New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-10-03


fry TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNRl
..,-,, Oc4 o-Tbe day has been quieter thah
A. si,ns Of last night gave reason TO suppose j.
I'D be and NJ the same time it has been fuil Oh
;torest Almost all of the delegates are on lIio
crouud Their names have been printed so reocn'y
that II is unnecessary to give them, ana the army VI
outsiders contains the same proportion Oh ac''No
workers and of amess spectators as are away SO"
AZ State convention. While there seems 10 DO ie''
ncerfapty about the situation than there was lass
80 q must he remembered that 1t is stu
tbirty-sx hours, in all probability, before tne
convention will reach the work Of nominations Inc
5;eicnltv Of contested seats-usually an important
-o IN n Democratic conventiOn-has IN this one as
,,,ed enormous proportions. With the whole OF
Nsv,York and Kings and Albany counties contested
With five districts contested inside of the Iammany
delegation itself and with various other districts
about the State the work Of the Committee on Gre
dentias cannot be disposed of in brief recess. Inc
on+i-Tammanv delegation is here in force and full
nj fight and the five contesting delegations IN Tam
many itself are just as bitter. The Kings ana Al
bany County contests are not serious, though LI"s
tins Corning heads one of the contest
inc DELEGATIONS in the latter; but there
is no possibility apparently, IN view OF these
facts Of the conventions reaching the nominations
bofore Thursday. Before that time the opposition
IN the old ticket may have succeeded in coaesclng
on some one set of candidates, and may, ana IN
dopbtcdlv will make an earnest fight; but, as mat
tors stand now the old ticket will in all probability
be renominated with the exception of Mr. Ross' ana
fhe same old fight will have the same old end Inc
opposition are not united upon anything Allen !.
Reach remains in the field and it is declared, will
persist i'm remaining in the field as the Canal can
didate for Secretary of State; but some oil
the most earnest advocates Of new ticket see what
q bluuder his nomination would be, ana are trying
IN induce him to retire in favor of Dewitt c. West
or Augustus Schoonmakcr jr. The opposition has
bv actual count really twenty candidates for Ator-
ney-General, with ex-senator Laning, OF Bufialo'
and Senator Schoonmaker as the two most conspicu-
ous. For State Treasurer they are divided between
Mr.. Ross and James Mackin. To all this confusion
Of coursels the opposite side present solid front IN
favor Of the present state officers and that union
gives it strength.
The State Committee meeting tonight was the
first ,Eirlnish IN which al rumors of detection in
that committee was set at rest The first issue was
,nadc upon the appointment of temporary Chair
man for the convention. On behalf of the Iilden
party David b. Ill., of Elmira was nominated and
on behalf OF the party, headed by John Kelly Clark
so, y. Potter. Of Westchester. Mr. Hill elected
lv q vote Of nineteen to fourteen, those voting for
Ar. Hill being Mcssrs. Wooden, Neerder, Fowler
Nolan, Cahill, Murray, Bowe. Manning Gleason,
Finch, Magone, Buell., Gordon, Barnard, Farchld,
William A. Beach. ApgaT, Glowack, and Bookstayer
Those voting for Mr. Potter were Messfs Waltman,
Reilly. Donnelly Kelly, Childs, Evans, Lewis, Beach,
Latin. Allen c. Beach, Stowen. Faulkner Walker
Purcell and Humphreys THIS news was received
with great citation by the friends of the Old ticket,
which was increased when, on a subsequent ques-
ton their vote increased to twenty. and then to
t,ycntv-one. Then ensued a long debate, IN which
Messrs KellyApgar Purcell. Veeder, Fowler, and 9th
ers took part, a motion that each mcmberot the
State Committee should submit for his district the
name of a member of the Committee Contested
Seats of the Commit tee on Permanent Organization,
and on the Platform. Mr. Kelly moved that each
delegation should be allowed to elect it's representa-
tive on these committees by ballot, in the hope OF
gaining an advantage by carrying some districts
represented in the State Committee by
Tildeu man, but represented, it Is said, by
anti-Tilden delegations. He defeated by the
vote above given At a late hour the State Com
mittee is still in session minor matters Of organ
ization Mr. Kelly has been again defeated on
PROPOSITION which would virtually allow him to take
IN his whole following the floor. There remains
now one hope for the opposition: II they can, by
making the issue squarely in the convention, take
the appointment of the Committee on Contested
Seats out Of the hands of the State Committee, and
give il to the districts. they may win. Even then,
however, they might be defeated; but there is
little probability that they can accomplish this
and with the Committee on Contested Seats in the
hands of the Tilden men, the denomination OF the
old ticket is almost certainty.
photographed last night that the attack upon At
torney-Genera Fsirchild in the Republican platform
had helped him somewhat 1t was still more evil
dent to-day how much 1t had helped him, when his
1o+tor 20 Roecoe ConkliuQ was printed. defending
himself against the implied charge contained in It,
This raye him an opportunity TO show the members
Of the convention without any improper seeking of
their votes, what he had done; and he awaited him
selfof it, This letter strengthened him greatly forit
gave his friends facts tOurge his favor and deprived
his opponents Of good many of their arguments
Only one State officer has been among the
politicians to-day at the Delavan House. Mr.. OlcOtt
and Mr. Farchild have both renamed in Their Of
fees in the State Hail. receiving their friends who
came. but making no open canvass Governor Rob
insOn however, has been actively at work all day,
and his efforts have undoubtedly produced
marked effect. He has been holding an endless re-
ception in the Executive Chamber Of delegates and
politicians from all parts of the State, and has beer
very frank and earnest in the expression of his
views. lie takes substantially the ground that,
from the character Of the attacks which have been
made on Messrs Bgelow and Fairchild and the
character OF the present opposition TO them, their
defeat would DO construed throughout the
State as abandonment Of the reform policy in
Sugurated by Governor Tden an impression which
would in the opinion Of many prominent Democrats
here' 90 much to endanger the ticket, confident as
they are OF electmg It, Tie Governors arguments
have mad marked effect, He has hearty way OF
talking that is impressive especially with the rural
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