The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-10-13
THE DEMOCRACY.
The New York Democratic State Con.
Nen;iOn Continues in Ses.
sion AT Albany.
Both the Tammany and Irving Hall
Delegations are Excluded
and Leave.
A Permanent Organization Effected
and the Nominations Made
Last Evening.
A Series of Resolutions Adopted and
Perfect Harmony Prevailed.
Erastus Brooks Permanent Chairman.
From the New York Convention.

business of the convention is at a standstill |
in consequence of the resolution of
the committee ON credentials, to meet |
at O'Clock to hear contestants
from New York. The committee has con. |
sented to allow those hours for discussion. |
consequently the Tammany delegation,
which was ordered to be ready to start at . |
O'Clock tomorrow morning, has now re- |
ccivGd word to countermand preparations, |
and wait the report of the committee. Two /
and hall o'clock tomorrow afternoon is |
now mentioned as the probable hour of the |
departure of the Tammanyites.
ALBANY, October II. The convention was
called to order at II m. by Lester h. Faulk- |
ener. ID. H. Hill was elected temporary
chairman, without opposition. He read |
rom manuscript short address ON taking !
the char IN which he said, at will be our
first duty to adjust all questions affecting
the right to representation in this CunyCn-
tion, and It is to be hoped that they will he
arranged SO satisfactorily and thoroughly, |
and so plainly that they will he regarded as
settled, not only for to-day, but for all the
future. This forecast Of the action
.of the convention was received with
lively applause After the selection
of temporary socretuys, the roll was call
cd Faulkener, at the request of the con
tcrred direct to the committee ON Crcdcn-
tials carried viva voce, without opposition
Call proceeded and the names ofpTomincnt
politicians among the delegates were re-
cGlNed win mingled cheers and Kisses At
the conclusion of the call committees were
appointed and recess taken until o'clock
in the evening,
TAMMNNY EXCLUDED.
ALBANY, n. Y, October T., 1880 Il, M
| This morning the committee on.Crcdcntials
of the democratic convention decided To adj
NIT only the New York county delegation
| to the exclusion Of Ia ammnny and Irving
Hall delegates.
ALBANY, n, Y, October l2.--'rhc Tamma-
NY delegations will leave for New York at
3 o'clock. The weather is cold and very
bleak. The attendance in the gallery aud
on the stage is much thinner than yester-
day or last night Printed circulars signed
by cS-Committce Of the Orangcmcus demo-
cratic club, Of Brooklyn, were distributed
among the delegates addressed To the Kings
ounty doputation, and to mem
her, of the convention strongly
nnnro, ing any compromise with Tammany
oui ,r, uing tnnt their exclusion
will strengt, '"'''' ''"' "o"NoN '''c
IVV,H'i Thc rhair, aus c He'd the convention to
order oi in.S|a,I t',,, am, ounced that the first
business woAld he the rsi'o!t " uro Gn, Soin,
mittec ON coutesteL seats BeC khan, ir0m
the committee on ere, lentinls,, rep9rteV w M
contest which had beel.' considered, ana l'c
decision of the cOmmitte e. ,..,i,.,
Wheh the docl S.oii ,u,n. "u,ia'.lnB
only the n low York county democracy was
announced, there was I VIle oheeIllg,
though not very much. cchnsi,i nE eon'
cluded by moving the adopt, vi OF tne re-
port and asked the previous QUESTION
lhere was no opposition and Il. muGoI'
was unanimously carried. IA, ",,uas, s
rom the committee permanent org. ",,nd in,d
llon, presented his committees rel oi''
THE PERMANENT cHAinMAS.
ALBANY, October 12.--The name of Eras. /
tus Brooks, torpermanent chairman, was re-
celved with applause. The report wa,
adopted without dissent, and Mr.
Brooks on being conducted to the chair.
addressed the convention at considerable
length. Alter expressing abhorrenCe at the
CRIME which had deprived the country of lis
president he said; "lt is impossible To for
get at this. first meeting of tile democrats of
TINS state in state convention since ths de-
feat of our national standard-bcnrcr that
his vote in November last was some tbou.
sands in excess of the vote of the inaurn.
rated president. Nor can il escape 0nr
memories that in the canvass of 1876 dis.
tlhgnshed citizen. of our own common
wealth was president, by constitutional
electlon, both In theory and substance, and
by numerical ajority in excess of one.
fourth ofa million ofyotes. He said: at be.
comes the democratic voters of this state
neither to forget the past nor to forgive
an ollense which practically disfranchised
IWo states OF our union, and thousands of
American citizens in order to make man
president who received neither the constitu. {
'ional vote nor an honest election. The
present timeis propitious in. this state, at
east, Tor restoring power and responsibility
o the democratic party. He do. {
'lared the democratic principles I
brief to be honest elections, {
ionest men in office, honest money for the
people, with gold and silver as the only GER {
am standard of value, tariff for revenue (
which, while IL affords all the necess ary /
means for the liberal support of the govern. 4
nent, paying all its debts and meeting all !
Us oDlgations, gives ample protection to |
very great interest in the country;free ships d
ipoh the seas, by the restoration of that
american commerce lost to us by the I
olhes OF our national legislature, and home d
uc Tor our cities and as far as possible in Il
ur towns and counties. In the name of !
ight, justice and liberty, we also demand q
he diminution Of tsat central power in The Il
ederal government which makes states I
nd people servants of the federal patron. 1
ge and power. Reviewing the course of q
he republican party during the twenty I
ears in which it had held power, he com. S
nented upon its extravaganza in public ex O
endltures, of the fraud and corruption i
'hich had marked its course on the star a
QUITE swlndlc. They had cost the govern c
nent more than n million of dol d
irs in unnecessary taxation each year. He b
eierrcd to the attempted reduction of an IL
ropriations by the democratic senators d
II one session they did succeed in the re- b
uctlon OF appropriations of forty millions $,
ollars In this state when in power, dur.
" the five years of its control, the demo- d
ratio legislature reduced the state debt W
ON fitty-One millions to nine millions of
ollarsand state taxes from sixteen millions
ALBANY. n Y, October 12--The report
T the committee on resolutions after pledg. 81
" the party. to the principles set for il by q
le New York state democracy In "a 20 i,
nd 20, and 10 those of the st. Louis con. !,
ention, repeat the declaration that the n
coplo were defrauded OF the fruits of yicto- I
7 in the election Of '76, and assert they n
ere also defraudcd by fragrant corrup. b