New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-01
permit the exPresidant to be put In nomination by
q series of Tammany tactics.
TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN SELECTED.

| q series of Tammany tactics.
A TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN SELECTED.
After the committee to select the candidate fol
the necessary chairman of the Convention. which
consisted of Messrs. Chandler. Forbes. Cooper
Mccormick, Platt and Jones, returned, they
announced that they had selected the
Hon. George F. Hoar. Messrs. Platt and
Jones reserved the right for themselves and Others
| to oppose Mr.. Hoar's election on the floor OF
the Convention if at the time they thought best to
do so. On this understanding Mr. Hoar was elected
| UiUd COce.
| this Committee. Mr.. William f. Chandler to call
| the Convention to order in case the Chairman OF
the National Committee IS absent or unable 10 per-
form that duty.
THE CONTEST RESUMED.
After this matter had been disposed Of Governor
Mccormick introduced resolution, of which the
following is the text
That Tho calling to GsHT nd aiding
tionai i"0 CONVENTION OF 1850. the Chairman Of
this committee respectfully requested, In any rulings
orgSnzstion to recoSmze the right Of every individual
member to vote his individual sentiments upon every
Senator Cameron absolutely refused to entertain
the resolution or to entertain ON appeal from
his decision. In so doing, when one
of the Committee said that the resoln-
tion was respectful in the extreme,
Senator Cameron admitted that, but
Tuf1y said that no such suggestion had ever been
made to q previous chairman.
There was sharp cross fire of remarks
between the small factions in the commit
tee. Amid great excitement some of
the Grant men said the committee had no right to
express an opinion on the unit rule.
"Have we no right. as members of this commit
tee to express an opinion at all I" said some of the
anti-Graht men.
mo, no right" was tho insoent reply of the
lis the Chairman the entire Committee :" wa
Senator Cameron reioined "No. he is only
single member of the committee, but he, assumes
the responsibility for taking this groupB,dD. ..;a
"Will the Committee undertake to instruct
the State of New-York bow to voter To which
to instruct the committee how to votef'
All this time the scene in the com
excitement aa;tes OO the majority Of the commit
tee being equally overcome with aston
ishment and anger at the course OF the
less.
AN EXCITED CROWD
Meanwhile the door Of the Committee
room was surrounded with q dense crowd.
Every word of tidings that come
through was easily caught up, while in the street
outside crowd watched the impassioned gcsticu-
lat ons of the speakers through the glass window.
A prominent member Of the committee
said that Cameron and his followers
pursued the policy, through the proceedings
of allowing the minor matters to go
through without division, in order that
they might mako an appearance OF being
fair, while on the other they sought to give the
country the impression that Colonel McCormick's
resolution was grossly improper, and therefore the
chairman justified IN refusing to entertain it.
THE CONFLICT DEFERRED.
Later-The National Committee has taken O re
until 12 o'clock, noon. tomorrow.