The sun., 1878-10-16
POLITICS AT FEVER HEAT.
FOUR CONVENTIONS MEETING. YET NO
NOMINATION FOR MAYOR.
Tammany 60 Wait until saturday-The Tn
dependent Parties Calling for Conferences
Who MIR. keiiy's Candidate Really IL.

dependent Paroles Calling for Conference,
Who Mr.. keiiy's Candidate Really IL.
-Four Conventions for tho nomination Of
candidates for the Offices OF Mayor. District At
torney. City Judge. Coroner. and Aldermen at
Large wero held yesterday. The Tammany
Democracy convened in the big wigwam. in
Fourteenth street. In obedience to the sum-
mons OF John Kelly. the twenty-three mon who
execute his orders in the citys twenty one
Assembly Districts and two wards. assembled at
noon in the council chamber Of Tammany s
sachcms and braves. The door was closed. and
n sergeant at arms was placed before 1t. Then
one OF Mr.. kelly's trusted lieutenants. sug-
gestcd that the Convention should organize
and. without making any nominations. adjourn
to Saturday. The proposition provoked n dis
cussion that continuation more that an hour.
The argument OF the opponents OF the sugges-
tion WINS that neglect to put their ticket in the
field at once would give 10 the public tho i'm
preston that the organization Of the party
was weak. and that Tammany did not dare
to nominate her candidates until those Of the
opposition had been named. To this the men
who are supposed to be nearest to Mr.. Kelly
replied that the canvass would be too long should
the candidates he named Mt the Conventions
first session. This specious reason did not
suit the iiist speakers. They reiterated their
arguments and made other objections To tho
lntuntOn To postpone. Then Mr.. Kelly said
that he favored the proposition to organize aud
adjourn 10 Saturday. II was carried without a
At oclork the delegates to the Convention
gathered In the large hall Of the biz wgwnm
Among the ,l2s men were John Kelly Sheriff
lteilly and his deDutios, County Clerk Gumblc-
ton ana his subordinates. Register Locw and
his three, brothers. Col. Thomas Dunlap and
ms sons. Edward k"arney aud his son-in-law
the colossal Commissioner Y. \. Brennan. his
two big brothers and his tather-in- law, tho
Tammany Senators, Assemblymcn. Aldermen,
lOmmlSRlnuprg IA
hundred cx-officeholdcrs and twice as many
candidates for office Gen, i b. Spinola. Capt.
lsainh Kyndcrs oi Bergen County Now Jersey,
and William II. Secor. the aspirant for John
Morrissey's scat in the Scnatc.
Alderman Louis G. Waohner called the Con-
yention to order. and named Frederick Smyth
for temporary Chairman, MI. smyth. upon
iakIng "a {hs cnair' salI tnat was great honor
ever short the term OF the Chairmanship might
oc. He was sure that the Tainmany nominee
for Mayor would be voted Tor by the men who
pay tho taxes. the mechanics. laboring men,
and every other elector who had sound sense.
The Secretary resolved tho delegates cre-
dentials and called the roll and then Gen.
Spinola and his Commit,ee on Permanent Or
ganizatiop retired. Upon their recommenda-
tion. Col. w. Il. Roberts President of theAldcr-
men. MHs made permanent Chairman He said
that Ihmmany opponents wero misguided
John Kelly over lived The Convention APP
plauded this speech. and then adjourned to
The majority Of the Tammany delegates were
surprised at the Conventions omission To nom
iunte Il ticket Many expressed opinion that IL
ness. and would materially lessen the chances
usually reflect Mr. Keys views Believed
that the adjournment was wise. Mr.. Kelly
wishes TO nominate Augustus Schel for Mayor +"
they said. but h. doesn't wish Mr.. Schell to
lie may prevcnta combination against US be-
tween to-day and saturday, II he does. Mr..
Schell will be nominated on that day.
The Convention OF the City Democracy met
II their rooms at Fourth avenue and Twenty
nith street. Ex;Jgdse A. b, Tappan was chosen
shea. Secretaries. On motion Of the Hon John
Is. Haskin committee OF twenty-five was ap-
publicans and all Democratic organizations op-
posed 70 Tammany and to secure. II poss ible.
James shss h' pdRns RH.yb burnS rne
MicRSS He4iy Fatriss il Morris FIJI F il. RpIen4 R5IIs4
Barr, Denjamin GoodmQn. washngton Hadiey.
William II. Wilkinson, Jrmes G. Quinn, Robert
Anthony FeehanI Thomas Stanley Thomas Nc.
kellar John B. llaskin, andthe Chairman and
the names Of James .O'Brien John b. Haskin,
Jo6n.A Jo6n MGRe9n 1RTdn fhSE5ere KPapf TdwT4
Qttendoriar., Franklin Elson. aud Charles
SLary Mr. knapp was the iayori,e. although
ne Is a member OF the Tammany General Conn
vcntion and conspicuous candidate ior Tan.
manys nominatlon for the Mayoralty.
filled by the delegates to the County Democ.
racys Convention. Ira Shater was its Chair
man and John II. Laughlin the Secretary. Mr.
Shaier spoke against the system under which
the Tammany Democracy Ia organized. and re-
solutions were passed declaring that tho Tam
many olgarcly tended 10 suppress the man
hood OF the citizen by making him sulservieut
70 seli;constitutod one-man power A Con-
ference Committee o. twenty four WAS then ap-
pointed. and TINT committee delegated its pow
ers to lrn Shaicr, Emanuel j.. Hunt, f. NJ. Bin
by, Col Michael c. Murphy Robert Power Seth
C. Douglas and Frank A. Ransom.
The Republican Convention dld its business
in half an hour. Among tho influential men in
the party who participated in It's work were
George Bliss. Col. joel W. Mason. Gen. Joseph
{; Pinckney., A., j, Dntenhoefer. Thomas
Murphy, Col Charles $. Spencer. Shcri-
Organ Gre M MC"i. MicRae ". BMSSn Burns A5raRSm 5tnSS
Lent, William A. Darling, Jacob Hess. Ruius
i, Cowlng, and George i. Kasmire The
Chairman was Jacob NJ Patterson, Jr.. and
the Secretaries. The roll Of delegates was
called A, b. Cornell. Gen. Arthur and ex j udge
Dittenhoeicr receiving applause when they an
swcrcd 10 their names. Then. on motion Of
Col. joel W. Mason. committee was ap-
pointed TO confor with all organizations op-
posed TO Tammany with view to the
nomination of a union ticket against that
Pierre C. Van Wyck. Thomas II. Riley f. s.
Newlns, Abraham Lent, John Simpson. John ID.
Lawson. Robert G. McCord. Gilbert j. Hunter
berger. Robert II. .Strahan. John Ii. Brady
Sheridan Shook, Michael Cresan, joel W
Mason, Chester A. Arthur. Alexander Martin
Jacob Hess Robert c. Brown, and james r.