Year: 1875




The work of the Convention has at last been
pleted and doubt to the satisfaction Of Governor
Tilden whose ticket the one nominated virtually is
with the exception of the candidate for State Prison
Inspector His choice for the position Zenas
Priest of the division superinendents of the Cen
tral Railroad who declined through his friends in the
Convention to-day, to allow his name to be used, the
ground that he could devote his the duties
of the Office 1t is true that tho Governors
favorite for State Treasurer f. K Apgar, of
Tompkns county, the present deputy of Mr.. Ranes,
when he first made up his slate; but 1t is understood
that couple of days ago Apgar received the hint from
headquarters that II would DO pleasing TO a certain
party in power II he would be kind enough to stand
aside But matters seems had gone too far for that
especially Apgar's enemies had made threat that If
he permitted his name be used a revelation of
thing terribly damaging to his reputation would
be tho inevitable result SO Apgar resolved to face
the music, but after pucky fight for him by his
friends, defeated Under the circumstances his
failure to receive the nomination cannot be regarded
in any way a defeat OF the man OF the Governors
choice, who, next to Apgar, was from the beginning
Charles N Ross, of Auburn This final determination
swallow the Tlden ''slae' entire brought about
by the untirDg of the Governors friends last
night, who neither ate nor slept until they had secured
general acquicscence in their views. The opponents of


GovERNoR's PROGRAMME


were prevailed 10 yield for reasons First to
avoid unseemly wrangle, and, perhaps row in
the Convention and secondly, because they fully
that they would be beaten in the end and their
opposition would be attributed sympathzing with
the "Canal Ring" This lippant charge of being
sympathzer with the "Canal Ring" which is i'm
'medatey laid at the door of every who
lures to the private wishes Of tho Gov
is in fact, the principal reason for the
abject trucking to the one-man power which formed
the distinguishing feature Of the Convention There is
doubt hat majority Of the Convention if left to
themselves, would have greatly modified the platform
the financial question and would haze nominated
quito different ticket from that which is be in
scribed the democratic banners II certain that but
for the Governor they would have repeated the
experiment Of 1872 and placed republican the head
OF a democratic ticket, and it remains to be
whether democrats will be ready to support such
q nomination than they then II is q signia-
fact that many Of the delegates who known to
be sympathizers with the Canal Ring and opposed to
Tden's entire in that affair foremost in the
lobbes and on the floor OF the Convention, urging the
adoption of tho Governors programme, candidates,
platform and ALL Their motive in this was probably
accurately expressed by Of their number last
ing, who said:-


''Let give him ali the rope he wants. and let him
hang himself"


1t is certain that these going to aid the
ticket with their money influence the polls, and
the nomination of Bigelow to head the ticket will give
them for lukewarmness which they would
not otherwise have had, and which proved so potent
in the campaign Of 1872 The republicans here profess
to be well pleased with the action of the Convention
and prophesy its defeat Tom Alvord says


at Will be beaten out of sight"


On the other hand the Governors friends regard
strong ticket and feel confident that will draw more
tI,ot ufuI oIac
count of the nomination of Bigelow This might have
been the had not Bigelow refused nomination
from the Republican Convention before accepting this
That act has engendercd bitter feeling against him in
the republican ranks which It Will be difficult coun-
teract


CONVENTION


II was raining pitilessly this morning when the hour
for the reassemblng Of the Convention arrived. Tho
streets and sidewalks muddy and the air was
chilly As consequence, the delegates did not appear
the happiest of moods when they started from the
various hotels to Wieting Hall But gathered to-
gether they forgot all about the weather and its dis
comforts, as did the spectators who, despite
the rain, had turned out in full force
the day previous, the galleries being crowded in
every part The final proceedings Of Thursday night
had relieved the Convention the scare the contestants
from New York had thrown them in Nothing now
remained to be done but to hear the report of the Com
mtec on hesouuonS reau ana 10 go TO work seriously
to nominate a State ticket.


PLATFORM


Senator Laning the chairman OF the committee
read the report in loud, clear distinct tone of
voice, and proved himself quito an eocutionist
py the art ho displayed in making the
trikng points tell The declaration against
epudation was greeted with hearty outburst of ap
,ause which certainly genuine, and the expression
No centralization, also met with high favor though
he applause which it drew FORTH in the opinion of
nany, was queer commentary upon the action OF the
Governor in Debating after fashion, the ticket that
to be nominated and in throwing his influence
ho scale against the anti-Tammany delegates,
Fho, if the battle had been left to the
Convention uninAuenccd, might have attained at
east partial representation their merits The
Ppendng of tho platform 1874 the report was Of
purse, anticipated and 1t followed that the marked ap
Foval given to each declaration was moro of for
hality than anything else The resolutions
riopted without dissenting voice. but as the chair
IAN got rather mudded over motion made, that the
Convention should take rising vote upon them, and
hat the spectators should be invited 70 ioin in the
rand chorus, he had second vote taken which, of
curse, all one way, and excited some enthusiasm
nong the delegates, who gave tho platform three
eers The next thing in order was


THE NOMINATIONS


{ needed not the eloquence OF Mr. Dc Will G. Little
an, when tho nomination of Secretary of State was
lien mp, TO inform the Convention that the man lao
tended propose for the head Of the ticket had been
filas Wright democrat originally and q republican
tl slavery buried in the oblivion OF the past or
tatate that the call Of the Democratic State Committee
W an Invitation to republicans as well as to dem