Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-06-18
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I Democrats Of New York Lou
isiana and Colorado ia
Session Sc To-Day.
Tam many Troubles Fixed
Up and Harmony Re-
stored in the
Party.
Sidney Dillon Resigns the Presidency
Of the Union Pacific and
Charles Francis Adams
Steps in. t
Political.
NEW YORK DEMOCRATS.

Saratoga, June lS-lt IL now believed
that the difficulty with Tammnny will be
settled by allowing that organization
thirty delegates in tho convention in,
stead of twenty.four. The county demo,
craoy we're in caucus this morning and
passed resolutions urging harmony.
The state democratic committee met
at eleven and adjourned to distribute
tickets. ~ --=-.'r r'.'-F'-''.sr,-.ssr
The convention met at o'clock. AT q
meeting of the Tamnany delegates at
noon, John Kelley, presiding. General
Spinola announced that the conference
between the chairman of the county
democracy and Iammany and Irving
hall representation in New York county
would be as follows: County democracy,
thirty.one delegates, Tammany thirty.
one Irving hall ten.
The delegates we're then named ,includ-
ing Jno. Kelly. The caucns adjourned
to visit Judge hilton.
Saratoga, June IL, p. m.-About
1880 the delegates began to file into tue
hall. There seemed during the morning
to be considerable confusion as to the
interior arrangements of the building
and its capacity to hold the people who
rightly or wrongly succeeded in getting
tickets of admission, thereby involving
some danger oi making confusion for the
delegates.
Irving hall and the county democracy
held caucuses and selected their dele.
gates in accordance with the agreement
OF their chairman with Tammany. Irving
hall instructed their delegates to vote
for Cleveland. ..-...
| At the cnucuses of the county de-
mocracy and the state democracy this
morning the following resolution was
adopted:
WHEREAS, The New York county de-
moclacy meeting with the democracy OF
| the state to name candidates who shall
receive the vote of every democrat and
Of majority of the people for president
and vice-president OF the United States
is prepared to make all necessary
efforts and concessions to assure the
democracy Of the state and nation that
the regular organization in the city of
| New York, has at heart the true and
largest interests of the party every
where.
Resolued, That the four members of
this organization on the state committee
be. and they are hereby, appointed 9
committee with full power to use all
reasonable efforts to secure harmonious
representation for the city of New York
at the Tammany caucus.
Spinola said that VIM. G. Whitney,
chairman of the county democracy,
would announce to the convention the
apportionment agreed upon the
democracy of New York county, and
would offer short resolution that the
appo'tlonment be agreed upon. His
remarks were applauded.
During the call of the roll In the con.
vention the name of Samuel ]. Tilden,
jr., was called and received the first out.
burst Of applause. Jno. Kelly's name
was also cheered. Not woman in the
convention, as there was no provision
made for their comfort.
At 1 80 p. M the convention was called
to order by Daniel L. Manning, of
Albany. VIM. E. Smith, the temporary
chairman of the convention, IN his open.
ing address laid stress on the fact that
the democratic party gained large acces.
sions to its ranks from the republicans.
He said the democrats everywhere were
looking anxiously at the action of this
convention. [Cheers The roll of dele
gates was then called. Contesting pa.
pers we're presented from the 9th dis
trict, Kings county, by delegate who
said the sitting members had little that
was given them only by fraud, corrup-
ton, bribery and other methods repug.
nant to an honest government.
Soon after the name of VIM. Purcell,
of Rochester, was called, which elected
immense cheers. He arose and said the
delegation from the second district,
Monroe county, would not take part in
the convention unless their rights were
fully recognized. [Oheers.
Assistant District Attorney Fellows,
OF New York, arose and said his party
was willing to do anything tor harmony.
Cheers.
William E. Smith was chosen tenn.
porary chairman. He said:
Gentlemen of the convention: We have
met to-day under circumstances which
cannot bat be encouraging to every per-
son who desires the success of the demo-
cratic candidates at the next election.
The republican party's abandonment of
those principles which secured 1t the
confidence Of a majority of the people in
the past has lost many former adherents,
while the facts which have been pub.
lished during the past four years. as to
the means and methods by which the
republican succession in the last national
campaign was accomplished, have con-
vinced the people that but
for bribery and corruption
General Hancock would to-day be our
president. The democratic party by its
earnest advocacy of retrenchment and
reform in national and state govern
ments has retained all its former strength
and gained many recruits from the ranks
of its opponents. The importance Of
the political issues at the present time
cannot be over estimated. aud the posi-
ton which the democratic party will
assume in the coming CANVASS may be to
. great extent determined BY your
action to-day. Reports from all parts Of