, 1876-04-09

him down. but the Chair succeeded in getting
order, and Mr. DooIittle was allowed to 60 on
He took up Cameron's remarks and went
through them in short order. To go on witt
the present Administration, he said, would carry
the city and the Democratic party to death and
disaster It the Supreme Court could not de-
eide the question, let 1t be put to the people
That IN election would be held this spring was
certain, and what better compliment could the
Convention pay than By recommending che Hon,
Thomas Hoyne for thst office :? In closing be
moved the adoption OF the resolutions.
4 scene Of confusion followed. Cries oI
"Question !" were heard a1l over the hnll, until
finally
MILES KEuoE
got the hoor. He ss1d there had been grea,
deal OF pettiIogging to evade this great question
The point was not whether the Convention
whether It should recommend to the Tuesday
evening meeting the name of tbs Hon. Thomas
Hoyne as = fit man for the Office. The question
Was whether the Convention had sufficient faith
in Ir. Hoyne's ability to recommend him at thai
meeting. For his part, be should 60 there and
boldly declare his faith in that gentleman, and
there ware thousands who would do the came
There we're no two ways to get around this
question. The people must be told honestly
what they ought to do, md If the Democratic
its part it was fraud. and the sooner the peo-
pie knew it the better. He believed that when
tie }aw and Constitution were overrldden, be
thought he ought to have manhood to say ever
to . friend, "lou have disgracee the first priuci-
pie OF Democracy Thus Ear Rhalt thon 20, and nc
farther" nnd in the maintenance OF this position
he wanted to 60 to tho polls and vote for man,
whether he was elected or not. He hoped that
the Tuesday evening meeting would deciare that
the Hon. Thomas Hoyne Was the fit
test candidate for Mayor. He didn't
want to vote for Republican Mayor.
II %,1 M ovA hrr
no cowardice on the part Of the Convention
would induce it to strike out the rindicasion oi
q principle. ...
That part OF the resolution preceding the rof.
ersnce to the election of Mayor WE, after q
great deal of palaver and tho interposing Of nu-
merous motions to lay on the table, adopted.
The Chairman then read the closing portion ol
the resolutions, and tho vote was called b.
wards, with the following result: Yeas, lis
nays, 9. The decision WAS received with cheers.
CITY TREAsukEn.
Mr.. Barnard Caliaghan then moved that the
Recommendation Of the report be made unap-
imous but the Convention seemed anxious to
get down to the real business in hand, and Mr..
John McElTor moyed to proceed to the nomina-
tion of candidates. Tie motion WAS carried.
Mr.. Thomas Moran arose. and, after some elo-
ouent remarks, nominated Nr. John MAttocka
for City Treasurer.
Gen. Lieb, in q few words, nominated Mr.
Clinton Briggs, snd Col. ). D. Healy nominated
Mark Sheridan. Tha Convention then pro-
ceeded to ballot.
Tho result OF the first informal ballot was az
follows:
Necessary to choice. ~
John A1ttocSs. %
Clinton Briggs. o.
MaEk Sheridan. SO ~
It was then decided that the next ballot be
formal. It was taken. and resulted as follows
Total ToteS cast .1l1
Necessary to CHOICE u
John Nattocks. %
Clinton Briggs. ....- ~
Owing to mistake on the part Of the clerks,
this ballot Was declared Informal There WAS q
very evident disposition on the part Of some
wards to change their votes, and the result was
that the Convention voted to take another bal
lot. Mr. Sheridan q name waa Withdrawn. and
the result TRs as follows:
Total votes cast .152
Necessary choice. =
John Iatocks.. "a
Chuton Briggs. ~
Mr. Briggs was then made the unanimous
nominee OF the Convention.
Fon CITY cI4EEK,
Niles Kehoe nominated Hans Ha@rtlng. The
name was received with applause, and. on mo-
ton, the nomination Was made unanimous.
crTT ATTORNEY.
Mr J. r. Doo1ittie, Jr., then nominated EE~
bort Jameson for City Attorney. The Hon.
Thomas Horne announced that he Was request
ed to Withdraw Mr. Jamieaon's name
Mr. Vaughan moved to nominate FTnncls
Adams. and On motion the nomination Tas made
unanimous.
FOE Po11cE-couHr c1EEK.
Mr. Bernard Cauaghan nominated Mr. Charles
]. White Mr. $. G. Cameron nomiuated Mr.
Edward Cunningham Hike Bailey put up Lar
TT O'Brien Mr.. A. G. Storey nominated Thomas
II nrrer rol Topr r,1lf 11n Iamea Ran4in,d
sni MT Wsrios nominated r. + 0Rrien. N
n r. 0suood <vas mt forward by Gan. Sher-
man
lQH tqnTtD10o t0EQ pf0CEaQ6Q 70 an 1QI0l1IlAl
ballot several yntna being cast for B. Fl. StitZ
ssbn ,xo a not nra of the 1eputar cnnf9dhteH Tha
raan1t uaa a. follows.
..n
Tosai soses CAST o; ~
nsssfss i q Wiz 81
Edyard Cunningham ,... 49,. n
Larry OBrien 20
Thomas Il. Dwyer. 19
James Bonheld- s5
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