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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-09-26
The DEMOCRACY OF NEW-YoRK
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have telers appointed whOwIl give us fair count
majority of the country delegates are Of the opn
ION that we did not have far count this morning.
Chairman Laning replied tnat he wished the seEse
of the house on such question.
The Tammany side of the house said MOI
sharply when the question put, and accordingly
Mr. Lanng declared the proposition TOR telers un-
admissible.
A vote was then taken on the motion to lay Mr..
Weeds motion on the table. When the name Of
John +. Seymour, of Oneida, cousin of ex-Gover-
nor Seymour was called. that gentleman said that
in his opinion the proceedings Of both the TldeD
and anti-Tildep men in the morning had been
dlsgraceful He hoped that both sides would labor
to have the further meeting of the convention har
mOnious-
The vote proved to be very close. the Tlden men
obtaining 181 votes and the anti-I1den men 1876
votes A great shout went up from Tammany when
the vote was announced.
siOna District for their representatives on the COM
mIttees we're then announced. When John kelly's
name was read as member OF the Committee on
Contested Seats Tammany's opponents hlssOd and
the friends of Tammany Hall cheered
The question of the fneScial plank Of the
platform Of the convention was, precipitated
offered a resolution for the consideration Of
the Committee on Platform, declaring the
Democratic party OF the state IN iayor OF TIE
substitution of greenbacks for the National bank
notes. The resolution hedged little by declaring
that the party was nevertheless opposed 10 an ire
deemable currency. Mr.. Mitchell also presented a
resolution reciting the deep sympathy OF the Demo-
cratic party with the suffering of the labOung
classes and charging the Republican party with
being responsible for it.
Dennis Mcmahon, of Westchester then offered a
resolution accusing the Republican party of beng
the cause of suffering by tampenng with the
currency.
The convention then adjourned until Tomorrow
morning.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-09-26
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoREIGN.-The Austrians have occupied Zwomik
without resistance. 80 The Indian Government
has proposed to send an utimatum to Shere Ali
The Canadian Ministry will probably resign next
Saturday. === Jacob Erdan. the French author, is
dead.
DoMEsTIc.-The FaneuIl Hall Democrats have
nominated Josiah G. Abbott for Governor of Massa-
cnusetts on a haTd-mOney, free-trade, fraud, and
public economy platform. - President Hayes has
returned to Washington. - The COnyen-
tlon of the New-YOrk Democrats at SYRIA
cuse got no further than the temporary or
ganization yesterday; the convention was
for hours IN n terrific uproar. and nearly
came 10 blows the Tammany delegates were, after
a long fight, admitted to vote on the prelimnares
of Reorganization. 80 Witnesses testified at the Bill
ings trial yesterday as 70 the fight Of an I'M
known man at the time Of the murder. ==
James b. Hosmer, of Hartford Conn.,, is dead. 800
There is a large assemblage Of representative Re
publioans at Saratoga, in advance of the COnyen-
tion Senator Conkling is to preside the Hon. A.
g. Cornell Is 10 succeed Mr.. Smythe as Chairman Of
the State Committee.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-Charges of a political
object in relation to the action Of the Bar Associa-
ton upon illegal fees were made and denied yestor-
day ~ The number of fayorite referees was
shown to have increased greatly. -
The Custom House Investigating Committee
examined into the duties Of appraisers. = The
hearing in the Vanderbilt Will contest was con-
tinued. == The American Rifle Team shot at
CreedmOor. - There was a slight advance
in coal prices at the monthly auction sale.
- Cold 1OOIe. 1908 1OO9s- Gold value of
the legal-tender dollar at the close, 9961O cents.
Stocks active, but generally lower and closing
weak.
The wEATHER-TRBUNE local observations in
dictate partly cloudy OF cloudy weather with
chances Of lighs rain, followed by clearing weather.
Thermometer yesterday, zoe, so, $50.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-09-26
Nv BONEgr MONEY CIMpAIGN.

The speeches of President Hayes at the
West, and especially the address at Toledo
model of clear, compact and convincing
argument have been followed by other
strong efforts in behalf of honest money by
recognized leaders of the Republican party in
several States. Marvellous as Senator MortOn's
power was in Indiana, the Republicans of that
State have never forgotten that Secretary
Thompson was almost the father of the party
there, and one of the earliest and most
powerful champions OF the cause at the
West, and his voice has been heard
for nearly a quarter of a century, among
the foremost in every emergency, and
always for the maintenance of the
public faith. His ringing speech at TeTe
Haute will doubtless do much good. The re-
buff in Maine has only aroused Senator Blaine
to still holder and more emphatic declarations
of that policy to which the Republican party
is bound 10y its pledges, given each year, ever
since the Union asked loyal men to trust their
Government with means for the suppression
of rebellion. His powerful speech on Tuesday
will awaken the many Republicans who admire
and follow him to the duty of quit
ting all coquetry with regulators, and
refusing all alliances with initiation
lists. The conventions in Massachusetts
and Connecticut have given clear and strong
expression to the convictions which separate
the friends from the enemies of tho public
faith. Tue Connecticut platform is remarkable
for its courage and force, and its clear state
ment of the vital issue between parties; and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-09-26
TIE TILDEN MEN SHOWING FIGHT.
A CONTEST IN COMMITTEE on PERMANENT ORGAN
IzATIoN-rHE NEW STATE COMMITTEE.
INV TIM Ecp Apu To THE TRIBUNE.i

