The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-03

Saratoga, N Y, October IA con-
yention 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 hun
dred delegates, out of four hundred
and fifty in the hall, was the result u
tOdayis closing of the democratic state
convention
1t began in the early morning with
prepared slate of candidates. Tie
slate was not broken in any particular.
but the right of objectic-; to it, wa
given To all the delegates xcept wnen.
in the case of one New OK s.legate.
1t was believed to be -infringeme., II
Of the 1ules under which th=,conventto,,
was acting.
The ticket nominated follows:
For Governor-Bird : Coier, OF
Brooklyn.
For Lieutenant Governor-Charles
n. Bulger, of Oswego.
For Secretary of State-Frar,l Mott.
OF ChautauQua
For ComptroIler-Charles NJ. Pr,sSor.
OF Ulster.
For Attorney GenaraI-John Gun
neen, of Erie.
For State Engineer and SURVEYOR
Richard w. Sherman, of Oenida
For State Treasurer-George r
Finch. OF Warren.
For Associate Judge of iie Court q.
Appeals-John c. Gray OF New York.
Naturally a great deal o. the inter
est IN the convention CSn-z! ed in the
attitude it would take :0T:.ris the
seating of William S. Devery, former
head of the police depat tnlent Of New
York, who held a r Suia-' certificate I'd
election from the Ninth New York dis
trict. 1t was not an unexpected event
that the convention, decided to unSea
him. and 1t Was L.. also unexpected
that he and his follow cTs were vOcifpT
Gus in their objections.
So thoroughly had ;IT. Devery made
up his mind that the c"nvaat' n ysCuIt
have none of him, that he did not at.
tend the meeting of the committee. or
credentials, but spent the earlier hour:
of the morning in the rear o. the con-
vention hall, announcing his attitude
When the convention decided tC
adopt the report of the cOmIII-,ee, Il
the vote OF 422 to q, then -. Dever!
walked out of the conVentioL, and pro.
ceeded to hold a mass meeting on IT,.
steps of the United States Hotel. .
ter that Mr. Devery start a for HON.
and threatened all sorts of disasi~zs
for the ticket, but halted long enough
in his denunciations of the leaders, tC
assert that he was q. good democrat
Perhaps the most dramatic -ituatioT
during the long hours of the cJnven
ton, was the refusal to honor the op
position that developed to Mr. Coler
from the third district of Kings aRC
from New York city Joselh Waisl
of Kings and one other delegate. at
tempted to make speeches in opposi'
ton, but the objection of vacious dele
gates and the attitude of the char il
ruling them out of order, at that time
forbade them continuing. Blu: wheI
Mr.. Coler's name had been placed II
nomination and the nominations closed
Nathan Straus, of New York, arcs
and offered objections to Mr.. Coler. H
was allowed to go to the platform Il
present them and he requested in al
eminently fair manner, The privilege o
talking. He had hardly begun, how
ever, to state his objections when n
was roundly Kissed, and finally, upor
motion of delegate Milne, was ruled
out of order. He started to leave th'
platform, putting the notes from which
he was reading, in his pocket, an'
when he had reached the steps leadln:
by a number of newspaper m1n VII.
desired copies of his remarks. He va;
attempting to determine who to CIV
them to- when number of Tamnan1
delegates surrounded and pressing hin
against the wall, took the notes IRON
him and tore them UP.
Luckily ne had preserved paper IL
his pocket and this copy he managed
finally, after recovering his hat anC
glasses, to hand to the newspaper men
The Straus incident ended ebjection;
to the ticket and the rest OF it wa
nominated without any question or OBJ
lection whatever. MI Coler was noml
mated by a vote of 444, to three. tn
rest of the ticket was named oy accia
nation.
The platform tonight is looked upol
by the delegates present as ptihap
very verbose, but, as whole. one o
the best documents of the kind tina
has been formulated in years.
At HIPS the temporary cnairmal
took the gavel and raped for order
and the report Of the committee o.
credentials was called for. Chairman
McMahan said:
'In presenting this report. I NOV
the previous question" This was to pre-
vent debate.
When the secretary read I'm tn
Ninth district, New York, neither dele
Yention because of the wholesale cor
ruption'-a roar Of cheers and hisse
went up and as it continued Devery wa
seen making his way TO the platform
Vainly the chairman raped for ordel
yainly band played. Down the aisl