The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-26
THE CONVENTION IN UTICA.
AV OVERHHELMING MAJORITY or
DELE0ATES ron TILDEN.

Wishes, Win thnt tOpo " EutVeN"
Auti-Tnmmanv TO be Admitted to seats
Vending the Report on the Credentials.
UTICA. April 25.-Thc attendance at the
democratic state Convention is unusually large
IN numb,rs and influential In character. Tho |
regul ~ number OF delegates Is 8st and there arc
o. contesting delegates from New York city, and |
a d zen or moro from ether parts OF the state, |
making an aggregate OF fully lGO. However. thei
can all be com luttably SO ted IN the parquette |
Of tho Utica Opera House W lich Ia about one |
fourth larger than the more famous Weitung Hall
In Sy acuse. Therefore, n there were no other
good reasons, II will not be necessary tu-ntf-
row to stow tho nti-1smmany delegates away
In the gallery. as was done at the state Conven-
ton last year in syracuse. very much to the
Indignation OF John Morrlssey and the
disgust OF Mr.. Ottendorfer Since that
occurrence. Anti-Tammanv has taught the
5achems OF the wiewam aud the Democracy at
larPe a lesson through the ballot boxes whose
eneots are cxhioited here to-day In very
marked manner. Though Anti-rammany may
rot oe sliowed 20 participate In the proceedings
of the Convention, her Representatives will not
oe banished to the galleries. SO much Tor nde-
pendent voting.
It seems to night "a though Gov. Tildeu or
rather his friends. had the Convention pretty
much IN their own hands Their majority IS
overwhelming. Indeed, It Is difficult TO mud a
Democrat ln Utica who will openly avow him
Ielf an out-aBd out au,i r!dcn man. Never
theloss there Is an undercurrent here which now
aud then drifts into corners and eddies
and fosms n little against the Governor. This
feeling exists moro largely among the outsiders
than among the delegates. Schemes have been
Iet on foot for thwarting the desires Of Gov
rdon In regard to the selection Of one or two
put Of the four dcegatcs-at-larce to the ST.
l.ous Convention. how muon substance there
Is to tins rumor do not know IL assumes THIS
sh htpe.
Tue State Committee consists Of thirty-two
members. According To USAGE that committee
selects a temporary chairman, and names the
committee on the Convention ny which the del
eRates at-large are 70 be appointed. Now, n
the opponents Of Gov. ilden can control or
parti ly control the state Committee, they
may succeed In getting a committee In the
state Convention which will oveTruie tho
Governors expressed wishes in respect to
ono or two Of toe delegates az large. These
that Jonn Hrelow and Daniel Macone, Jr
shall be two OF the delegates at large, and they
claim that they can So constitute the commit
tees TO prevent this. | very much doubt
however. that they will re able to counteract
the Wishes Of the Governor on this point, aud
see no proof that be has Hxed his eye on Bise-
The mode OF selectinc the delegate. to st.
Louis Will be as usual. They will be virtually
appointed nv the delegates in the State Conven-
ton from the several Coneres sional districts.
Nisrumured an attempt will be made To change
this. but do not credit Il. INDEED, there would
seem to be little need OF II on Gov. lilden's side
and no chance OF success II 1t came from his
opponents.
Laying out of view for the present the neht Of
The factions In New York, II looks as though
iilden could not fail to get all the delegates
from the rest OF the State. with the exception,
'rics. Its conceded that the Onondaga and Cort-
end district is against MIN. Itis claimed that
The delegates from that district will name Judge
somstosk and ex-Attoney- General Pratt as
'heir representatives to s.. Louis. majority
N the delegates from the Congressional district
composed OF Monroe and Orleans, where Chief
Judge Church resides; are for Tilden. The JET
dwells ex'Lieuten, NIT Governor Beach, Is
nd 20 be ate on the question OF Iilden and
snt-IiideD delegates to ~. Louis Beach him-
Ieli Is conspiouous lea er Of liiden's .oppo-
1ents In this state lie may be sent to st, Louis
pslo-, De Wolf, willard, johnson, and D. {.
Lsstejohn reside In tue Osweso and Madison
listricts and are hostile TO ilder. hut majority
men and this secures delegates Of Ike faith to
81. Louis. state Treasurer Ross has his home
seneca; rhe Cayuga delegate. are aeainst III
den the rest are for him THIS vii secure
Ipponent OF the Governor lie Is a mem Der OF
.he state Convention, out majority Of the
delegates from HE Congressional district are
80, that gives the Governor the dele
vnich was supposed to be doubtful. II
ioes not iook as though the antagonists OF TIT
len would be able 10 make mucn OF a naht in
any OF the other Congress districts outside Of
New York city. WHAT will he the outcome Of
oends very much the which will be
pursued in the struggle tomorrow by those re-
lowned democratic chieftains John Kelly aud
1t seems tonight as though the only nGht Of
any momentum in the convention will be. over
ne con estine delegations from the city OF New
York Both factions are here In strong force
working hard with the country dele
t6inking. John Kelley and his followers
ttrealen tn bolt the Convention entirely ~ any
shle Morrlsssy and his DELEGATION hint at
another lesson TO Tammany winch may possibly
siect the patty outside OF the city Of New York.
There Ia certainly strong feeling among the
delegates from the rural sections OF the
delegation. and It Is said that some OF the
prominent supporters OF Gov, Tilden sympathize
with this feeling, l have the best authority
that there Is a division OF opinion on this ques-
ion among the closest advisers Of the Governor,
md that the matter has been under consideration
and discussion this evening. The latest rumor
20 night IL. however, that the matter will he left
20 the delegates outside the city Of New York
20 settle. by this course the Governor will es-
bape any criticism that the aggreved dele lation
nav feel over the final action, and this will GER
galnly be a shrewd course for the Governor and
or course, there are all sorts OF rumors as to
Ne basis on which ths contestne delegations
isegs'es from oiher parts parts OF lhe state
vide the vote equally between them, and
shs Is what IL the AM Anu, !smmany deleSa.es at insist
10 give them pro rata representation based
non OF one fourth or one third, and
Inc Anti-1anmany men. their main object be-
Ing to get a recognition IN the Convention which
would give them q standing OF regularity, and II
Ia Just that question OF being regular tn 4 seems
tonight to bid fair TO be the rock upon which
theY viii founder.
A Democratic Convention 10 nothing II not
regular, and this Is the strong point made by
IamnanY against the recognition OF any organ
zation outside OF lammany Hall. They point
20 the numerous bolts from Tammany, and the
almost unanimous refusal OF State Conventions
In former years to recognize them, and the
nnal triumph Of the regular ORGANIZATION over
them all. and prophesy that II they are only left
10 deal with this as they have been with former
attempts to break up the organic alton,
they Will squelch II entirely before an
other election. but In case there Is any recog-
nuon, however slight, Of the anti ANN my
ties, then they swear by all the saints OF Tam
many that they will bolt the Convention. But
Chis Is hardly probable for II would, IN the words
ot shrewe politician he one OF the best things
that could happen to Gov. 1ilden. The report
would 60 forth TO the country that the only
democrats IN the State that were opposed to
Tilden were those connected with the Canal and
Tammsny Rings, and what votes he might lose
by them would DO onset thousand fold by
those he would gain In the event OF his
securing the nomination at st. Louis from the
Iarge floating vote who go for him, because he
was opposed by such elements, and such man
would OF course be satisfa tory 10 the anti