IBY TELEGRAPH To THE TRIBUNE.I
SYRACUSE, n. Y, Sept. 25.-The Tilden men are
fighting their opponents all along the line. When
the Committee on Permanent Organization met
they nominated General James w. McQuade
for permanent chairman. The Tammany men
accepted the challenge by nominating MI
Laning for permanent well as temporary chairman
of the convention. The Tlden men said that Milan
ing had made himself so obnoxious TO them
by his rulings that they could not. WIN
any calmness of temper, see him elevated
70 the permanent craftsmanship. vote
was taken. and it was found that each candidate
had received fifteen votes. compromise was theh
made upon Erastus Brooks, he being elected as per-
manent chairman. Major Quincy was elected as
permanent secretary.
The composition of the next State Committee Is
oxcitipg considerable interest. 1t is claimed by
both the Tilden and the anti-Tiden leaders Several
elections have already taken place. EdgarK. Apgar
has been returned from the Tompkins District; Smth
M Weed from Clinton; w. j. Moses, from Auburn
John II. Sutphen, from Queens; ID. b. Hill, nom
Chemung; j. Fulton, from Niagara, ana >. +.
Barnard, from Oneida. This shows that there may
be a considerable change in the composition Oh tn'
committee.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-09-26
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. SoUT8

There can be no doubt that the yellow fever
is steadily decreasing in New-0rleans, Mem
phls and the larger towns, while it is spread
ing through the villages of the interior just
in proportion as it finds foul air and bad
drainage to feed upon. 1t is a significant fact
that no town in Texas has suffered.
in spite of the daily intercourse between
the ports of that State and New-0rleans.
The reason is that quarantine Of unusual
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-09-26
TIE PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL.
MIR. LANNo BEGINS THE CONVENTION BY CHI.

MR.. LANING BEGINS THE CONVENTION BY cHAkG-
ING All. THE EVILS OF THE HOUR TO THE RE-
PUBLICAN PARTY. .
SYRACUSE, n. Y, Sept. 25.-The Democratic
state Convention met In the wetnR Opera House Ihe
galleries we're filed with spectators and the delegates
occupied the seats in tho body Of tho hall shorty Aer
1905 D. IN the State Committee entered tne nal %a
Kelly was received with great applause ME- fufocn
appearance was also greeted with cheers
The convention was called 20 order at l;Oe p M "
Mr.. Purcell chairman OF the state CommlleS' wno ~.
mated A p IAniug. OF Erie for temporary chairman
IApplause.l Tho motion was carried unanimously Nr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-09-26

The proceedings of the Democratic State
Convention ought to have been opened
with the reading Of the Riot Act.
From first to last the delegates were
crazed with excitement and Infatuated with
passion. 1t was not only a mob, but a mob of
maniacs. raging UP and down the floors
like Gagged beasts, snarling and fight
ing with one another and bowling until
the rafters above them were loose and
the ground beneath them seemed to be
sinking into the bottOmless pit. 1t was
Convention that was hell-bent, and it got
there and hung on. The first test vote
showed clearly that Tilden and Robinson had
majority of the uncOntested seats IL was
taken on the question of allowing the Tam
many and Mclaughlin delegations to take
their places. The vote was 1872 in favor
of the previous question to 154 in Oppo-
sitiOn, the Tilden men being in the majority.
The only course open to Tammany was to
vote itself in, and for three hours the
battle ragged. The temporary chairman,
Mr. Laning, made the most partisan rulings
IN the interests of the anti-Iilden faction,
and finally, after scenes of the widest
disorder, Tammany seated ITSELF the regu-
lar delegation from Brooklyn, which was solid
for Tilden. refusing to vote Ii the ballots Of
the Tammany delegation be deducted from
the anti Tilden vote, the total is reduced to
1872 while if the Brooklyn votes are added to
the list on the Tlden side. the record is 49, The
Convention has been successfully manipulated
by the State Committee and the temporary
chairman, and Tammany has controlled its
organization but the fact remains that the
majority of the uncontested delegates were
cheated out of their rights. 1t was Tildens
Convention. The delegates will be let loose
again this morning.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-09-26

