The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-01
VAN WICK, C0LER, RUPERT
CRoKER,S CITF TICKET NOMINATED
AFTER NoISY PROTESTS.

"""e't " hFNs'VH " uhUttT Huu uu httguuN
to Break the UnIt Haic By a CaJnor S1ns-
Ono "Bryan Man." One Free silver Sfns,
and n GoidbuE Are Mr.. Crpker's Selections
Chicago Platform Not Observation-Disclosures
man TAFT Punches a Gentleman In the Jaw.
For Mavor-RoBERr A. VAN WICK Of the borough
OF Manhattan.
For comptroner-BIRD s. CoLER of tho borough Of
Brooklyn.
For President Of The CouncI-JAcoB RurrEnT, Jr,
OF tho borough OF Manhattan.
The foregoing city ticket was nominated last
night according to programme by the regular
Democratic City Convention held In the Grand
Central Palace. rho choice OF this ticket
demonstrates that Il man who has been protest.
ing for three years and moro that ho il out Of
politics Is very much OF an influence in Tam
many Han politics still. This man Is Richard
Croker and the ticket is his.
Mr.. Crokor's slate was not put through, how
ever, without , good denl Of friction and crcr,H
ing on the part of the machine. The spct!1
opposition seemed to be directed against
tho candidate for Mayor. In fact. whom
the announcement OF the vote and Jus
tice Van Wyck's nomination was made
last night 1t WAS greeted with almost as many
Kisses AS cheers. There was n greater demon
~stration in favor OF the nomination of x.post.
master Charles W. Dayton. whose name was
mentioned incidentally. and there were hum
drods OF demands for the nomination of Register
William Solmcr.
Mr.. Dnyton's name was checred Justify BY
many delegates from Brooklyn but the great
est shouting was done by his friends. who
were very many. in the wings and In the gal.
leEies. Mr.. Sohmer's shoutcrs seemed to be all
outsiders, but they were ali loud of voice and
very persistent in shouting for him.
All these counter demonstrations were very
annoying to the leaders, who looked appeal
ingly to Chairman .Almct +. jerks to push
the programme through. He responded to their
mute appeals manfully, but the opposition could
not he smothcred.
Tho most serious outbreak against the machine
occurred o the call of the roll for the nomination
of candidate for Mayor, when a delegate from
the Twenty-frst Assembly district OF Brooklyn
Kept the convention in an uproar for ten min
utes or moro in an effort to enter a pro-
test against his vote boing cast with those
of the 2oS other delegates from the borough Of
Brooklyn by the Chairman OF the delegation,
Bernard j. York. 1t was only when this
delegate was threatened with forcible removal
from the hall by the police that quiet was re-
stored, and Justice Van Wyck was declared to
be the unanimous choice of the convention for
Mayor. The ten delegates from the Twenty.
first district OF Kings wanted to have their
votes cast for Justice William J.. Gaynor.
As was predicted. the platform refrained from
any mention OF The Chicago platform or of FREQ
silver coinage at l6 to /. Neither Richard
Croker nor Hugh Mclaughlin appeared at the
convention.
CONVENTION OPENED.
Tho delegates began to assemble in the Grand
Central Palace long before : o'clock. and at 7:3o
o'clock the hall was uncomtortably filed with G
struggling mass OF people trying to find seats.
The hall was neatly decorated with flags, all
Of which we're those Of the United States.
Tammany's usual display Of German and
Irish flags was dispensed with. A hand psrched
in the top gallery over the stage played popular
airs and evoked more enthusiasm than any
other performance, except the mention OF
ex.Postmaster Dayton's name. Intorspersed
with the flags was a liberal sprinkling of
signs announcing that there was a bar open in
the back of the auditoIiup where soft and hard
drinks were on SALE sEfSa the time the bar
opened the thirsty were Snst deep in front OF it.
The air in tho hall was EAky and yellow with
tobacco smoke. The women present did mt
seem to mind the smoke a bit, and one youth IN
evening dress, the only one in the hall, puffe1
a cigarette in the balcony among a crowdsok
women.
At 8 o'clock the hall was all disorder. Dele
gates were struggling for seats, and the crowd on
either side of the main hall was shouting, push.
ing, and swearing. In this period OF confusion
Tamnany leader John c. Shcehan forced his
way to the platform and went through tho form
OF calling the convention to order. 1t was
practically little better than p%antom!me. but ID
was evident that he had announced the selec-
ton of a temporary Chairman and appointed a
committed to escort him to tho chair. for Bcr-
nard J. York of Kings and Randolph Guggen-
heimer OF Manhattan proceeded to the stage,
escorting Congressman Amos j. Cummings.
ALDERMAN TAFT PUNCHES 4 MANS HEAD.
An effort was made to get a cheer for Shcehan,
but the convention was far more interested at
this time in "A scrap in progress on the floor.
This was a mix-up Of delegates and police
from the borough OF Manhattan. 10
was begun BY ~, q man IN a trork coat and
moment he sat in tho line Of The Sixteenth As
seinbly d~lstricl delegates. Nobody knew who
he was. lie was laxative, too. Somebody made
u remark about the free silver plank being left
out Of the platform;
with the frock coat and high hat; The dele
gates around him looked things A. him. but no
and when somebody mentioned tho name OF
Pat keenan, he exclaimed:
"Ah. ter hell wild Pat keenan,"
Alderman William TAFT, who wa, sitting nextio
right arm and uppercut the suspect; lie landed
on the strangers jaw: and the %latter,s
rstt nss in nn a %on' STt how o" ever pH' and G's ciinch ni
Weukeu INTO inc SONS NIu dragged out the
struggling pair. TAFT was making franIio
efforts Ia hit The other man again. The police
pulled the pair apart. and two OF them grabbed
Tuit and showed HIM into a chair. while tho
others ran the suspect out Of the hall. After
the fraCas one of the delegates said:
1T didn't amount 10 nOthln. On'y fer tn
police they'd a settled 1t between themselves.
Tine police are the oncs that always make the
trouble
Ills little diversion over. some one called for
three cheers for Robert, a. Van Wyck. There
was no response. \ call Tor three cheers Tor
Charles ". DAYTON elected n roar of approval.
Order hGy';., hocU restored. Congressman
mmin secured "A Chnnuclo make his speech
Of acceptance Of The tcnlpOrnry Chairmanship.
Mr.. Cummings speech did not stir The con-
vGu,lun 10 any great extent. was only inter-
ruplGd two or three 'lmcs by faint applause.
fhc call Of the roll 81 600 delegates was made
hy relays OF dry.thrOdtcJ SecreLarics. The roll
WAC approved and committees On resolutions
and permanent organization were promptly up-
pointed. The convention then, at $40 O'Clock.
look u recess VI tliriy minutes to await the re-
rnpOrip Of ihcsc committees.
Chairman Cummings had hardly begun to put
tho question OF recess 10 the convention before
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