The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1880-05-01
NEW YORK CONVENTIONS.
Mr.. Tilden Controls the Reg ulars.
Sending AN Uninstructed Del
egatfOn 10 Cincinnati.-
Overtures OfPeace
from the Kelly
Convention
rejected.

SYRACUSE, April 90.
The regular convention finished its
work half an hour after midnight.
1t worked with perfect smoothness to
the very end, and although there
we're vigorous protests against the
unit rule, it prevailed Ms it has for a
score of years. The resolutions do
not instruct for any candidate, but
promise support to the Cincinnati
Conventions nominee. This, the
Tilden men claim, leaves the Kelley
men in the attitude of contesting
the action of a set of men who have
promised in advance to support the
nominee. whoever he may be, while
the Kelly men themselves refuse to
be bound by the result if Dir. Tilden
is the nominee. The Tilden men are
in great glee over their tactics and
their manner of handling the con
vention so as to leave Kelly in the
worst possible shape. 1t is considered
by politicians here to be mastery
stroke.
- On test vote, which was reached
early in the proceedings of the regu
lar convention, the Tilden men had
295 votes and the opposition So
That is the story of the day in nut
shell. Up to midnight little except
routine business had been done. The
hitch was in the action of the com
mittee on credentials over admitting
certain delegations. There was a
disposition to humer the opposition
and the action of the State committee
in throwing out all except the Tilden
men was sharply reviewed. The
question occupied the entire day. la
the meantime the convention proper
killed time by speeches, taking adj
tournaments and running over to the
Kelly Convention. Tilden's MAORI
ty in the convention was so
overwhelming that there remain
ed little but to carry out his
programme after the contests were
settled. That the regulars were will
ing to make large concessions to the
contestants was plain by the liberai-
ty with which they were admitted to-
day and the prolonged session over
the subject this evening. The com
mite might have thrown out every
contestant to the Tilden men and
fini she'd its work in five minutes and
the convention would have sustained
it, ra
The Kelly Convention in conceded
to have been a failure, although its
leaders say that the purpose for
which it was called has been accom-
plished. twas utterly without spirit
and devoid of enthusiasm Kelly
made a speech, in which abuse of
Tilden and the regular Democracy
predominated His convention sent
a resolution to the regular convention
asking that committee of sixteen
be appointed to confer with a SINH
lar Tammany committee in the inter-
est of harmony, but up to the time Of
the Kelly mems adjournment sine
die no notice was taken of the re-
quest 1t was not even read to the
convention, but was referred to a com
mittee. This made the Kellyites
very angry indeed. They said that
they had offered the olive branch and
it had been spurned, and consequent
ly the failure of restoration of har-
mony must rest at the door Of the
Tilden wing. The Tilden men an
swered this by saying they have moth
ing to do with boilers. The only
point of difference in the Kelly Con-
vention was over the manner of Sc
lecting Presidential electors, one par
ty being for putting the subject in
the hands of The State committee and
the other for letting the delegates of
each Congressional district name
their elector. The latter plan pre-
vailed. The tone of the convention
was abuse OF Tilden.