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nouuced, and the Convention took recess until
7:30 o'clock In the evening.
THE EVENING SESSION.

The Convention was not able 10 Degl'i itb "oih
even after tho generous interval allowed tor tne
work of the Committee on Credentials. Inc Acad-
emy was completely filed at half-past z, and seha-
tor Miller was in his place, but the announce
ment was made that a report could not be ex-
pected for some time. The scene presented
by the great hall under the gasiets, and with the
dense crowd, was more picturesque than during
the day. There were more ladies in the boxes ana
the audience was in more of a holiday moou.
Among the new faces in the boxes "ero
those of Marshall Jewell Judge Robertson
A. NJ. Palmer, two Democratic spectators
Commissioners Nichols and eX-Mayor Wicknan,
William Dovd and General McCook The crowd
cnvened the me of waiting with calls Tor speecneS
from various persons wno refused to appear Tor
their entertainment, and iinally some deto-
gate with clear voice started up Amer
ica" and hundreds joined in. succession
OF songs followed, and still the committee did
not appear; and when the impromptu choir struck
up "We Won't go Home till Morning" the Conveh-
ton smiled grim smile that broadeued into laugh
ter. Then the crowd took to cheering to pass away
the time and cheercd catalogue OF n
publicans 1t was five minutes OF o'clock before
Senator Woo I'm appeared at the flies, ready to
report His appearance was hailed with rcliei hr.
Woodin stood before tho Convention, ooking with
an aspect Of grim humOr It paper no heh
in his hand. He explained that II was the
report of the committee, which had
been written by Mr. George Bliss, and
he himself was utterly unable to dccipher 1t.
Meanwhile Mr. George Bliss had run mp the stairs
al he side of the stage with arnfu of papers and
documents, which he could barely hold together
with all his gers. Deposting the'e on ihe s'crc-
tarys table he read the report 10 the Convention
Some OF its findings wcro received with loud an
llt- hot xyi
committee had decided by a vote of i2 20
that the declation from the LIT District OF
Oneila headed by :, s. Lowery, and not that
which was originally headed Ivy Roscoe Conlling,
was entitled 10 seats in the COnvCn ion. The au-
nouncrnent that the Conkling 'elega ION from the
! lid District OF Oneida had Withdrewn u clam 10
SEATS followed this. The announcements that the
Oswero delegation headed By George i. Sloan
was entitled, in the opinion of on mem
bcrs ont OF twelve, 10 seats and that inc
committee was unanimously of the opinion
that the Richmond dele fatIon headed by
George William Curtis was the rightful o1e were
well applauded. The overwhelming votes IN ne
committee their decision admitting one ofthe CoDk
ling delegations from Oneida. and their manner of
dealing with he Albany AMI New-YorN cases,
showed that there was spirit of favorltIsm To-
/ ward the nti-machine menin their action
J AS Mr. Bliss fin shed reading The report he
stepped back from the Char nrd demanded epa-
rate vote n that por ion OF the report which related
10 the rcorganiza ion Of the party IN the critic, Of
: New-York and Brooklyn. Finally, upon his sugSr7-
I ton the consideration Of the que2tlun was posi-
| popei unit the Convention had disposed o. ,.s
platform and nominated the candidates Then
another fifteen minutes of valuable timo Wa e,u-
sumed with substitutions and correc ions O! namcs
on the roll The report o. the Committee on Per-
manent Organization followed. being !n. .e
! by General Hustled. cha'rmcu. me 20,
lection of Chauncey NJ. Dcfcw as rrTIuaUeut chair
man vas rece we'd with g.eat app aus'. Ge .cral
Sharpe and Theodore u. Pomcroy were ap-
pointed q committee T. conduct the Pr,si-
dent OF the Convention TO tic C.1Ir
When Mr. Derew came pon III, stage
he was again greeted with grsa- applau'", and
senator Madden ro.c and gropDsrI three cheers Tor
Mr. Depcw and they wcro Iycn With a Will Nr
Depew is too fami,iIr = figure IN Nc"-iorN politics
TO need de5crprion, and ms orat"ry speaks for
itself Every portion II biz speech was listened
TO with the deepest al cuiion by the Who'll %. the
great audience. The alu.on7 20 the late President
drew tears "a the eyes Of many and tire frank ard
manly pledge OF support to Pre-, dent AriUr was
loudly appl udcd. This 'pe"ch was the chief ora-
tor cal event of the Convention and was lea ~ W "a
pleasure and admiration.
NOMINATING THE TICKET.
When the nominations were reached thc.o was
lit g DELAY over the first oliicc-that OF Scott5ry
of Sta,e On motion of General Hustled, General
Joseph B Carr the present occupant OF the position,
was promptly and most hear lily Ienomnatei By
/ acc amation.
! The Controllershp followed It was universally
known that Controller WadswOrth dId not wish
! nomination. Congressman HiscOck IN lew words
presented the name OF Henry l.. Dueuid, OF 0non-
! daga This nomination seconded Ivy Assembly
man Draper, OF Albany. Senator Madden put in
nomination Senator Ira Davenport. OF Stcubcn, and
! brief eulogistic speeches were made by Mr.. Brni.
of steuben Willard Billiard. Theodore NJ. Poneroy
and others The Ere g unty delegation supported the
nomination of Senator Davenport, aud tins was fol-
J lowed by the secOnding of the nomination OF each
| candidate by various county delegations The roll
was called and Albany sarteI of with a solid vote
! of 10 tor Mr. Dugud. Aegany and BrOOme gave
their votes for Senator Davenport. Then there
was some variation III the voting until
! Chemung, Chenango and Clinton re-
sponded for Davenport. little later
! Erie went solid for Davenport. The vote OF Kings
was divided between the two, but Davenport got
nearly all the votes of New-York. giving him long
lead, which was increased by the votes in the re-
naming counties, and Mr.. Davenport was success
full BY a vote OF 900 to 191 for Mr. Dugud. The
nomination was made unanimous on the motion OF
| Mr. Dugud.
Allegany County put forward Attorney General
Hamilton Ward for renomiGatiOn. Alr. Jdncs, o. ST.
Lawrence speaking as he said. in behalf OF the
Northern counties, named Leslie w. Russell, of St.
Lawrence Mr.. Low, Of Kings named Gooncl Ethan
Allen, OF New-York. Senator Strahan made Wig
orous speech in support Of General Ward. Hamll-
| ton Ward received 231 voics to 255 for Leslie W.
| Russell and Mr.. Russell was declared nominated.
He said a few words in acknowie edgement
For the office of Stat. Treasurer General James
W. Hus ei, OF w stchester, Daviu a. Wells Of
| Fulton George f. Carman, of Suffolk. and Il Por-