Syracuse Convention was menageT1e.
There has been no clearer or more compact ex-
posure of the interconvertible currency fallacy
than is embodied in the convincing letter from
Senator Blaine to Wendell Phillips which we
PRINT this morning. 1t brings out also with
especial clearness the alliance between the
Southern BOurbons, whom Mr.. Phillips breads,
and the Northern advocates of lrredeemable
money, whom he supports.
If the Democrats are bent upon cutting
down the Army they must stop holding pOlitl-
cal conventions. The police and militia can
suppress any ordinary riot, but they are pow
erless in the face of mObs like the Worcester
and Syracuse Conventions. If another expert
ment of this kind is to be made, let us send
for General Miles or somebody else who is
accustomed to Indian fighting
Grady believing 81 won't sit down until
" somebody makes me" SpinOla without any
starch in his shirt collar; Smith NJ. Weed
giving q policeman a vicious dig with
his elbow; Peter Mitchell chasing Rufus
w Pockham down the aisle and Beebe
without any desk to sit on these are
the heroic figures that rise in epic
dignity at Syracuse to teach the world the
methods and aspirations of craftsmanship.
There il scarcely weft of cloud in the sky
at Saratoga. The cOnclliatory course of the
majority has had most beneficial effect, and
the minority is not disposed to offer serious
resistance, much less TO make factious OPP
position. Mr. Curtis, Mr.. Roberts, Mr.. Prince
and other leaders of what has been known
as the Administration section of the party,
have acquiesced gracefully in the programme
outlined by the majority, and their sugges-
tons in regard to the platform have been
well received The delegates will answer at
roll-eall not as the Presidents men nor as the
Senator's friends, but as Republicans who are
determined to carry the State this Fall. If
we read the signs Alright, the convention viii
be one Of the most harmonious every held by
the party in this State.
symptoms Of Tory arrogance and rashness
are apparent in the desire of the East In
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-09-26
q mnatmenls ono alsenmas 90 : Nlght.

RooTus THEATRE" Henry Will" -. ,.u,.s
Spo4nyyAY THEATRE" Woman OF tina People
EIJTu AyENUE THEATRE" Romeo and Junet- ~ ,
g1ET TuFA TIRE" Old Love Letters " ana hurIicahos'
k1E FRANtTscO MIRsTRGLs' OPERA HOUSE.
uSIos SQUARE TBEATRg--" Mother and SON
WSTrlCEfs FBEATRE-''SchoO for Scandal"
AMERICAN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
UOUP's EQUEsCURRfCULUM
S;ITNoBF's C}ARDRN-COncert Thomas
NEW YORK AOUARIUN-DaY and Evening.
BTtrNwAY HALL-Wihelmj.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-09-26

The conjunction Of Venus and Mercury yesterday
morning was not an event of any astronomical i'm
portance but It afforded very favorable opportunity
for seeing the minor planet. Few people without
telescopes, or who take only partial interest in
celestial phenomena, have ever seen Mercury
Even COpernicus, the father Of the pres
ent arrangement of the solar system. Is
said to have died without seeing il, owing to the
heavy mists which rise along the banks of the
Vistula But Mercury is now quite close TO Venus,
and will continue 10 keep her company
for several days longer, the two planets
being once more ~ conjunction on the 3Oth inst,
and there is not tho slightest difficulty in finding
him. Yesterday Mercury also attained his greatest
Western elongation, and was at the same time in
perhclion or at his nearest approach 10 the sun. In
consequence the planet u unusually bright and
conspicuous although of course much less brilliant
than Venus. The two planets rise about an hour
b fore sunrise, and should be looked for about a m.
The intelligence with which The London Times con-
tinues to illuminate political events in America may
be gathered from the following interesting account
of what The World calls the cataclysm in Maine:
Al the Maine election on Monday 10000 votes
ppled being 900 than last year. great Increase
IN Greenbacirr strength. COnnoF lkepubhcanl stand
inc the Office ~ Governor, VINO had 5ll2 ot ma
iorty last year, now falls GOOO behind the combined
votes inc Democratic and Greenback candidates;
and the election Of Governor. There being no popular
choice devOiyos the new Legislature. The RcpuDli-
cans have elected three Democratic Greeubackers ms
but the chances favor OF the Grcenback LABOR
candidate. The Republicans Will, therefore, lose one,
perhaps Congresmen. and the nature OF the Legis
lature Ia yet In doubt
The success of the Republicans in electing three
Democratic Greenbackers as COngressmen" is only
less bewlldering than their consequent loss of one
OF perhaps two Congressman
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-09-26

symptoms of Tory arrogance and rashness
are apparent in the desire of the East In
dian Government to send an ultimatum
to Shere Ali the refractory Ameer of
Afghanistan. 1t is unfortunate for Brit
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If Buffers performance was circus, the
Syracuse Convention was a menagerie.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-09-26
Business Monies.

