The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1879-09-12
SECOND EDITION
Robinson RenOmlnated.

KELLY FOR aovEKNoR-CLABKsO
N. POTTER NOMINATED FOR LIEU
TENANT-GOvERNOR WITH GOV.
ROBINSON.
SYRACUSE, Sept. 1.-THE Democrat
ic Convention held here to-day was one
Of the most exciting political assem-
blages known in the State for years.
1t nominated the following ticket.
Governor-Lucius Robinson Of Che
mung.
Lieutenant Governor - Clarkson N.
Potter of Westchester.
Secretary of State-Allen G. Beach Of
Jefferson.
Comptroller-Frederick P. Olcolt Of
Albany. ....
Treasurer-James Mackin of Dut-
chess. t.l
Attorney General-Augustus Sclioon-
maker, Jr., Of Ulster.
State Engineer and Surveyor-Hora-
ito Seymour, Jr., Of Oneida.
Tammany Hall quit the Convention
as soon as the nomination Of Gov. Rob
inson seemed assured, called \ new Con-
vention, and nominated John Kelly fer
Governor.
All last night and 10 the hour Of
meeting to-day, the most earnest efforts
were made by Tammany to induce the
thrty-six delegates from Kings County
to support Gen. Slocum or any other
Democrat except Lucius Robinson.
This delegation did not, however, init
mate publicly how it was to vote.
That il might have named the Govern
or is attested by the subsequ-nt mt proceed
ings. The Convention was duly opened,
and, after the committee reports had
been made, candidates were named.
Gov. Roblnson's name was cheered to
the echo when presented by Samual
Hand of Albany. Gen. Slocum's nomi-
nation was applauded by Tammany.
Speeches in response to these nonina-
tions were delivered, and the Conven-
ton was worked up to an intense pitch
Of excitement. TheI Judge Wilcoxen
of Seneca moved that q committee OF
one from each county be appointed to
axe into consideration the subject of q
nomination for Governor and report the
result to the Convention. He support
ed his proposition with few well-tem-
pered remarks.
While this motion was pending there
occurred a scene In the Convention
which 10 words can adequately describe.
Mr.. Patrick Fl. Cowan, the son Of the
late Judge Ezekiel Cowan, so long
known in the jurisprudence of the State,
is a delegate from the county Of Sarato-
ga. The younger Cowan was q Barn.
burner a third of q century ago. He Is
now an old man with silvery locks, buI
is still full of fire and vigor. He wa
making speech in favor of Wilcoxen'
reso .ution. 1t was eenei al in its tom
and abounded in humor. In illustrating
how many excellent candidates for Gov
ernor there were In the great Democratic
party of the State, he happened to re
mark, as though by mere accident, that
the gentleman now In the chair of the
Convention would make first rate Gov
ernor. Many of the delegates laughed
heartily at the suggestion and began to
applaud. Cowan caught the idea and
before he himself was aware of it, he
had moved the unanimous of Governor
John g. Jacobs by reclamation. The
anti-Robinson men began to cheer. The
Tammanyiies rose to their feet and
swung tliciI udtS, tuC S1iiciiOo oOhe uoWh
responsive thunder note, and soon about
three-quaI ters of the Convention were
standing and shouting wildly, and call
lug for the secretary to put the motion.
and he did, and he declared it carried
without dissenting voice. All this
while Jacobs was on his feet with the
gavel in his hand, evidently struck dumb
with amazement at finding himself thHs
,uddenly nominated for Governor of the
Empire State.
All of this proved to be out Of order.
Yet it had quite upset the Convention,
and ere it had settled down, motion to
adjourn was made. The Robinson men
opposed it, and then came the first test
vote of the convention. The roll was
called, and the affirmative stood 1855,
and the negative PIT. This
gave the friends of the Governor q
majority of 81. The Kings County del
egation ali voted against the adjuurn-
ment. That delegation numbers 26. II
they had voted The other way the vot-
would have stood 202 in the affirmative
to 1S1 in the negative, giving the anti
Robinson men majority.
Then the vote on the candidates was
taken, the delegates answering one by
one to their names as called. Not more
than twenty had IT sponded before Mr..
| Augustus Schell announced that Tam
m any would withdraw from the Conven-
ton, and the Tammany delegates walk
ed out. The roll call was then ended and
Gov. Robinson received 243 votes, Gen.
Slocu.n SO v ties, Mr.. Clarkson N. Potter
one voc, and Mr.. Horatio Seymour one
vote. Gov. Robinson was declared nom
inatt d. In the evening, the old State
ticket was reDominated, with the excep
ton of Mr.. Dorsheimer, in whose place
Mr.. Clarkson N. Potter was substituted
Meantime Tammany Hall, followed
by delegations from several other coun-
ties that had not been admitted to the
Convention, and several scattering dis
,atsfied delegates who had been admit
ted, held a meeting, aud decided to call
a Convention in the evening. At this
Convention David Dudley Field presid.
ed. Several speeches were delivered in
justification of Tammany's course, and
a commit ee 10 nominate a candidate was
appointed. When this committee re.
ported in favor of John Kelly there
was great cheering, and he was de-
clared to be the nominee. He accepted
in speech directed mainly against Gov
Robinson. The appointment of q com.
mttee to consider the subject of nomi.
mating full ticket ended the proceed
ings in Mr.. Kelly's Convention.
THE "LITTLE DUKE"