New-York tribune., 1895-09-25

some Of us had been asked requested and ear
nesty urged by men high In influence IN tne party
to do So" There were two kinds OF men III every
partv he said One kind preferred the strong hand
OF authority: they wanted to belong 10 strong
organization where the vii or the rev governed
the many. The majority he believed. preferred
this kind Of party government. But there were
others, a large body. though the minority, per-
hapg. who could not and would not endure such
condition of things. In New-iork these men
were strongly Democratic I'm their feellngs. but
they would not be bound by party usages. The
question was for the committee and the conVen-
ton to decide Was ii well for such n faction Ia
be represented In the party counsels or the state
He didn't pretend that his position was logical
one from the organization point or view. out the
sentiment he and his associates represented meant
n great many votes. for the Democratic party:
Their usefulness to the party. he sfid. consisted
in the fact that they did represent that senti-
ment The contestants rested their case at the
end Of Mr.. Fairchild's speech
TAMMANY's SIDE PRESENTED.
Ex-Mayor Gilroy who directed the Tammany
side of the fight. then asked how many
speakers the sitting delegates had. -Four prob
ably" he said, and called on ex-Police Justice
Grady TO open for the defence. The ex-Justice is
mourning the loss of $4,000 year as one OF the
results of the reform victory in New-fork last
fall and he was particularly sore on the state
Democracy. He told the kind OF a fight the re-
formers had put UP last fall. and an angry CLINT
shot from his eye as he turned as though pre-
pared to make a tgerish spring on Fairchild.
Wheeler. Peckham. Scott and their associates.
His wrath however was spent In bitter invective
and sarcastic ridicule. as he told how they knifed
and scaped the candidates on the Democratic
ticket from Governor down. These men charge
us with coming here brandishing bloody toma-
hawks and seeking political scalps, roared
Grady. But they not here looking for scaps.
They have them already dangling from their
belts" This ausion to the success of the move
ment for honest government in New-Ycrk last
fall and the way the Power or RemoVal Dill nad
been used to strip Tammany OF the city offices
set the whole assembly into a roar. Grady con-
tnued to appeal in behalf OF the 1O9 900 Demo-
Gratis Of New-York who had stood firmly by the
Democratic ticket when the Fairchiid Democrats
had turned in with the Republicans and other
anti-Tammany organizations to defeat the regu-
lar ticket The Tammanyites and their sympa-
thzers gave three cheers 10 Grady at the close
Of his speech.
When he got through Mr.. Fairchild and Mr.
Peckham held a whispered conversation almost
under Hills nose. and decided not to make
reply to Grady. Ex-Mayor Gilroy said that If
the contestants had no reply to make the sit
ting delegates would submit no further argu-
ment. Ex Chamberlain Grain. Colonel Gardiner
Maurice +. Holahan and one or two others
were thus deprived of the opportunity or de-
livering carefully prepared eulog!es on Tam
''' THE COMMITTEES DECISION.
Senator Hi then arose and in hoarse
voice moved that the committee go into ex-
ecutive session. The Senator's motion was
promptly adopted After two hours Of secret
discussion the committee decided to grant to
the State Democracy representation Of one
fifth OF the delegation, instead of one-third. as
Senator Hill has urged. This arrangement would
give to the Fairchild men Il out of the l05 dele
gates from New-York, leaving to Tammany
S4 delegates. Had Hls plan been adopted the
delegation would have stood IS Grace to 20
Tammany men. The committees decision Is
unsatisfactory to both sides, and an old-time
shindy in the convention tomorrow Is pre-
dicted