Year: 1875

The delegates up betimes this morning, al
though the great majority OF them did not go to bed until
daylight The thronged at early hour by
additional arrivals from New York and the West and
nine O'Clock the Railways in the hotels almost
impossible This especially at the Vanderbilt
House, where the State Committee had their head
quarters. 1t was the duty Of the
mtee to apportion the tickets Of admission
to the hall among the delegates, and this
duty they performed in such bungng that
the hour fixed for the assembling of the Convention
rived before onehalf the delegates had obtained their
tickets Such a crush in the corridors to get to the
committee seen before and it required
the united efforts of several policemen prevent acci
dents. Under the circumstances it is not to be won
that of the contestants from New York
succeeded, in the general confusion, in getting
possession of tickets which admitted them to
the floor of the house in contravention of the rule
adopted the evening before by the State Committee.
The result too, not pleasing for the Conven
ton, subsequent events proved 1t was twenty-five
minutes after twelve before the Convention called
TO order, and long before that time the doors be-
seged by clamorous crowd of wouldbe spectators who
had been gwen tickets to the galleries Wieting Hall,
where many republican well democratic
ventions have been held in years past the
chosen rallying quarters of the delegates. The
hall is quite large but has only one range of galleries,
three benches in Depth which extend all round the
auditorium from either side of the stage these
galleries that the anti-Tammanyites obliged, by
the decision of the State Committee, to take them
selves along with the other outsiders who had gained
admission and who were present by hundreds. The
spectators quiet and orderly rst but the fact
that the anti Tammany delegates, by design ap-
parently, took their almost all in the
portion of the gallery whore their followers
were congregaed indicated plainly enough that they
determined to make demonstration of some
kind. The advent of Lieutenant Governor Beach,
whose duty it Chairman OF the State Committee
TO call the Convention to order, seemed to be quite
relief to the people in the galleries. the majority of
whom, it must be horne in mind had been patiently
waiting for the opening of the hall for upward of
hour Mr.. Beach did not be in the best OF
humor, and though he heartily applauded by
the delegates and the spectators he ascended the
PLATFORM he took no notice of the fact and quietly
walked up to the desk and taking up the gavel called
the Convention to order For a moment he stood fac
ing the body Of the house until the audience had
been hushed into most painful silence. OF
everybody expected of those graceful little speeches
for which Mr. Beach is famous, in which he would call
10 mind the gories of the past victorious campaign
of the democracy and aude TO the promising
signs Of the times for repetition of the riumphs of
the past But everybody doomed to disappont-
ment. He made no speech, and after announcing
Daniel Magone as the temporary chairman, he took
to the of the platform. Then came Mr..
Magone's task. So far as his Speech which he read
from manuscript concerned, it had the merit
of being short, but he seemed nervous and his
voice was at first naudibe at the further end
of the hall The only portion which elected any
applause his statement that the financial question
paramount to all others which the party had to
deal with Though he raised his voice to a higher pitch
than its ordinary tone when he alluded to Governor
Tilden, the applause quite faint the part of the
delegates, although evidently expected by the
Governors friends that his would be greeted by
n rousing cheer 1t evident that the delegates,
while willing to execute the wishes of the Governor
to the State ticket for the sake of harmony in the
party, were not over enthusiastic about the Governor
personally, and were yet chatting under the restraint
put upon them Mr.. Magones speech at an end, his
work presiding officer began IN dead earnest and
for time It looked though he would be UNEQUAL TO
the occasion. Had there been the floor Of the
house three or four country delegates bent on mis-
chief and determined to take up the cause of the
contesting delegations, Mr. Magone would have been
completely at their mercy, and when, to the surprise
of the majority of the delegates it discovered that
of the contestants had in reality secured on
the floor of the Convention there few of the
Tammany people who began to fear lest by want Of
hrmness and parliamentary knowledge OF the Chair,
there would be a that might endanger their posi-
ton. But happily for them the Convention was by a
large majority apparently only too ready to crush
out every anti-Tammany mannuvre no matter
what IL might cost The first made by them
and which gave the first fears Of the outside
friends OF the Wigwam, If not OF the delegates them
selves, made during the calling Of the roll 1t fell
to the lot Of Ira Shaier rather he took upon himself
the task from his seat which he had managed to obtain
by getting regular delegates ticket correct the
reading Of the names Of the delegates from the First
Assembly district


ANr1-TAldMANY TACTICS.


OF course The clerk had the names Of the regular
Tammany delegates and Shafer declared that the dele
cation headed by Gideon Tucker was the regular dele
CATION. This got The Convention by the ears at once
and the friends OF the contestants and the
contestants themselves in the galleries broke
out into loud applause. As an encourage
mcnt to Shaier Hayes from the Second who, like
shafer had secured the floor Of the hall then
the given him ard presented the credentials of
his delegation. Mr. Ledwt acted in the same fashion
for his district BY this time there was considerable
excitement among the delegates one seeming
30 know what was best to DO done aud
every ono feared that stormy scene
was certain to ensue II some prompt action was not
taken to head Off the gale. 1t must be remembered
that before Shafer made the motion resolution had
been offered for the appointment Of Committee on
Credentials. and the chaiTmen Of the anti. i