San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-25

convention, because of a conference
being held in the rooms occupied
by Messrs. Hill, Hurphy and
Flower, it is said for the purpose of
trying to persuade John Boyd
Thatcher, VINO is personally friend
ly to both sections of the party, to
accept the nomination for the
comptrollership.
Thatcher refused absolutely at
first, and then began a series of
argument by the leaders to induce
him to fall into line. 1t was then
intimated that word had come
from Washington that he would
be personally acceptable to the
administration. For fully an
hour conference lasted behind
closed doors, with anxious
crowds of supporters of other cam
didates filling the Railways until
IL 20, when the credentials COM
mittee's report was called for. The
report of Queens and Oswego coun-
ties protests were read and added
to the report without debate by
the convention.
When the New York contest was
reached the resolution, as adopted
in committee, was read during in
tense quiet. Then, during a roar
of applause Delegate Patterson, Of
Kings county, offered this:
Resolved, That upon the roll of
| the convention be placed the
names of both sitting delegates
from New York county, and that
the sitting delegation have seventy
votes and the contestants thirty
five votes, and that the state
Democracy elect four members of
the state committee and the sit
ting delegations eight; subject,
however, to conceding the party
| emblem to the sitting delegation
in case of difference in the party
ticket.
Patterson stated his reasons for
offering this substitute. He said:
81 have in my hands the resolu-
tions adopted this morning by
New York Democracy, saying they
cannot, with decency, or dignity
accept the Offer" applause and
hisses) "To me it seems they are
right. We are not making a step
toward harmony by adopting the
committees resolution. 1t will
irritate against the state organi-
alton, and, with great respect to
the committee, it will i'll befit the
party to do this. If given their
seats they must, according to the
resolution of the committee, come
in under the cloak Of Tammany.
If / understand the tempers of
these gentlemen, they will never
come here as delegates from Tam
many" Shouts and jeers.) "You
may scott if you please, but reform
has come to stay, and these gen.
tlemen are reformers in the true
sense of the word. Their actions
in New York City have been just
when we consider the government
of that city. 1t is idle to deny
that there is room for reform as it
has certainly been demonstrated
by investigation. That assertions
of fraud and corruption are true is
demonstrated by the fact that
thousands of Democrats voted
with the Republicans and the rec
ords show that several thousand of
our voters went from us, controlled
by these people who ask recogni-
tiOn here"
State Senators Guy and Thomas
F. Grady and others spoke for the
Tammany delegates.
Bell, OF Kings county, chairman
OF the credentials committee, took
the platform. He said: 1--WE had
great respect for the gentleman OF
the contestants, but we had also
to consider the question OF the
Democratic party of the state. L
move the adoption Of the resolu-
ton endorsing our attitude"
The question was put by the
chair and Patterson's resolution
was killed and the other resolu-
ton, giving the state Democracy
one.fifth was adopted. The Grace
Fairchild people started to leave
the hall, and as some of them
filed out there was repetition of
the scene In the Democratic con-
vention at Saratoga. They were
alternately cheered and Missed.
When the tumult had subsidized,
the report of the committee on per-
manent organization was read, and
the chairman appointed commit
tee to escort Ex-Governor Flower to
the chair.
Charles S. Fairchild, OF New
York, said when he left the conven-
ton today: "The Associated Press
can announce we will have ticket
of our own on all local issues"