New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-07

That he voiced the sentiments of many other
delegates everybody knew. At least fifty-four
members Of the convention were VIGOROUSLY In
attendance for the very purpose OF opposing
and, If possible, preventing the nomination OF
Maynard. The Albany delegation. Smith Weeds
group from Plattsburg and Cord Meyers peo-
pie from Long Island were all there to make
war on the bosses and their plan to force May.
nard on the party But not a man among
them had the courage to peep. Meyer and his
delegates, indeed, had deserted the little Admin
istration party the minute the announcement
was made that their man was to be taken In
by the machine and put at the head OF its May.
nardized ticket
SOLD HIMSELF FOR OFFICE.
That settled Reformer Meyer. All his inde-
pendence and rugged force Of character
oozed out of him like gum from a tapped
maple and even the question of admitting
the paper delegation from the WITH District
Of Albany, Meyer and his men stood by the ma
chine. The expression bought up could
not be more truthfully applied than to this young
Reformer. He sold himself outright for the
prospect of office.
Almost as contemplate the conduct OF
the Herrck party from Albany. Every man
of them. from General Tracey down. has
been damning Maynard in the corridors OF the
hotels and predicting overwhelming defeat u
he were nominated. But when the roll.
call came and in order to avoid answering
severaly to their names they sneaked De-
hind the unit rule-which their county con.
vention had adopted for the express purpose
of multiplying the admission of the Hill bolt.
ers from the WITH Distrct-and voted their
whole strength for Maynard. The same thing
was done by the Rochester Anti-Snapperss
George Raines going so far as to say In
a threatening tone that it would be good
thing to call the roll on Maynards name
plainly implying that ii would enable the
machine to fix for destruction any delegate
who had the audacity to oppose its decree.
The shaking up that Wiederman gave the
convention had this good result, however, that
il compeed the bosses to declare fatty that
they cared nothing for rhe independent and re-
form sentiment of the voters. but, on the con-
trary. that they held it in contempt. Well.
why shouldn't they? The career of every boss
of them was a living witness to the fact that
it could be laughed at with impunity. And
right here in this convention. in far 1t was
represented at all. they had bribed and senced
it, There was some little ground. it must be
owned. for their contemptuous demeanor. Mis-
taken as honorable men know IL to be. according
to their lights and their experience. it was safe
and wise enough.
THROWN OUT NECK AND HEELS.
The servity of the Anti-Snapper element
was the more peculiar because the rule OF po-
liteness which Mr.. Croker insisted on did not
in the final shuttle avail to save them single
seat. On the contrary, their Yates County dele
CATION was turned out of the that the
State Committee had allowed it to occupy
during the temporary organization. Cord Meyer
is absolutely the only of them who got q
bite of anything. When the convention
sembled and the Committee on Permanent Or
ganization had reported that the temporary
officers were to be continued Ar. Ridgway
as chairman of the Committee o, Credentials
took the PLATFORM and in his p,litest manner
read its report. 1t simply Amounted to this
that the Anti-Snappers tlrown down in
all Of their sixteen contests. "he Herrck peo-
pie made a little show of light General
Tracey said that the report du great injustice
to the Democracy of Albany in seating men
who were not elected-reerring to the Hill
delegates from the IVtb District and he
demanded the yeas ard nays on the
question of adopting the report OF
the committee, Ridgwty having cut OF
debate by blandly rowing the previous
question. The yeas and nays were taken. and
Tracey got "a votes against 24O. Cord Meyer
and the Long Island people voting gratefully
for the machine.
The platform, with was read by George
Ranes. is as follows
The Democratic pa'ty in convention assembled
congratulates the peple Of NewYork that the will
of their majority witch for many years was stihed
for partisan advantge by an unreprcsentatve Leg
isative body. has 4 length found opportunity for
complete expressin. and that Democratic admin
istrative officers md Democratic lawmakers have
been enabled duIng two years to unite In register
ing the will of hat majority by the enactment OF
wise laws. long unjusty withheld securing to th~