New-York tribune., 1891-09-17

We present M nm him at the beginning, we shall vote
s sn him AZ the end We come presena.S SfonpIansel
Iron toward dcieot se ns While we will remain tgne 10 1r
Marty we will retire with that sniicu ,h az copyenton
which Will not hke t"e "'uo', cr
rAsMANY RoARs WITH RAGE
No words could describe the roar OF rage ,r', a"u
orrer which went up from the Ianlii''nS s,, -
d.,oro,es as Mr. De Witt ended his Ditter SPeu
rhev shook their fists at him. shou'eu ~ -
cuts and He is a traitor" A large hunio''
~. -, deleoates from the other counties In tne
o otl.i - s,miIorlv aQitated, recognizing the
sosd,r nature of Mr. De Wits attack upon MI
Viewer Edward Murphy, ir, of Troy chairman
- ,be Democratic State Committee. VINO saV IN
M % the seats Of the Rensselaer, County ueleg"-
49,, srronc from his seat into the centre OF tne
oisIo and seemed about TO rush to the PLATFORM
nd nuII Mr. De Witt off from it. when the la1'er
obruntlv ended his speech with his declaration
tbot the Kings County delegates would accepO
Mr. Flowers nomination. but would "reVre WI"
,hot sullen and surly temper which Will noV INC
the action of the convention" ,
Whom Mr.. De Witt stepped of the pIauor'p
po,rlyo Cochran. who had been hastily consulting
with Richard Croker, jumped to his feet anu idi
ran I'M the steps of the platform ana 'ooK pos
session of the speakers place. He was greauS
| ovcited. his wastcOat was unbuttoned, as IL he
had torn it open in o mental desire 10 srlP sumo
one nv the throat, and he was almost DreatlleSS
with passion He swiftly and savagey asSoul.eu
| tbe Rrool,lvn delegates who sat not ten feet us
tont the red faced Boss" Mclaughlin looklNg
back at him with cold glitter in his eye
had boped,o shouted Mr.. Cochran, fairly shaking
his fist at the Brooklyn Democrats, that noU one
| word would be dropped from the lips OF any uele-
rate in this convention that would porteno sum"
and unruly temper the part of Democrats aC tne
polls | had hoped that there would pe frank
and loyal submission of every conflicting claim 10
the decision of the supreme powers, the
PARTY. that the determination OF the
convention would be upheld and that when the
| word of Judgment was spoken that word "ouiu
| become the gospel Of the party"
The Kings County delegates laughed derslvely
and their followers in the back part of the hall
hurled insulting epithets at Mr.. Cochran. Mr..
Cochran then ended his venomous speech In de-
nunciation of the Kings County Democrats by an
eulogy Of Mr.. Flower.
Rut Kings County had another shot IN us
locker to fire at Tammany Hall. General Isaac D
Catlin, of that organization, took the PLATFORM
and thus assailed Tammany Hall for ooltlng the
Democratic State ticket in 1879, and nominating
John Kelly for Governor:
There is no more need OF campmeeting oratory
here BY the leaders OF Tammany Hall. Kings county
- no-or 80 bo,ted a ticket and never will. With
reference to Tammany Hail. when we look at lo'V'
fbe same cannot be said No organization IN the
State is in a position to advise the Kings County
Democracy as to their acts as Democrats we kho"
| our duty as such. and We Will do it,
Mr.. Catlin further said: 81 indorse everything
| which Mr. De Witt has said, which caused the
| Tammany Hall men TO groan He also attacked
Mr. Flower. This is 10 time" he said, for candi'
dates nominated solely for their money and for
Doodle campaigns, This is no time for wall Street
candidates. There never was time when the
| people were more sensitive to such considerations
| And permit me to say that Kings County VIII go
| ont of this hall sulen because she believes this
| matter OF the nomination was settled against us
before we came by methods that will not bear the
light Of day. If we are to come here. we Demo-
| Gratis bound hand and foot let US give up our
primaries and let a certain set Of men make our
nominations for u.s. Out upon such slavery Let
us crush out such oppression"
Tben General Catlin became deadly in his at
tack upon Mr.. Flower. Let man and not
barrel control u.s." Mr.. Catlin further said that
he had given the convention " cold facts because
he believed that the Democratic party had reached
n crisis in its history. He believed that the
Democratic party was taking dangerous course
was too late.
This ended the dissension for the time being
James D. Mcmahon, of Rome, made a speech
seconding Mr. Flowers nomination. Then with
ont further speech vote was taken. Alfred C.
Cbapin received forty-three votes-thirtysiX votes
from Kings County, three votes from Richmond
and four votes from Queens County. Mr.
Flower received 334 votes. John p. Adams, Of
KINGS County. then withdrew Mr.. Chapin's name,
and Mr.. Flower was nominated by unanimous
vote.
A little later Mr. Flower was brought over to the
Convention hall and was introduced to the shout
ing delegates He was clad in black, as if to
90 TO funeral and his first words were lugubriOus
He had written out a speech and committed it
to memory but unluckily for himself, forgot
portion of it and had to substitute something
else-which was unfortunate. Instead Of saying
Your warm expression of confidence I fully ap-
preciate," he said, Your warm expression of sym
pathy touches my heart" Mr.. Flower, after he
had made this sneech was surrounded by the dele
gates and warmly congratulated upon his nomina-
ton.
McCLELLAND's DIFFICULT TASK.
The nominations for the minor places on the
ticket in each case were made by acclamaton after
the convention, with amazing amount OF
patience and courtesy, had listened to a tiresome
series Of nominating speeches. Charles ?. McClel-
land, the Democratic leader or the Assembly OF
this year, had been selected 10 make the open
ing speech nominating Speaker Sheehan for
acknowledgements Assemblyman McCelland
was a candidate himself for this place until late
Yesterday afternoon when he saw that it would
be absolutely useless for him longer to carry on
his fight against the Speaker. 1t was then that
he consented, but with poor grace, 10 make the
nomination. The effort labored one. Mr..
McCleand was formerly an ardent Cleveland man
and evidently his heart was not with him in
the attempt. His speech was abont as brilliant
as the one he made in the Assembly last winter
when he nominated David B. Hill for United
States Senator Perhaps, too, while he was pre-
paring his last effort his thoughts ran back to
the day in the Assembly last spring when he
openly accused the Speaker Of leaving the desk and
putting some one else there to do his dirty
work lie also may have thought of the day
when he denounced the Black Rock IIarbor scheme,