, 1880-06-24


Texas, that there was no single eie- !
1nent Of regularity wanting in the case
Of the sitting members. Lie WIS ~ dull |
throughout as he promised to be- In the OPEN |
ing, but when he sat down there wns nothing !
left OF the Tnmmany claim but m empty /
sentiment. lie said that the Kelly faction mp |
peared here "guilty OF having walked over
the slaughtered body OF tho Democratic |
party" and that It "ttad no claim except the |
fact that 1t had had strength enough to de-
feat ita own party in its own State" lie |
charged that Kelly had said hero in this |
city thut ta
would NOT suP1oKT SAMUEL J.>TnDKN
in the event Of his nomination, and that, In
the event OF snch nomination, the Kelly fac-
tton would make a boiling nomination. His
personalities lost him The car of the audience,
and lie retalfatett By sneering at the galleries.
He closed by defytng tire Convention to deny
to tho sovereign State Of New York the right
held sacred by every delegation on the floor.
"Dare you," exclaimed he, "yfolate her So
cred personT' This peculiar style created a
laugh. ue recovered himself In an elucfda-
tfon of tho great doctrine Of State1fEhts,
and retired amid generous applause.
F. L.Westerbrook, Of Kingston, N.Y.. closed
! for the minority. lie defended Tammany
| Hail, eu1ogized John Kelley, and pleaded for
harmony. Ills speecI, was dull, and had no
| effect upon either the Convention or the
audience, and the delegates began to CAUCUS
actively on the approaching vote.
Peckham. Of Albany, supported the mt
tority report. He opened by echotnE the
statement Of Hubbard, of Texas, that It Is
| votes that we WANT; but declared the ques-
| tion to be ''how to get then." referring to
tho "elcction of Tllden' In 1885," Ao was
greeted with great cheers from
TIE riLpEN COHORTS
on the floor md tho galleries. uo proceeded
to review tho history Of New York Demo-
| cratic politics, rohect1ng seriously upon
Kelly md tho Tammanyftes, These refer
ences to history md reflections upon Kelly
were. received Will, mingled cheers and
Kisses. He concluded with the stercotyped
promise to give tho thirty-aive Electoral
votes Of the Empire State TO the nominee Of
the Convention"
Gen. Young, OF Georgia, Chairman Of the
Committee, wns given three minutes to close
the debate. Ills chief point was that tho sit
ting delegates wcre the only ones possessing
| credentials. ltWns said that the contestants
would bolt Tllden; but Tilden wasn't before
this Convention. lfor one, +" the Georgian went
on, "would to God he was." OF course this
was only another Ttlden feeler, and the yells
In response told him how To talk. In closing,
lie read tho call for the State Convention,
and made the point that Kelly had threatened
tnen anu SINCE 70 Doll llloen.
Ine convention WIS apparenuy elao "nen
the speeches from tho platform we're oYer,
and the Chairman announced the question to
oe On tae suost11utlon :1 ot uie mnlo1its LUZ 'no
ma]ot'S report 1hete WIS
oooi, DEAL oF huz1iAu,
aFoand among 1ne oe!eeapes PREVIOUS 70 a1lo
da1lng INC taklnE OF tne Tote, ana uo p1nSe-
lY.ets on pot" e'aeS "e,e osIsY as I oees' LUZ
Votes OF compa.attFe1y ieW o'ates, now,
ever, soon sno"eo no" IL WIS solng' a1a
AFTER TINT put very little interest was taReh
IN me result me Ciefk 1na!l5 announced
the deatif-knel! to al1 q John keiy's hopes
IN tlls convention IN me overwhelming vote
OF 4o7 nays 10 2tof yeas Inc minority re-
port was smashed; John Kelly was out
In tho cold. and the majority fopoIt
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