St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-25
The Democracy of New York Recognize
in David B. Hill Their Next
Governor.
Nominated on the First Ballet With
out Serious Opposition From
ANY Source.
A Big Irish-American Scheme for
Raising Funds for Parneu on This
Side OF the Water.
Maryland Republicans Make Pair
fNomfnations--Sp Making
tnIOwa.
Coy. EEin Nominated.

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that there was no longer any doubt that
Hill would be nominated on the first ballot;
and the county Democracy, though they
did not admit this, confessed that Hills
position was much stronger than it appeared
to be last evening.
There were fully as many ladies and prom
inent personageS present in the Casino at
1880 to witness the proceedings OF the
Democratic state convention as attended
the opening of the Republican convention
two days ago. At exactly 1880 o'clock
the convention was called to order by
Chairman O'Brien Of the state committee.
George Raines was then elected temporary
chairman.
Raines, on taking the chair. addressed the
convention at some length. All references
to President Cleveland were greeted with
cheers. Representatives of the Anti-Mo-
nOply league and the State Trade assembly
then addressed the convention briefly.
Burke Cochran offered strong resolutions
against the civil service laws, which were
greeted with tremendous applause. These
resolutions are similar to those adopted by
Tammy Hall some weeks ago.
At 2:15 p. IN. the convention adjourned
until 7:30 p. III.
TIE EVENING SESSION.
The five hours elapsing between the close
of the afternoon and the opening OF the
evening session were occupied by the lead
ing delegates in looking after the
interests Of their respective candi-
dates The hall was denselY
crowded when the hour for the evening
session arrived. Fully One-half the spec
tators were ladies. The delegates were all
in their seats when half an hour after the
appointed time Temporary Chairman Raines
called the convention to order. The COM
mittee on contested seats reported, recon-
mending that contesting and regular
delegations from WestcheSter be
admitted, with half vote for
each, also that the contesting delegation from
ChautauQua be admitted as the rightful
delegation. The contest in Livingston
county was reported as having been settled
and Withdrawn. The report was adopted.
The committee on permanent organization
reported recommending that the temporary
chairman, Hon. George Rainers,
be made permanent chairman.
This Was agreed to with applause.
a list OF vice chairmen, one from each con-
greSsional district, was also reported and
agreed to. James c. Morrison was chosen
reading secretary. Thomas 7. GilrOy, c.
j. Kreischer, 7. c. Schraub, Philo Backus,
William $. Andrews. James II. Cook re-
cording secretaries, and a list OF honorary
secretaries, one from each district. The
other permanent officers being agreed upon,
Hon. D. Cody Herrick, from
TIE COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS
stated the committee had been unable to
complete its report and requested to be al
lowed till 10 o'clock tomorrow morning
There were mumurS Of disappointment from
all over the house. Senator EccIesine of
ceed at once to the nomination OF candi-
dates for governor and lieutenant governor.
q sharp discussion followed and a-motion
to adjourn was lost, ayes 1481l, noes 231 =.
This vote was considered significant as
test Of Gov. HilFs strength in the conVen-
ton. Action then REQUIRED on the
motion to proceed to the nomination
of candidates for governor and lieutenant
governor. The mover accepted an amend
ment striking out lieutenant governor. A
motion was then made to still further amend
to the effect that the convention proceed to
nominate Il candidate for governor,
and that ballot thereon be post
poned until tomorrow morning at 10
O'Clock. A general dissent immediately
went up, and there were cries of ''NO, no."
Considerable discussion followed it being
claimed on the one hand that haste at this
THE REMAINDER OF THE TICKET,
after governor, and on the other hand it
was only intended to nominate candidate
for governor tonight thus giving till to-
morrow to agree on the remainder of the
ticket. Mr.. SpinOla then moved the pre-
vl0uS question on the motion to ballot
governor. There was demand for the
ayes and nays on this motion, and the roll
call was again gone through with. 1t re-
suited, yeas, 2+0, nays, 1876. On the main
question, the demand for ayes and noes
was again made and again the call Of the
roll began. 1t was interrupted
this time by several impatient delegates,
some moving to adjourn and others to sus-
pend the call and proceed to ballot.
The chair ruled everything out of
order except the finishing of the
call. The main question was ordered by
j. z. O'COnnor of Chemung arose to nomi-
nate Gov. HILL and as soon as he mentioned
his name tho convention burst forth in wild
yells and cries of Hes our next gov
ernor." Mr.. O'COnnOr spoke briefly in
naming his candidate for the first
place on the ticket. The nomination
was seconded by Daniel Lockwood of Buff
Ialo, Senator Ecclesine and Bourke Coch-
rane of New York and several others.
Col. J. r. Fellows Of the County Democ-
racy of New York nominated Abram
S. Hewitt, saving. however, in the course
of his remarks, that he knew there was
no chance for his nomination by the con-
vention. A ballot was then taken. The
county Democracy voted for Mr.. Hewitt,
who also got few other scattering votes.
The result was announced as follows: Total
votes cast, $50: necessary for choice. 191.
Hill 333. Hewitt SO, Slccum s, Flower 1.
The result was received with great demon
stration Of applause and shortly after mid
night the convention adjourned till II
o'clock tomorrow morning.
David B. Hill Of Elmira was born in Ha-
wanna, Schuyler (then Chemung) county, on
Aug. 29, 1874, and was educated at the
academy in that iown. In 1860 he
was elected to the state assembly, and in 1871
he was reelected. Mr.. Hill served one term
as al derman in the Elmira council, and at the
expiration of his term, in 1888, he was elected
mayor of the city. In Septem-
Der, 1882, he was nominated for
Lieutenant governor of the Democratic
in November. Gov. Cleveland's election to
the presidency in 1854 raised Mr. Hill to the
governorship. For number of years MIR.
Hill was proprietor of the Elrnira Gazette
He is a bachelor.
a Big Irish-ARnerican scheme.
New YORK, Sept. 24.-There appears to
be no foundation for the report that Par
nell supporters in this country are divided
in Irish politics because of the differences