The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-15

Instincts of gentlemen. you would act differ
entity" Then addressing tho Chair, he con-
tinued "1he gentleman who discussed me,
sid In his cunning way. that had candidate
for County Clerk. Now, tell this convention
the past year. have not either direc ~ or indi-
rectly. promised TO support any candidate for
believe me. Many OF you may differ with me
as to what Is best for this organization.
You have the right to diner with me. ] say
here that under no circumstances will r,enier
Tammany Hall ss 1t is. lAnplausc, j nave
gwen you my unpreJudiced advice. have not
asked for any particular nominations lOnIy ask
you. as sensible men. - consider the smailhess
o' tho ground OF Gil5fehce ezi ting De,"een
YOU and Tammany Hall; to look around YOU
and see whether you can obtain more auNnh-
tageous otter than Iammany II ~ mas mnue, ,
aud whcn you sie about TO reJVc,; n nsn,os mos
I cratic party i uvru ;ii ;ae eve .! great &c
tion. GApplauss.l Reflect before, YOU deicat
! the resolution | have offered. what will YOU
do. alte, YOU have def ted 1t, for the people
who clune TO you In the hght 9f last iaIf DO
that viii tie moro satisfactory to this oreanEa-
tion and to the ,cmoHre,iic pSrty A.. N
| whe her he might question him. MIR. Morrssey
having assen,eI. Mr. o'bri n asked WHETHER no
lived In the Eleventh A. embly District. Mr..
Morrs>ey answered IN the Affirmative.
How many votes dld your candidate Tor the
| "Iour candidate pollcd nine hundred, didn't
| he Z" said Mr. Morfissey.
81 want you to answer my question" shouted
/
II would answer II knew" replied Mr.. Nor
riss.y.
| you poiled about three hundred" said Mr..
Ohrien. hen turning to the Chairman, he con-
| inued. Now. Mr. Chairman, MIR. Morrissev
! says that he got fourteen thousand votes when
be ran f3r the senate. now ask MIN whether
he Gidnt se, ,S sns hnepmSellSsn m,S, endor'emen'r
You did" "you dlI," shouted James
o'Bnen's shouters and the nr.t hall OF the
| Nlnin District Anu-Tammany Oroanization.
ran for the Senate continued Mr.. o. O'lirien,
and got 1900 majority. and | ran against q
good Democrat. lMore yells from the 20O
shouters.l Mr.. Morrissey need not try to get
| the sympathy OF this Convention by pnrnding tne
votes he got. lie got them the 81 " a day ques-
When the laborefs' wages were cut down to
sl.oo per dsy' they sent committee 70 me;
that they looked upon me rs friend. heard
all that they had to say: They wanted 500 TO
meeting gave them s5S. [Xpoause ihey
asked me where they were to get the other $50.
who would give the $50. ! TOOK them to Mr..
Mortssey.s place oil business In Twenty-seventh
but be stood 0enind some carriages that wsre
IN the street when he did it," lhtsses aud yells
from tho "shouters."I
TO him, Jimmy" from the two hundred shout.
ers. nr. 0'Brien, essticmlatine WILDLY. ana sd-
vancng toward Mr.. Monissey as he spoke,
shouted: "Why didn't YOU come oui openly I
/ lSe manly as on proicss TO be: stand no Ike a
narty ,nat' and don, Sras here Of those who have
sup ported YOU. ana III endorse YOU"
As Mr. O'i,rien took his seat. his "sbonters -
cheered aud yelled, snd fully two minutes
elapsed before quiet had been restored.
Mr.. Charles W Brooke ihen btalned the floor,
yention TO accent the terms offered hy fammany
Hall, and not to risk the success Of the National
and STATE tickets nv allowing a des re for the
spois Of Office to prevent union Of the party.
Mr.. Brouke's speech did not suit the delegai es
VINO were candidates for Once, and tLey and
James O'Dricn's "shouters" Missed IA he re-
sumod his seat. At tEis point Mr.. Kicker
snes arose TO make mis- third speech. The
Chairman said that tho hall would have to be
vac ted in twenty minutes. and 1t was there
fore emlnenty proper tnat vote should be
taken on the reports. But the first half Of tho
| Ninth District organization insisted on being
heard. and was given tho noor. Mr. Morrlssey :
| reply to his frat speech had subdued him, aud
hs spoge for about nve minutes in a suodued
Mr.. Ira shafer then called Mr. Emanuel u.
