New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-29

-. ,hsv had nothing to do except to listen 70
a"N 1t NJ the two bands. playing alternately
+, the gallery and one at the west end OF 'i'e
,N.tor,o There were plenty Of vacant chaHs
- platform. and few of the men seated there
- Republicans Of prominence
TIE DECORATIONS.
,asia Hall was in political convention
tIundreds Of American flags and banners
- ,,sad in the festoons around me horseshoe
=, front of the boxes and the galleries.
.,o,s Of the State flag marked Governor
- box which overlooked the west eho ol
o,otforrn Colored streamera oePehr'''S
.-o,, point above the charman's desk anu eA-
..n,,rs 10 the sides of the platform, lor"''" q
o,v-1lke effect. Large portraits OF
s'auin,ev and Vice-Presdent Hobart were nuns
~, hank Of flags on the rear Wall u '''0
platform. ,...o- ,.ore orchestra
r,a coats for the 3iS delegates were OF
a,d tie alternates mad seats III Wv
,-1as circle in the rear Of the audltoilu'"' -"
oie'' - from, tho Borough Of Manhattan sat
r,idd,, front chairs. and the brooN'yh
".,ao,,oe had front chairs on the east sue %.
ho,,so All the seats were NUMBERED ANU
~ do,ooo1es had tickets with correspondents
'he -, ,ho,a was no confusion In seating
the delegates
4 hot TINE TONIGHT
&C.. ornlause during the gathering OF the
-o,ns was caused by one of the bands play
,.-r,,o-eu Re a Hot Time in the Ola io"h
~ >,,h," The next round &c applause Sree'eu
a.,,.oorarce Of Congressman Lemuel H.
~ chairman 90 the provisional Repup-
60, C,,, Committee who was to call the c'''-
.'o,,,,or - order Nj Qugg walked on the pat
torr, at 1910 O'Clock. accompanied by ""e'''
I,,,,i,c Of Brooklyn, Edward Lautef"aV" anu
(,-a y Manchester. 4 few raps OF 'ic 6"'N'
,,rod,,ced quiet and Mr. QuieS called upon MI
,,o,cbes:er TO read the call for the convention
=, soon as that was done Mr. CulSs s"'u '''"'
,bo roll Of the delegates would be caAeo u per
nj, of Dossibla subsjitutions, ara MI -@"''o"o9
.1r laboriougy read off the names oi All inc
aa,ooates. Every time the name OF dis'r''.
,oader was called there would he HPPie =.
.,,leuea There were few substltu'OHS' anu
: ,auta,an.-Governor Woodruff. who was TO u
chairman Of the convention was nameo aS
srNs.jtute delegate from the Min ASse'n"'E
nis,rict Of Brooklyn The rOllcall was hnisheu
at ITO y. n.
DADY MAKES \ PROTEST
1,-ho, tho calling OF the roll If the lst DIS
Att, &c prooklvn was reached Michael j. Dady
,ro,or,ed against the seating of the oeiesa'es
- tbis district The call Of the lid DlS'Tic''
~ which Sheriff Butting is leader also are"
<ou,h . protest The objection vas MADE by
William J. Beattie
coorge p Manchester. W. II. Ten Eyck' II. A.
WAGNER r F. Wood and Levertt stone were
.,no,od secretaries of the convention Wllhou"
ornosition and then Mr.. Qugg presented inc
,,o,a ne ientenant- Governor Timothy l.. Nooo-
IF as the temporary chairman Of the cohVeh-
, ord Mr. Woodruff elected without
dissenting voice. Mir. QugS appointed 'oili'
Murray Mitchell Jacob Worth ana T. = Mo'i'S
o committee to escort the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
,o.,he chair. and there was a ripple OF iaus "'e'
90 Mr Worth rose and smiiingly advanced ~
ward the man who had done 50 Hiuc" ~
fea. him at the Republican primaries III pi'oN-
,vn Mr. Worth led the way TO the platform
where Mr.. Woodruff was introduced as the
chairman of the convention.
Mr.. WOODRUFFS ADDRESS,
Nv Woodruff had refreshed himself with
erink Of milk out of a bottle before he was es-
corted to the platform. and he was IN goou No'0e
when he began his speech. He said;
Gentlemen OF the Convention and Fellow-tepu .i
ilS....s sincerely appreciate me hC hstman II
woud De almost Impossible 10 exageefate, me III
POI pow togotner a. REPRESENTATIVES of party wnth
is io-dsy supreme in the Nation in the state ana
in both of the municipalities about 10 be conso ;
d.,ed The Republican party in all is glorious MS
tory has never been more entltied 20 81! ~
now wnen the clouds of Democratic adversely are
being dispeed by the sun OF fePuD'ca'
We have been delegated to represent victoiloHHs
and courageous constituency which through ' me
action Of this convention, Is aoout 70 ASSUME ~
paien 10 determine the character OF the adinlnsua
ton OF the city for The three c!Qsing az the
coming century when will witness under WIS
and honest administration Of its afalIs me Of New
York over all the municipalities OF the worid' zap
piauseD
ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN YEARS A"o
1t is hardly possible realize that the population
OF this city, which September ! OF this year
passed the two-mon mark, was but ten thousand
souls when the island OF Manhattan was evacuated
by the forces of Great Britain only ia years ago
ns5dd q NAV he noted thar St Psul's Church on
lower Broadway, was erected with its back to thar
thoroughfare in order thar from its front porch
there might always be had an unrestricted view OF
the harbor and the bay Indeed. no longer ago
than at the beginning Of this century marshy
where now stand many of our mos; imposing struct-
ues, and in the midst OF II LAY he famous Collect
whose placid surface ruiied by the first steam
boat paddle operated on this continental lake ad-
mirably adapted as the central feature OF puoiic
park. but entirely disregarded from that standpon,
because II was thought New-Iork would never grow
within easy access, OF this lonely reson-a spot
ultimately redeemed from lis Gesolation only 10 pc
come the site OF the gloomy Tombs. A large sec
ton OF the East River Waterfront az that une con
which empted a stream OF some proportions which
had meandered peacefully its pleasure where now
The City Hall. when completed e.ghty-fve years
ago then the finest building in the United States
with front and sides Of white marble. was con;
s;ruc:ed with a northern exposure OF cheap red
sandstone, because its back would be ont of sight
10 all the world" Fifty years ago only few
houses had been erected north OF Union Square.
which up 10 tnat time had been used as "Potter's
Field" and as recently as forty-lve years ago the
principal house in the region about Madison square
G aaFrV 4t1H hi
is now the site of the Fifth Avenue Hotel can
remember how the people of the city OF New-H aven
where lived when a boy. complained OF the incon-
venence OF being landed way uptown when the
Grand Central Depot located az Forty second
ST, and yet al the end Of twenty-five years. 1t Is
being reconstructed because is no longer adequate
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