The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-02
BEGAN WITH UPROAR
AND ENDED WITH HARMONY AND
UNBROkEN SLATE.
THE NEW YORK CONVENTION.
DEMOCRATS NAME THEIR FULL
STATE TICKET

With BIRD $. CoIer at It's Hend-Ex-
CHIEF Devery and His Accredited
Delegation From the Ninth New
York District Most Emphaticauy
Turned Down by the Convention.
Devery Retires and Addresses
Open-Air Meeting From Hotel
Steps.
so strenuous in its final hours as to
bring almost personal conflict, and yet
terminating in such perfect harmony
as to allow the completion of the state
ticket with less than a hundred dele
gates out of $50 in the hall, was the re-
suit of to-day's closing of the Demo-
cratic state convention.
1t began in the early morning with
a prepared slate of candidates. The
slate was not broken in any particular,
but the right of objection to it was
given to all the delegates except when,
in the case of one New York delegate.
it was believed to be an infringement
of the rules under which the conven-
ton was acting.
The ticket nominated follows:
For Governor-Bird S. Coler, Brook
Ign.
For Lieutenant Governor-Charles N.
Bulger of Oswego.
For Secretary of State-Frank Mott
of Chautauoua.
For Controller-Charles NJ. Preston
of Ulster.
For Attorney General-John Cunneen
of Erie.
For State Engineer and Surveyor
Richard W. Sherman of Oneida.
For State Treasurer-George r.
Finch of Warren.
For Associate Judge of the Court OF
Appeals-John C. Gray of New York.
Naturally a great deal of the inter-
est in the convention centered in the
attitude it would take toward the seat
ing of William S. Devery, former head
of the police department of New York,
who held a regular certificate of cleo
ton from the Ninth New York dis
trict. 1t was not an unexpected event
that the convention decided to unseat
him; and it was not unexpected that
he and his followers were vociferous in
JnelF O51ecI1OnS.
SO thoroughly had Mr. Devery made
up his mind that the convention would
have none of him that he did not at
tend the meeting of the committee on
credentials, but spent the earlier hours
OF the morning in the rear of the con-
Yentton hall announcing his attitude.
When the convention decided to
adopt the report of the committee by
the vote of 422 to 81, Mr.. tDevery walk
ed out of the convention after being
allowed to declare himself a good Dem
ocrat. and proceeded to hold a mass
meeting on the steps of-the United
Sta tes Hotel.
After that Mr.. Deyery started for
home and threatened all sorts of dsas-
ters for the ticket, but halted long
enough in his denunciation of the lead
ers to assert that he was good Dem
ocrat.
Perhaps the most dramatic situation
during the long hours of the ,conven
ton was the refusal to hear the oppo-
sition that developed to Mr.. Coler from
the Third district of Kings and from
New York city. Joseph Waser OF
Kings and one other delegate attempt
ed to make speeches in opposition, bu.
the objection of various delegates and
the attitude of the chair in ruling
them out of order at that time forbade
them continuing. But when Mr. Coler' 6
name had been placed in nomination
and the nominations closed, Nathan
Straus of New York, arose and offered
objections to Mr.. CoIer He was allow
ed to go to the platform to present
them and he requested in an eminent
ly fair manner .he privilege of talking
He had hardly begun, however, to state
his objections when he was roundly
Kissed and finally. upon motion OF
delegate Milne. was ruled out of order
He started to leave the platform, put
ting the notes from which he was read
ing in his pocket, and when he had
reached the steps leading to the Audi
tcrium he was surrounded by a number
of newspaper men, who desired copies
of his remarks. He was attempting to
determine who to give them to,
when a number of Tammany
delegates, surrounding him and press
ing him against the WALL took the
notes from him and tore them up
Luckily he preserved a paper in his
pocket and this copy he managed final
ly, after recovering his hat and glasses
to hand to the newspaper men, The
Straus incident ended objections to the
ticket, and the rest of it was nomi-
mated without any question or obiec-
ton whatever. Mr. Coler was nomi-
of the ticket was named by acclama-
ton.
The platform tonight is looked upon
by the delegates present as perhaps
very verbose. but, as a whole, one OF
the best documents of it's kind that has
been formulated in years.
AT 11:25 O'clock the temporary chair
man took the gavel and raped for or
der and the report of the committee on
credentials was called for. Chairman
McMahan said:
I'm presenting the report move the
previous question"
This was to prevent debate.
When the secretary read: 'In the
Ninth district, New York, neither dele
cation is entitled to seats in the con-
vention because of the wholesale cor
ruption-" a roar of cheers and Kisses
went up and as 1t continued Mr.. Dew
cry was seen making his way to the
platform. Vainly the chairman raped
for order. Vainly a band played. Down
the aisle Mr.. Devery forced his way,
the crowd clearing the way for him.
When he reached the platform, steps,
he raised his hands in an effort to stop
the pandemonium that reigned. A SER
geant-at-arms, with his hands on the
big ex-Chief's shoulder, tried to force
him back to a seat. but he shook him
off and started to speak.
He said, amid cheers:
Democrats of this convention, Sam
uel j. Tilden was deprived of his right
of franchise as were the people of the
United States. We Go not want that
to occur here to-day. 1t was through