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NEW YORK REPUBLICANS,
The Convention To-day.
KEARNEY'S THREATS
A Gallows on the Sand Lots.
COMING CRISIS IN RUSSIA.
NEW YORK REPUBLICANS.
The Convention To-day.
KEARNEY'S THREATS.
A Gallows on the Sand Lots,
COMING CRISIS IN RUSSIA.
NEW YORK REPUBLICAN CON-
VENTION.

UTICA. n. Y, Feb 25.-Shortly after 10 O'Clock
Gen. Arthur called the convention to order.
When, in calling the roll. Albany county was
called, Senator Forster moved that the creden-
tials of William II. Sltngerland and his twelve
associates and the petition Of Hamilton Harris
and his twelve associates be referred to the
committee on contested seats when appointed.
n. NJ. Curtis seconded the motion. Chas. r.
Spencer raised the point of order that no buSi-
ness could be done, the convention not having
been organized. The chair decided that the
point was well taken. Mr.. Forster appealed
from the decision of the chair and called for the
yeas and nays. [Applause.l But Gov. Hoskins
moved to lay the appeal on the table, and the
motion was carried with only few votes in the
negative. The secretary then proceeded with
the roll call.
Mr.. Forster appealed from the decision Of the
chair and he proceeded to speak, but the chair
decided that he could not speak yet, except by
unanimous consent. MI. Forster asked unani-
nous consent, but there were objections all over
the house. Senator Forster insisted that the
convention had the right to determine what
should be the roll OF the convention.
Mr.. Woodford moved that everybody have the
freest right to say whatever he chose in this
convention.
Senator Woodn insisted that the proper time
to discuss these questions of the regularity OF
delegates was when the committee on contested
seats had made its report The roll call pro-
ceeded until the I'd district of Kings was called.
When Kings county was reached, Joseph
Reeves, of Kings, said he did not know how
delegates whose names were read got on the
list, but he had the only credentials in this city
to-day of the second district of Kings
county. The chair said the secretary had
TIE credentials of delegates on the list, and
alter arc teS the names ns had @ passed de upon pom
by the state committee and by its orders. Jacob
Worth, of Kings, said it was at his request in
the state committee that the delegates appear
on the regular list were placed there. The state
committee had evidence that the convention
which nominated the contestants was not regu-
larly called and not regularly held. [CrteS of
''shame :" Kisses and applause.l
Mr.. Reeves said the original call authorized
him, and no other, to call the convention to
order.
Gen. Woodford rose to a point of order that
the matter should be referred to the committee
on credentials. The chair decided the point
well taken.
Mr. James johnson, of Brooklyn, rose, and,
flourishing his cane above his head, denounced
MIR. Jake Worth as traitor to his party, saying
he killed the republican nominees last fall and
worked with the democrats. At this point he
was interrupted by Kisses and cries OF shame"
When Oneida was called, ex-senator Lowery
presented the credentials OF a contested delega-
ton, saying the credentials had been given by
the only convention in the first Oneida Srict,
regularly held to elect delegates to the state
Mr. Forester moved that the roll be corrected
and the names upon Mr.. Lowery's credentials
be substituted for these now on the roll.
The chair decided that the motion was out OF
order, and directed the contesting papers to be
referred to the committee on credentials when
appointed.
MI. w. d. clarke presented Iue creueltldlS VI
the contesting delegation from the second dis
trict of Oneida; which were also referred to the
committee On credentials.
Stephen B. French. of New York. nominated
tor temporary chairman Hon. Chas. E. Smith,
of Albany. The nomination was received with
applause, and was. made"unauimous. During
his remarks on taking the chair, an allusion
to Grant at AppomatOX Court House was re-
celved with great applause.
Mr. Foster said his district had selected
unanimously two delegates. we believe, as the
chairman has said, that we should have presi-
Dental candidate before whom rebellion dare
not raise its horrfd head; we believe that James
G. Blaine is such man. [Great and long con-
tinued applause.l
Nj: Forster, said we need not 60 out Of New
plause.l We can find one In Ohio. zap
plause.l But among all these peers among
others. GApplause and mingled cries OF
Conkling and Blaine.l mean that name which
stands as the God of battles, Ulysses S. Grant.
[Great applause.l l believe it will be Grant;
believe that the imperial state of New York will
go and ought to go to Chicago and express its
Imperial will as unit IAppause.[