The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-26

Inc resolution adopted declares th
Iammany hall organization regular an
entitled to seats in the convention. an
entitled TO recognition in all futureN con
veleions, lts delegates to be placed on tn
preliminary roll They are to be tbe sol
users of the party colors and emblem 7,
all contests that may arise Tammany 4
70 De treated as the party Organization
But IN the interest of harmony the com
mlttee awards a one-fifth vote to the con
testants and four-ffths to Tammonv
It IS understood that there will he
further conference prior to the conyen
tion tomorrow. "'eH
syracuse, N. Y, Sept. 24.-At precise
ly l2:2o Chairman Hinckley of tb,
state committe called the convention tc
oruer ana Rev. A. H. Fahnstock offered
prayer asking for peace and unity,
Chairman Hinckley announced that he
was directed by the State committee
70 announce that both sets of delegates
from hlngs county should be placed
on the rolls and the following resolu.
ton was read:
That in the event of roll call OF
the convention two names he called
at the head of the regular Democrac cv
and one at the head of the independent
organization and so on down.
Ihat IN the event of two organiza-
tlons OF Kings county failing to unite
upon q candidate the Democratic or
ganization, of which j. D. Bell is the
head, shall be the only recognized Dem
ocratic organization from Kings county, ,
The resolution was unanimously
adopted upon motion by ex-Mayor
Gilroy of New York.
line CHAIRMAN announced that the
hnI Il NaA.
poray chairman the Hon. Poney Bel
mont of New York and appointed Hon.
Daniel Lockwood of Buffalo and George
Foster Peabody of Kings county tenn
porary secretaries.
| When Mr.. Belmont took the platform
he was greeted with applause which
frequently occurred during his brief
speech to the convention. At the con-
! clusion of Mr.. Belmont's remarks Sec
retary De Freest began the roll call
The names of Flower, Sheppard, Bell
| and Bissell were cheered.
Contrary to expectations, when the
| New York district was reached there
was no public notice of contest until
| the clerk had read the entire Tammany
| delegation.
During the reading the Tammany men
looked at each other as if amazed at the
| lack of contest, but the amazement was
ended when, as Mr.. Clark started Nj
agara, Charles Fairchild arose and said:
81 present the contest for 35 seats
held by the New York delegation, just
read"
There was a burst of applause that
lasted for some time and then the chair
man said: "Referred to the committee
on contested seats when appointed"
In Queens county ex-Mayor Gleason
made notice Of contest, and when
Richmond was called a delegate said
that contesting delegations there had
agreed upon the same representation at
had been agreed upon in Kings count!
and they desired their names on the
roll. Referred to the committe on ere
dentials. These were all the cOntesti
noted. "a,
Congressman Aulzer moved that the
rules of. the last assembly be adopted.
The usual resolution were offered in re-
lation to the appointement of committees.
E&-May0r GilrOy moved that when
the convention adjourned it be until 10
a. m. Wednesday. Carried.
Few of the practical politicians in the
city will admit ever having seen such a
seething pot of discomfort as that brewed
within the few. hours that interviewed
between the hour of recess of the con-
vention and the meeting of the various
committees. Up to the hour of con-
vening it was supposed that the plan of
representation adopted by the Kings
county people was the plan favored by
the leaders and would be adopted in the
case of the New York contests. But men
with Tammany badges were showing
discomfort and the result was that when
the convention adjourned there was no
certainty that there would be any ac-
oaptonpn Of tho nl0n.
At the head and front of the revolt
against the plan favored by Senator
Hill and Ex-Governor Flower were Sem
ator Murphy, ex-Police Commissioner
Martin, ex-senator Grady, ex-Mayor
Gilroy and ex-Lieutenant Governor
Sheehan. The latter was inclined to be
conservative and was strenuous IN MS
denials of a story to the effect that at
the meeting of the State committee
this morning he declared, in the pres
ence of Senator Hill, that any man who
voted for the admission of the State
Democracy people was traitor TO DEM
ocracy.
81 never was before the committee"
he said, land never expressed my. views
except to Senator Hill personally
But Senator Murphy spoke differently.
He said "Senator Hill and those who
favored the admission of those people
are greatly in the wrong. The proper
place for them to show their strength
and fight their battle was before the prl-
mary. They were invited to take part.
They declined. They therefore have no
standing here. l am opposed to admit
ting them. If they are good, conscien-
tious Democrats they will not vote
against the Democratic ticket"
Police Commissioner Martin had talk
with Ex-Governor Flower this afternoon
and some very hot words passed. Flow
er was in favor of harmony at any cost
and Martin was just as sure that the
State Democracy people should not be
treated with, as they did not come regu- |
larly as contestants. The two leaders
disagreed so badly that they lost their
tempers and left each other without COM
ing 10 a settlement.
Martin went at once to the Vanderbilt |
and called a meeting of the Tammany
committee. He presided himself, and
upon motion appointed a committee to
appear before the committee on contest |
ed seats and argued against any repre-
sentation for the State Democracy. The |
feature Of this move was the |
fact that Thos. f. Grady, who is well
known to be deadly enemy of the State |
Democracy, was made chairman of the |
delegation.
One of the significant features of the |
dav was the absence from the cOnyen-