The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-02
Unseat!ng of William Devery Caused Sensation and for Several Minutes the Hall Was Thrown in Wild Confu- sion.
Former N. Y. Chief Left the
 Hall After Saying He Was a
 Democrat Threatened Disas- ter for the Ticket.
Saratoga, N. V, October i.

Saratoga, N. Y., October i.
 Governor-Bird S. coIer of Brook lyn.
 Lieutenant Governor-charIes N. Bulser of osweeo.
 Secretary of State-Frank Mott of chautaqua.
 comptroIIer-charles M. Preston of Ulster.
 Attorney ceneraI-John cunneen of Erie.
 State Engineer and surveyor-Rich- ard W. Sherman of Oneida.
 State Treasurer-George R. Finch of Warren.
 Associate Judge of Court of Ap- peaIs-John c. Gray of New York.
 These are the nominees selected by the democrats of New York after a conven- tion so strenuous in its final hours as to bring almost personal combat, and yet terminating in such perfect harmony as to allow the completion of the state ticket with less than a hundred delegates out of 450 in the hall.
 The convention began in the early morning with prepared slate of can ddtes. The slate was not broken in any particular, but the right of objection to it was given to all the delegates ex- i cept. when in the case of one New York delegate it was believed to be an in- frlngement of the rules under which the convention was acting.
 Devery Unseated.
 Naturally a great deal of the inter- est in the convention centered in the at titude it would take toward the seating of William s. Devery. former head of the police department of New York, who held a regular certificate of election from the Ninth district. It was not an unexpect- ed event that the convention decided to unseat him; and it was not also unex- pected that he and his followers were vociferous in their objections.
 So thoroughly had MT. Devery made up his mind that the convention would have none of him that he did not attend the meeting of the committee on ere dentials, but spent the earlier hours of the morning in the rear of the convention hall announcing his attitude.
 When the secretary read "In the Ninth district, New York, neither dele gation is entitled to seats in the conven- tion because of the wholesale corrup- tion," roar of cheers and misses went LID, ana as IL COnLlnueQ 1eVeIy was Seen making his way to the platform. Vain ly band played A Down the aisle Devery forced his way, the crowd clearing the way for him. When he reached the platform steps he raised his hands in effort to stop the pandemonium that reigned A sergeant at-arms with his hands on the big chiefs shoulder tried to force him back to a seat, but he shook him olL and start ed speak.
 Devery Speaks.
 He said amid cheers: Democrats of this convention, Samuel J. Tilden was de- prived of his right of franchise, as were the people of the United States. We do not want that to occur here today. It was through the work of a clique of this convention that the people of the Ninth district are about to be deprived of similar right MT. Hill, as leader of the state of New York, we ask justice from you as leader of the democratic party. We do not come here as honest demo- erats to be reprived of our rights.Y
 As Devery left the platform not dele gate was in his seat and the gallery was in a wild state of excitement.
 Devery delegate fought his way to the platform and attempted to speak The chair told him that he could not address the convention. Amidst tre- mendous uproar he started to speak. but a sergeant-at-arms hustled him down the steps, For fully ten minutes the specta- tors roared, applauded and hissed, and then the noise subsided.
 Temporary Chairman Staschfield said: For the sake of the delegates to this sAdemocratic convention and those present II desire to say that the party does not hropose to have its voice put down or aI- How it's convention to be run by thugs nnd ruffians, and"
 stanchfieId's Voice Drowned. Here the Devery adherents broke out iagain and drowned MT. Stanchf1eld's 1yoice by cheers for Devery. For several minutes it went on, and then the chair N sf want to say to the gallery that eSerybody will get fair play. If the gal lery does not cease the galleries will be cleared"
 Cries of ''Try it." Lets see you.''
 Finally some semblance of order was obtained and then Devery presented minority report.
 The majority report of the committee on credentials throwing out the ninth dis trict declared that neither the Deyerv nor the Goodwin delegates were entitled to seats by reason of wholesale corrup- ton pertaining to the primary election in said district, whereby it cannot be de- termined what delegates were legally elected"
 The majority report was sustained When the convention decided to adopt the report of the committee by the vote of 422 to 21, then MT Devery walked out of the convention after being allowed to declare himself good democrat and proceeded to hold mass meeting on the steps of the United States hotel. He was assisted in this by James Graham of the Longshoremen's Association of New York and Richard Butler of the United Bridge Workers of New York. Mr. Graham took occasion to say:
 Labor Men Overrldden. s.Laboring men have been overridden and insulted by different sets until they have risen up in arms against them. When they nominated MT. Devery they placed their hearts and souls, their every thing, the dignity of their homes in It. |fa And vet by the work of this convention hey have no representation whatever IT. Butler said: Hill and those others + Il him have put themselves up against M terrible style. Their styles will