New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-09-18

ventiOn at NewHaven yesterday. The present
State officers were renominated. Colonel LOOMS
declining another term as Lieutenant-GOv-
ernor, Charles Durand, of Derby, was
substituted in his stead. The fight over
the platform was lively. The hard
money men gave up the fight and
platform was finally adopted. 1t favors
hard-mOney and honest payment of the
debt, but denounces the Resumption Act
and declares that the currency should be
issued for the whole people.
THE GREENBACKERS FRIGHTENED.
THEY ALARM FIRST THE HARD-MoNEY MEN AND
THEN THEMsELvEs-MR CLEYELAND's ORATORY
AND MANAGEMENT-THE SPIRIT OF THE con-
vENTIoN
IRON STAFF CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE
NEwHAvEN, Sept. 1.-THE Democratic State
Convention which met in this city to-day has been
somewhat overshadowed in Importance and IN pub
lie interest by the more widely advertised circus at
Worcester, which comes nearer being tho biggest
show earth. When Mr.. Butler strides into the
arena, he crystaizes the attention Of the public
other performances may as well cease and other per-
formers subsdc. This not so much because Mr.. But
Ter always does wonderful things, but be-
cause he is always largely advertised and
always promising such extraordinary performances
that people stand agape at the show bills and are
particular to he on hand when the show comes Oft
for fear he may do some of the things advertised
and they miss seeing him. Then too, Mr.. Butler is
one of those rare acrobats to whom it makes no
manner Of difference whether when he vaults he
! lands on his head or his heels or a broader part
whether lie is fred through balloon or over ban
ncr; is run over by horse or kicked by mule. 1t
1 ILL l..
always comes mp cheerful and smiling. With
/ Mr. Batter rampagng" at Worcester the
Democrats Of Connecticut could hardly ex-
pect to have large share of public
attention for their little circus here to-day.
| still they have made an earnest eudeayor
to be interesting and 10 appear 10 be of some cOnse
/ quencc in the politics of the country. They might
have done better if the leaders of the hard-mOney
/ wing had only shown little courage aud stood up
to a fair fight, but perhaps they have exercised
good judgment in running away and postponing
the scrimmage to another day.
THE HARD-MoNEY LEADERS VANISH.
| The situation Of affairs described in last nights
! dispatches was found to be materially altered this
] morning. The programme arranged by Senator
Eaton and Mr.. Burr aud the handful of hard-money
delegates, to put Senator Eaton in the chair and
start the convention OFF with a ringing speech from
I
organizing the body in the interest of hard money,
with a platform committee that could be
| trusted on tina; question. went all TO pieces after
| midnight last night. Either Messrs Eaton and
/ Burr had come to the conclusion after a thorough
| canvass that the Greenbackers had gObbled up the
/ convention and there was no show for the hard
| money wing or they had become frightened and
deiuornlized without sufficient oauca; at my rate
the first news this morning was that they had
thrown up eIe sponge, and not only would not UNI
| dcrtakc to run the convention, but had made up
their minds 10 give up tho fight absolutely aban-
don the field without so much as showing their
| heads in the hall.
Governor Ingcrsol had already signifed his refusal
tohave anything 20 do with the performance being
disguised withthe instructions given him TO vote
for a Greenback platform, and had gone out of
town. Following his example, Senator Eaton & Co.
turned tail upon the convention; they came here
10 direct and returned gloomily to Hartford.
This left the convention TO its own devices, and
put upon the Grcenback facti0n-a loose and in
coherent gang, without leadership or plan-the
responsibility Of taking the machine and running
it, Even Barnum. who had been figuring around
among the delegates during Monday evening took
the alarm and. instead Of acting a substitute for
an absent delegate, as had been planned, skunk
away. and failed to put in an appearance.
the morning there was much buzzing about and
consultation among the surviving leaders and
would-be leaders. f. A. Marden. of Stamford, a
Greenbacker was at a late hour pitched upon as
temporary chairman, and so much being arranged,
Fred Brown, Chairman Of the State Committee,
and one of the most plausible of polIticiaRs-to
whom by the way is attributed IN some quarters the
packing Of the convention in the Greenback inter-
est-came forward and called the convention to
order. nominating Marden for temporary chairman.
now THE NOMINATIONS WERE MADE.
The hall was not crowded, and there was mani
fest lack of enthusiasm. The delegates seemed
dazed with the unexpectedness of the situation. 1t
was known that Ingersoll had shaken the dust of
the convention from his feet, that Eaton and Burr
had gone off mad and that Barnum had disap-
reared. and the effect of these defections was
very discouraging. tom" Waller had failed
to put in an appearance from Newton
don-having manslaughter case to try,
which led ed" Cleveland, of Hampton,
to excaim, "Whatl stay away for only one case OF
manslaughterl He could have had dozen OF them
here If he had only come"-and there was no
one to FIRE up the convention and revive the droop-
ing spirits of the delegates.
Mr.. Mardens speech on taking the chair was very
brief What there was Of it treated the financial
question as the chief and only issue in politics, and
squnted strongly toward soft money The applause
which followed it was by no means Wig
orous but the managers seemed encouraged
Inv il as an indication that the dele
gates were gradually recovering from their Devil
dcrment at the desortion of Eaton, Burr and the
rest. 49,
The proliminaries Of organization were speedily
disposed Of and then came a pause which was
broken just as it was beginning to be painful by
the motion of delegate to nominate the entire
old ticket by reclamation. This was carried with
out dissent. and was followed by the reading OF