New-York tribune., 1891-09-16

a., r-,sla,ure three times as large In ohc
district as I'm another in derosauoh Oh ies' -
,aItot and emasculae :he suffrage OF etzenshp,
,,,,..o enioIns an enumeration of the inhabitants
d dIvislon OF districts nearly as may be aecofuns
70 the number Of their respective ihnaDiNmVs - a.
ha bosn eyaded for five years under the pieehee u m
. - ,nouirv was needed as well as an appofionm'h'
W. IA not say that Mr.. Fasscit is not gchial anu
able man. generous and pure In all MS private ,
of ereditable religious associations, @nu ,b
home influences Of such grace anu 'e4''' - III,
n,,e tr,bute 20 them Rochester wins nom US oi5
- congratulations; but the larger hea oi pohHo~
warfare where truth and equity alone protect NaS'
ests and rights, he has too long beel Pi'1 " vs. -
tations of the sorcereF and breathed too oeepE " ~"
.santnp corruptions Of the cauldron OF Pla1lsh ias
zen hos baen swift 70 write resolutions fof partisan
Ioyestic,tlons He held a blockade OF the Lesisa'u''
tor weeks in aid of the enterprise lie prooea ue
, onlv IN find that had not his unta Invaded the pre-
e,ives of New,YorK 10 control her local impioVAeh's
n discraceful episode would have been saved pu' ~
aued NV his duty 90 surrender portion OF he pO"ei
held by nonstrous injustice for equal suffrage ms -
and voice are used only to Obstruct ana eNaue ~'c us
charge Of constitutional duty -.,,..
After nine years OF power Of Democratic EAecu.No
and ono year Of control OF te Assembly the lowest u
sto ot 80 has been exempned IN the wise methods ="
taxation The Democratic Assembly followed 1he reeSH
mendatOn Of the Democratic Executive as 10 u1 rI,
indebttdnss OF corporations with an enleehs o -.
wa, buried in the committee. The Democratic adls|%
tion has rot sought TO aggrandiIe power nor 10 increase
nstronsse It has not been annoyed because the Von
mendatlons Of the Executive were ignored or rcc' O
unratlioue or fastiona motives or b.eause dea' w ~"
aecomufny them. lie has ablded by the pfeceaehs ol
his Office and prerogatves have never been s1rn'
No scandal OF greater or lesser degree stalks IN ne sh
of his official career. The grand result OF MS 'eui
leadership of his public service is one estSohsNU
nevoaev OF our PARTY in State, limited only cy sueh
grasp upon power is held by refusing 70 ase"A'g
constitutional duties by a Republican Legislature. II
wishing him from his platform successful career Al %
high Office OF Senator in congratulatng him upon inc
honorable fame he has achieved, am well aware span
the sentiment Of every member OF this eonVehUol !
the mantle OF succession the high office Of governor
fall upon as brave and skfu leader and as true DEM
ocrat as the Governor-senator Of the Empire STATE
Tammany Immediately took control OF the con-
vention and w. BOurke Cochran got in the irSo
resolution. This simply was for the electlon Vi
temporary secretaries. The names sent 10 uhe
platform by him went through without ilurnluI
of oppcsition, and the other resolutions for the
temporary control were offered and adopted. Inc
chairman then announced that the roll OF the con-
vention would be called so that substitutlohs
for absent delegates and the announcements oi
contests could be made. This was listened 10
with the utmost attention, for the roll oil the
convention us then called would show what the
temper of the State Committee now controlled Dy
Tammany and Murphy was toward the Cleve-
land men who Lad contests.
THE MANY CONTESTS ANNOUNCED.
Tn Albany County. there was only one contest
announced. Mayor Garsde, Of Cohoes, one Oh
Uills lieutenants. contested with D. Cady Her
rick the Ivth Assembly District delegates. In
Cayuga County, II. L. Stout sent to the platform
the credentials of delegates in the lst ana iiu
Assembly Districts against delegates led Dy
Warden Dnrston of Auburn Prison. Chauuauqua
County had one contest, and the opponents OF
Sneaker Sheehan in Buffalo boldly presented the
credentials of delegates opposed to Sheenan Ill
the Ist. Id and Iud Assembly Districts there
When the name Of Hugh Mclaughlin was read a'
the head of the Brooklyn list Of delegates. there
ras loud cheering There were no more conteslS
announced until Monroe County was reached,
whom one was presented from each vi
its two Assembly districts. Richard croker
bcoded the list of the Tammany delegates
from the XVIIIth District. and the reception OF
b;s name showed how completely Tamamny has
cantnred the convention and the State machine
No name vet mentioned was received with so mucn
enthusiasm. The delegates from Buffalo and
Rensselaer Counties cheered him again and again
Tho names of neither Hill nor Grant received such
snplause. Other Tammany braves like barney
Martin. John r. Fellows John j. Scannell and
Henry D. Purroy were recognized by the upstate
Democrats and heartily applauded.
AT the completion of the roll of Tammanys
delegates. Police Commissioner John X. Voorhls,
the head of the Tammany sde-show, the New-Nork
Dcmocracv. announced that he contested for that
organization the entire twenty-four dlstrlc's
cloimed bv Tammany. This was a part OF the
Tamnany-Yoorhs programme laid down last night
The most that the Voorhis people ever expected
was eighteen delegates, and the righteousness OF
the contest of the entire twenty-four districts by
him created intense laughter and merriment.
Tho next contest named came from Oswego
County. where the fight against the Auburn Prison
ring is as bitter as it is in Auburn itself
The bulky form of Patrick Gleason
Mayor of Long Island City, was
seen when he arose to proclaim
a contest in the Ist and Id Districts of Queens
County. WAYNE County then closed the list with
only one contest.
Then General Husted's Assembly rules were
odopted as the pllcs controlling the convention.
Or tba motion of w. Bourle Cochran recess
was +aken 50 that the members Of the various
Congr,ss districts could determine upon their
CONSERVATIVES on the Committees on Contested
Seats and on Platform and Resolutions. Daniel
q Griffin. of Watertown, made the announcement
that hc had taken charge of the platform III tue
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interest of Roswell =. Flower, when he presented
the resolution providing for the election OF mem
hers of the latter committee. During tue recess
the delegates donned their hats, again lighted
their foul-smelling cigars, and soon had the room
filed with smoke. 1t was so nauseAting that o
few of the women on the platform were compelled
| TO leave the hall.
James W. Rdgway, Of Brooklyn, drove tho
knife further into Mr.. Hill by proposing the
adoption Of a resolution approving the course Of
Arthur P. German in the United States Senate
in opposition to the "so-called Force bill"
TIE COUNTIES MAKE THEIR KICK.
During the recess Charles A. Jackson followed
by Roger Foster, Charles j. Canda, Henry X
Beekman, John w. Gof, Ernest Iiarvier and ex
State Senator Langien, marched up the centre
aisle of the rink and faced the chairman. They
waited until order had been restored, when Mr.
Jackson obtained the attention Of the chairman
and announced that Oh behalf Of the County
Democracy organization ne desired To present
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