New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-09
TANu,NY,s FRCIrLESs EFFORT
TANWAN1-~ FKI LEHH 1T VHI'
A LIVELY DEBATE OVER GRADY hh9'L0 H.
AGAINST THE UNIT RULE-sPEECHFs BY FEL-
LOWS KELLY AND OTHERS.
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AGAINST THE UNIT RrLE-sPEEChfs 81 fHN
Lows, KELLY AND OTHERS.
ley TF1TGRAPH To THE TRIBCNEl
CHICAGO July S.-The great haIl nau h'I"S
ceased reverbcratIng to Governor HUBBARD ""noi
ous invocation to harmony and Cancellation ana MS
affecting allu.ions to the purity OF Democratic
political methods before there was an eNempllh-
cation OF all the virtues apostrophzed III the con-
vention itself The first Int of serious business AZ
tempted precipitated the New-1ork quarrel upon
the body. The temporary Organization hal pro-
coed.d as far aq the election of officers
when -. B Smalev. of Vermont. Ma
tional COMMITTEES man. arose I'm his delegation ana
oge,el the resolution adopted hv the committee
that no state should change ts vote dur
ing ballot until after all the states hd V"i''l
TX senator Grady. of Iaumany movrd 4" nn'hu
the resolution by adding And when th' N"'' oi
n state ~ announced los tho cnairm'n ol th' d'.'-
enion of such state is challenged by any m'mp y
of the delegation then jho secretary slnll c'l 'h'
nn,nsa of individual dele gates from Th' St1' nh'
their udN idual preference NJ expressed Hh"i ''
recorded a. the vote of such state
Ilerc was thc attack on the unit rule witch 'm'
many had resolved to make when th' ''''''''
mnchpe drew iu the Kings County delegation on
sunday uipht The amendment opened ~ once th'
sluirc-patoa of debate. and with great appropriate
mass Colonel Fellows. an cx-Couiedorntc, was the
grst to lean to his scot and evoke again the Hhtil
VOLTA which had first bocn called out by the music
of "Dixie" by grandoqucutly pro'laining the
"auccnship." "iuyiolahlo majesty ana H'''l-
eighty of tho state His was un attiul sp"cn'
aimed directly at the strongest political sentih'h'
after the dc.ro to got INTO Office whlrh SWN'
the southern members. Tammany was not lett TO
make the Gght alone. but had the help OF olh'r
delegates who were Interested IN the opposition To
Cleveland. Grady's amendment, finding % pcc1i-
lafly Jealous champion IN I. J. Clunic OF Caliior-
MA, " ho is laboring IN behalf ot Ex-senator i"''
man. riiyp
MR. FELLOWS GROWS EIoQrENr
On'tbe whole. the debate was conducted with
good nature. though there waE a strong mauiieSta-
non on the part Of the spectators 20 take hanu IN
the settlement of the mater. The Durport Of Coo-
mel Fellovs's speech was that the instruction OF
her delegation by New-York 10 vote as unit
in conformity with the ascertained Will oi
the majority was sovereign act which Demo-
cratic convention would not dare to moleSt
"sirs." he cried in one Of his frequent metaphonc
ecstacies, you shall not strike 1om the bro"e ol
our loving queen her crown W hoUt protest from
some of her loyal sons" He read the resolution OF
instructions adopted by the State Convention at
Saratoga. and made the point against Grady that
he had been on I e hoor Of the Saratoga Conven-
ton aud had not raised his voice against the
adoptiou Of the resolution. NeT-4or6 hdd
by more than n Uwo-thlrGs vote declared ti'l
the chairman shorld cast the vote Tor
certain candidate, and the convention would
not daro interfere with the miUesP
and sovereignty Of the Empire state. However. ~"
yonld not deny the right of a member IN q council
of fraenen 30 rise to hls feet InI state 10 the con-
venrion his for dsagreeing with tie vote "i
the majority The speech called ont many cheers
and shouts Of Grady" from the specta.orA
G.. Y. Menzies. OF Indiana, submitted su amend
mert 10 tn. amendment t. the etcc! that uo state
should change its vote until tie result o. TIC ballot
had been announced. This amendment v&- offered
in the midst of shouts from lammanyltes among
the spectators for Grady. There ",ro A'-e'
mingled with the cheers with which the young ry-
senator was received, and once IN his remarks inc
Of di-arprovll and th" cheers of
were 80 grca, ,hat he had 70 ceas-
speakinr. This called out an exceedingly mild
rebuke from the temporary chairman. Gradys
ttterauce was indlstinct, his words bong
mouthed potato impcdrd
their ec-.ss. He set uP the claim that
the delegates were 1epre,enjayes of Con gressloua.
districts and we're responsible 20 their c'nstltu-
encie-. and h,rcs beyond the Instructions Of tht
state Convention
SACRED RIGHTS OF THE HINoRIIN,
The sacred rights If minority moved him to
ratbctic appeal aud nothing seemed 10 cause hln
greater apprehension than trat She true voice
of New-lOIk might be suppressed by the use
of political machinery, a remark which la'ei n 'he
debate prompted Colonel Fellows 20 the sally thj'
Tammanys eloquent denWcistion of machine poll
tics spoke well for the purity of political methods
in Nrv-Yorll Mr. Grady wished H. understood that
when the secretary of the convention recorded
"a. llr'
tain man he would record a fl-,houd. Colonel
Fellows had not told of the long time II had t-keu
to yet majority uf the delegation. OF that certain
men had here pie lged toone candidate and had
voted for another But there are men here hc
cyelaimcd before De- got through who vii toll
yen why certain man cannot bee e.ec'ed, aud
tn. declaration ike an of the emphatic obscrya-
tiuus ~ rammanv men. was aprla1dad hv some
sud hissed by Others am ng the sp''t'toi7. who
touB tbc most active part n the ranaacii'ns oi che
convention.
Cupsreas,lap Iisrriao.. of Nitgu'. attempted to
chuLo ur sac debate ny pumt uf order, hl' NO put
IL buusiupl, snd tne che ..inaa ruled that 80 wa
not woll taken Ex-senator uuolittlr Of Niscnna
sin. oimo ~ tho fracur oi thc uo and argued that
hroausr tho states spoke unite m tho u"'iion ~
President therefore they ought to- Apoak 80 uuita
iu tho selection ut candidate, -, W. row
OTIS, of Michigan, Wautod tho teaoluiinn
OF Mr urady reogatcd 10 committee
neither Ia existence nor contemplation,
but met with opposition from the chairman, who
pointed out the difficulty of such a proceeding.
Finally he suggested that the reegatou he TO the
committee which might be appointed TO report
rules bur the motion ,oted down.
COCHRAN would DEMOLIsH rAwpRY RHETORIC.
W. Bourke Cochran wanted 10 speak from the
4 ,or in good old Democratic style and was per-
mittsd to do 50. To him the enforcement of the
unit rule was a paa % stihe the voice Of power
ful minority. lie SAID that he would not attempt
10 follow the confused metaphors with which
Fellows Lad strewed the path of his rhetoric
but he would demolish his 'tawdcy sCphIsnis'