New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-10-20
THE PROCEEDINGS.


dIates dsobeyed orders in only one instance, when
they refused to renOmnate Coroner Eckhoh ana suoS
tuted Richard Flanagan for him. The convention was
called TO order by Henry l.. Clinton, and the "esoiue
record of the dOings Of the Conference Comn''c0 an"
The ubconittees in their negotiations with the Anu
Tornn,anv ORGANIZATION was read full by MAYOR
ornc order Of Arrest Clerk the Sherihs Office ana
listened to BY the convention apparently WITH much
annoyance. lii, 1901
Joln Kelly then introduced resolution which passed
unanimously but the purport Of which was not luny
comprehendcd at the time, and when gave rise 10 0
siderable confusion misunderstanding in taking the
vote The delegates of the XXlst Assembly District lea
by ex-A,derman Thomas McSpcdon' seemed uhapic 70
famarize themselves with it, and became so enlanScu
I'm taking the vote Of the district and announcing II 10
the convention that it finally determined 10 can 'uo
name Of each delegate from that district and nave MN
state his nominee for the Offices To add 10 tie eInOar
rassment the ruling Of the chairman was cn'i-
lenged by Mr. Kelly. The resolution oherou
by Mr. Kelly was innovation on the or
binary rules governing nominating conventions
and required that the candidates for all the ohceS nc III
formally nominated by the district delegates before
formal ballot should be taken for any Office ana tnat ne
votes be counted by units and parts oil UNITS Inc Oh
ieet of this maneuver understood to be the deter
mnation on Mr. Keys part 10 force the nomination OF
Coroner Croker 1t was reported III the convention that
much objection had been made to Crokers rehOmnaloh
and strong efforts made TO keep him of the ticket but
without avail. Kelly, it was said, would not give
way and insisted having his candidate put III nomma
ton Several Of Mr. Kellys special friends stated
privately that he was much ncensed against James
O'Brien who was the principal witness against
Croker in the murder trial. that lie had become almost
n rnonomaniac on the subject of Cookers approval
by Tammany Hall Among the prominent members OF
the convention present were August Belmont John l.
Agnew, John d. Townsend, William C. Whitney Counsel
10 the Corporation; AlgerOn 5. Sullivan Thomas Dunlap
Sidney Nichols Police Commissioner; DR.. Cottman oil
National
Democratic Committee; Augustus Schell, Daniel T. lie
Manu. and Edward Gilon.
recess Of so minutes taken for consultation by
the delegates of the several districts. As soon as the
convention reassembed, petition was presented from
the Fl ends Of william r. Roberts, representing 200 asso
Citations pledged TO support him for County Clerk. asking
for permission TO come the convention and present
his name for the Office. The petition was iad Oh inc
table by an almost unanimous vote.
The roll of districts directed to be caied On the
Mayoralty, when Police Justice Patrick G. Duiiy repre-
senting the Ist District made very long and loud
sneech eulocizipc Augustus Schen and naming him as
their candidate Mayor The nomination was received
with three cheers led by Justice Timothy j. Campbell
MI. Schen declined the nomination, saying that his en-
gagemens were such that he could not accept the once
at this time His declinaton was loudly appauded Inc
districts were then called their order and each dele
CATION nominated the Hon smith Ely, jr The districts
were again called, and each nominated Delano e. Gavin
for Surrogate except the With, which named Frederick
smythe. Ex-Judge Jonn j. Friedman for the superior
Court and James sinnott for the Marine Court were
hen nominated without opposition. Aigernon = suIl-
van in brief euiogisuc speech, nominated Bernard
Reilly for Sheriff. which elected the first and only enthu-
s.asuc demonstration shown by the convention. MI
eilly was nominated with cheers and applause Henry
. GumbetOn was nominated for County Clerk, after
oeech in his favor by Mitchell Up to this point
e proceedings had been unusually dull ana devoid OF
interest The rollcaI nominations for CoroneIs
brought out diversity Of views, which threatened for
time much i'll feeling. The names Of the present Cor
oners, Richard Croker, Henry Woitman, and Anthony
Eickhof were presented with cheers by Their adhcrens,
which were responded TO by cOuner-cheers from the
friends Of Richard Flanagan Nicholas Muller, and Isaac
somers who were also put III nomination. Aldermen
Henry A. PurrOy, Samuel A. Lewis, Patrick Keenan,
and william L. Cole nominated for Aldermen at
Large.
This completed the nomination, and the convention
proceeded 10 formal ballot. The informal nominations
were excessively approved except those for coroners
On taking the vote coroners, it soon appeared that
Richard Croker, Henry WOman, and Richard Flanagan
were the favorites but the ballot resulted in the noni
nation of Croker and Woltman by majority Of the
whole number of delegates, while Mr.. Flanagan lacked
26 votes of majority.
Mr. Kelly Immediately sprang to his feet and raised
the question that under resolution another vote must
be taken for the third Many Of the delegates
failed to the meaning OF this vote and much
confusion ensued. Capt. Rynders endeayored TO
eould not be heard amid the confusion, and cries
Of It's shame" mingled with cheers for Richard Flan-
agan were heard from different parts OF the hall. The
friends Of Flanagan it reported feared that Mr.
Kelly was about throw his influence in favor Of An
thony EckhOf and they became very much excited The
chairman conceded with Mr.. Kelly and the vote was
taken After all the districts had been TAKEN the chair
man Of the XIvth District which had east its vote for
Flanagan stated that the delegates wished to change TO
Eickho This led to burst OF dissatisfaction and the
statement was challenged by several Of the district dele
gates BY order OF the convention the delegates then
voted separately, and the votes were about evenly d.
yided between the candidates. Mr. Flanagan was
then declared the Of the convention having re-
ceiyed over 500 votes in his favor
committee Of % then appointed TO make ar
rangements for a meeting raify the nominations
ON Nov @ A committee was also appointed to wait on
the candidates, consisting of Henry X. David, Memo
DeIendorf Orlando l.. Stewart, p G. Duffy, and John
J. German who after returned with the Hon. Smith
Ely IT, Delano c. CALVIN Bernard Reilly Henry A. Gum
blcon, Coroner Woltman, and Alderman PurrOy who
each accepted their respective nominations There was
much bitter feeling privately expressed after the ad
tournment OF the convention that the German element Of
the party had been recognized in the nominations
and that Col Roberts had been treated unfairly.
ADDRESSES OF THE CANDIDATES.
Mr. Ely upon being introduced TO the convention,
greeted with ouburss Of applause and cheers, after
which he addressed the convention as follows:
Mr. CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN or THE CONVENTION:
For this very catering expression OF your regard peg
OF you to accept my most sincere and heartfelt thanks
thank you the more because this nomination has come
70 entirely unsolicited, and accept II with great
dihidenoe view Of the grave responsibilities which
civ ip which have passed my life from my early in
fancy and in which my father was born. think com
aity Thave already represented 1t in the State Senate,
In The Board OF Supervisors and in the House OF Repre-