The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-12
NEW YORK STATE POLITICS.
TEE CLkyELAND 2rKN ROUTED IN
THR~olUCusHs 1yiBuFFALo.


voted Down. bat when 10 was Reaew-
ed IL was Declared Carried.
BUFFALO. Sept. ll.-william r. sheohan sat
In his ONCE at midnight tonight with tile flu sh
Of victory upon him. Around him were gath.
cred hundreds OF his friends. and as tho tldngs
OF victory poured In from every quarter he was
loudly chsered. He had carried every Assem-
bly, district in Buffalo. It was . victory be.
yond sIpectation. When Shoehan carried
everything before him in tho memorable
contest last July the Bissell men said:
Walt for the caucuses. Shehan cannot
carry nvs wards Of tho twenty-five" 10.
night the caucuses were held and shechan has
every Assembly district ana solid delegation
70 the State Convention. Even In the Second
Assembly district, the stronghold OF tho oppo.
eition. Sheshan carried six Of the nine wards.
though &c had been generally supposed that
the district would 10 against him. The
Bissell men made a mighty effort. They hired
= whole line Of omnibusses TO run to tho polls.
rntlo house to house canvass Of every ward.
spont monsJ freely, and were then completely
routed. Tho caucuses wero tho largest ever
held in Buffalo. Tho contests In some OF the
wards were fierce. and the vote so largo that
II Was difficult to poll It within the two allotted
heurs. Ono feature OF tho battle was mis-
representation spread broadcast by tho Bissell
men.
They represented that Sheehan wns seeking
election both to the office OF Lieutenant Gov
srnor and to the State Committee. and gave
out that their delegates were for Sheehan for
Lieutenant Governor and Augustus L. Scheu
for State Committeeman. In some instances
this was true. but Wilson S. Bissel
wants to DO boso OF tho county. II
he had succeeded in electinE his delegates.
which were non inaly for Scheu. they would
have como to the State Convention opposed to
6heshan for Lrutenant-Govsrnor Sbsehan
did not attempt TO explain away this misrep-
ressntation; he vent into the battle on his own
merits and car,o forth victorious.
Mr.. Sheehan's old home. tho First Assembly
district. stood Loyalty by him. He carried the
First ward by 80 majority. the Second By SEQ
majority. tho Third by $50 majority.
and the Filth BY 300 majority. In the
Fourth 10 votes were polled on account
of the interference OF a gang Of tonch.. The
of about g. 600 votes cast. jim Kennsdy. one
OF Grover Clsvc! and's protcGds, and 200 scoop
e e., broke up the caucus IN the Nineteenth
It was in the Second Assembly district that
sssfsiG ass s"FRFsns gains seS sshf%
frs,s IF Fnt and H1s4 'D h
Cleveland once lived. h" received
Sheehnn tho r.mainins six. There is q con-
caucusss were held. ,rhi. ia Bissells ward
and IN it dwells mis- strongest lieutennnts
Hayle hs men the se eau
and the sgular Board then withdrew and he
ss.eus n %hich Mr S heel received :n'
aud al iho delegates 10 tho State Convention.
tically decisive. In front OF the County Com
miltee rooms at midnight the crowd. wild with
enthusiasm; is shouting for SheehaD, and
sLeehan only.
JoSEs's COUNTY GOES FOR FLOWER
BINcnAMToH, Sept, 11:-Roswell p. Flower
for Governor, llliot Daniorth for State, Treas
ana Patrick Msoney Tor State Committeeman
ms is The ticket nominated by the Demo-
It'd my wo
was the hottest light ever seen In this county.
i, A bitter, iee.ing was developed between the
M hour st set or eailne tSo conysstlos f.
i;snnst. Hal. George +. SSsii. canddas" Tor
buitonlloline tho farmers but with small sue.
ress. Jones' was attending the fair at Greene.
The Convention was called to order by J. G.
ana "; +: an clsye W. Was .l.essd c%sir%ss:
SSa a @ local al s1s
mppsa Tho 0T aso who c.msd 10
have received = despatch from ne absent
Jones faction demanded It's. nroduction. The
hartman. who was member OF the OSeil
ID h, hs and u. Jones
break up the asssmblage Finally order. was
partially restored and an effort was made to
Again the two factions split on tho method OF
election. and a lively war OF words occurred
and George i. U'Neil Of the Flower iactiSn
We do not want to stay here all night and
:" Neither do we propose to let one man run
this Convention, returned Collins,
Ss..s S1 s ..;s e. Ss sh.t
I'VE ave more right here than you, re-
aozs z; ysswi!i throw you and your hangers
ing the names OF the Committee en- Hesou-
iions. restoring peace for short time:
10 nominal. Charles OBrlen was opposed BY
Tie psms j. s s Ws IN oBri.n WSs
however. AMID much confusion declared sleot-
90. john H. stone OF Sanford was elected By
Then began tho battle Of the day Nj.
well P. Flower f?r, the nomin alton Tor Gov
Of Order" ',a at once aros. on FL Sides
on. their, feet. all talking at once
and the Chair was unable to preserve
order. For several minutes 1t was evident
that I'M loss some action was taken a free tight
would end the Conycntion, and police call
was turned in. The appearance OF sluad OF
,atrolmsn hud q cooling effect on the nrdor Of
The belllxersnts aud the motion was Voted
The delegates to cast their votes for George
&, O'Neil Ior State Treasurer, Again roar Of
Kisses, followed by cries OF Down with ONeii! |
he can't bulldozs u.s." were heard on all sides, |
ONeil moved the reconsideration OF q vote al
lowing the delegates TO go uninstructsd. Dele |
gale Collins MAIDS tho point OF order that the |
notice was out OF order. Chairman Van Clsvs
ordered Collins 10 sit down, threatening to cali
on, the police to preserve order. At this many
delegates rose. dsclaring that Democrats. not
the POLICE. wero running the Convention. and
they did not propose to submit to the power OF
Instructions was lost by = standing vote.
An effort was thon made to secure a nominee
for member OF Assembly The names OF Robert
Prince Hiram ltogers.and I. B, Andrews were
y. l. Osborne wa. presented and Mr. Osborne
declaration was greeted with loud cheers. aud
wien they suhsided:he asked the Convention