicht minutes past AX there a ces !
saton of trains One must have broken down |
somewhere. Two minutes later small BOY with
metallic voice, ThO bad been waiting lis Oppor-
tunity, raped at my door. and gave his knuckcS no
rest until answered him, when he conveyed to me,
in the sharpeot possible key the information, which
had not the slightest interest for me- that il was
haf-past six DO you wonder that | turned over
in bed, and united with a benediction Oh the youth
blessing on the head of the man who invented
Syracuse as the place for convention
A CONTRAST WITH OTHER CONVENTIONS.
There are more delegates here than there were at
the Saratoga Convention last week. Possibly this Is
due to the fact that many districts have sent two
s,ts. Perpendicular drinking being the sign of
sociabtv and believe it is recognized, they are
more social than the other people were but then it
must be remembered. that drinks were higher at
Saratoga. think discern an improvement in the
behavior and general character Of the average
Democratic delegate. lie is not so frequently
found with a dyed mustache. is not so
universally red-mouthed is not on such |
easy terms With the second person of the Trinity
and either drinks less Or carries it stesdier Ihore
was little more dignity at SARATOGA. mole of the
heavy swell in the Appearance of TIC delegates, but
that ! suppose may be attributed to the fact
that t6ey carried national responsibilities. The
snacers Of that affair held Federal office, and were
rorrespondingly oppressed with the importance of
their postions These people only have the weight
of State and municipal responsibilities on their
shoulders and 80 unbend more easily. think
though that this party is beginning to feel the re-
sponsiblities o. power and 10 feel them IN differ
ent way from what it has before.
The change in the character Of the delegates and
the quality of the Convention is indicative OF
gradual loosenng of the grip which the vicious ana
disreptuable classes III the community have so long
held upon the party. There are not so many OF
them in this as in the Convention OF last year.
There were not enough of them then to make any
show Of opposition to the nomination OF lllden'
though they did not like it. 1t was forced upon