The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-26
NEW YORK'S REPUBLICANS.
,roSc0r CONhLING ABSOLUTELY TIE
MISTER or TIIE SITJITIOM.
..A ~, ovntian Awaiting Him ne Not Eytn
GOV. seymour Nor Niiiinm ~. >crnrd
y,,r nrcw Forth The Following th;t Mr..
..,,ac Miliiam Curtis L. Likely TO Have.

.c, seymour Nor " lillian H. >crnrd
r,,r Drew Forth The Following thit MIR.
George Niliihm Curtis l. Likely TO Have.
nnrlu,1rR. sept. 2j.-1hc city Is filling
with delegates and outsiders 10 the Republic
can State Convention to be held here to-mor-
r,U. very lulc is Suid about candidates for the
Atfeurk,t. lut an interest centres on the plat
frm. The Hon. ROSCOE Conklng dominates
Ill. r.,d. There are many prominent men
nmone the delegates. New York city docs not
..nl as conspicuous list as she did in the
cpoeh anterior to the advent Of modern civil
enryie. REFORM when the Collector. the Sur
,evor the Naval Onl',r the Postmaster. the
Nnr.hal the United States District Attorney.
thnGnn.ral Auuraisor and the biggest wcighers
mud in.,,..far- in tho Custom House always in
p,riha,l their names ON the roll. Mr.. Alonzo Il.
rnrnell is here though not as n delegate. but as
Chairman Of the State Committee. Still the mo-
tropolis will be represented in the persons of
some wc-known politicians. among whom /
Will mention William Orton. Elliot c. Cowdin.
BENJAMIN X Phelps. William Laimhcer. Thos
Murphy. George Opdykc. and A. J. Dittcnhoe
ier hut We shall miss Collector Arthur Sur
ycyor Sharpe. rostma-tcr James. Silas B.
Dni.hcr tho gallant Col. Charles S. spencer.
unl He. i-ter Isaac Dayton. who never failed to
Iut iu AN carly appearance before. However.
-
onul winning side while the persons Of one
ortwo Of the longost-hcadcd Of thom may. per-
lal-. %, se.n fitting through a dimly lighted
l.ea lHror oi the Osburn House before sum
t,srou t.e morrow. But whore Is Gov. Edwin
j. Mor-ans We'll. II he can make "a point for
H. irl. nls I'm tho Custom House by keeping
Out of the fhck of the fray. who has right to
complaint l. not this in accord with his usual
tarti,-t Col. George Bliss was elected as city
delegate He will not d. hero. nor will Gen.
Stewart l.. Woolford. his successor in the Dis
trit Auornoyship. Strange that Hayes. Eyarts.
md ; 'hurz do not soc that thoir civil service
humhug docs not make thcm any friends. but
does make good many Ayuocrites.
! hal almost forgotten TO speak Of the So
called independent delegation from the city
headed by Thos. l.. Stewart and Cnas. 7. Shaw.
md made up of supporters oi Hayes and former
followers Of Gov. Fcn'on. though 1t contains no
prominent name of the oX-Goycrnors friends
Without credentials from amy regular orsaniza-
zion take it for granted that this del CATION
i'luOt he admitted except it be to honorary
at- in ,ha top gallery or on tho ground floor
Iravld they can lnl any vacant space in
either 10 .alty. These g.ntiemon are a feeble
"contnsent remainder" OF the Doctor CIR ley
faction that was excluded from Wciting Hall in
fyrlcusr six years a-o. None Of the n, II II
mark in that section Of the party III The city are
yet hero. In n word. Gov. Fonton. it seems. has
nj rnloayored to elect his representative men
I this ronventon.
Cu,-ido Of New York there are nm unusually
lars. number OF leading Republicans. Mr..
t0ukliul.. Of course stands at the head Of the
l-t. There are three or four cx-Spcakers Of
the Assembly. such as Lyman Tremain of Al
lany. II nry Smith Of Schoharic. and T. q.
a