New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-13
NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES.


TANuANY HALL EXCLUDED-THE PERMANENT
CHnRMAN's sPEECH-DANIEL MANNlNGs
"sIATED OF CANDmATEs-INTEREsTING CON
TEST OVER STATE TREAsURER-A JUDGE NoNii-
MATED FROM GEOGRAPHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBuNE.i
ALBANY, Oct. 12.-The Democratic CohNehllon
assembled this morning in quiet mood far' Vi
the gathering il Tweddle Hail. especially that part
of IL in the gallery had the appearance OF having
,valad nm with n swelled head. Indeed, if common
fame is ever a trustworthy source of information
mart of il had been put to bed last night with lts
boots on. The Jeffersonan floor Founders had again
in some mysterious manner secured possession oi
the front row of the gallery, but their grip on ther
canes was rather nerveless and the pounding during
the entire day was never such to do real credit
to the New-York County Democracy as an organl-
zaiion.
by Mr.. Hill. and the report of the Committee on
Contested Seats promptly demanded. This was
made bv Mr. Peckham and confirmed of course the
New-York delegation in their seats Mr. PeckhaIns
announcement upon which he took care TO lay
STRESS that this done on the ground OF ther
regularity" as an organization, was received py
the New-Yorkers in the gallery with applause, and
the two blue flags of the delegation that were held
at the side of the stage by two coored opponents VI
Tammany were waived toward the audience. MIR.
Peckham moved the previous question upon the
adoption of the report, and it was unanimously
adopted Further applause from the disciples Oh
Jefferson.l The Committee on Permanent Organl-
cation then reported. Erastus Brooks was an
nounced as chairman. When the name was put 10
vote Their, was clear "No" from Daniel Magone.
once head of the Tilden Canal Commission and
chairman of the Democratic State Committee.
1t is well known there considerable dssatisfac-
ton with the selection of Mr.. Brooks, because OF
his former prominence as a Know Nothing, but Mr..
Magone was the only representative of the religion
which Mr. Brooks once helped TO prescribe who eX-
pressed il openly Mr.. Brookss allusion in his speech
to the fraud of 1876 " was very mildly received.
The reference to desire for union and harmony in
the party was generously applauded by the same
men who had Just turned the representatives Of
great body of Democrats out of doors. Mr.. Oney,
of New-York then reported the platform ltwas read
by an llerate reading secretary named Jobes, from
New-Ycrk who pronounced legislature legislator
and electoral electOral' and at intervals there
after called upon delegates to raise" in their seats
when voting The Convention took the platform
quietly as it did pretty much everything else, and
oeomargarine did not seem to be regarded as
burning issue.
THE FIRST VOTE on CANDIDATES
The Convention had now reached the order OF
nominations, which was to show how thoroughly
ton. had the body under his control William Pur-
cell was presented for Secretary of State by William
O. Rowley and ex-senator Herman, and then Sena-
tor Jacobs rose and moved, on behalf of the Kings
County delegation, that the nomination be made by
acclamaton. 1t seemed about to 90 through. but 1t
was well understood that Charles Hughes. the long
bearded ex-senator from Washington County, was
too angry with the leaders to give them this salts
faction. ]. NJ. Whitman, of Washington, presented
Hat 10 hat
tleman himself paced back and forth in the space
behind the dress circle like the wild and rest
less lion of the menagcre. He kept look
ing across the seats at his spokesman and stroked
his red beard as he walked. Judge Davis, of War
rem then tried to induce the Convention to nOInn-
ate Mr.. Hughes by saying that the "rocks in War
rem County would cIy out if they would only do it,"
and also urged it for the sake OF the poor widows
and orphans of our section of the State" The Con-
yention laughed heartily at this and so did General
Hughes. X. S. Stevens of Wyoming County. was
also presented a candidate. The roll call showed
that number of the original Tilden men would not
accept Mr.. Purcell even to carry the State. Such
radical Tilden men as William Beach, of Onondaga,
and W. W. Gordon of Delaware, voted for Hughes
The roll call showed 25S votes for Purcell, SO for
Hughes and Ia for Stevens. Mr. Purcelps nomina-
ton made unanimous
George H. Lapham of Yates, was quickly nomln-
ated for Controller. Darius Ogden proposed him
Mr. Olney seconded him in neat speech declaring
that he would be a fit successor to Azariah Flagg
and Lucius Robinson, and he then nominated
by accamation.
When the nomination of Attorney-General was
reached half dozen candidates were presented in
more or less labor lous speech. They were Roswell
A. Parmenter. G. Thomas Spriggs James w. Covert,
Lewis S. Bundy and the present Deputy Attorney
General William B.Ruggles On the roll call the New
York delegation carried out to a limited extent
their policy of splitting up the vote. Clarkson \.
Potter was loudly applauded when he voted for
james w. Covert. The vote stood: Parmenter.
221; Ruggles, 2l; Covert, 57; Spriggs. So Bundy,
16.
STRUGGLE OVER STATE TREASURER
Then came the only real contest of the Con ven
tion and one which was attended with considerable
excitement-that between Robert A. Maxwell and
William H. Catlin for State Treasurer Here some
thing of the feeling of the friends of candidates
who had been left off the "slate" cropped out in
bitter speeches. J. L. Childs, OF Seneca, who pre-
sented the name of NJ. d. Mercer, congratulated the
delegates with marked irony that zone nomination
had been left to the Convention" Alluding to the
well-understood fact that the "sate" made up by
the leaders contained nomination for State
Treasurer, "There is no machinery in Mr. Mercers
nomination." said Mr.. ChiIds. 1t was not to be
run through If it had been concocted at the Del
avan or somewhere ese." The name of Maxwell was
presented by Myron s. Peck. of his own county,
and that of Mr.. Catlin by Ciarkson N Potter in q
brief and well-considered speech, before making
which Mr.. Potter compelled to listen for
cral minutes TO the hearty applause of the Conven
tion. Elliott Danforth, of Chenango County, was
also nominated. An unusual number of speeches
were made for Catn and Maxwell. Edgar X. Apgar
was put into the Niagara delegation to speak for
Maxwell. John G. Jacobs made q stirring speech for