New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-23

Kelly, Grady and Spinola sat well up In 'front.'
happy aud smiling. and every Tammany man has
said to every Tammany man he has met that the stare
Democracy has come over TO the Shakespeare Hall
Democracy ms il has in more senses than one Inc
County Democracy sat by Kings in a neutral frame
They made Cleveland the candidate this afternoon
but John Kelly got his hand Oh the job about I'VE
minutes before the TIlden machine began us WORK.
1t carried the names of ID. g. Hill for Lieutenant
Governor, George Raines for COngressman-at-Large'
and Rufus w Peckham for Chicf-Judge OF the
Court of Appeals
Slocums defeat made it wise to substitute his
name for Raines's. and before the evening was over
the convention summarily smashed the slate by
nominating William C. Ruger-of all the names be-
fore the convention the least to the liking Of
the old Tilden crowd and moot closely and
fully representing the forces in the state
which renamed in stubborn and often
successful opposition from the day Tllden was
nominated at Syracuse until Robinson was beaten
at the polls
HOW THE CANDIDATES WERE NOMINATED.
The nomination of u. b. Ill., of Chemung' the
chairman whose failure at Albany in 1877 inflicted
such crushing defeat Mr.. Tilden's friends,
was as pretty a lesson as a convention often nus
Chcmung County has three delegates. and there was
a broad laugh over he convention when stretched
all the way from Kings 10 Ere Whrh
gates were divided between the three lead
ing candidates. Flower, SlOcum ana Cleveland
Tonight Hill had his reward. HIS name was pre-
sented by stephen I. Arnot, OF CLemung. smooth
faced Young man whose voice rose and fell WIZ
melancholy regularity. As hc put Nj HUI forward
in the capacity Of a statesman and George talhes
of Monroe did the same Then tie convention I'M
bent Harmony was uncorked ana conc!il"llV5i
pat on tap. 70 ne strictly Democrdtlc sIinl'. I.
{. Childs of Seneca presented Hill I'D humorous
wav as "a bachelor. Grady. the boy orator let MS
voice ont TO the utmost gallery IN harmonious
praise OF Hill rs young Democrat +. Is: >pihoI5'
fairly drunk Wlth harmony ana rcrlint w Jun ,pIi'I
iatIon said a good word Tor -. Iiidcn, LucluS
Robinson and D. b. Hill tosether and
III, fears could almost be seen gltierlne
ON tbe broadly iurlv beard OF Charles HuGhe-,
of Washington. as hc haIlcd IN behalf OF country
Democrats. this proof that Iammany had Z, turned
from the error of boiling tickets II dld not Ike 10"
that il had got uc0ct 1T dld.
There were no other candidates. without maIihH
the harmony %. beautIlul occasion W-lch q nue.
later was knocked INTO cooked hal over I'LL.
only important work of the evening. IL was n'J
possible To have auoIher candidate the n'mlha-
ton was made by accIanaton. Ihe c.h'e5l. i,-,i
with with ai'' laugh. Cone Conciliation on and ha[-
mony mad its sccptics he danger 10 VmGn
Mr.. PryoTs nose had been exposed early III Tue
evening, IN his private ana personal aaFocacs
of the plan of carrying ont cOncliltIon
by putting General >ocum on the tan OF
the ticket after lie had missed getting at TIE
head had prepared ia. convention for the long
/ oratoucal incline up which i. W. Wood marched.
/ res,ngutlv a. he begged the convention 10 -ho"
General ~iocum now near he wa, 10 the hearts now
ever distant he might bc from the votes o the con-
vcntl0u. or word, 10 thi. effect Ex-senator Ecce-
sine rose in spirit OF combination aho Hi XXI
| unanimously SAID ihat a. Np."oi' "a'i
reminded the convention at I'LL was lhe irieIu
| OF one defeated Democratic candidate lHueh ire
| would remInd Democrats that >lorum was tHc
/ friend of another Hancock A. this point, whore
! the applause should have come IN hut ulih T.
