Year: 1875

SYRACUSE, Sept l5 1875.


The Convention which meets tomorrow will proba-
bly, be the most largely attended Convention that has
beon held in this State for years and the crowds of
strangers that already here are numbered by the
hundreds Every section, indeed every town,
the State is represented by its foremost democrats
and out Of politics The result is that all the hotels
crowded to repleton, and tho ingenuity displayed
by the landlords in erecting all the cots and mattresses
they could get In the Railways for the comfort Of
those unfortunates who have been unable to
even tho part OF bedroom, has failed to meet
the wants OF the multitude and this much to the graf
incation of mpecunious boarding house keepers gen.
orally, who only too glad of the opportunity sf-
fordcd them of making honest penny by furnishing
nights lodging to the strangers Even the New
Workers, who, general rule, are always sharp
enough to their quarters weeks advance have
not all been able, they expected, obtain their
rooms in the same hotel and half OF the regulars'
and contestants have been parcelled out in private
houses and different hotels to such a degree
that they are seldom able to get together for
consultation. Not finding elbow room indoors the
crowds have resorted TO the Streets where all day long,
they have stood the and walked up down
the main thoroughfarcs in groups OF and twenty
only disappearing at meal times As q consequence the
city wears holiday aspect, and stranger ignorant of





naturally be led believe that there county fair
being held in the ncighborhood or that there
was circus in town and that every
body and his brother had been invited
free Of cost to In to take look at the elephant
In fact Syracuse never had such gathering of poti
clans and politicians friends at any time in her
midst nor, what must be gratifying to the people OF
steady habits the fashionable avenues a moro
orderly or respectable looking one


CHARACTER DELEGATES.


1t s true that Of the delegates exactly
what can be called Of the creme de Ia creme Of society,"
but in any political assemblage where good, bad and
indifferent constituents alike have the right to send rep
rcsenatives after their kind cannot be expected
social standing But, as WHOLE the delegates as
solid and substantial and respectable appearing body
OF men ever sent to any convention. The
country delegations especially superior to the gen.
eral run of men who are sent to conventions when
there little If any, important issues stake Tho
democrats seemed to have understood in their district
conventions that the questions be decided upon by
the Convention 10 be held tomorrow demanded the
presence of the very best representative possible
This is evidenced by the great majority of really
representative who make up the bulk of the 3s4
delegates Not only this but the who are not
delegates not of the hanger-on style of politicians
low wire pulers Even those who have accompanied
the New York and Brooklyn delegations have but few
among them OF the vulgar swaggerers and ward buies
who under regime that found their necessary
were once upon time cultivated and coured 'or the
dangers they had passed through and had yet
counter for the benefit of the party On the contrary
the great mass OF


THE OUTSIDERS


here to-day are made up of weto-do farmers and
tradesmen and substantial business of the inte
rior, who are seldom seen at conventions and
OF whom, doubtless, politics is at best very sorry
business They are an orderly quiet class who seem
a iS pOn On nd
who are apparently anxious that delegates from their
sections do what is right which, in their opinion,
only be done by placing in the field unex-
ceptionable ticket framing platform upon which all
democrats who desire to have the public affairs the
State honestly administered stand and sustain the
Governors reform policy to the bitter end l do not
recOlect having previous conventions within
my experience gathering Of outsiders intensely in
terested in the dongs OF convention as hundreds who
have thus far been attracted to this 1t certainly
can be taken as good sign when representative men
leave their homes from every part Of the Satethough
not deegates-to take active part in the
discussion and deliberations with the delegates
the real questions that will be involved in the cam
paign 1t shows that tho voters alive their
teress and determined to have them maintained 1t
is conjectured that by largest portion of tho
outsiders from the interior here have express
by their presence and counsel their detestson of the
Canal and other rings that have been long robbng
them in the State, and to the delegates to
do their duty unhinchingy, and the remarkable
absence of tho Canal Ring leaders and
TO be but Of the good results of the oupou
ing of the democratic taxpayers Of the interior Had
these earnest taxpayers stayed the Canal Ring
crowd might have been hand and the platform be
less outspoken than it is likely to be.


TAhMANY AND. OPPONENTS


The various delegations to-day passed their time in
comparing the financial question and endeav-
oring to come to some conclusion concerning the
between TammanY and her many foes The anti Tam
many men, under the leadership of Morrissey from the
Eleventh; Ledwitn from the Fifteenth, and Hayes
from the Third district have been very active and have
resorted to all sorts of arguments show that Tam
many who defeated by overwhelming odds at the polls
last November all her opponents, whether they at
faarod hnr,
really does not represent the New York city democracy
Al their headquarters at the Vanderbilt the
antTammany delegations had printed dissertations
for free distribution, in which Mr. John Kelly
Is held up as a monster OF dictator who will hold his
place for life, and ergo, by aid Of the Tammany Society,"
drive the democratic party TO the dogs.


''Well, said country delegate from republican
county, after reading the dissertation, 'f John Kelys
dictatorship whips tho republicans badly down New
York ld like little OF 1t up my way"


The general opinion of the delegates 10 be that
Tammany has constituency which tells we'll
for tho State every general election and that the
regularity Of her delegations, far as has been
studied by them. is, with few technical defects all
that is necessary to entitlo her to admission the
Convention. Fully two-thirds OF the Convention
now Of this conviction, and it seems that
more the anti Tammanyites will have 60
nome sadder, II not wiser, men than when they came
up here with Andrew II. Green's blessing and full of
hopes and aspirations for big, fat offices in tho future
stu they themselves as YET do not acknowledge that
they are beaten, and they determined If they arc
scalped to go down in the fight shouting their
whoops TO the last gasp To this end they say they will
insist II the report OF the Committee Creden- |
tias is against them on having il discussed |
tho Convention and from all can learn they Will
not have TO struggle hard TO all they have to say
as Tammanys friends will not attempt to shut them up
by moving the previous question It seems that Sen
ator Laning, Of Buffalo, will take up the cudg-
els for them, and, he can make
excellent speech, he will doubtless be listened to with
interest The members of the Saratoga delegation Will
take advantage of their opportunity. too, alter Lanng
has made his speech, to champion Morrisscy, Led |
with and Hayes cause, and vote shutting all tho
contestants out will close the scene for the day.


BlGELows CANDDATURE.


IL Is now settled beyond question that the negotia-
tons which were begun, long before the republicans
held their Convention Saratoga to induce Mr. Bige
low, Chairman of the Governors Canal Commits
sion, TO accept the nomination for Secretary of /
state on the democratic ticket have at last
been successful He will be nominated to morrow and
Will accept the nomination. When first bToachcd
yesterday the idea did to take we'll with many
OF the delegates who objected to heading the ticket
with republican,; but they have got over
their scrupies since they have been assured