The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-31
THE KICKERS' CONVENTION.
TERRIFYING CUT AND DRIED ACCORD
,yG 10 MACHINE METHODS.

Managers Not Only Tell who VIII Pre-
aide, but what lie IL doing to Say In MS
II .,..ch-'rhey Not Only say that Con-
II ,..u,c delegation VIII be sent to Chit
j .,ro, but Trli Who the Delegates MT
,r, WIN Ee-Their Headquarters In
IN. same Room In which John Kelly DR..
r,p,zed III. Holt In 1ssO-Arrivnl Of the
<w York and Kings County Delegations.
SYRACUSE. May 80. Tho stuffed Convention
r.vtak, On at least the dignity Of numbers
,,,morrow. when tho free train. the cu-rate
oar lrads, and the dcatlhead delegations that
AIRY frcs tickets hayo all arrived. To-day 1t
,o, difficult t. believe that tho nondcscript
thing was rcallyto como oil. Tho only notable
,,,n of it was n canvas sheet hung over the
front Of the Glubo Hotel. announcing that
,lncc T., lie the headquarters Of tho kings
county delegation. Tho sign next in impor.
,,nce was the presence of Maurice j.
lnw,r and Stephen A. Walker. tho head Of
g. IN, lcnnpt County Democracy aud tho
NAM who WAS once United States District Auor-
my under Cleveland. Tho noisy bands in tho
streets were not out in their honor or in honor
ofthc stuffed Convention. tho files Of march
irg men in uniform wcro not parading for
Them tho bunting on tho housetops was not
on their account. All OF these gala signs
served far different purpose than to honor
men who are faithoss TO their party. They
were tributes to tho memory OF the dead boys
who fought down secession and upheld the
regular orga nizatiun Of government
At night there were some OF the true symp-
toms Of an approaching mocting Tho Van
dcrhit tho headquarters OF the leaders OF the
stuffed Convention. was tho resort OF a lean
and curious crowd. which made weak buzz
Ike that OF genuine Convention heard ut
Rreat distance. The free train from New York
kad come in with $50 delegates. and the dead
head delegation from Brooklyn was also
there. 1t was hardly creditable that
there were but $50 persons from tho
city where the anti snappcrs said their call
for a Convention was signed by 10000 Demo-
Gratis. and only Is persons from Brooklyn which
promised to send n full thousand men. AS the
above figures were obtained from the leaders
| In the movement. they may DO relied upon.
/, Added to the 425 persons from the big cities
fvas little handful Of men from Washington.
Saratoga. Richmond. Albany. and other coun-
ties. Then. including the gaping idlers that
/ edged in from tho sidewalks. there were not
500 persons altogether at this headquarters
hotel at 10 o'clock on the night before this as
tonshing Convention.
1t was singular and impressive coincidence
that the actual headquarters should be in tho
very room in which John Kelly organized his
Inflated bolt from tho Democratic party in
1879. Before the door OF that identical room.
now the reading room of tho Vanderbilt Hotol.
hangs placard bearing tho legend: Head
quarters OF the Democratic Provisional Com
mittce." When. In 1870. the Tammany delo-
gates withdrew from tho regular Convention
they filed through the streets to this room.
and there decided to hold a Convention Of their
own. the Convention in Shakespeare Hail. ut
which Mr.. Kelly was nominated for Governor.
ssked senator Chase OF Albany:
Are you going to send contcsting, dele
cation to Chicago or are you going to yield to
the desire OF some Of your delegates and
send protesting instead OF contostlng dole
Then Senator Chase revived another sad
What" he exclaimed. send q delegation
Chicago to protest that David ih b HiIl cannot
s IL sSa weae tss s' st.
not carry az ! New YORK. and then Mr. Tiiden Was
nominated and carried the State by 10000?
Are We going to initiate those tacticsf No. we
arc going to send contcstng delegation Of
seventy-two delegates, That is what We arc
here for. Two hundred thousand Democrats
ssvent stS delegates to Chicago and we viii
obey their ORDER
In that room where a previous bolt was still
/ born, and within the sound OF Senator Chase's
voice as he recalled another futile blow aimed
At the Democratic party. wore the leaders in
the head e
them was ex- Mayor William r. Grace. shrewd.
active. hiding his mischcvous. eyes behind
There was Maurice J, Power. the man who
sS Sr rom hs IN H bn
{CsnIa. ex,Asslstant, Treasurer under Cleve-
b was back IN the SUBJ Trcasury already.
There was Charles s. Fai Secretary Of the
,ueasury uEIer Cleveland; confident and on
Iector 9f the Port OF New York under Gleye-
i hnd tho same intens. and soli-willed spirit
he W the Gusto a9Is
EeGo and tho steadiast relic OF tho old State
Committee of lG,leveand's time. There was
Key, There was Stephen 4. Walker. another
t,eTyeland beneficiary. md there was =. Ellery
Tho matter of greatest interest was what
, ines" leaders mean TO do to-morrow. The
nrrn marioncttes in tho hands Of the half y
Hi,,il the leaders came at night that any out
hEY1t the leaders read iiy told tho whole story.
1 Thy could i they had wanted 70, have re-:
| Eoi'-' "" Wnolh Oh the uOlnkS OF tho stuffed
Invention for this mornings SuN. They said
iAlf they wero going, first Of all. to hold
meeting OF the Provisional Committee as
u 1t were II regular state COMMITTEES
and wore going to name John D. Herman for
IemIcrury Chairman. They added that Nj
herman would also Do tho permanent Chair
pan, They even told what Mr.. Herman is 90.
Mg TO- say in his speech, Ho will sny tint
this Is hut III" hating place Of 2OO. 900 Dam.
! trrats on their way to Chicago" IIo viii also
tay that ths regular February Convention If
the party was. the play Of Hamlet with
Hamlet left out" by which he viii moan m,,,
that Grover Cleveland was not m"ntinn"d
10 tho, resolut Ions OF that Conv.ntinn
Then the lenders who have cut ma
dried all the doings ut this great uprising ~
The, poopln told who tho delegates at Iarrn
Will be- They will be Frederic H. CouInrt
and Alexander +. Orr Of New York Naynr
Robinson Of Elmira. and Mayor Bish"p nf mf.
ia!o. All this was unknown To- The Uprising
people. who will read it when THE 1T Nrruches
here at noon Tomorrow.
The rank and fle were very modest. great
many OF them had never attended Couvene
tIon and did not know what 1t would be like
great many more were young and ncon-
tIlcnous men. who wera greatly fiattered at
being lifted from the dend level OF common.
pace existence to be sent hero as delegates.
altogether they only troubled them Ives u bout
one point. and that was whether 1t was wise TO
sehl contrsting delegation to Chicago
very great number Of thom thought 1t was not
Wise. especially as 1t would be uccenting tho
hRn,tor!ety. ~ the dlscord in New York Siate.
IHlS feeling very strong among country