Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-02
COLER NOMINATED
By New York Democrats to
Head Their Ticket.
Oevery Refused Seat in Convention
and Threatens Revenge.
Mccullough Elected Governor Of YER
mont by Legislature.

/ Saratoga. n. ", Oct. IA convention
so strenuous in its closing hours as to
| bring almost personal conflict and Yet
| closing in such perfect harmony as to
| allow the completion of the state ticket
with less than 100 delegates out of $50
| in the hall. was the result of today's
closing of the Democratic state conven-
| ton. 1T began in the early morning
| with a prepared slate of candidates.
| The slate was not broken in any par
ticular. The ticket:
| For Governor, Bird S. Coler Of
| Kings; lieutenant governor, Charles N.
| Bulger of Oswego; secretary OF state.
! Frank Mott of Chautauqua: comptrol-
| ler Charles NJ. Preston of Ulster: at
| torney general, John Cunneen of Erie:
state engineer and surveyor, Richard
w. Sherman of Oneida; state treasurer,
| George r. Finch of Warren: associate
| judge of the court of appeals, John c.
| Gray of New York.
| Naturally great deal of the interest
| in the convention centered in the atti-
tude it would take toward seating VIM.
| s. Devery, former head of the police de-
partment Of New York. and who held
a regular certificate of election from
| the 9Th New York district.
| 1t was not an unexpected event that
| the convention decided to unseat him.
| And it was not also unexpected that he
and his followers, who We're given am
pie room in the convention to make
| themselves conspicuous, were vocifer-
Gus III their objections. Mr.. Devery's
attitude and that of his friends was
picturesquely Objectionable.
| So thoroughly had he made up his
| mind that the convention would have
none of him that he did not attend the
meeting of the committee on creden-
| tials. When the convention decided to
/ adopt the report of the committee by
| the vote of 422 to 81, Mr.. Devery walked
| out of the convention, after being al
| lowed to declare himself good Demo-
crat. and proceeded to hold a mass
meeting on the steps of the United
| States hotel.
Perhaps the most dramatic situation
during the convention was the refusal
to hear the opposition that developed
to Mr.. Coler from the Sd district of
Kings and from New York City. Mr.
Coler's name had been placed in nomi-
nation and the nominations closed. Ma
than Straus of New York, offered OBJ
jections to Mr.. Coler. He had hardly
begun to state his objections when he
was roundly Kissed and finally ruled
out of order AS he was about to hand
his written objection to a newspaper
man it was seized by a delegate and
torn up.
This incident ended objections to the
ticket and the rest of it was nominated
without any question whatever in
perfunctory manner.
At 5.35 the Devery special cleared
the yards. AS the train pulled out the
leader occupied the front platform To
demands of speech. speech" he said:
| Il am not prepared to say anything
other than that / am Democrat and
will support the ticket nominated. to-
day. l was robbed of my seat but that
seems to be one of the incidents OF
the convention. Maybe I'll have better
luck next time.
There was no attempt to get the con-
vention running by 10 o'clock. the hour
Of meeting. At 1890 not half the dele
gates were in their seats, but the Dew
cry contingent had pretty well filled up
the spectators seats and We're prepar-
ing to help out their chief. John G..
Carlisle's entrance into the hall was
the signal for a burst of applause.
Chief Devery himself did not wait for
the committees action. He arrived in
the convention hall at 1887 and took
stand in the back Of the. hall. He said:
Mr. Hill and his friends refuse me
a seat in this convention to which
have been duly and properly elected.
will hire special train and If Mr.. Hill
goes campaigning / will follow him TO
every place in the state he may go ana
tell the people the story Of rank MUS
tice."
At lilo the announcement reached
the convention hall that the committee
on credentials would seat neither Dew
cry nor Goodwin. and Immediately
there was great excitement. Devery
said to a reporter:
did you see my reception? 1t pleases
me very much to see the people appre-
eiate my presence in this convention.
have nothing to say except that have
been Democrat, I am Democrat and
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