New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-19
TAM MANY In ABAD HUM0R
Silent Ercept When 1t Cheers
Murphy-Scenes an Contention.
Icy TELEGRAPH TO THE rR1BUNE.I

lBT TELEGRAPH TO TIE TR1BUNEl
Albany April 1S.-Sitting stondly IN their
seats. with suIlen defiance marked IN their faces.
a hostile Tammany to-day faced the overwhelm-
ing odds of Hill machine convention. When
the whole convention hall rang with the cheers
for ex-senator Hill. and wide semicircle of
applaudiug delegates surrounded IL. Tammany
sat in grim silence. When rural delegates rose
TO their feet and acclaimed the sanity Brooklyn
home ruler. Patrick II. McCarren. Tammany
hands went into their side pockets with the
suggestion Of ready knives. but there was still
dull silence. Only when. on rocan. the name
of Charles +. Murphy was mentioned did the
Tigers representatives break their silence.
Then with a yell that shook the hall. they rose
10 their feet and for several moments silenced
clerks and convention in their enthusiasm, be-
side which the Hnl-McCarren applause
only whisper. Then Tammany resumed its
silence. breaking il again only for a moderate
acclaim for Congressman W. Bourke Cochran.
Never in the history Of Democratic State con-
ventons has Tammany stubbornly refused
to recognize the majority or 10 share in the
proceedings. AS Charles F. Murphy and his
cohorts entered the hail they read on the bulletin
board the advertisement for a recent thriller
played at a local theatre To Die at DAWN
and with shrewd realization Of the fact that
this was the motto of David Il. Hill at the i'm
pending convention the Tammany men filed
silently to their seats For two hours they sat
there immovable, glowering across the short
aisle at the smiling Senator NIcCarren, but
greeting upstate leaders with not even cheer
The Tammauy men were seated in the centre Of
the hall. walled around by Hill delegations on
every side 1Oj delegates the sole object in the
pathway to start the Hill automobile rolling -e
sistlessly through the convention.
HEARST MEN CAPTURE GALLERY.
As usual at a Democratic convention the ar
rangements for the crowd were badly managed.
and it long after the time set for the con-
venton when the doors opened. Then with
wild swirl the populace. waving blue banners
bearing a Hearst device, swarmed up to the gal
leries. and in five minutes the friends of the
Congressman in complete control Of the
gallery. and sgnaliZed their victory by strewing
thousands of Hearst placards over the defence
less Hill men below.
In the boxes women predomInated. Judge
Denis O'Brien, surrounded by a bevy or dauGh-
tere. occupied one box breaking the record of
twenty years by attending Democratic con-
venton. to hear his friend Chief judge Parker
extolled. High up in another box sat Senator
John Raines. the Republican leader in the Sen
ate. beaming down upon his brother. George
Raines. of Rochester chairman Of the cOuven-
ton When the brother on the floor stretched
long up toward his brother and referred to
the dramatic reconciliation OF the latter with
Senator Bracket the whole Democratic audi
ence cheered the Republican intruder.
There not lacking the voice IN the gallery
without which all Democratic conventions are
tame. When the list OF committee meetings
was read the floor and the place appointed
in every in a dinner hail. stentorian voice
rang out: Fat EN- UP alive. Dave But there
surprises. When George Raiues dwelt
lnseringly the aSic name OF jefferson not
a solitary Democrat cheered the name on which
Democratic speeches are usually built.
But the most affecting scene wi.s the cheering
of the old familiar Democratic names. Three
cheers for the dying and three for those already
dead" walled a mournful Tammany voice as
after another OF the also rams Of past
years named. First in the list Of these
irreverently described as the casualty list" by
a Tammany was ex-senator David r. Hill
AS his name was mentioned long slowly drawn
sigh OF applause ran around the hall Then
there feeble clapplns. while from the
Tammany delegation came an impressive si
lence. Ex-Lieutenant Governor William F.
Sheehnn, who disappeared from Buffalo poIiticz
some years ago. was resuscitated with a faint
cheer and Kisses from the Conners faction
STANCHTIELD FAMILY CHEERED
John b. Stanchheld, who ran for Governor un
der Hill auspices and met a Waterloo was
family cheered. Charles ~ Bulger. who shared
the Coler defeat two years ago. got a warm well
come. Kings County cheers and Kisses alike
greeted Senator Patrick ri. McCarren. but the
rural delegates swelled the volume. and Long
Pat received the first hearty applause.
All this time the Tammany delegates sat
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