The sun., 1902-10-10
AMEND, DAVIS And M'CALL.
TAMMANY JUDICIARY SLATE
ALTERED AT THE LAST.
De,ery sits with Executive Committee
Wipe out Reform Institutions" says
thairman--PiatfOrm Deals With Beef
and COal-Calis Lows Rule Failure.

many last night nominated Edward b
Amend Vernon NJ. Davis and Edward +.
McCall In point Of numbers it was the
largest convention held in Tammany Hall
in recent years All the nominations were
made with unanimity. the ticket having
been agreed on at a meeting Of the Execu-
tive Committee held Just before the con-
vention met.
William \. Devery sat In the meeting
OF the Executive Committee as the repre-
sentative Of the Ninth district, although
Frank Goodwin is technically the member
from the Ninth until Dec. 81.
Devery was at the hall at $50 o'clock
when the Executive Committee met in the
council room on tho first floor. He was
there to attend il there was no objection.
Goodwin did not appear. After the other
members had seated themselves in the coun-
Gil room Senator Plunkitt came out in the
corridor and said:
-It's all right Chief. Come in
Devery sal in the meeting, but said moth
ing. When the ticket as agreed on was
read to the members Isaac A. Hopper OF
the Thirty-irst district moved TO sub
s,itute the name of Charles W. Dayton
Tor that OF Nr. DAVIS.
Asa Bird Gardiner. who is member OF
the Executive Committee. eX-ofticio, be-
cause of his membership on another com
mttee of Tammany, seconded the motion.
The chair ruled that Col. Gardiner was
not entitled to a vote. No one else offered
to second the motion and 1t fell.
Devery's delegates to the convention
arrived with a br ass band at their head.
Richard Butler, Devery's candidate for the
Assembly, was marshal. The band marched
upstairs to the gallery, where from time
to time it regaled the convention with
-Oh, Mr. Devery," "the Wearing OF the
Green" and Rambling.
George NJ Van Hoesen opened the meet
ing and nominateA Julius Hamburger for
chairman. Secretary Smith called the roll.
When he was in the middle of II Devery
came in. strolled down the aisle TO the front
row and across the hall to a seat The
calling Of the roll was drowned in the roar
Of applause for Big Bill. who was tickled
by il and bowed TO the galleries, In noise
Devery's reception was the most boisterous
Of the evening. Mention OF Leader Muir
phys name brought storm of cheers, but
not so loud as Devery's. Croker's name,
spoken by Chairman Harburger in phrase
OF praise, brought but a ripple. Big Tim
Sullivan was absent,
Chairman Harburger predicted that Man.
for the ticket He said that when he was
in the Legislature lie found Mr.. Odell in
the Speakers room representing trusts
and the money power But, said Mr.;
Hamburger, "we are going TO win TINS fall
and wipe out reform INSTITUTIONS lor a
quarter Of century.
Willis Holly was made secretary and
John r Oakley moved for the appointment
Of a committee on platform. When this
committee had been named one from each
district, a recess was taken for ten minutes.
When the convention went into session
again the platform. which is a column
long, was read. These are extracts.
The steady advance In the prices Of the
necessaries OF life. with beef out of the reach
of average incomes and coal not TO be had AZ
all, is an object lesson OF the effects OF trust
breeding policies. The Republican President
from the promises Of his New England cleo
tioneerlns tour and showing subservlenCv
instead Of opposition to ne trHGt sI.ts sSco e ns
the tariff question The remedy i PLAIN
the reform OF the tariff IN accordance with the
Democratic doctrine Of taxation Tor revenue
The coal strike and its deplorable conse-
quences and disastrous possioillbes + an
policies During the summcr months this
responsibility Was shirked. the demands OF
labor in the mines fell on u!hcedlns Repuhlli
escton eE@ c%,' there SSS IS on rreat @ proSsed snSa|
bv Repnbiicans high in Office 20 settle the
dimculties between labor and capital Yet
chief sufferers in the coal fields or promise
OF interest and help in solving the problems
Of their situation as they confront one oi
the most gigantic Of the evil trusts.
The present city administration the crea-
ton OF a temporary alliance between the
Repubican and minority party on the one
hand and certain disContented o'iCeseekors
and vsionaries on the other. ls an aoknow.
lodged failure. Irrespective OF past party
affiliations the people eagerly await r ne oyer en-
| and his appontees, selected mainly from
| limited and aristocratic class, have neither
the desire nor the ability 70 do me peoples :
| and counter charges have marked and msrred
the present administration pIomlsed m
provements have not peeh mace ahd tue
standards Of efficiency have not been main
But no Injustice =, the taxpayers OF New
York can, approach in enormlty the nn.
| Low upon the real estate interests OF this
| city in his direction TO the tax assessors TO
real estate values for the purposes OF taxa
| tion Bv these means he socks to give free
| reign to municipal eNtragagance and to evade
| the spirit and intention o. the Constitutional
4 conspicuous feature in the record OF in
competency and allure fthe so-caled Reform
administration N thiS ! Ca! d rs iound cIir 10 ,ws
increased Tho Incapable officials at Head
ounrtcrs are responsible for the decentralization
and in .ffciency OF the Police Department
which 4As resulted In slckening array OF muir
| ders and other high crimes and which made
| possible the recent riot on the East Side This
| shameful example OF neglect 10. provide for
the protection OF thousands OF our fellow
citizens engaged in a demonstration OF grief
and respect at the funeral OF a leader in their
| faith cannot be offs set by hypocrltlcdl after
| Thought az the City Hall The ef ort TO placate
| the righteous resentment. OF the victims OF
| this neglect by the sacrifice OF scapegoat
| is ridiculously transparent,
Senator Victor Bowling then nominated
Edward B. Amend and Judge George +.
| Roesch seconded the nomination, saying
that Mr. Amend would bring to Tamnlany
| Hall elements which had not been found in
| it's support in recent years. The German
American Reform Union, he said, had
| 81 900 votes.
| Joseph |. Green and James W. Gerard
made the speeches for Vernon NJ Davis.
Mr.. Gerard himself was on the slate at one
| time for the place Mr.. Davis got. j. j.
Delany and 7. C. T. Grain, both candidates
| for n nomination presented the name OF
| Mr.. Mccall Each was nominated by accla-
nation and without roll call.
Mr.. Amend Is president Of the German
American Reform Union and head Of the
law firm of L. b. 4 W. J. Amend. He was
| horn in New York in 1853 and has been in
the active practice Of law for twenty-three
years. He Is counsel for the German
Savings Bank, the Emigrant Industrial
Savings Bank and the Stats Ze,tung He
is a trustee of the College Of the City Of
New York, director Of the Yorkville Bank
| and one Of the oard Of managers Of the