The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-09-27
NEW YORK POLITICS.
mEETGN6s OFF THE DENHGURATHC CON~
vEN7TON AT SYRACUSE,
a RIGtDry for TaEHasmaBy-G0y. Robinson g
AdlnalnassFn Item Hnta0rssGE~sTtn@
Platform.

FIRST DAY.
- sYBtgusE, r. Y. Sept, 3e..rhe Demosrstiss
ns ssH Hon o1f1E. annine . H Ge oher iifssa ey %
the chair. that the. Gammany delegation from
the city OF Now York and the McLaughlin dole
cation from to ailmt5ed tied to se
finally sustained by the HSoption OF the follow
Whereasthe delegation from New York. COM
monty known as the Tammany delegation and
the delegation from Kings county, known as the
McLauehlin delegation, having been repeated
ly recognized BY the State convention as the
regular delegations, and having been SO. reeog-
nlsed at u contest at the last Democratic con-
now as 81 6 tsua whereas It would be unjust 10
disfranchise SO large O Democratic oonstitt1-
erfZz; therefore, BE- it resolved. That the delegates
be allowed to take their seats and participate
In the proceedings Of the convention.
A motion TO reconsider was declared lost
Mr.. Weed offered a resolution that no dole
gate whose seat was contested bs made o mem-
| ber OF the committee on credentials. MT. Mitch
| ell moved to lay it on the table. Carried-yeas
| 1oe; pays 1s1, The committee was then ap-
The convention then adjourned until 10 to-
| day,
SECOND DAY.
SYRACUSE N. Y. Sept 26-The convention re-
assembled at 2:30 p. N. Dewitt g. West. from
| the committee on contested seats. offered the
report Of that committee He said, after long
| discern what was right. they had arrived at the
| following conclusion: The Sitting delegates
from Albany B Kings, New York, IOnaandaggo Ia e
| seats held By. them. He moved the previous
question, which was carried. The original
quest on was then carried
| Chairman Mason, of the committee on organ
| ization. reported the name OF Hon. Erastus
| Brooks for permanent president, together with
Augustus schell and Smith NJ. Weed conducted
| Mr.. Brooks to the chair
NJ, Brooks returned tnanas for the honor or
end good feeling in the coming proceedings.
He had not had time to consider what he was to
say, but thought no Democratic convention
could afford 10 lower any value. He believed
In an interchangeH Bile coin and paper currency.
The panic Of 1873 was the result Of Republican
maadministration at Washington. Neat to in
dividual thrift the hope of the future lay In the
success OF that party, which, for sixty-Iiye
nro 9 The e ae e naaa gagar
GgEug felEu IL ~ 4 I W gV We need
stable currency q uniform value throughout
per. We hail with satisfaction what Is being
done by the Democratic goyernmeMnt M ct the
b VI We i hgh capaoy and s
ment for Delinquency. He thought ths fraud
vention. and that the convention should declare
| that never again would they submit to such an
outrage, He would have the convention protest
| against the refusal to reaDportion the state:
| Mr., H. ". Peckham then read the resolutions
adopted by the committee on resolutions. Of
which the following is a synopsis:
| Gold and silver coin and paper convertible
| into coin the only currency; steady steps TO-
wards resumption: honest payment of the
public debt: no sumptuarV law; provisions, of
| the State constitution mandatory and refusal to
reapportion a crime, the result of the Dresii-.
demial issue g. erima. and will never submit
to Il Hgain. indorsiag Gov Hubinsqu's admin
istration: no protective partnership by the
Governor with monopolies home rule, no CEN
tralizatiion; equal and exact. Justice to all men
no aItial legislation Or taxation; strict ac-
Of PUBLIC funds; the party In power RESPONSE
| Mr.. Seymour said he had tried to think OF
some plan to avoid q repetition Of the scenes OF
yesterday caused by the strife over the New
York and Kings county delegations. He
thought by adding five members ct large to
the State committee. 1t would aid this matter
and give the benefit Of men high in experience
He offered d resolution adding Addison Pard-
ner, Horatio Seymour. Honor A. Nelson. FL.
sturgiss and Dewitt G. West to the State COM
mittee at large.
After considerable balloting and changing Of
| votes the resolution was finally unanimously
adopted. and after returning thanks to the
| chairman for his impartiality the convention
| adjourned sine die