New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-06
THE REPUBLICAN TlChE l.
,r Or THE STATE CONVENTION.

"., eoDator Ira Davenport, Of Steuoen county
At,ornoy-G General-I.eslie W. RUSSELL Vi 0'.
Treosurer-Janes ". Hustled, OF Wes'chcs'oi
rpgoeer and suryeyor-Silas SEYMOUR Oh "a" 80 y,
hhsno', o." 80 Crt n, Appeals-Francis NJ Fincn' Oh
Tompnns. ., .bo harmony
s .ho Convention until the question VI 'no
,eor0apizaton of the party III New
ond Kings Counties came up lite iaSV oN'"
&C. This caused much excitemepC anu
- b;+tor sneeches were made. The mauer
go fpo,lv laid on the table by vote OF z"Z
20 1o7 senator Warner Miller was elected
.o.anororv chairman, and Chauncey VI.
nanew nermauent chairman. The platform
wIcb was adopted deplores the oeath
of President Garfield, declares great confidence
~ President Arthur, and pledges him hrIn
.nonort Governor Cornell was praised LOT Ills
wisdom. prudence and economy l"ai 80
tion of corporations and individuals was in'h0'ou
upon.
.ssEWBIYING OF THE DELEGATES
cpowDs ABOUT THE ACADEMY OF MUsio-A Ne
oov,vo poDy OF MEN wITHIN-THE PROCEED
OF THE MORNING.
u takes n good deal of a convention 10 MAKE u"
,,nnression on New-York City. 10 throw an eAVi"
tbons nd of population into city that Is prooany
nv this time nearer a million and half thah "i,i
ion is a good deal like adding gram OIL s'hu ~ ~
the seashore and looking to see the sum o' swell
A few more groups the sidewalk IN iront Oh .1o
Fifth Avenue Hotel, little densr crown III 'no
iono corridor within thicker cloud of cigar smoke
tho,o have been about all the visible signs of the
nresence of the Convention by night. Yesterday
tbere was little but the crowd on the
sidewalks girding the Academy of Music to show
that any unusual event was in progress. Inc
orraogements for admission and the seating oil the
delegates which had been put under the sol" charSe
of Justice Solon b. Smith, were all wei mtoe'
Delegates and spectators alike were aOle 10 eh'3r
without delay, each found his seat reserved Tor h'
and there was no crowding or discomfort ahv-
where. The delegates and alterates rom each
di.tr1ct were grouped together. so tina the Con
yention spread itself over the entire parquet aud
the rising semicrce back of it. The boxes were
not all filed, and the only approach TO dense
,rovd was in the upper gallery. where there a
black mass of people looking down, many EN-
standing. There were many ladies in the boxes,
but few gentlemen of any prominence politically r
otherwise. Lewis Lawrence and A. b. Johnson Oh
Utica ocenpied a proscemum box with some Ladies )
Senator Astor sat in another and on the other SIDE
,f the bonse was Dewitt G.. Wheeler. The stage
was set with scene of chilling magnificence OF
III ,se vas' and faded interiors ID which the opefauc
aobiity who always seem TO have seen hetter times
,reaceustomed to DISPLAY their fallen grandeur. and
i've. If one may judge from the appearance OF the
ancestral furniture not to mention the ancestral
oilasters and the family portraits, in perpetual fear
,f their creditors The cold wind'crept through tbs
hiny canvas arches. and the company on
he stage. the distinguished less numerous than the
,bscure as is usual the case, turned up their coat
collars and shivered. The chilling draft was felt all
hpI hat
the boxes.
The Convention was a very intelligent-looking
,odv and showed many new faces. good many
If the warehouses missing. New influences
nave been at work in The caucuses. delegate
rom the interior said yesterday in speaking Of his
district that the Overturn there was caused by the
,lerqymen the deacons from the churches and other
.tizens O the same class who had never been in the
habit of attending primaries The number
IF intelligent and unfamiliar faces was
,oticeable. The Albany delegation held
The first row of the orchestra chairs to the
eft of the Chair. with John F. Smyth at
tbe head. The Richmond delegation was
aehind. still further 10 the left George
william Curtis hidden i'll the under the bal
,strade of the balcony. The New-York delegation
occupied the larger part of the balcony, George
Bliss sitting in one of the most conspicuous p aces.
On the right of the Chair. the second row of the
,rcbestra chairs sat Senator Woodin, General
Husted and Theodore NJ. Pomeroy side 10y side, all
,xpert parliamentarians, and evidently ready to
watch the interests OF the Garfield Republicans
General Sharpe, who to be the spokesman of
The Conkling men, had stationed himself in the
middle AISLE near the back of the parquet. On the
stage were a few well-known faces: Georse Daw
,on the veteran Editor of ihe Albany Journal Ellis
II. Roberts, General John n Knapp, Senator'S Hal
bert and Wagner, and Hamilton Fish, ir and at
the secretaries table, Edward NJ. Johnson and John
D. Vrooman clerks of tie two Albany Houses.
BY IL o'clock all the delegates were in their seats
After some waiting, ex-senator Platt appeared
npon the platform and was greeted with rumble
of applause. He was pale and seemed nervous He
eaIed the Convention to order with the usual
formula, and announced that prayer would be
offered by the Rev DR.. Hast ngs. When this was
concluded the roll-cail at once b gan. The call Of
the Albany delegation was interrupted by General
Nm. Curtis, of st. Lawrence, who raised his giant
form in the middle OF the house. TO the right of the
Chair. and made comprehensive announcement Of
contests in three districts of Kings County, three
IN New-York, one in 0swego, and all threein Oneida
No contest in Richmond was necessary, the
State Committee seeing the clearness of Mr. Cur
hs's title. had placed his delegation the roll.
There was little buzz of amusement during the
rollcall. when Mr.. Platt announced in hal lug,
hesitatng fashion. that Stephen b. French was
wanted ON the platform and If he would come for
ward the Chair would tell him what he was
wanted for" Mr. French promptly came forward.
The roll-cal of the New-York delegati was a re-
minder of the dearth Of distinguished men on that
delegation this year. AS a rule, the machine has
been glad to elect men of prominence like
Edwards Pienepont, L. w. Stoughton, Clar-
ence Seward and Others, but this year
only the local machine leaders seem to have been
chosen. When the Ist Oneida District was called,
the name of Roscoe Conkling was not heard. His
alternate, II. X. Pxey. had been substituted In his