Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-02
"A STRENUOUS END.
NEW YORK DEMocRArIc coNvEN
TIoN, HOWEVER, CLOSES ~
HARMONY.
DEvERY TURNED DOWN.
He and HI. Delegations eui. con-..
ton in High Duaxeo..
connn At HEAD OF rrckEn
Platform Advocates Nationals Owner.
ship and Operation of the Anthr.>
cite Coal Mines, by the Exercise st
tic Right of Eminent Domain
With just compen.ation to Own
er.-Denunciation OF Monopoli.s.


as to bring almost personal conflict. ane
yet terminating in such perfect harmon.
as to allow the completion Of the Statt
ticket with less than a hundred dele
gates out Of four hundred and fifty In tht
hall. was the result of to-day's closinl
of the State Democratic convsntion.
It began early In the morning. Will
prepared slate Of candidates. The SLATE
was not broken in any particular. bur
the right of objection to 1t was given Z;
all the delegates. except in the case o,
one New York delegate. where 1t wal
thought to be an infringement Of the rules
under which the convention was actina
The ticket nominated follows:
For Governor-Bird S. Coler. OF Brook
lyn.
Lieutsnant-Governor-C N. Bull
ger, of Oswego-
Secretary OF state-Frank Mott, OF
ChautauQua-
comptroller-Charlss NJ. Preston. OF Ub
ster.
MISREPRESENTATION cunnesn. o,
Erie
State Engineer and surveyor-Richard
w. Sherman, of Oneida.
State Treasurer-George r. Finch, of
Warren.
Associate Judge of the Court Of APP
peals-John c.. Gray. of New York.
Dcvery Incident.
Naturally great deal of the interest
IN the convention centered in the at
tftude 1t would take towards the seat
ing OF William S. Devery. former head
OF the Police Department of New York
who held a regular certificate OF electioS
from the Ninth New York District II
was not an unexpected event that tn,
convention decided to unseat him, and ii
was not also unexpected that he and
his following were vociterous in their oh.
lection. So thoroughly had Mr.. DeVery
made up his mind that the convention
would have none OF him. that he did
not attend the meeting OF the Committee
on Credentials. but spent the early hours
OF the morning In the rear of the con-
vention. announcing his attitude When
the convention decided to accept the re-
port OF the Committee on Credentials by
vote of AZ to II. then Mr.. Devery walk.
ed out of the hall. after being allowed Ia
declare himself a good Democrat. and
proceeded to hold mass-meeting on thA
steps of the United States Hotel. Aftet
that Mr.. Devery started for home. and
threatened all sorts of disaster for thu
ticket. but halted long enough In his de.
nnunciation for the leaders to assert thai
he was good Democrat.
Anti-Coler Talk HoyvIed Down.
Perhaps the most dramatic situation
during the long hours of the convention
was the refusal to hear the opposition
that developed to Mr.. Coler in the Third
District OF Kings. and from New York
city. Joseph Wasser. Of Kings. and one
other delegate attempted to maka
speeches in opposition. but the objection
of various delegates and the attitude OF
the chair in ruling them out OF order Tt
that time forbade their continuing. BEf
when Mr.. Coler's name had been placed
Iii nomination, and the nominations wera
closed, Nathan Straus, OF New York,
arose. and objected to Mr.. Coler. Hs
was allowed to go to the platform to pre-
sent his objections. and he requested In
an eminently fair manner the privileges
of talking. He had hardly begun, how
ever. to state his objections. when he
was roundly Kissed. and finally. upon mo-
ton of Delegate Milne. was ruled out
of order. He started to leave the plat
form, putting the notes from which ma
was reading in his pocket. and when
he had reached the steps leading to the
auditorium. he was surrounded by a num-
Der OF newspaper men who desired copies
Of his remarks. He was attempting 70
determine who to give them to, whea
a number of Tammany delegates sur,
rounded him. and pressing him against
the wall took the notes from him and
tore them up.
Luckily he had preserved a copy IN
his pocket. and this copy lle managed
finally, after removing his hat and
glasses. to hand to the newspaper men
The Straus incident ended objections .n
the ticket. and the rest of 1t was noml.
mated without any question or objecties
wha tever.
COIer Vote 49, to 3.
Mr.. coier was nominated by vote OF
444 to 3. The rest Of the ticket was named
by acclamation.
The platform tonight Is looked upon bJ
the delegates present as perhaps very
verbose. but. as a whole. one OF the
best documents of its kind that has been
formulated in years.
Devery ON His Mettle.
AT n.27 the temporary chairman took
the gaveI and raped for order. and tho
report of the Committee on Credentials
was called for. Chairman Mcmahon said. !.
TN presenting the report move the pre-
vfous question.
This was to prevent debate. When the
secretary read-'In the Ninth District.
New York city, neither delegation is en-
titled to seats In the convention because
of the wholesale corruption.'-a roar OF
cheers and Kisses went up. and as 1t con-
tjn1red nevprv was aeen IN ha poakip~