New-York tribune., 1891-09-17

inc the nomination OF Sheehan
sonotor Cantor and d. Cady Herrck also maze
sneecbes for the Speaker s. s. Taylor OF Chemuns
County one of Hills ardent admirers ana sup
norters. made rush to come in out OF tine ram,
ard he talked for the Speaker whom Hill tfieo
hard 70 deprive Of the nomination. lie receNeo
a Ioud volley of Kisses when he declared tIa' nc
did not think any decent Democrat wo.iu
60 away from the convention Win
sury feeling" On the moroh
ur Herrick. Speaker Sheehan's nomination.
was made by acclamation. The Buffalo band
struck up Maggie Murphy's Home aud the
foIlowers Of big and little Tsmmany cheered.
NOMINATIONS FOR MINOR PLACES.
Tho hall was more than half cleared of VISITORS
and delegates in Tammanys delegation. and there
,roro many vacant seats when e. Caryl Ely, OF
NIAGARA County, nominated Frank Rice for secre-
tarv Of State. Mr.. Ely judiciously cut short an
elaborately prepared nominating speech, and sim
nIv named his man. r. Ruben Lyon, of Steuoen
Countv nominated Frank Campbell for Con.
troller. and this part of the Tammany-Murphy-
Sbeehan slate went through with rush. Hilloo
Donforth was nominated for State Treasurer by
Frank Downs the Recorder of Binghamton. he'
too, appreciated the cneasy condluon Oh 'ne o''e-
gates, and cut his speech short.
Assemblyman GaIen r. Hit, of Albany, made
a vigorous speech nominating Simon W. Rosendaie'
OF Albany, for Acknowledgement Ex-oena'or
Thomas j. Grady, of NewYork, represented Iam'
many in this nomination, and went to the platiorm
to make the speech to second it. Kisses Followed
bv cheers was his welcome, and Mayor Gleason, Oh
Long Island City, shouted, Put him out! DOWN
with the traitori" The burly Mayor had not Ior-
gotten the desertion of Grover Cleveland by Grady
in 1884. Mr. Rosendale was nominated by accla-
nation.
The last man to be named was Martin Schenck.
of Rensselaer, County, for State Engineer and sur
veyor. Schenck is the man who, II elected, Is
to dispense the canal patronage in the interests
of Tammany, Murphy and Sheehan He also was
nominated bys association This closed the series
Of nominations.
THE MACHINE CRUsHES ALL OPPOSITION.
All the opponents Of the present Democratic
machine" were crushed by the Committee on
Contested Seats in the convention here to-day.
The chief of these sufferers were the friends OF
Grover Cleveland in Buffalo. Not a delegation
from Buffalo was granted to them. Wilson ).
Bssell, the personal friend and former law part
ner of Mr. Cleveland was thus snubbed. Inc
Sheehan delegates were declared to be the only
true-blue Democrats in Buffalo. This action Oh
the Committee on Contested Seats opens cheer
less prospect for William L. Sheehan as candl-
date for Lieutenant-Governor when Bumalo casts
its votes at the November election. The report
of the Committee on Contested Seats was presented
by James ID. McAlahOn, OF Rome, the chairman,
and the paid attorney OF the Democratic
Canal ring. This report was foreshadowed
this morning, but owing TO the threaO
of the cOnteSting delegation from Cayuga County
that unless they were admitted tine ticket there
would be cut by at least 1000 votes, the COM
mittee by bare majority had voted to let IN
the contestants from the Ist Assembly DISTRICT
of that county. This does not, however, imperll
the return of Warden Charles f. DurstOn, OF
Auburn Prison, to the Democratic State Committee,
and it insures the prison and the canal patronage
from that county to the present Democratic bosses
In the Nth Assembly District OF AL
bany County the committee listened to
the dictates of g. Boss" Murphy and ousted two
of the Herrick men, putting in their places two
Murphy men. The contest in Chautauqua County
was settled by letting in the two delegations CIV
ing each delegate one-half vote.
Speaker Sheehans delegates from Erie County
were not molested, and In Monroe County both
sets Of delegates were admitted on the one-half
vote plan.
ting out both the County Democracy and the
VoOrhis organization. Big Mayor 81 Pat Gleason,
of Long Island City, swore allegiance TO the new
Democratic bosses in the State, and thereby sue
ceeded in Oustng the regular and sitting del
egation and putting his own men in their places.
At the conclusion of his report Mr.. McMahon
read resolution that it was the sense OF the
convention that Tammany Hall alone was the
only Democratic organization in New-York City,
and that instead Of being compelled each year, 70
divide one-half of the election inspectors WIN
the County Democracy, Tammany should have
the County Democracy inspectors and her own
too He moved the adoption Of the resolution
The Tammany and their allies from up the
State voted with loud yell in favor OF the reSou-
tiOn and the report OF the committee. Inc
Brooklyn men would not vote, and they sat per-
fecty silent while the Tammany heelers and
ofice-holders were shouting themselves hoarse
The chairman announced that the report, together
with the resolution acknowledging IammanY as
the only Democratic organization in New-lork
City. had been adopted unanimously.
Mayor Manning, of Albany, the chairman of the
nrrxn
in favor of the officers chosen for the temporary
organization.
SILVER PLANK MEANT TO DECEIVE.
The platform of the Democratic party in this
State for the year 1891 was submitted to the
convention to-day by Daniel G. Griffin, the per-
sonal representative here of Roswell T. Flower
Mr. Griffin was called to the platform to read his
report Hardly two score members of the con-
vention listened to him or tried to follow the
various provisions of the Democratic creed. They
did not care a snap of the finger for platform
that was not what they were there for, so they
took 70 reading the morning newspapers RS or talk
plank, which was merely pasted TO the platform
after the hardest sort of struggle between
j. Edward simmons, the president OF the fourta
National Bank of NewYOrk, and the friends OF
free silver coinage, created no enthusiasm. Mr.
simmons applauded because he felt that those
few lines put in there only to deceive, were the
result of his efforts, and because he did not
want to see them passed by unnOticed Had it
not been for him, this part Of the platform would
have been passed over without the slightest recog
milton or notice. Further along, the platform in
d0red the administration of David b. Hill as
Governor This was received with a trihe
more enthusiasm than was the silver
plank, but the applause came mainly from the
themung County delegates, who still insisted in
cnging to Hill. There was some applause when
the reading Of the platform had been concluded
but that was more from a feeling Of relief and
joy that the thing was over than because the
delegates were at all enthusiastic over il. The
motion to adopt the platform was declared carried
gates voted for it..
It will be a surprise to the colored men of the
State TO learn that Tammany Hall is for the col
ored man. Tammany itself is surprised at it. and
did not know it until State Senator Jacob II.
Cantor proposed resolution welcoming the col
cred men to the fold Of Tammany Hall. Most Of
resolution read. They did not favor riyels
for patronage from the public crib from this d
rection. The resolution was adopted. Then the