New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-09-12
AnAY OF STORMY EXCITEMENT.


ApAY OF STORMY EXCITEMENT.
SCENES AND INCIDENTS OF The DAY-rANMANY's
BATTLE FOUGHT ABLY But UNsUCcEssrUILy-
Tnr LFAuING FIGURES N THE FiGHI-ADTiRA-
Bill CONDUCT OF JACOBS.
lily TEIrGRAPu 10 TuE rWRrSF.l
SYRACUSE n. u. Sept l1.-Tage it all in all. il
La been a very interesting circus and aprety fight.
Contrary 10 general expectation, the contest has
been almost entirely one of wits and not of muscle.
There have been no broken heads or bloodshed rs
was expected from the loud talk and violent threats
lefole the assembling of the convention; but there
has been great deal of shrewd management, Of
tactics and strategy. and maneuvring for advan-
taces large and small.
Tammany cane here defeated. II was not pos
sbe to alter that aspect of affairs any time after
the delegates began to assemble. There were
changes perhaps from one side TO the other during
the long wresie, and it quite probable that few
siragghug votes were affected by the arguments of
the heated dsputants, hut whatever doubt there
may have been at any time ms 70 the action Of ind
vidual delegates, there was any question
about the final result Seen in the light OF the
event, the action of Tammany, desperate and
unprecedented as il has been, is not much to be
wondered at. The threat TO bolt the nomination of
Robinson II made somewhat startling at first
to those who know the traditions of the party, and
once as a mistake. / am not prepared 10 say il was
not, but now that il appears from the event that
they did mean business and that ii was not
mere empty menace 20 influence the con-
vention. their conduct bears a different interpre-
taton. 1t a desperate step to threaten
and more desperate TO take, but IL is
far 10 suppose that they understood their situation
that they had used all other arguments to change
H. and that only this last resort, tho heroic treat
ment, was left to them Since coming here they
have Tough; every inch of the ground, and falling
back sullenly after each reverse have really
torted the admiration of their opponents for their
conduct Of the campaign. Not that they did not
make many mistakes in the details. some of them
conspicuous and egregous. but their management.
rs a whole. was far skilful than any one had
right TO expect.
There was, on the other hanc, very shrewd and
discreet If not particularly brilliant, leadership
the part of the Robinson wing.
TIE extreme heat of the controversy that has all
along threatened turbulence and physical violence
had burned itself out in the preliminary wrangling
os indicated in this correspondence yesterday.
The danger of riotous demonstrations had pretty
much disappeared when the organization was
effected. The withdrawal of the Ant-Tammany
contestants greatly smpliied the situation. aud 10y
the elimination of the most threatening element of
dscOrd tended II not TO promote harmony, at least
To take away one prOvocatlon to not. The agree
ment upon john c. Jacobs for chairman, and upon
the method OF appointing the committees, which
Threatened yesterday to be turning point In tie
proceedings contributed still further to smooth the
way and postpone the Inevitable collision.
ENTERTAINING INCIDENTS.
All the preiunares having been settled, the
roll perfected, Jacobs forced into his place per-
manent chairman. and the platform Ia sickly mess
Of plattudes. which was read in a scrappy fashion
by Mr. Erastus Brooks aud listened to for the most
l..4 y
session began. From this time forward until Tam
many Hall uttered it's valedictory and departed
there was no lack of entertainment or amusement
In the proceedings. Funny things were happening
all the time. aud there were occasional situations
that quite dramatic.
The fierce Indignation of Mr. Peter Mitchell when
some fellow in the gallery shouted, Put them
Tammany roughs out n was an amusing spectacle.
MI Mitchell had been vainly struggling 10 obtain
prominence with points of order and things of that
KIND ever since the began and he now reused
himself aud said the convention had been insulted.
and called the man who did II an " impudent pup"
He was Gained down by John Jacobs. and
seemed cOntented with the sensation he had made
Mr.. Reeves, of Suffolk another impressive person.
chairman OF tie Committee on Permanent Organl-
zitiOn delighted the convention with recital, III
grand manner, OF al the proceedings OF the COM
LIT ee in detail before handing III the report which,
when read was found 10 contain the same story III
thence ever much aud made The most OF IL.
TAMMANY's TACTICS.
II was interesting to watch the movements Of the
1ammauy leaders, and note the unfolding OF their
plans and development of their tactics. Ii was very
PLAIN from all their actions that they had deter
mined TO make the Kings County delegation their
objective point and devote all their energies to
supreme effort break the Robinson front at this
point. The wOOng of Jacobs and the selection of
slocum as the Iammany candidate pointed to this.
and all through the proceedings 1t evident that
tins was tue iirst object they mad IN view.
The solid brooklyn delegation the chef re-
nance of their opponents. To break II was Tam
manys Ouly hope. This the secret o! DORIS
heImers eulogy OfJacobs aud his expression of con-
fdence in the chairmans fairness when Tammany
proposed that the Committee on Credentials be
selected by the chair. Ii was to kindle suspicion
and estTange Jacobs, if possible from the Robinson
wing, that Samuel Cox cunningly threw out the re-
mark that the other side, In proposing to have the
committees selected by the delegations instead Of
appointed 10y the char, expressed a want OF conf
deuce in the chairman; aud it goes without saving
that the later demonstration for Jacobs for Gov
ernoF had for It's sole object the breaking up of
Kings County IN It's solid support of Robinson
This is the reading between the lines OF all the
Iamnany proceedings yesterday and to-day up to
the moment when they turned tail and fled out Of
the ball
IL was not quite clear at first what Tammany was
'riying al m putting forward such men &. W.
brooke, Ofddy and Mcclure To start the ball of
discussion on Their SIDE, while Dorshcimor, Cox.
heAs ana ScheH sat quietly in their seats do
yet understand tue significance of this arrangement
o. their forces, though i suppose there must have
been some object IN it. Brooke was well enough TO
ttart the thing oil and nominate Slocum. and so