Year: 1875

But the impatient audience more to be dsap
pointed. After waiting half an hour beyond the time
fixed for reassemblng, the Convention was called
to order and the Committee Credentials announced
themselves ready to report The Albany contest was
first read of and, everybody expected the deci-
sion Of the committee rearmed the report Of last year
IN favor of the McEwen delegation and received
with slight applause The supplementary recommends
tion the committee that the waning factions Of that
city together and settle their differences harmo-
niously for the good of the democratic party
ceived, as unasked advice generally is, with
sneer and response from two three
voices Of ''No, never" The decision Of the
Tammany Hall contest next announced in favor
Of the "regulars" and greeted with moderate APP
pause by the successful delegates Contrary general
expectation moved to disagree with the report
and thus transfer the fight the of the
tion and without any discussion whatever the report
adopted. The contesng delegation from Oswego,
backed by Willard johnson, also thrown
out and the decision family applauded. The
closing paragraph of the report in favor of
admitting all the contesting delegates to seats
on the floor Of the Convention proved to be
! magnanmity unappreciaed None Of them accepted
the Offer fact very few present in near the
hall They had forecast of their fate and had shaken
the dust from their feet and already their way
homeward assembled in secret concave concocting
schemes of vengeance and retaliation be carried out
hereafter.


COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION


reported and the permanent chairman, Judge Stur
ges of Otsego escorted to the PLATFORM not in the
usual way between delegates appointed for the pur
pose walking alone the of his escort The fact
is the chairman bulky permit the escort to
walk by his side down the five foot aisle. He weighs
upward of $50 pounds and is six feet four inches in
height, we'll proportioned and with countenance as
| good natured and jolly Fastan In former conven-
tions he gained the reputation of wit and humor
is and the audience anticipated relief to heprevious
duness by display Of those qualities on this occa-
sion But they again disappointed The Judge
was too impressed with the gravity OF the
sion to indulge in jokes, and treated the audience
! to a dry dissertation on the financial ques-
ton, in which he apparently got beyond his
DEPTH he certainly did beyond that of his audi
1t elected very little applause and enthusi
asm, and the Convention was glad when 1t was over
At its close Augustus sche rose and after telling the
audience how busy many of the delegates had been
working in committees and thereby deprived of
opportunity to consult with their brethren upon the
platform and ticket be adopted that the Con-
vention adjourn till tomorrow at A. NJ
! There a few cries of NO." but it
evident that the thing had been arranged and after
amending the motion to nine o'clock instead of ten it
was carried with perhaps dozen dissenting voices
The remaining business Of the Convention could have
been finished within an hour provided there har-
mony the councils and this third adjournment ndi
Gates beyond question that there is


II PROGRAMME


The truth is that since yesterday large numbers of
the delegates have begun to appreciate the
ridiculous figure they cut by exhibiting them
| selves in State Convention simply regis
ter the decrees of the power at
Albany. The withdrawal this morning of Judge Com
stock the ablest delegate elected to the Convention
and the he publicly gave for his action
that he understood 1t was to be simply ratification
meeting, instead Of a convention to nominate State
ticket and that his selfrespect would not permit him
to play the part of dumping Jack" to the
! Governor-have produced marked impression upon
the better and more manly portion Of the delegates,
and they think it is time they exhibited little dignity
and independence. A leading delegate from of the
interior countless who said he personal
as well as a political friend of Governor Til
den remarked to the HERALD reporter that the Cover
nor making great mistake mistake similar TO
that made lby Van Buren, when he was Governor, in
trying to bring everything and everybody under
his personal control He is not willing said he, to
permit the people to select Assembyman
to represent them without first consulting him. and
he happens to be a whom he is not personally
acquainted with he objects and urges another candi
date The people will not stand that kind of dication
great WHILE and, friend and welwisher OF the
Governor, am sorry to see him adopt such course
The most serious hitch in the Governors programme
for the State ticket is understood to be with regard
| Bgeow as the candidate to head the ticket II is
said that Bigelow does not desire the nomination
/ unless he have it by acclamation and it is
pretty certain that he cannot have it in that way
am credIbly informed that he has instructed Kings
county delegate to withdraw his If it shall give
rise to contest IN the Convention Great efforts





to go the ticket by accamation, but they have
yet been successful and that is why an ad-
journment had till tomorrow. His nomination
be carried if it is pressed but from present appear
ances by means unanimously.


There is also strong opposition to the Governors
other pet candidate Farchild The justncss force
of the HERALD's editorial of to-day ON his nomination
is universally acknowledged


The Governor has evidently ''taken water'' since
yesterday and his friends claim that he never
had 'slate of his in the of the ticket.
They say that he has only suggested two names
Bgelow and Fairchd; but if this DO he has been
grossly misreprcsented by his friends The leading
name now canvasscd for the head of
| the ticket in case Bigelow cannot get 1t
by accamation, is Charles Wheaton, OF Dutch
ess. 1t will be certainly of the two.
In case Farchld should be OF the track there is
still chance of Pratts denomination but the probabil-


y is that the ticket will be nearly the same men,
toned yesterday with the possible exception of Bige-
low. Those representing the Governor very anx-
that there should be appearance OF perfect
mony, and would like TO avoid ballot any of the
candidates. If break takes place on the Gov
ernor's programme they fear the conse-
quences 1t is rumorod that the Governor is
! within convenient distance of Syracuse this evening,
and at any rate Senator Herman, Major Pelton and
others of his most confidential friends working like
beavers to keep his slate intact There quite
| strong opposition in


THE PLATFORM COMMITTEE


to tho uncompromising hard money plank, and the
impression prevails that it definitely settled
when the Convention last assembled although tho COM