The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-03-27
KILKENNY DEMOCRACY.
The Big Faction Fight in New York.
Meeting Of the Tammauy aud Regular
Democratic State Committees Yester.
day-Each Eyslnv the Other eau.
tlously-A Call For a State
Convention Issued.

NRw York, March 96.-The Tammany
State Committee met in secret session this
afternoon. 1t was stated that the Com
mittee were awaiting the action Of the
Democratic Regular Committee, which
was in session. Resolutions were passed,
however, calling three delegates from
every Assembly District to attend the
Convention, and giving the Executive
Committee OF the State authority TO name
the time and place for holding the Con-
vention. Word was received from the diff
ferent Assembly Districts, stating that the
organization was complete and satisiac-
tory. 1t seemed to be the general feeling
OF the politicians present that they were
in favor OF the nominee OF the Convention,
and utterly opposed to Tilden. The coun-
try members, however, advised that the
proceedings be deliberate and safe.
The Democratic State Committee met
this afternoon to fix the time and place for
holding the State convention. The formal
call wasadopted for sendingdelegates to the
State convention, but the time and place
left vacant. The call sets forth that the
object OF the State convention was to
choose delegates to represent the State in
the Democratic National Convention at
Cincinnati. The substitute which had
been offered for this was defeated. This
substitute designated the city Of Utica, as
the place, on the 9th OF June. 1t declared
that the Democratic differences should be
forgotten, in order that all might unite in
supreme effort to save the Republic and
recommended that the Irving Hall organic
zation and Tammany Hall body should
unite and jointly elect delegates to the
State convention, and assert her recon-
mendation that no delegates be received
from this city by the State convention,
who should represent the organization
which refused to accede to this recon-
mendation when the other organization
in that district would have shown itself
ready to accede.
A subcommittee OF FIVE was appointed
to fill blanks on the adopted call, and
resolutions passed providing that the con-
vention was TO be called between the Goth
OF April and the 1st OF May, and that 90
days should elapse between the issue OF
the call and the convention.
Charles K. Grannis, OF Utica, one OF
the Committee, made an address in favor
OF Utica as the place for the convention.
He understood that some OF the delegates
were afraid that Governor Seymour would
endeavor to be placed in position to con-
troll the convention il ii was held there,
but he could state that the Governor
would not be candidate in any sense be-
fore the convention, and while Mr.. Sey-
mour did not feel disposed to give his
his views TO the newspaper interyiewers
who called on him, it was understood
and known by the friends Of that genile-
man that under no circumstances would he
consent to be candidate before the Ma
tional Convention.
The Committee then adjourned Eine die.
The committee then went into secret
session, its members stating that no con-
clusion would be arrived at tonight. 1t
was stated on good authority that three
members OF the subcommittee favored
Syracuse and two OF them Utica, and that
the reason the subcommittee was ap-
pointed was to forestall the Tammany
State committee in hiring the hall and Gu
gaging all the hotel accommodations in
the place designated for the State Conven-
ton, as 1t had been stated that the Tam
many body were going to hold their State
Convention at the same place as the regu-
lar Democracy might select, 1t was said
that Messrs. Purcell and Beach were the
most prominent anti.Tilden men on the
State committee; that Mr.. starbuCk was
strong for Tilden, and that the remaining
members OF the committee were for the
success OF the Democratic party and were
friendly 10 Tilden, but would vote for tue
best interests OF the Democracy.