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-09-26

The secthing of Mount Vesuvius has sug-
gested to observers abroad that a line connect
ing that volcano with Hecla, also recently III
eruption, has been singularly subject to shocks
of earthquake during the present year. The
Channel Islands were thus visited in the
month of January, together with the North
of France and South of England. Last month,
the City of Cologne and considerable por-
ton of the Valley of the Rhine experienced
shocks which, i'll some places, displayed
en- alarming degree of violence. More
recently tremOr was felt on the
Alban Hills in the neighborhood of
Rome, the wave-lke motion of the earth
being varied by the introduction of some vic.
lent jerks There have also been lateral dis
turbances of more OF less account, Thus the
January shock was felt at Bucharest, and in
April there was an earthquake at Con-
stantinople, followed by other shocks in
the month following. 1t is also noted
that Iquique and africa, on the Pacific
coast, were visited by earthquakes on
January %, and on the 2Sth there were
vibrations in France and England. The
destructive earthquake IN Venezuela on April
II was likewise followed by unusually smart
shocks at COnstantinople on the 10Th. No uni
form deductions have yet been derived from this
chain of events, seismology being still young
science. Inquiry will, however, be stimulated
by the eruption of Vesuvius, which was an old
volcano when, eighteen centuries ago, 1t en-
quilted POmpeii and Herculancum.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-09-26

ish honor that the same regard for ma
tiOnal rights is not observed by the
Indian Government as that which forms the
public law of Europe. Diplomatic relations
have long been severed between England and
the Papacy as well as between France and
Mexico. But none of these powers strives to
force embassies on the other, nor assumes
that friendliness toward one nation means
deadly hostility to another. 1t may not be
amiss at this moment to take into consideration
that promise which we made in concert with
England, when the Washington Treaty was
signed, to advise all nations to try arbitra-
ton. The counsel would now be extremely
Opportune, especially as the fate of weak
AsiatiC nation is at stake.
The expansive force of Democratic Drinci-
pies was strikingIy illustrated at the bObtail
convention in Boston. At Worcester the ire
pressible tail had wagged off the rump and
pretty much everything else except the bark
and the collar; yet when what there was LEFT
sneaked into Faneuil Hall on all fOurs, it was
a good deal bigger than the whole dog was
in the beginning. When the roll was called
/ .264 delegates, representing 304 towns, an
swered to their names. This phi nOmenal
growth can only be accounted for by the ny
pOthesis that there was latent power inside
the dog, and that the irritation caused by the
abrupt removal of the nethermOst parts led to
internal Inflammation. One of the expansive
gases was self-esteem: the Convention was
overcome with a sense of its comparative
responsibility. Another element was wounded
dignity: the energetic but too vehement tail
had not been embellished with the party
collar. But the abnormal enlargement of the
Convention is to be attributedmainly to the elias
ITCHY of Democratic principles This is after
all the natural party of imitation. But dog
that has lost not only its tail but most OF Its
backbone cannot run a long distance even If 1t
has swelled to unwOnted size and barks with
prodigiOus fury. Judge Abbott will find him.
self the third in the field next November,
notwithstanding his regulation collar.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-09-26

IGN.-The Austrians have occupied Zwonik
n resisfance. - The Indian Government
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-12
ST. PAUL IND PACIFIC.
Completing the Railroad to Our Britt
Cousins.

Completing the Railroad to Our British
Cousins.
Now that the harvest is over, and the
great fairs of st. Paul and Minneapolis have
passed into history, Manager Farley and
Superintendent Fisher, of the St. Paul &
Pacific, are turning all their energies to the
completion of the St. Vincent extension of
their road to its connection with the Pembina
branch of the Canadian Pacific at ST..
Vincent. Track laying has been in progress
for several days, but it is only until this
week that the work has been thoroughly
organized and from this time to the com
pletion of the road, iron wilt be
put down, with fair weather, at
the rate of from mile to two miles day
Yesterday the tracklayers reached Middle
river, ten miles north of Snake river, having
laid Z, 185 feet-or about mile and half
during the day. The iron for the road is
coming from Johnstown, Pa, by way of
Chicago, and is being received rapidly, for
ty-five car loads having reached St. Paul
yesterday, all of which was started for the
end of the track during the night. From
Middle river to st. Vincent is fifty miles,
which distance Manager Farley promises to
have completed ready for the movement of
trains by the middle of October.
contractor of the Pembina branch, in
the city yesterday, secured an engine and
fifteen flat cars for use upon this work,
which were forwarded last night. The con-
tractors of this road are putting forth every
effort to complete the line through to Garry,
and will make the connection at the same
time set by the st. Paul & Pacific so that
through trains from St. Paul to Garry before
the first of November may be confidently
looked forward to.