New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-10-04
DISCORDANT DEMOCRACY
re,t,nacd IRON First PAGE.

-. oo,,nittee. Sidney T. Fairchild maze oio''
and incisiye speech. showing that INC piOpO 49,
was simply to take away from 'io 'l, ~,,rovs
-. - ooDo;pt committees which had ai"aSs
~, The custom had never been depai'eu
-, ,'aeore Here John Kelly wanted MI fal'-
ohua ~ allow him 10 ask n question: oul MI az
obId saId very sharply mo SIR" ana INC V'"'0n
tiop-knowing that the father OF 'he A''oi",'
General was talking to the man who was Trying
- the Attorney General down-gave
ro,,d of applause General McQuade, Oh otic"'
nod a strong plea for precedent and Corporation
counsel Dewitt of Brooklyn, characterized 'ne
ol,ront ne in the interest of diScord, ana hot
~ harmony They "were tired" sara ne VI
having Democratic conventions turned ln'o oo'
gardens where these acTObats OF lamlll'n' ",iu
antl-Tammanv may 90 through the" oi'ei"O'iU
nerformauces" Probably the strongest arsunion'
for fine new-ticket side was made Dy "llii"n -
puoer Of Syracuse DensOn and Beldens lawyer
who made an animated and effective speech III
defence as he declared of his rights as deiega'e,
,,,ich bc asserted were about TO be encroached
unon Then occurred an incident when the OPP
no,epts If the old ticket turned to advantage Cor
norati,n Counsel De Witt asked Alr. Ringer ques-
tiop n which the crowd clamOred out an answer
So,d he waving his hand mpatiently to one side'
al don't ask the rabble" The word was one whch
the rabbe would be especially eager to resent, ana
they did il so effectuay that Mr. De Witt could say
nothing more either then or at any subsequent 'no'
for the bowling that was set mp whenever ne AZ,
tempted to address the chair. Erastus BROOKS 'oUA
ND the word and also resented the charge '"'' o
convention was rahble, and he had his rewaiu Ill
the elusive applause of the 1aDDle WHOSE eA'o''N'0
ho was denying ,...
T. ,-os only however when the New-YOrk factions
c,me INTO collision in some way that the capacity OF
the crowd for noise was fully exhibited. Atef
GARRISON n Potter had spoken, Ira Shaier Oh the
onti-Tammany delegation, attempted to address the
chair but was brought down with point OF order
that his seat was contested. and that he was
therefore. not entitled to the hoor. lheh
Jobn Kelly tried and a gentleman IN inc
gallery with q large and fierce moustache roaIeu
out-"Sit down, You big-headed Ioaiol
voun MI Kelly also warmly invited
a. d" .bpt mn When his retainers had indicated
him with three cheers, he too was brought down
with fine same point Of order that had extingnshed
Ira Sbafer. and that brilliant passage at arms was
over not however until another delegate had dis-
charged at Kelly an epthet with profane prehx
which * TOO strictly Democratic for reproduction IN
a family journal.
Tho vote was reached at last. and, as under the
,,le Qualifications whose seats were contested were
excludcd from the ballot. its result was awaited
with great anxiety by both sides. One hundred oeI-
erates were thus debarred from vote II was soon
evident that the new ticket had made gains but the
roll call proceeded without disturbance until Kings
Corrty was called. As this delegation was known
10 be solid for the right of the char ana the Ola
icket il was AT once insisted by the opposition that
KINGS County was contested; but no names had
b,en read 10 the convention, and the char, be-
noinformed it seems that there were no credentials
from, tn. contestng DELEGATION, decided that Kings
Countv WAS not contested. At this the unhappy
contestants in the gallery grew so 1ranuc that
"Boss Mclaughlin. who was trying to speak
Turned his head up, and shook his fingers and swoTe
n GOOD round imperial oath at them. Kings County
VA. finally passed over until the roll-call was con-
cluded. and then 1t was found that the result
vonld not be changed by the vote of That
comfy The chairman also discovered, upon
further inquiry that the credentials OF the contest
inc deleration were in the hands of the secretaries,
tbereupon decided-in spite of BOSS " Mclaughlin
that Kings County could not be called, and that 1t
,nst be treated as the other contested counties had
hcen Meanwhile however there had been loose
interchange of compliments. one gentleman having
beep sauted by somebody with the cry: ~ you
black-beaded thief" and Mr.. Bob" Furey, of
BROOKLYN, who had been told by somebody III the
Tammany delegation to sit down. made step
forward and, with that peculiar curl OF the lip
that is supposed to imply an invitation to
knock CHIP oil OF some ONES SHhutcI hdiu .
DWELL make me sit down. if you think You can"
While the secretaries counting up the vote,
thew got this compliment from the rear of the hall:
"No doctorng returns" The vote in favor OF De-
witt G.. Vests substitute was announced at l69
the vote against, ia; and the crowd broke out
into wild cheer. OF the many who sprang to their
feet and waved their hats. none was more conspc-
uous than the burly form of James Lord.
The delight of all the old enemies of Governor
T,lden was indescrbabe. AS expresscdit, it was
tbe first time they had had chance TO cheer since
1879 Said another: This is the first Democratic
trun,ph in the Democratic party for long time"
Men lapped one another the back and said, with
great hilarity, Are you Democrat" They all
hailed with JOY the prospect of the return of what
Charley Walker mounfully called, the other day,
"tbe old set" He said he wanted to see " the
old set back again." This the general feeling
and hope. What sort Of government the Old set
yould bring back with it can easily be imagined
WHAT THE CONVENTION WILL Do
.Ty ANII-TAMMANY AND THE CONTESTANTS TO
TAMMANY HALL EXCLUDED - CONJECTUREs
ApOuT CANDIDATEs-THE CANAL RING ENBOLD-
ENED.
lBr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBUSBI
A,R,Vy. Oct 3.-The convention reassembled at
= o'clock only to announce the Committee on Con-