New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-06

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to the credit of President Garfield and in pressing
the prosecution to the full satisfaction OF justice,
| President Arthur may be assured OF the nearly ap-
prevail OF the people. ,
Fithly-'That we pledge President Arthur our
earnest support in every effort for the enforcement
OF Civil Service reform recognizing as we 90 tne Iac
that abuses In connection with the dlspensatioh Vi
( official patronage may be largely eliminated IL not
wholly removed. by wise and practicabie me'noos
| OF administration
Sizthiy-That the wisdom prudence and economy
| shown by Governor Aonzo b. Cornell during ms ms
administration OF the affairs OF the STATE ehrledo @
h@ to the thanks and gratitude OF tns
| his judicious exercise OF the ve,o power.
his stent enforcement Of h the feapIes. PTt,
discharge Of ali the duties Of his office have the
| development of the best qualities OF practlcapIe
s!atesmanship vindicated the wisdom Oh MS eiec'
| tion
Serenthly-That as the Republican party has al,
ways been identified with whatever was deemed
essential to the maintenance OF the commerciai su-
prenacy of the StaGc, we are In favor OF submitting
| to the people the question of making our canals
| prac ical.y free. -
Eiohthly-That we are in favor Of an equitable
system OF taxation tn Will reach corporations as
| well individuals, and that we are opposed 10 All
monopolies that oppress the people or unfairly d'-
crtIninate against local interests
MEETING OF THE STATE COMMITTEE.
MAKING UP THE ROLL BEFORE THE CONVENTION
DECIDING TO PRESENT THE NAME OF CON-
| GRESsMAN HIsCOCK FOR TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN.
The corridors Of he Fifth Avenue Hotel we're
| crowded at an early hour yesterday with legates
and others anxious to learn the latest particulars
with regard to the failure of the negotiations for
| harmony in organizing the Convention. Ii was ex-
pected that there would be an attempt on the part
of the Conkling leaders to renew the negotiations
broken off on the previous night No step IN that
direction however, taken. Messrs Platt, Sh rpe,
| Smyth Knapp and other Conkling leaders held
Al. g tha finn rnff
State Committee and agreed to present the name
of Congressman Hscock for temporary chairman OF
the Convention. The selection by the Stalwart
leaders of Mr.. Hiscock, wellknOwn Garfield Re-
publican. for temporary chairman of the Conven-
ton. was made without auy consultation with him.
and for the purpose of preventing. if possible the
selection of Senator Miller, to whom MIR.
Platt was much opposed, probably because
Mr. Miller succeeded Mr. Platt in the United States
Senate. On the previous night Mr.. HiscOck posi-
tiyelv declined to allow the use of his uame for
either temporary or permanent CA rman, ana con-
seauently the Garfield leaders chose Senator Miller
for the place. 1t was to defeat this action of the
majority that the minority concluded TO vote for
Mr. Hlscocll in the State Committee, and to try to
| force him to take the place.
At o'clock the rance to the rooms
of the State COMMITTEES was blocked by an
Stalwarts had agreed upon. The committee was
called to order by Mr.. Platt nearly all the members
| being present John + Smyth moved that Mr.. Platt
be empower to call the Convention 20 order; this
mot on WIS adopted The roll of the delegates was
! then called for and Secretary Johnson announced
the var ous districts in which there were contests
The list was taken up alphabetically, the contest in
the lid District of Albany County being first in or
der. Mr. Smyth moved that the Stalwart
delegation, headed by Assemblyman Dra-
per, be placel on the rolls Mr.. Tarbox
moved that i'll all cases where contests were made
in good faith and where there was apparently falr
grounds Tor a contest. the roll should be left vacant
to be made up by the Convention. This motion was
lost by vote of in favor to IL against aud MI.
Smyth's motion was adopted.
In the Brooklyn district from which Albert Dag
gctt was elected delegate, although no contest
was made at the primary, notice of contest was
! served upon the committee. General Jourdan
| made a statement in which he SAID that two
primaries had been held, neither of which was regu-
| lar and he moved that this district be left vacant
on the roll. This motion was adopted.
! On the admission of the delegation from Oneida
| County of which Mr.. Conkling was chairman, ,ther'
WAS some discussion on both sides. after which the
| Conkling conlestan, were placed on the roll Dy
vote of 10 to @. Those who voed In
the negative were Messrs' hooer1son' 'io'
man HE Curtis Tarbox and TompkIns.
The Conkling contestants from Richmond
County did not serve notice of contest on the COM
m,ttec. consequently there was no opposition to
the admission of the delegation led by George Will
| lam Cprh The roll of delegates was completed by
| the admission of all the Conkling contes. ants.
| John n Knapp then moved that after MI
Platt should call the Convention to order, he
should first recognize Speaker Sharpe, who
! ,vould make a mo ion to elect Mr. Hiscock
to upor,rv chairman of the Convention. Mr..
Robertson gave notice that Mr.. Hscock had posi-
tyelv refused to allow his name to be used, and he
moved that Warner Miller be made temporary
chairman. This motion was lost and that OF MI.
Knapo WAS carried after which the committee ad-
! iourned sine die.
| As soon MS IL became known what the committee
had agreed upon the Garfield RrTubIca ] tdersmet
and Mr. Hiscocl again declined 10 accept the tempo
rorv craftsmanship and Mr. Pomeroy was instructed
to nresent to the Convention the name otWarnerMll-
| ler.
The crowds in the corridors of the hotel eagerly
discussed the latest phases of the contest but there
was no excitement or disorder anywhere manifest
I, was known by all the machine lea lers that the
majority in tho Convention was SO large against
them that il would be useless to struggla for pos
session of the temporary organizations and that on
| nm air means wO Id be used TO prevent iuII ex-
pression of opinion i'll the Convention. There was
| no bitterness shown IN the talk of the machine
leaders. but one prominent State officer said he
thouqh5 " the Halfbreeds would bury the ticket
under %. 600 Democratic majority" A Smyth dele
gate said that as the Haf-Dreeds mad the majority,
LET them elect the ticket"
There was some talk before the meeting of the
Convention of unfarness in the newspaper reports
concerning the basis on which the conference that
had failed to agree the night before had at
tempted 10 unite. The Conklng men asserted that
the only disagreement had been upon the choice for
Temporary cha rman, they having presented the