Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-03-27
NEW YORK POLITICS.
Meeting of Democratic State
Committees.

NKw lOgE, March 20 The Tam
many State CummitteG met IN seCret
session this afternoon. Ii was stated
that tlG cumlnlitGeG were awaiting tue
action Of tho Democratic representative
convention, which was IN session, Res
olutions were passed, however, calling
three delegates from every Assembly
district to attend the convention, aud
giving the executive committee Ot the
State committee authority to name the
time aud place ol holding the cunyrn-
tiun. Word Was received from the dil.
erent Assembly districts stating that
thclr organization was complete aud sat
isiactury. Ii seemed o. bc thc general
feeling OF the politicians present that
they were IN favor ul the nominee ui
the convention aud utterly opposed To
TildGn. The country mcmbcrs, how
ever, advised that the proceedings bo
deliberate aud sale,
The Democratic State CummIttcc met
this afternoon 10 Tx the time and place
Tor holding the State Convention. \
formal call was adopted Tor sending
delegates tu the State Convention, bat
the time aud place were lett vacant.
The call sets forth that the object ui the
state Convention u Ia choose delegates
10 represent the state ia the Demo
cratic National Convention at Clucu-
uati 4 substitute which had been
offered Tor this WAS defeated. THIS sub
stltutr designated the ci,y ui Utica aS
the place and the 9lh ul June ~ tnc
time IL declared that Democratic dil.
icrences should ha forgotten IN order
that all might unite ia supreme Clluu
L. save the republic, aud recommended
that the Irving hall organization aud
the Iammany Hall body should unite
and Jointly elect delegates to the state
Convention, aud assert her TrcumWru-
daiiun that uu delegates hc received lrum
this city 10y the state Convention who
should represent al organization which
refused u arrrdr to tins rrCummcuda,
tluu when the Other organization IA
that district should have shown itself
ready Ia acccdc.
4 subcommittee ul live was appoint
ed to hll the blanks on the adopted rJil,
aud resolution WAS passrd providing
that the Convention WAS Ia hc Cailri ne
tween tho 2Olh ul April and iHr lot ul
MAY, aud that twenty dav, should clapsc
between the ISSUE ui thc call aud the
Convention.
Charles X. Grlunls, OF l'tIca, one ui
the committee, madc an addrss IA
favor of Utica as the place for the Con.
yvnIiuu. Tie understood that Spwc ul
lilr delegates were afraid Governor Ncy.
monr would cndcayur To- hv placed IA a
position to control the Convention II 1t
was held there, but lac could state that
the Governor would not hc u candidate
in any sense before the Convention aud,
while MIR. Seymour dad not feel disposed
to give his views to newspaper inter
yicwors who called on him, Il
was understood and known to the
friends IT that gentleman that under uu
circumstances would ho consent 10 hca
candidate before the National CuuVcn-
ton The committee then adjourned
tIus de.
Tue committee then won't into secret
session. Its members stated that no
conclusion would BE- arrived at tonight
IL Was stated, on good authority that
three members II the sub committee
favored Syracuse and Of them Utica,
and that thc reason the subcommittee
was appointed VAS to lurrslail the
rammany state Committee IN
hiring a hall and engaging all
tue hotel accommodations IN the place
designated iur the State Convention, as
It had been stated that the Tammany
body were going to hold their state
Convention at the same place as tho
regular Democracy selected, II vas said
that Mcssrs Purcell, Puuch,r and Beach
Nrro the most prominent mtI-illJcn
men uu thc state Committee, that Star
buck Vas strong Tor rildcn, aud that the
remaining members OF the committee
we're ior the success ol the Democratic
party. were friendly to rldcu, but would
vote Tor the beat interests OF the nemoc'
TufE