New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-21
uyDGE FOLGERFoR GOVERNOR
,.o,,,y,rrn On THE SECOND BALLOT.

.rocA CONVENTION EX-SENATOR MADDEN
MADE CuAIRMAN-THE CONVENTION To hhhi
AGAIN TODAY
The New-York Republican State Convention
met in Saratoga yesterday, and passed INTO
.ro control of the friends OF the Adminlstra-
,;o, who nominated Judge Folger for the
Co,,aruorship on the second ballot. The
Stalwarts through General Sharpe presented
as their candidate for temporary chairman eA-
Senator Madden, while the anti -Administra-
ton men through Senator Warner Mllier
Nominated Senator L. l.. Pitts. Mr. Madden
was chosen by vote of 25l to DAB. Judge
Folger, Governor Cornell, Congressman Waos-
worth. John H. Starin and General Robinson
were nominated for Governor, the name ol
Waller A. Wood being withdrawn from the
contest The first ballot resulted In 223 votes
for Folger, $50 for Cornell, 50 for Wads-
worth. 10 for Starin and 6 for Robinson. On
the second ballot, Folger received 257 votes,
Cornell 222, and wadsworth Is. On motion OF
senator Miller the nomination was made
unanimous. The Convention then adjourned
until this morning.
THE MEETING OF THE CONVENTION.
raE ARRANGEMENTS ADNIRABLE-sCENEs, Ncl-
DENTS AND PERSONAL NOTES.-THE ADMINS
TRATIoN MEN SECURE CoNTRoL-MADDEN MADE
TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN.
IHY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRrBUNEL
SARATOGA Sept 2O.-The Saratoga Town Hail.
n winch the Republican state Convention was held
today. N the same hail IN which Mr.. Cornell was
nominated for Governor ill 1879, 50 that the place
which witnessed the success of his ambition also
witnessed its overthrow. 1t is a cheerful, unprete
tions well-lighted hall, with gallery running
aronnd the side capable OF seating twelve hundred
or more people. To-day It's capacity was teSteu 10
the utmost: every seat was hllcd as was also al
the Standing room Included in the crowd that
watched the proceedings from the gallery were not
n few ladies and gentlemen who came to Saratoga
70 attend the Unitarian Conference, but who for
the time being found affairs of State more attract
i've than affairs of Church. The floor of the hall,
which of course reserved for the delegates was
admirably arranged John w. Vrooman the
eaiciept secretary of the State Committee. was
assigned the duty of seating the deleOaicns and 1t
was the general remark that ne'er was that
task more satisfactorily performed
TIE delegates were grouped together according to
counties and large printed tickets tackled upon the
backs of the chairs showed for which delegations
they were reserved. The counties were placed III
alphabetical ORDER Albany the first on the list
being placed nearest the stage. and Yates the last
having the back seats AS result of these arrange
ments no one vf the 496 delegates found any diff
calty IN finding his seat, and time consuming con-
fusion which so often attends the seating OF large
bodies. was entirely avoided. Eleven o'clock was
the hour appointed for calling the Convention 10
order The delegates, as nsua were little un-
punctual so that it was nearly half past II before
all OF them were in their seats.
In the quarter of an hour before Il. Platt Car
pen.er called for order sundry leaders were unco-
monty active among the dceg ates L. A. Carpen-
ter of Suffolk. who was member OF Assembly III
1881 and was one of the Conkling Old Guard " IN
the Senatorial fight, had two or three earnest con-
versations with Mr.. Smyth. of the Albany delega-
ton; Senator Warner Miller was bnttonholed by
sundry delegates; General Sharpe seemed tc be
omuipresent, and his left ear apparently was the
recipient of many confidential and highly important
communications: George Bliss, as alert and smiling
as usual was prominent figure in the centre of the
hail. surrounded by members of the New York dele
CATION: James ID. Warren, second row back at the
right of the chair, sat i'll the middle OF tho Ere
delegation, serenely chatting; Ill 0ne OF the side
aisles General Knapp, of Auburn, stood softly
stocking his beard, evidently satisfied with the
situation; midway between the stage and the door
the tall form of Hamilton Fish, jr., doomed up Mr
Fish's face as he talked with those that came his
way, wore the modestly expectant look becoming
delegate who was known to be willing to be deco
ernor. 1t was an orderly Convention, but IN no
wise an enthusiastic one. Most of the delegates
seemed 10 have considerable anxiety Oh their mind
How could it be otherwise, when one remembers
that until the first ballot taken they were un-
able 10 say with any certainty what was TO be the
outcome of the CoDventioDf
This anxie,y appeared in the fact that no one of
the prominent delegates was applauded upon his
entrance to the hall Three years ago half dozen or
more of the leaders thus dpplauded to-day the
delegates were too much engrossed with their own
serious thoughts to pay this customary compliment
Ihey we're in no mood for compliment, being intent
upon what was going TO happen and what that was
seemed riddle which they could not quite guess
Each delegate found in his chair as lie sa. down
more or less slashinP tract designed 20 shpwreck
the fortunes of Que Of the leading candidates tor
Governor. / am unable to state who was respon-
sble tor the tract, but whoever II was largely had
his labor for his pains, and not one delegate out OF
twenty devoted himself to this contribution TO
campaign literature.
THE FIRST TRIAL OF STRENGTH
The first trial of strength came, as all knew IL
would OH the selection of temporary chairman OF
the Convention. Up to that time the proceedings
had been tame and unnteresting The roll-call
proceeded amid lIstless indifference on the part OF
tie whole body, strknely in contrast with the
scenes of soue past Conventions. The reason for
this was perhaps that the dramatic changes OF
politics of the past two years have taken out OF the
active lite of Conventions almost all those leaders
the calling of whose names has usually been the
signal for burst of applause cheers. AS an
observer OH the platform noted, this is Convention
from which Messrs. Conkling, Arthur. Cornell,
Curtis and Robe tson all absent. The roll-ca
went through IN fact without an interruption, III
grim silence foreboding storm close at hand.
1he only incidents that attracted any attention
were the substitution of John S. Luby, President
Arthur's new Surveyor at Albany, in the place of