New-York tribune., 1876-09-01


The Saratoga Convention met again yesterday
and nominated Mr.. Dorsheimer for Lieutenant
covernor. Robert Earl for Judge of the Court of
anneals. Darius B. Ogden for Canal Commits
soner. and Robert H. Anderson for Prison In
snactor. Mr.. Faulkner announced that Gov. Seymour
ropld accent the nomination Governor. This is,
however expressly denied from Utica, Gov. Seymour
having telegraphed TO Judge Gray bis refusal and
having repeated it to the committee. Before adj
iournment yesterday Senator Herman and MI Potter
addressed the convention.
TIE PRINCIPAL WORK OF THE DAY.
,ouy KrtIy USpoING WEDNESDAYS MISCHIEF,
Avn rAvoRIxG THE NOMINATION OF Mr..
poRsHRIMER-CoNvENTIoN SCENES.
trnoM STAFF CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRrBuNEl
SARATOGA, N. Y Aug 31.-I presume IL was gen.
nine enthusiasm which pervaded the town all last
night and gave the delegates the sleepy and worm
ont look they have this morning. 1t was because
these gentlemen felt that something had been ac-
eo,nplished for reform, and some progress made in
the purifcaton of politics. that they sat mp so late
rejoicing last night And it must be that which gives
them to-day the comfortable appearance and chpper
manner so manfeston their countenauees. Nothing
but the consciousness of having done something TOR
reform could so affect the delegates to this eonven-
pointed, one reason for which was that the clos
ing of the gallery doors, to which tickets
of admission had been issued, made
lam on the stairs so that it was
with great difficulty that the delegates themselves
pusbed their way through. 1t was said that this
was Tilden trick on the part of the Chairman of
the State Committee to keep ont the crowd that last
night packed the galleries and hurrahed for Potter.
Before the convention was called to order Nh John
Kelly proposed that the Chairman should order the
galleries opened. but the Chairman sat still and
made no sign. Why is ii that they so invariably put
into the chair in political conventions the venerable
sticks who have neither voice, eycsight nor hearing,
and whom the conventions delight TO worry into
condition of mind bordering on insanity This
Chairman was not quite SO incompetent as the one
who occupied the same place in the convention OF
last week but he had to yield the gavel to Senator
Jacobs Just as the other did TO Mr. Hustled in order
to get through the business Kelly renewed his mo-
ton as soon as the convention was called to
order, and 1t was passed. The opening of
the doors let IN surging mass OF
spectators nobly led by an aged man ina similar
linen duster with black patch over one eye and
glow of enthusiasm over the rest of his countenance
who bounded in with the skip of a belated grass
hopper to a ravaged corn-6eld planted himself at
the extreme end of the gallery, and proceeded to
take in the convention with his convalescent eye.
Behind him swarmed multitude of all sorts, mostly
the baser, andin the drawing Of cork the galleries
were pervadcd and crammed.
The first business was to listen to Mr.. John Kelly
who desired to explain his remarks OF last evening
Mr. Kelly, it may be remarked, did not have blood
in his eve quite so conspcuOusly this morning as he
had last night. Last night he was very plainly on
the warrath and thirsting for scalps, principally
Mr.. DorsheimeT's This morning he seemed little
bit anxious for his Since his great speech OF last
night, in which he said that Mr.. Potters
advocacy of secession was "hypothecated case"
Mr. Kelly has heard something, Last night he
was profoundly impressed with the necessity OF
giving the offices only to those who were born
Demoerats.D He was quite positive and pronounced
in his conviction that the Liberal Republicans were
deserving only of contempt. After he concluded his
able harangue some delegate of statistical turn
of MIND counted up 65 Liberal Republican members
OF the convention This bit Of information was con-
viewed TO the Tarnmany chief after the adjournment,
and had the effect to convince him that lie had been
misunderstood Hence his early and somewhat
eager explanation, and great snow OF fondness Tor
those noble and patriotic and unseltish men who,
having been Liberal Republicans, had become Dem
ocrats and intended to continue So He did
not make it cntirely clear as to what he
meant when he said the candidates must
be men who were "born Democrats" but he left a
positive impression upon the mind . delegates that
he had been misunderstood. He probably labored
under the same difficulty with his friend Mr. Potter
he was only stating "hypothecated case" The
convention listened 10 Mr. Kelly with great inter
est. and applauded with WILL Indeed this has
been Mr. John Keliy's convention No one else has
been so vocifcrousIy applauded. No name, not even
g A. dot baeb
thusiasm, and certainly one has been listened TO
with such respectful and deferential attention.
When he spoke the man with patch on MS eye Ia
the gallery kinded with enthusiasm and the assist
ant Librarian of the City of New-York a man of
letters who can road books just as well bot
tom side up as any other way, and who
uses a religious emblem for his autograph,
leaned forward over the gallery, his cOuntenance
beaming with delight Mr.. Kelly was clearly the
man of the hour 1t shrewd stroke on his
srt after making his speech against Dorsheimer
fast night, to get in early this morning with another
speech IN favor Of Dorsheimers nomination for Lieu-
tenant Governor. As Mr. Potter's name was with
drawn and Dorsheiner was really the only candidate
before the convention for that place. 1t was no great
eopcession for Mr. Kelly TO make but he made it ap
pear as though il was great piece of magnanrnity
His friendly feeling toward the Liberal Republicans
who he thought, would be cOnciliated by Dors-
beimer's nomination, was something touch
ing to behold and the patronizing manner in which
he spoke of "our adopted fellow-citzens Of German
BIRTH must have filed the breast OF Mr. Dorsheimer
with mingled emotions of gratitude aud pride. l do
not know what happened to Mr. Kelly after his last
nights speech but if he had been taken and talked
to and told in plain words that he had made stu
pcndous blundeT IN his talk about Liberal Repub-
beans, and been threatened with the removal Of his