The New York herald., 1877-10-05
PERFORMERS" DEFEATED.
A Platform on Hard Money
and Office Holding.
CANDIDATES NOMINATED.
Only One Member of the Present
Government Renominated.
Beach. Olcott Mackin Schoonmaker and
Seymour the Standard Bearers.

Seymour the Standard Bearers.
[By TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.l
ALBANY, October T. 1877
After their triumph OF last evening tho Tammany
men did not seem 70 trouble themselves much about
The details be considered In Convention to-day. i,
certain that the old ticket men were beaten,
Governor Robinson, Ex-Governor Tilden, John
Bigeow and the rest Tho appointment OF
she permanent committees q matter OF
somo importance, but the skill which had secured
control In favor Of those who wanted ana old
certain to name tho right parties undor
the circumstances II any ventured suggest tho
possibility Of defeat for Comptroller Koliy's followers
no requested 10 take the nrst train from the CITY,
Bo certain Of victory were the rank and ne
that they joculariy referred 10 piles OF speeches
TO be made during she aftornoon. Just to amuss
the .'boys" and Sptnola actually did 80 amusc them
for awhile. Tho report OF the Committee Crcden-
tials not looked forward TO with much interest,
because nearly everybody felt that Dewitt would easily
induce Peckham withdraw his minority report,
which favored tho admission Of thirty nine Tammany
and twenty-four ant-Tammany delegates When tho
minority report had been presented Erastus Brooks
succeeded In passing . resolution to the effect
that Of the delegates had the right until
Peckham TO his feet and he withdrew oil iurtner op-
position. Tho appointment OF the permanent
committees having been completed, after some
slight sparrpg bctween tho country delegates.
there was . general desire to end tho dull
monotony and got through as speedily as possible.
BETTER
Tho completion OF tho permanent organization re-
lievod the Convention Of the wearisomeness OF q
slow, inefficient presiding oIlcer and tho change in
the work was agresably noticeable. Mr. Clarkson N.
Potter's speech, taking The chair, was con-
cise incisivc and admirably delivered. The
Convention seemed fool the impet us
OF prompt decisions and good handling, and tho ma
chinsry commenced to move ahead with something
like speed and order. A good movement was made by
Asssmblyman Petor Mitcnell OF Now York. In the in-
PRODUCTION Of Tho resolution congratuating New Jersey
on ibc nomination OF General Mcclellan for Governor,
and the enthusiasm OF the Convention proved its ap
probation OF the happy hit.
A DnoLL SPECTACLE
While the platform was being read 1t oomical to
observe tho faces Of of the canal when the
planks relating to the prosecution aud punish Of
public piundercrs werc reached. They evidently
laughing sleeves the though. Of such rcso
Iu,ions bcing supported by their Their power
over the Convention was not, however, great
% they supposed and they got consideration
candidates 1t is true they had supported tho nomi-
nation Of Mr. Beach, but that was only a political
cxpedency avail themselves OF strength to help
them in securing their own Attorney General
Mr.. Beach. OF course, has no sympathy with them,
a. hts repeated nomination by Robinson for
= responsible position and the consideration with
which he treated by Governor Seymour satisrac
,ory prove They sadly wanted tho Attorney
General, but the OF their candidate
was not even mentioned in the Convention. Senator
Sohoonmaker. who received tho nomination for that
Office, will be quito hard q customer for them to
deal with any man who could have been chosen
PETTY ASrMus
The real aninus oil somo portion Of the Convention
could not be successfully concealed and constantly
peeped out as in tho instance OF the remark OF Mr.
Brow a. OF Jefferson. that Lucius Robinson had been
rolled the Governors chair by the largo Prcsi-
Dental vote gwen Mr. Tilden That animus was, on
the part Of these mon, enmity Governor Robnsons
administration.
Mr. BlgsIow's name was presented to the Convcn-
ton with much more ability than displayed on
The Beach side. and Mr. Dewitt, OF Kings, won sub
stantal honors by the decided ability tho speech in
which he made tho nomination well as by the
manner In which Il was delivered. The great
piece OF strategy In tho Convention, however, was
hc adrot Of the Office of Treasurer by the
Argus or old ticket party. They had been inccnsed
gaiDst Ross the State Treasurer because of
his attempts to trade with the now ticket mon
and get himself nominated whatever might
become OF bis associates. They would gladly have
dropped him in the canvass IL they had dared 10
do but as they went for tho whole they wcro
compalled 10 keop him with the rost After nomi-
nation OF Blgelow and Olcott they could OF course
drop Ross, and thcy started Gurneo as a blind, all
thcir voting for that candidate. rhis en-
ircly deceived the Tammany men. and they did
not care whether Mackin or Ross was nominated so
Gurnee, beaten. They divided their votes be-
tween the two former. when tho call of the roll had
been completed Gurnce had ABOUT ia votes, and
Mackin about 90 Suddenly tho Gurnoc men
changed all their votes TO Mackin, and bciore
their cievor trick was understood Mackin
mated. lie the very man the Governor would
have preferred TO nave put into Ross place. II no
ton actually played into tho hands OF the Argus
party and suffered them 10 capture this I'M
portant Office. Tho Tammany delegation put them
selves into excellent position by their nomination OF
Mr.. Ocoa vol as by their arm refusal to lake up
and support tho candidate Tor Attorney General so
earnestly desired by canal men, Tho Brooklyn dele
cation also acquitted themselves honoraby by their
consistent ana able advocacy Of the denomination
policy. They were, nevertheless, very favorable TO
senator Schoon nma akcr for Attorney General
JOHN hoRxIssEy's PLUCK.
THIS AFTERNOON horrissey, surrounded by TammAny
delegates, standing the 1rst landing the
way Of the Dclcvan. They wcrc Fostering him with
questions and he pcgen to exhibit some Irritation as
they pressed him Tor answers. Finally, John got his
temper up You think you'll have easy time
carrying the State May be you w but don't think So
oiher Why didn't you complete your ticket and put
Tweed's lawyer, John y. Townsend. on secretary
OF Statcr He Is ono OF your delegates" Aud with
this parting broadsidc John slowly Wcnt up stairs,
quietly chuckiing.
sPEECuys.
well known lawyer of Albany. after hearing tho
many really good speeches of tho movers and second
ere Of the nominations OF Beach and Bigelow briefly
summed them up as follows: s:-"Brown's was straight
forward, huckneycd, without adroitncss as he named
his candidate too quickly. Ho evidently spoke
without ary preparation. De WITS was the
bcst scholarly, adroit, earnest, and at
times truly eloquent You know he CON-
nanded the most attention and received tho
most judicous applause. Mr.. Becbe spoke as ho
usually doct, with great carncsness occasional at
tempts at sarcasm, and at times rantcd like crushed
tragedian.' HIS closing phrase, when he called God
70 witness that he would never desert Mr.
Beach, whose nomination nc was lust
then secondlng was terribly strained. Tho speech
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