, 1879-03-16
Protesting Delegates Shut Up
with a Good-Sized
Stick.
The Socialists Select Or. Schmidt
as Their Candidate for
Mayor.
4 Beautiful Case of Corruption
Before the Democratic
Committee.
Republican Ratification Meetings-General
Fee]ing that the Dams Are
Beaten.

0EdLGus
THE DEMOCRATS.
TnE1R c1Tr CONVENTION.
The Democratic City Convention WIS hello
yesterday morning in Uhlich's Hall. It's make
N was the result OF an experiment On the part
the better element of the party,-an expert
mtnt, primarily, to keep down the number oi
delegates, and secondarily. to t'tone up'' the
crowd 50 that none, or hardly none, but the re-
soectable brauch should stand on guard and sec
Tint the party towers aud bulwarks didn't bulge
ont or lean over backwards, so to speak. In
order to accomplish this result, several e1pe-
dtcnts were resor1ed to. In the first place, the
basis OF representation was cut down to one
delegate to every 500 votes cast for Tildcn and
Hendricks, the effect OF which was to make the
number Of delegates sixty-eight. With so
small tonrention, only small hall Was neces-
ssry, particularly SO whcu, by the adoption OF
the ticket scheme of admission, war Of exter-
mination was made on the outside horde
which perennially plants itself I'D against
convention doors, and, once inside,
makes itself both heard and felt,-and often
times smelt, too. To carry out the beneticent
proyisiops OF the ticket scheme it was necessary
to have tickct~taker, and to prevent 1ows be-
tween that individual and the thronging gang
outside who weren't equipped in the proper
wedding garments it was also necessary to
fank him BY squad OF bluecoats, fourteen in
number, with Lieut. Hathaway in charge. The
result was that the hall vas given up pretty
much to the delegates, the few outsiders admit
ted being the q tspromincuts' - OF the party whom
It we're rank ingratitude to force to the rear-
The delegates themselves we're, as rule, an
Improvement on the average voting part Of q
Democratic Convention, although the "pecu1-
liar' element that abounds in the Fifth, Sixth,
Seventh, Eighth, and Seventeenth Wards was
bv no means unrcprcscnted. the super-respect-
able element having apparently forgotten that
It Was just as possible tu get as highly con-
lensed an extract of badness to the square
Inch IN small convention as in large one, the
only difference being that the number OF SQUARE
inches was limited By the reduced size Of the
crowd. On the whole, however, the makeup
nj the Convention WAS above the average, and
the Central Committee should have some credit
for that
EoTABLEs-
In glancng around the hail. the 1ooker-on
from the platform saw, among those present as
tpectators or Delegates, Perry Il. Smith, Capt.
Miles kchoe F. A. Hoffman, Jr., ex-Ald-
Carney, Commissioner Fitzgerald, Charley
Cameron, Commissioner Bradley, Frank A!g
new, Michael Kelley, Austin Doyle, Henry
4ckhot1 Ed Phillips, Arao Voss, Charley Hing,
ney, ex-Justice Boyaen, Nike Corcoran, Pat
Rafferty,. AID. Riordan, George Evcrhardt,
Olaf Mechei, Philip Conlcy, cx-Ald- O'Brien,
u. 1. La Buy, c. c. COPELAND. Mike Evans, 4:
]. Sullivan, John Forsythe, Egbe1t Jameson,
Nv DIT v},a%+1
Waiter McDopald, ex-Ald. Cannon, AID: Cul..
lerton. John Garrlck. ". J. nynes, Col. Baldwin,
I. 7. Gurucy, and Aid. afcCatfrcY.
TIE CONVENTION WAS CALLED TO ORDER
By Tom Courtney, Chairman Of the City Central
Committee, at II o'clock-an hour late, when
he1e we're less than third OF the delegates in
their seats. He nominated John Mat1otks for
slect without paying attention to J. c. Hitch
aock's Il Mr.. Chairman" There we're no" nays"
aud Mr. Mattocks took the gayel. All he
lam was that he would give the
delegates five minutes to take their
teats,-about half of them we're in the
the doors closed. This announcement had some
tt1ect- The stxtr-eight chairs were soon nearly
I'll occupied, and scouts were sent ont to the
saloons 10 hunt up the missing del
egates- When all but half dozen had been
brought IN, the anger OF the Chairman was
NN ~ 1~~AA4:@ AeA'%N @>AH"o ~ eA"'A@~As AZ
the back part OF the room,-men who had |
slipped in. He 'swent for - the police, and said
They must obey his orders while he presided. |
Unless ther kept out al. except delegates and |
members Of the Central Committee, they would
be requested to retire, aud others be put in |
their place. |
At hal1-p II the Convention began its busi- !
1ess, the first thing being the selection Of Henry |
!. Merritt and Thomas Cavanagh for Secre- |
ss11es-
A Committee on Credentials was then ap-
pointed, and, at the suprestion OF the Chair, |
her we're also Instructed to report permanent
othcc7s There we're several contests, and 1t re-
guired half an hour to settle them, tic Couven-
ton in the mean time taking what Perry Smith |
lalled An s'informal recess" Mr. Smith had
'sarted s'gin mill ~ il a small room near by:
eock, two bottles of whisky, which some Of /
he delegates disposed OF in au tinfornlal' !
ray. Those not invited wandered of to more
'nblic places and drank in a formal way,-tlat
$, paid for their 'sbittcrs,'' unless they we're
Inown and the barkeepcr had slate.
WORE WAS REsuMED
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refe nresenr 1he Ci,n;r 81 rinr 1t,at he didn't |
hink he was under any obligations to wait for
The Committee then reported, giving seats to
be ''rcgulars,'' and there was no disputing