New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-08-31
HOW SEYMOUR WAS NOMINATED.
InY TELEGRAPm mol mn TKtnuNE. |


Horato Seymour elcctor at large was greeted
with long cheering, prophetic of the ongcr cheering
that was to come aftcrward when hc to eplaced
at the head of the State as well the electoral
ticket and span the Democracy like "a Colossus
John Kellys name "a the other electOT at large was
warmly applaudcd, and those of Ottcndorfer and
Schcl as well. The list of electors showed marked
proportion Of men who have been known az hostile
To Tilden.
The platform was read by Erastus Brooks, who
announced that il had been unanimously adopted
by the committee and persisted in calling the Demo
cratic candidate for the Vice-Presdency Thomas ).
Hendricks until voices corrected him from the
crowd. The reference to Tilden cheered mod
eraieIy, the dcclarat,i for low tolls more warmly,
and the protest against Secretary Camerons recent
order more warmly still.
In less than an hour after the convention had been
called to order the pontof nominations was reached
Judge Geo b. IIibbard of Erie who stepped to the
platform to propose the name of Mr. Dorsheimcr
had neither the figure nor the voice of orator
The first applause with which ms frst mention of
Mr.. Dorsheimer's name was greeted was repeated at
intervals but in fainter and fainter echoes until it
died away altogether and all his efforts TO rouse the
convention into any demonstration of favor were
futile. He struggled helplessly against a recedng
tide He had not gone far before voice from the
gallery cried GIVE III a Democrat and a rumble
of applause showed the Bourbon resentment against
any Republican recruits
A moment more and the Seymour craze broke ont.
A voice cncd out, Seymour, Seymour aud cheers
burst out all over the convention. This died away
and Edward Cooper came forward 10 second Mr.
Dorslcimer's nomination. He had scarcely pro-
nounccd his first sentence before cries Of Seymour,
Seymour" broke ont again d" Give us Democrat
The Babel that ensucd 50 great that Cooper
could not proceed. One white-hairtd bravo
from a downtown Tammany district lcaped
to his feet and shouted out demand that
Horatio Seymour be nominated by acclamation'
whcrcat Timothy j. Campbell jumped up in the
front row waving his newspaper aud gave ircnIied
cheers for Seymour Cooper surrendered to the
mob into which the convention had resolved itself
and rctrcaied from the platform. II looked like an
an mncnt stampede when Edgar X. Apgar stepped
forward and made plucky speech for fair play and
decent convention, which sObered the crowd and
qucted the tumult. He said he did not agree
with those who urged Mr. Dorsheimer but
the friends of no candidate should be denied
hearing; in view of the fact that the State Com
mttcc would probably be compelled TO fill vacancy
in the ticket if Mr.. Seymour were nominated, was
il well TO move too hastily. This looked like
check. but in a moment more the cheering was
breaking out again. Charles W. Brooks of the Anti
Tammany delegation again proposed the nomination
of Seymour. This brought the whte-haired Tam
many delegate to his feet again with the preface,
"Tm Shea OF the lXth District OF New-fork.' ana
with the conclusion: "In the name Of God, in
the name of Democracy nominatG'lloratio Seymour"
From this time on the Seymour tide ebbed aud
flowed At one time it seemed as II ii all dicd away,
and fine convention settled itself down quietly To
speecbcs of eulogy. Then IN another moment with
n single word II had broken out Each time IL rose
If rose HIGHER until at the last II burst all bounds
and swept the whole board OF candidates away on
its bosom. Mr. MaConc made speech urging Mr.
Scymour's III health bar to his becoming can
dldatc and reading the Telegram received by
Senator Herman. Then the pendulum swung
the other way with the proposal OF Lester Is
Faulkner of Livingston TO nominate Mr..
Seymour by accamatiOn and adJourning uhtll
tomorrow morning TO find out If he could not be
preyailcd upon accept At this point the convention
seemed TO be getting completely beyond control
Half a dozen members stood against the chairman,
Offering him suggestions which he could not apply,
and r,lunin. hithar and thither in utter bcwider-
ment the galleries meanwhile demanding n Demo
crat. and insisting upon Seymour. Finally, Hiram
Calkins. the secretary came to the rescue OF the
chairman, decided the motion out OF order, on the
ground that other candidates had been named, ana
there WAS another calm not brief az those that-
had preceded IT, but no less dccctiul.
There was now n relapse into the proposal ana
eulogy of candidates. Mr.. Wynn Of Jefferson hamed
Senator Starbuck, and then followed long ilst OF
speakcrs for Clarkson y. Potter. Messrs Frost ana
Purdy of Westminster, Whtehouse OF Duchess ana
lastly John Kelly Of New-York, urged his name
The demonstrations for Mr. Potter seemed to show
greater strength than had been antcipa'eo'
MI Keys speech was full OF ms Gus
tomary plumbers, not only IN hhghSi
but in politics. He called n hypothetcai
case " a hypothetical case" and admitted not ohiy
that the Republican candidates were the strongest
thew could nominate but that they would take
pretty much all the Liberal vote. The assembled
Democracy didn't much about the Euglish but
they growcd q good deal afterward about the
admission concerning the Liberals. George T.
Greeyes Of Niagara. opposed Mr.. Dosheimer
and favored Mr.. Potter Then Lncius
Robinson was presented by Charles liulett of Che
mung and l.. l.. Bundy of Otsego, the latter remind
ing John Kelly that John Cochraue could not de-
liver the vote Of the Liberals OF New-York to Gov
HAYES The last speaker made thrust ut Mr. Pot
ter az n man whom Republicans could claim had Ia
yored the right to socodo After John A. Griswold
of Greene had also urged Mr.. Robinson, Mr.. Brooke
of Vew-York seized the platform and called again
for Seymour
Now came the final wave for Seymour Mr. Pot
ter seemed to be gaining such strength that MS
nomination had ceased to be improbable. The III
den men seemed determined to push on the nominal
ton of Seymour, in the hope that he would accept
OF that the nights delay would give them an oppor
tunity to bring forward some new candi-
date, or to combine on Robinson, Mr.. DORIS
heimer beng evidently out Of the question: