The sun., 1892-02-22
DEMOCRATS FILL ALBANY.
THEY THRONG THE STREETS AND
PACK THE HOTEL LOBBIEs.

| A Democratic State Convention without n
| Contesting Delegation from New York
| Tammany's Red Radre Worn Alone,
| without the Purple OF the County Dc.
| mocracy the Blue OF irving Hall-The
| Convention Almost Unanimous for Hill
II will Instruct the Delegate. to Present
His Name TO tho Chicago Convention.
ALBANY. Feb. 2l.-Albany is packed with
Democrats tonight A pushing crowd is
wading through tho water which covers tho
sidewalks to the depth Of two inches in places.
and through the half-meted slush which bor-
ders great pools at the street crossings "Dd
you telegraph. sirP Then I'm sorry. for we
have no room left" was the song tho hotel
clerks began to sing early In the day. They
grew hoarse and tired as the evening passed.
| and " No room" was the surly response which
| the late corners got to their request for accom-
modations. Some Of tho strangers are walk
ing the streets tonight. but tho majority OF
| them are sleeping on cots which line the
walls OF the hotel rooms and corridors
Many familiar faces dot the crowd in tho hotel
lobbies. The Hon Timothy ]. Campbell
familiarly Tin" and officially Congress
man Campbell"-has a little crowd about him
exchanging political chafr. Representative
Amos J. Cummings is telling stories to another
| group. Representative Nicholas Muller
and his son head little Staten Island delega-
| cation. Long Island City is represented
by its big Mayor. Patrick J. Gleason
Warden Durston Of Auburn and Warden
Brown OF Sing Sing are among the most con-
| spicuous OF Gov Hills appointees. GeorgeE
| Raines OF Rochester is u prominent figure at
Senator Hills headquarters. He smiles when
tho Craftsmanship Of tho Convention is ro-
ferred to. and says he knows nothing about it
| except what "the newspaper boys" have said
1t will be a peace and harmony Convention.
| Tho old Democratic war horses who have been
going to State Conventions since tho days OF
Hoffman and Seymour. do not know what to
make Of it all. No contests. no rival head
quarters. no contending brass bands. no big
banners and cheering clubs nothing to show
that tomorrow. on Washington's Birthday.
tho Democrats OF tho State of New York will
| elect delegates to tho National Democratic
| Convention except tho crowds around
| the hotels and tho red ana white
badges This is a day OF slush and badges
Tammany Hall brought up 1.50U red
silk badges tied in rosette.with "Tammany'
stamped in gilt on one end OF the bow and
Hall" in gilt on the other These badges
were scattered everywhere. The girls wenr
them. and tho cheeks OF an Albany girl in
| winter time ar" red as crimson silk and her
only other badge is ono of pure white. with II
| brass clasp. On it is printed the picture OF
| the man who will have tho scventy-two dele
| gates Of New York to tho Democratic National
| Convention. Above the picture are the words.
For President" below it is the name of
David B. HILL"
These two badges tell tho story Of tho Con-
| vention in advance 1t is Tammany Hall
and David B. Ilill-David b. Hill for
orL T,D, al n,
Democratic organization OF the city OF New
| York. For the first tme since David B. Hill
| was q prominent figure in State politics only
| one delegation comes to Democratic Conven-
| tion from New York city and that delegation is
| every man Of it selected by Tnmmany Hall.
| Theirs are the only badges ofany local organi-
| cation. They occupy the hotels they have hired
| all the sleighs. and they are constinG around
| in tho slush: tho crimson badge colors the
streets. and even the churches. First Of ALL
! the Convention is Tammany Hall triumph
| for it marks the highest point in State politics
| Of the Tammany organization since Mr.. Croker
! has been at its head and for n long time be-
FORE There is no division of delegates. Tho
| whole seventy-two from tho twenty-four dis
tricts in New York are Tammany's. with no
| ono to lead them Irving. Mozart. Apollo
and tho other halls" havo long since
passed away The II ~, Conn,y ,pem9sracy is
nifty malcontents are the only organized rem
and This HI means the
the State and the Democratis party Of the
country at large. In the discussion OF the
this seS RsanbS buS % % Ssw 1
York 1t is Of greater importance than tho dele
gates to the National I' Convention. for IN the
restrict them. AS it has done hitherto.
That az i, t. the story Of n, the red badge It Is tho
blue q Irving Iiall 1t tells 9t 3 t,iunphant
York. The white badge tells tho rest. 1t sig
miles tho harmony and unanimity OF this
o he State Theu M ann ssVHn
% %n It Of sa s GG rarely
Office 1t Is what tho mnn whose picture is
cratic party Of this State today The conven-
en is en %Say S point sdntsst s tsos s
some kind i, apa nd! It Tea"Tss sens "rpostIon
sp1SEh 1%rpossttion tor his Every oPs = sPys. y.
R"od 6ss chancs sosi itsel and dfdHE ard%f
nHhrf Tfat s"t %nS Htiy onos
1t has become not u question of who is going
hf Sss sssKSss s Ss for soH & the but sa Sa Of s Ns
the Convention 70. morrow do to help Hill most
delegate @ @ has nothing to do with ''n It. .uIt Il
is q question for the best brains and
The able Democrats men With brains and cx.
perience with Victories behind them and con-
consulting with Senator Hill Hugh McLaugh-
lin Of Brooklyn was the last to come, 1t is
tionai or State. since the time OF Pres
ident BUCHANAN: ,h,.iSh,n %hSn he was young
mentally. lie has been reluctant to 90
In person to conventions. relying rather on
his llentenants s to carry AIRY out his INSTRUCTIONS
MI. McLaug'lln decided to come in person.
and he Joined in the, conference this
Delavan House, Richari Croker OF New
York and Edward Murphy. .Jr. Of
Troy were there. too-men of opposite types.
ono reiicent, slow in speech. seldom smiling
never laughing; stern. and somewhat sad IN
thought and speech. sunny Ii, smiles. and