New-York tribune., 1891-09-16
THE ROLL OF DELEGATES.
TO STAND AS MADE UP by THE STATE COMMIT
TIL, .nc1rNIL,N-rs or NO AVAIL.

THE ROLL OF DELEGATES.
TO STAND AS MADE UP by THE STATE COMMIT
TEE-ARGUAIENTs OF NO AVAIL.
Saratoga, sept. IS GpeclaD.-Tammany Hall and Hiii
have decided TO hold to everything that the eohio
ton now has ard the roll OF the delegates III Wo
State Convention which made up last nlglt OS
the State Committee will stand. The Committee Oh
Contested Seats, which was made up In the ahterese
of the State Committeeman in control went through
the form today Of taking testimony and listening to both
sides OF each case 1t was matter OF form ohV lor
I'm many Instances the strongest sort Of arguments ana
proofs were submitted to show that the situhs uele
gates were not entitled to their seats. Ponce CohIs
sloner John II. Ioorhis of New-Nork. made q pas
slonate appeal for the admission OF his ofgailiIa-
ton, the New York Democracy, on the ground Oh ''
services to Tammany Hall in support Of the Tlmmary
ticket In tho last two campaigns. The IammahS me-"
were relentless in their greed and fought their all
tooth and nall. There will be many sore-heartcd
Democrats tomorrow afternoon when they learn the
result Of this committees work
The meeting Of the committee was not held until
O'Clock in tho afternoon and it was continued uhll
after midnight. The committee organized by eecViS
j. G.. Mcmahon, of oneida County, ehllrman' Ihefe
was only story told by the contestants III all these
cases and that was story Of the use Of fraud anu
brute force by the representatives Of the State Com
mttee who are making tho fight for their places as
against the will of the Democratic voters at the regu-
larly held primaries In every case where d Sate
Committeeman lost district his friends resorted "a
force fraud subterfuge to elect other deleSate9'
This first contest heard by the committee was that In
the Ist Assembly District Of Cayusa County. Judgo
J. d. Teller OF Auburn represented tho delegates de-
clared by the state Committee 10 be contestants lie
told the story OF how his people had actually elected
majority OF the delegates to the convention at which
the delegates 70 the State Convention were elected ana
Warden Durston had organized another conven-
ton and elected his own delegates. Hsrod
E. HiRs presented the case Of the contest
ants in the I'D Assembly District. His story OF
Warden Durstop's efforts to control the election o
deleeates in his interest similar TO that told Dy
Judge Teller. The next contest taken up was ID
Chautauoua and here there was another story o.
boltnq and irregular voting by the representatives.
the State Committeeman there to continue In conVol
Erie County came in for large share OF the alueh
| tion of the committee. There were contests IN tl'
Ist I'D and lid Assembly Districts whefS
Augustus scheu made his uphill fight agalhs
william F. sheehan for the state Conlnll.'eo % y
william f. Mcmahon represented the contestant IL
the Ist Assembly District. He said that almost oil
tbe eve of the caucus new rules for tle control o
the primary elections had been adopted by the Coul
Committee. They lcgislated out Oh ohics
| all Of the former ward officers and gave
the County Committee power to appoint th'
officers They were appointed, he said, at the dlcI@
ton of Speaker sheehan ". G. Delaney. for the con
testanis in the I'D Assembly District. and John G
Wburn of the lid, told practically the same storS
The three representatives Of the contestng Delegations
from Buffalo all declared that unless the conesune
delegates were admitted 10 the convention IL wOul'
90 hard with the Democratic party in Erie County
! they charged the Shechan gang in Eric county WIN
brealng ND tho Democratic organization IN that county
J. W. Whitaker. who represented sheehan' declared
tIat two of the three Democratic papers in Buffalo
| ,gfpo tbp oOnfastnpfg Ddi-Ono
81 . 600 and the other So 5000-for their support
tho Est and lid Districts of Monroe there was the old
story of Democratic ward tactics tc obtain the ocntro
| Of the caucus. A.,
police Commissioner John r. Voorlls to keep up th
eppearance OF running an organization entirely OUT
side of Tammany Hail. represented his faction. H
vas assisted by ex-Assemblyman John Martin, OF TN
IXth District and ex-Assemblyman James ID. Nc
Cleland Mr. VoOrhis made practically the same argl
| ,neut for his party that some OF the sup
porters OF the County Democracy made last night
Tn, strongest claim that he made for share Of I'll
representation Oh the state Committee wa
that his machine helped to elect th
present Democratic officers Of New-York City
Mr. McCleland asked for the voorhs organization Tx
came courtesy granted TO Tammany Han In 1882, whe
that organization Knocked at the door of tn
State Convention for admission. Ex-AssemblyRa
| Martin appealed to the committee Oh the ground
exnodiency. He declared thnt Tammany Hall ws
creating an Anarchca government and that unless tn
bars were let down there was nothing strong enoug
In state or National party lines TO hold the Democrat
vote I'm New-YOrk City. Colonel John X. Fe
lows whose conversion to the Tammany faith
OF 50 recent a date, made the argument against tn
admission Of the voorhs Democrats. He said tina
they were the finest allies that Tammany Ha
ever had They were earnest and hearty cS
workers with Tammany. He opposed their admission o
the ground that IL would lead TO the organization
factions and destroy the symmetry Of the pSrty TheI
should be only one party.
In reply to Mr. Fellows Mr. Voorhis sal
thst It was new TO him to kno
that the regular organization In New-YoT
CITY was Tammany Hail. and that the state Conventio
ever had passed resolution deciding that there shou
be only one organization. The Wayne County c0nte
was siven up because che contestants did nC
believe that they would have fair ehanC
and they felt mat they WOuld De nghth
case already decided against them. The contest
Queens County was the last 70 be heard when q
Committee went into secret session TO vote on u
admission or rejection OF the various eontesunS de-
cations.