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night with all the force of language at
his command, that If you shall dare 70
nominate certain man he (kelly) ana
his friends will bolt again Cries Oh
"put him out!' and confusion Again.
in 'front.' of a hotel here, he said that :" II
you nominate Samuel j. Tilden ne
(Kelly) and his friends will nominate
separate electoral ticket A voice in
the gallery: $50 they will" Laughter
and applause The galleries speak
more plainly than men upon this plat.
form; but out OF mouths of babies and
fools we shall arrive at correct concur
sions. In conclusion, ask. dare you
deny to the sovereign State OF New
York the right you SO proudly and justly
demand for yourself. ICheers.] Dare
you violate her person, and trample her
sovereignty in the dust-for the whole
question is whether you will give the
State of New York the right to decide
ler own representation, or take that de-
cision AS picked up in the streets OF Gin
cinnati. or as given by delegates from
sister States. He appealed to Sou'h
Carolina and the other Southern delega-
tions. rs advocates OF States rights. TO
stand by the principle involved. The
individual delegates sitting here nom
New York were of secondary import
ance, but beware how you smite the
face of the queen State OF the North.
[ Applause].
Mr.. Westbrook, of New York, occu'
pied the five minutes remaining 10 the
minority. II had made no difference,
he said, what had caused the split in
New York, but it exists. United we
stand, divided We fall, and the real
question is how we can best secure union
and victory. He hoped such action
would be had here rs would secure to
the party Tammany Halls fifty thou
sand votes, so necessary to success. IL
was well for the party that Tammany
Hall was this time in the control OF so
honest and sound n man as John Kelly:
TAppiause and Kisses But he could
moi control il he would the large num-
Der OF dissatisfied Democrats who are
al his back il the convention should
fail TO deal Justly and generously with
them. He continued for some time 10
plead earnestly the wisdom OF giving
the contestants partial representation In
the convention as a means OF enabling
them to control their forces for the sake
of the cause.
Mr.. Peckham, of Albany, followed
for the majority report. II was votes
that the party wanted and must have.
How were they TO be procuredP In
1875. after the st. Louis convention had
nominated Tilden for President lCheersJ
Lucius Robinson was nominated and
elected Governor of New York. In the
honest discharge OF his official duty as
governor he removed the county clerk
of New York, This led to a declaration
of war by Tammany against Robinson.
The Democrats of the rural districts de-
termined to stand by Robinson and re-
nominated him, whereupon Kelly an6
Tammany Hail nominated another ,an-
didate, stabbed Robinson to the heart.
and elected Cornell. And now with
hands still bloody they come here 10 ask
Won in the interest of harmony TO dis
franchise the regular delegates who are
sitting here. Grant their demand and
the gentleman from Texas will be howl
ing louder in the wilderness Tor votes
than he is now. Applause. j The
Democrats OF New York would never
submit to such treatment. Votes were
not to be had in any such way. Zap
plause:
Mr.. Young. of Georgia, rs chairman
of the committee on credentials, closed
the debate with three minutes speech.
The committee had found only one
regular delegation here from New York,
and they had recommended their adj
mission. Tilden was not before this
convention. CApplause. For one he
wished to God he was. Applause.l
Tue question was simply rs TO who
ware the rightful representatives OF
New York.
The chair said that the question was
first upon substituting the minority for
the majority report, and ordered the roll
called.