! Senator Jacobs on the outer edge Of seats. and
/ IN his Coolnest " nO-GOycTuoIsAlp- his tcu
manner spread a cape over the harmony OF tho iouI
! by grmy reminding the convention that Mugs
County neither suggcstednoi approved lIs iloln.ndI
! ton None the less il was carried with a shoui ana
| a veil. Chairman Faulkner had >locum nominated
! before any King, County man could SPEAK; ana
! when John Pyburn, OF Brooklyn. asked FOR Kings
| the privilege of voting against the nomination. nr
/ was curly told II was too late.
| HARMONY GROWING COLD.
| Harmony and Cancellation began 20 grow slightly
| chilly. Rufus ". Pec1han was q man whom the
/ TIiden manager, thought not so long ago 10
be the right man for Governor lie peiiers
Judge of the Court of Appcals-sla,cd but not nom
! mated. Mr. Peckham has travelled for good many
10 say just what he has reformed, he has come 70 be
about a. well dI>hked as any man IN the Ilidcn
crowd. MOI even Cancellation aud harmony could
sugar the Peckham phi. MI HcrUck, OF
Albanv who addresses a convention as IL II was a
funeral dishcd Mr. Peckhdm up very nicely, anu l.
EIerv Anderson alluded TO his father after fash
ion well done, but inappropriate IN roush-and-
tumble Democratic hght, and W. b BOOK
staver presented the name OF ". {. Ru -er the
| OPPOSITION
running on ms own merits not MS
fathers Mr. Bookstaver had got his audience
pretty well warmed up by BIS suggestion That MI
Kruger the right kind OF a Democrat aud "heu
ne introduced al last the name Of the man he was
presenting for the hrst judicial office IN the state
there was such prolonged kI-l-y-l-l" rs mlsht be
run across page Of HE IRIBu M
The pitch of a Democratic vel. steadily rises as the
whisley goes down. ana when an important JUDI
10 o'clock at night the yell IS mg1
and earsplitting Each side played, and
for the last time, the concnlatl0n-and-
harmony dodge by pleasantly suggesting that the
other withdraw. IL then lell 10 Grady to warn
the convention that if kuger was not nominated
II would be the worse for the rest OF the tchct.
The Cleveland men fell into line promptly, and
Rueer beat Peckham 20 TO lG3. Rugers vote
was all Socums all Flowers, Eue, lamMauy,
Irving Hall and kings Pcckham had the County
Democracy and the rest Of Cleyeands. ms was
the last serious business.
The state Committee was named and row over
the Oneida district was settled oy calling the roll,
! whcTeupOn the two candidates, {. h. GTannls
and Jones voted Tor themselves and Jones won.
! An attempt was made by delegate with al uu-
| nernncr,fic weakness for a he'd to have future
! conventions meet at Saratoga but :. +: Arnot dis
posed OF this with rem lrk made TO HIM on the
suggestion Young man, when y3n are
| place where whiskey twenty-five cents
"a glass is place Tor Democratic Convention ;
with which appropriate expression OF great Dem
| OcTatc principle the convention closed.
THE PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL
| SYRACUSE, Sept. 22.-Rufus W. Peckham,
| the temporary chairman called the Democratic state
Convention IO2O q. and stated that the
before would be the presen
tation OF the report Of the Committee on Contested
| Seats.
| Mr. Herick, the chairman said the Committee on
Contested had listened patiently TO the claims OF
the contestants who had appeared before IT, The
| New-York County Democracy RETAINED from voting
upon the question OF the representation from the cay OF
| New-York The committee recognized the County De
mOcracy the regular delegation, hut with view 10
the OF the party at the polls and for tle purpose
Of securing entire harmony they recommended that the
New York representation be divided follows The
| County Democracy have 81 members. Tammany Ha.