New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-09-12
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which the convention bad adopted, by declaring
that the reforms for Which Governors Tilten and
Iobinson claimed credit, really duo TO the Con-
stitut.onsl amendments.
Aliogcther Mr. McC;uire made what was iu r,o,.
respects a pretty good Republican speech IN.
speeches ~ that Kind not usually received win
enthusiasm N Democratic Conventions
Mr. Pccklam followed in u speech ~ which he p
scented tho attack of Grady upon Governor Robin.
son with 70 good deal Of fire. He called Il disgrace
FIJI; sand it was unparalleled in a Democratic Con.
vention and tba, he felt called upon to resent IL in
the name Of common drcency. His speech well ex.
pressed the Indignation OF the majority and wa,
seconded with cheer after cheer
Ex-CoBgTrssnsn GrOrgr NJ l5-ebe then made n
plea for harmony and union, ~ which b. tried 10
conciiiate the convention by declaring that vlo-
ever might leave, be would stay; Bnt tie speech
was plainly hostile TO Governor Robinson and tina
convention was in no mood for conciIatiOn Of that
sort.
DoRsngINER ROUsEs HIs PARTY.
The best speech Of the day was tnat Of Liluten.
ant-Governor Dor,heImer. Tammany kcptiis good
vino until the last. Tho great crowd wa, hushe,l
into silence and every eye war fixed upon bis tow
ering FORM When he made the first authoritative
declaration that Tsmmany would leave the conyen-
tOn If Governor Robinson hoIld be rcnOminatel
there WAS u storm of cheer, aud misses.
The electric moment of his speech was when no
strobe down the aisle, and through the aisle in front
of the convention. talking as he went ~ the KINGS
County delegation. who were massed together as
the side lie asked them whesher they would NOT
have done as Tammany has done, il Governor Rob-
inson had prosecuted them aH he had prosecuted
Tammany. This was q genuine orat0rical sem
sation, and brought out great cheer
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS has grown as an
orator within the past few years. This speech to-
day was the best he has made in a convention
within recent memory. Iie appealed successyey
TO conspicuous 1iden leaders from various parts %
the State 10 stop to consider the consequences II
that which they were about to do but they were
utterly unmoyed by the pathos Of his tones. Rails
ing his voice finally to an almost frantic pitch and
assuming an appearance of excitement he could
hardly have felt. ne cried Let something %
done let proper committee be framed, sons
course be taken By which We shall AVOID this
danger
delegate from Seneca quickly moved that a corn-
mittcc of one from each Congressional ID trict IN
the state be- appointed 10 confer upon the subject;
Int the notion was carried out OF siaht by an ex-
traOrdiuary wave Of excitement that soon swept
over the house. great surprise was IN store for
the unsuspecilng convention.
TAMMA>Y's STRONGEST MOVE.
4 wall-eyed delegate from Saratoga arose and DO.
gan TO make quaint rambling sort OF speech pro-
testing that he was always n good Tildcn man, but
ne saw that the nomination Of Governor Robinson
at this time would not be wise; and, hs
added, rs if IL had first occurred 10 him,
"Why, if the gentleman in the chair would
take the nomination ne would make rs good
n Governor as ! should want, and could vote
for him with al my hearth This turned all eyes On
Senator Jacobs, whose face remained absolutely I'M
perturbable. Raising his voice the delegate cried
Mr. Chairman, move that the convention 90
now nominate John &. Jacobs by reclamation as its
candidate for Governor.
Pandemonium broke loose on the instant. Satan
and all his angels could not have made a more in
fernal din than the men OF lammany crowding lie
platform the aises the lobbIes,th seats. even the
sills and screaming like so many demons. The de-
sign was plain. IL was 10 hurraL the convention
into the nomination Of Jacob3-to stampede 1t by
mere halooing and believing.
In the midst of all this riot the Saratoga dele
gate called on the secretary TO put the motion 10
nominate Jacobs by acclamation. This MAJOR
Quincy the secretary, proceeded to do 70 the aston
i,hment of the majority. There was such a furore
OF sound that ia, voice was beaten back into his
face as il by the wind. A tremendous AYE camo
ont of the Tam,nanv threats Tie majority stared
at him In amazement aud only
or twoutter.G q f,cbl, NO" Then Major Quincy
actually declared the motion carried, and pro-
nounced the man who was standing by H. side Sc
lent and rigid as a statue the regularly nominated
candidate OF the Democratic party. Then The Tam
many yell broke out afresh, with Dor,heimer and
all the Kelly leaders Ia the fionr rank. more au-
dncious fraud than that of Major Quincy never
perpetrated upon n political convention, but lie
Tammany people were ready to profit by il.
Amotion was made to take a recess Tor fwo hours.
Here again the design was plain. 4 recess, coming
close upon the manufactured nomination Of
jacobs might have thrown the majority Into oonfu-
SION The minority would have claimed that
Jacobs had been nominated and there would have
been a strong set in the current u overcome.
The convention was fast drifting into chaos
when one cool Tilden man saved 1t. Ru:us W.
Peckhan. Of Albany, demanded that the yeas and
nays be called on tho motion to take
"A recess. The coll was ordered OF course
and the Tammany wind-blg was Puncturcd.
There was no such thing rs keeping MP a storm Of
cheering during the prOsaic process ofcang theroD.
The huTahng grew small by degrees aud beautifully
ess One By one the Tammany howlers sub,iief
Into their seats. The winds hal fallen and the
storm was over. Kings County had refused for a
second time to allow of IT'S citizens 10 be nOmi'
mated over Governor Robinson.
TAMMANY FoREsFEs DEFEAT.
The vote on this roll-cal was necessarily a
test vote. Two things soon became evident; that
the Robinson vote wassteadIly holding its own
and that the Tammany secretaries were dong
their best to figure il away. The lively way
in which Major Quincy ratified of the names Of the
Robinson delegates and tho care which he eyer-
cised in gathering in the 1ammany delegates was
one incident of proof. At the end Of
tho roll tho Tammany tally showed the
motion to be carried. while every other tally
made on the platform showed it TO DO lost
The young man who managed to reverse what was
afterward shown 10 be = majority of fifty votes
should not remain unknown. Il was Mr. Martin.
John Kslly's secretary. new count was ordered,
and "A committee was appointed 10 supervise he
count This time the tallies agreed. giving he
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