Hart TO the char, and took the floor, amid the
cheers OF the delegates. " do not desire. said
he, 10 snare IN tne S,isr s'rfe . t"st naye
ence Committee. l appointei commi lee 10
ascertain what rdmmany Hall offered. made
MIR. Morrisscy Chairman OF the committee, be-
| loving tnat lie would be better able TO de lwlth
ar. Kelly than any one else Tamm ny Hal,'s
one-thlrd OF the county patroni to us. told
MIR. Kelly tnat WAS not the oasis agreed
atog, he had spoken "a an indisidna
| and not as repre- sentative OF TammanY Hall.
or Conference Committee ,ece9ted inis ofer
aud directed US to ascertain what 1amnanN
| II III meant 10y onO-tnird of the tropage We
| were intor NED that "A cofuinitieo from Ian mani
| Hall would wait upon our Conference Commit
| tee and say what was meant Inc committee dd
wait upon us. lhey SAID that Iatnm my ii Al
must have the nomination Of the hlavor. the
| sheriff, and the Surrogate. This inform ,ti0n
wss received with shout Il laughter, and oul
| friend Mr. Mnrrissey laughed as healthy a. any
Of us We went bnck and said tnat We weT,
| willing to be given the nonination OF Mayor
| alone They adhered to their original ofer. ex
| cept In oreriug ns the nomination OF a Coroner
supp0slng ! presume, thai wewould require
Coroner g. preside at ne ouiinl OF Ant, Tan
Mnrrssey sad, 'Geutiomen Of tue committee,
cannot advise you TO agree TO this.'
| " | said, v hne will not advise you TO ad pi
II. willnot advise you to reject II, interrupted
| Mr. Morrlssey
~ win no. say INT your exclamation IS no,
/, prob MS better than m!nc. But do say that
II Mr. MOrrissey was opposed & the majority re-
port, way did he not say so In the committee
| rOOuif il he desired 10 make minority report
way cid lie not speak therer the first opgosi
sition that he made to tue majority report was
| wneu he voted against 1t tJ-day, without say
ing single explanatory word. -Four men rors
~ the committee voted with Mr. MoHisscy
| iweu,y-one or twenty-two with us. lChcefs trom
james U Drieu's shouters.l We were Ia session
| 1T 3 O'Clock Yesterday. expecting an additional
| communication from Tammany Iiall. None
| came. and ~ o'clock we adJourned. Mr. Nor
ussey had AMPLE opportunity to inform us tba
not thinl tina, he treated his colleagues well II
| spriugin. TINS niinuTity report on tnis Conven
non. and thioNinz irehrdud among MS. We
uaye been told that we have been fairy treateC
| 10y iammany Hall. We were rnt led to NOR,
| II aLytning. under their agreement with US
.he idea that i've or six men can get together II
hall and distribute the oiiices u his great citl
is preposterous. Are the 3jO0) voters that Va
have uolleJ 10 he chained down to the wheels o
Anmsny HALF lShOuts Of MOI 'NoII
We lcat lammany II all last flll. and at 81
10 Il and Saratoga. Upon the pretence o.
penenung the peopls are we to get on our knee
b, fore Jobn kellyI lClies OF No mo
Ihis sTsuineut OF the good TO be done TO th'
pubic 10y our submission TO lammany II all Is o
no account. For my part. 1 am not gong t'
step over the precipice for John Kelly"
| Mr. haleT resumed the chair amid a perfect
| storm of cheers from tho ON Ice seeking dele
| gates ami James q lirien's "snouters.'
| their numericdl order, and the Gu irnan Of eact
| against Mr. MorIissey's rapport. The delegations
, | iron the First, lhird Eleventh, fifteenth, anC
Z twenty nrst Assembly DISTINCT Conyenton
| voted in the Affirmative; tue delegates from th'
-ecOuu !h-trlct, bein1 unable to agree. did no
| y1te. and the remaining nfteen districts votot
b | against tho report. Tho declaration Of the re
I | suit oil the vote was received with shouts anl
% | cheers from James % bren's "shOuters'
- lhe report IA favor Ot rejecting tue terms Of
Il | ferld ~ TaDnany Hall was then adopted, an,
| tho Convention adjourned subject to tue call o
u | the Chairman, Tue Conference Committee va
- | co tinued.
d The proceedings IN the Tammauy Convention
I | were short ana harmonious. lhe Conference
\ | ummittee reported that they had failed 4
. | apree with the Anti ammanY Committee
D | Iammany had shown in the state Convention