The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-27

ana II was generally understOod tho anti -Tildcn
faction and the Tammany delegations were TO
vote solidly for Judge Sawyer This confirmed
the assertion made IN my despatch OF yesterday.
that a bargain had been made bctwcen these
factions and the st. Lawrence and Franklin
delegation. in consideration OF which they
,Sds voted as soodiy they did and Mr.. SAWYER
roll call tho Tilden and anti -Tammany factions
were busy ventiating this bargain among tho
other delegations, and il no doun had much to
do with the final rcsult-the defeat Of Judge
SAWYER Tho fret calling OF the roll showed
Hand l0G: Mr., Bradley. 81 Mr.. Camp Ss Mr..
rrrost, ~ MIR. Laning. l. and Gideon j.
As it required 1913 votes to nominate. Of course
there wns no choice. and another roll call was
ordered Albany County led of again with its
other counties had been called. Mr. Peckham
rose and said that the Albany delegation desired
e nrSl,ing change lis vote and be recorded for Mr.
Of applause by the Tldcn and anti -Tammany
factions. and cries Of Il can't be doncl' :, Go
on with roll call &c., from the other faction.
Several other delegations were also on their
feet. shouting that they desired 10 change TO
bradley. but Mr.. Brooks; as soon as he could
ings out Of order and decided that the roll must
be called through. He directed the clerk to again
begin the calling OF the roll from the begin
ming. which was done. Tho contest,
4 was now plain, was between Mr.. sawyer and
Mr. Bradley, and the, factions ran about the
noor butt0nholing and imploring delegates 10
vote for their favorite. and confusion rcgncd
supreme, 80 much 50 that several times the call
gates who had gone home. were rapid;
ly made, and some Of them sounded
foce Se6os Of Nav ss YORK and
r. O.. Gale appeared NJ representing some
county way iup in the Interior ct the state,
whilethosc OF senator Raines of Rochester and
Col. Tracey of New York turned up on other
rural delegations. As the bottom of the list
neared II became plain that the contest was very
close.and the factions redoubled their efforts and
the confusion became worse. Ahscntccs were
hunted up and brought in. votes were, chal-
lcnged, aud 1t was discovered that outsiders in
the galleries and on the floor were answering
70 the names ot delegates who were absent. and.
in some instances. Of those who were present.
The faction leaders were rushing cxcitcdly
about the hall, badgcring each other and making
al manner OF motions for delay. and resorting
10 all manner OF tactics to secure the necessary
votes. After more than an hour OF this kind OF
work the call Of the roll was finished and the nm
nouncement was made that George Is. Bradley
had received 1874 votes. and W. II. Sawyer 1873.
This was received with the widest cnthusi-
assm 10y the Tilden and Anti -Tammany factions.
Hats and canes were thrown in air. and cheers
Tor Bradley, Gov. Robinson, Jacobs. and others
followed each other in rapid succession for sew
Smith VI. Weed then mounted a chair and
moved that the thanks of the Convention be re-
turned TO Mr. Brooks. the permanent Chair
man, Tor the impartial manner In which he had
discharged his duties. This was received with
shouts OF III second that" from Gen
lin. and many others. IL was plainly intended
as sweet ior Mr. Laning. the temporary Chair
II.
mounted chair. and yelled at tho top Of his
voice an amendment 10 include the name ot
Mr. Ianing in tho resolution, This was re-
c.lved with another storm Of hisses and cries
OF No you don't from the Tildcn and
antl-Tammany factions and cheers from the
pan ,ha fGh the % was Dressed that
there would be another row and Waehncr did
not insist upon u and. Weeds resolution was
adopted 10y rousing Aver that made the chan
,,Thro1gliout the scenes Of the last half hour
Mr.. Kelly sat in his scat with a dazcd look as
though he could not believe Il possible that he
had been defeated in the last hour OF "A session
at the opening Of which he had scored such a
There were at this time scores OF delegates on
their feet shouting for recognition. and Mr..
Kelly. as though fearing that still worse evils
were in store for him arose and moved that the
oGnyehntIsSin y mt si adjourn sIne die He was ree9g,
Convention was declared adjourned. The
crowd surged out Of the hall. one half laughing
and cheering and the other .cursing and ugly
according as their sympathies were with the
contestlng faction.
This result has wldened the breach between
the Tammany and Mclaughlin factions. As the
former lay their defeat 10 the latter under the
sklltul leadership Of Senator jacobs.
After the nomination Of MIR. Bradley had been
declared, and in the height Of the confusion.
Gen. McQuade excitedly called the attention Of
the Chair 10 statement OF Senator Ecceslnes s..
that they had nominated their man now
they migh 20 home and elect him. and
demanded TO know what Mr. Ecclesine meant
No one believes that Tammany Hall will bolt
the nomination as 1t is not their way OF doing
business.
After tho adjournment the new State Com
mittee met. and Mr.. Kelly moved TO pro
cecd to organize 10y tho eleciOn Of OIL
cers Smith VI. Weed moved to adjourn
which. after some discussion. was car
ried. and the Committee will meet 70 or
game in the city OF New York on Tuesday.
the sth Of October, Both factions claim TO have
the control Of he Committee. hut the fact is that
II Is So evenly divided that neither is certain OF
II. The following ID a complete list Of the COM
mittee
state Central Committee -Fir,, District John II suit
phin Second William d Necderi lhird william A fow
Ter. Fourth. Francis Nolan Fiuh, Henry A Gum.
bletoni sixth, rhiiip W IN 'iss, seventh, ~.
ward ID; Gale; Eghth. sidney l.. Nichols; Ninih,
FREDERICK smym Tenth. John Kelly Eleventh.
Augustus Schel Twelfth henry Nelson, Thirteenth,
John Brien fouIteemh, LEWIS Beach, Fifteenth.
l. Lafln. sixteenth Daniel Manning Seventeenth,
samuel o. Gieasoni Eighteenth. william Z Smith
Nineteenth a. W. fcrsuson; Twentieth, ; ".
Buel, Twenty .nrst. William " Gordon. Twenty.
second, A II Crosby. Twenty .,hird. George Bar
nard twenty fourth, William A Pouoher, TwentN.n NTH.
Ldwin 5 Jenney Twenys sixth, william Moses
Twenty seventh. Lester Faulkner. Twenty eighth,
higar X Apgar Twenty, mnth. DAVID lllll rhMueih.
second Charles W McCune, Thirty third Chas s. Carry