The New York Herald Newspaper, September 17, 1875, Page 3

TN SIRCLSCONTETON a od ‘* ‘The Unterrified Democracy of New York Again in Council. FIELD DAY OF THE CONTESTANTS. Persistent Effort of the Anti-Tam- * manyites to Gain Admission. THE OLD WIGWAM AGAIN VICTORIOUS, Exciting Scene Between Kelly and Creamer Before the Committee, Sa eae A MITCH IN THE GOVERNOR'S PROGRAMME. Delegates Restive Under Gu- bernatorial Dictation. MR. BIGELOW’S CANDIDATURE Some Question on the Adoption of the Hard Money Platform. REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS. Syracuse, Sept. 16, 1875. The delegates were up betimes this morning, al- though the great majority of them did not go to bed until daylight. The streets were thronged at an early hour by additional arrivals from New York and the West, and at nine o'clock the hallways in the hotels were almost impassable. This was especially so at the Vanderbilt House, where the State Committee had their head- quarters, It was the duty of the ‘com- mittee to apportion the tickets of admission to the hall among the delegates, and this duty they performed in such a bungling manner that the hour fixed for the assembling of the Convention ar- rived before one-half the delegates had obtained their tickets. Such acrush in the corridors to get to the committee rooms was never seen before, and it required the united efforts of several policemen to prevent acci- dents, Under the circumstances it is not to be won- dered at that several 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, was not a pleasing one for the Conyen- tion, as subsequent events proved. It was twenty-five minutes after twelve before the Convention was called to order, and long before that time the doors were be- sieged by a clamorous crowd of would-be spectators who had been given tickets to the galleries. Wieting Hull, where so many republican as well as democratic con- ventions have been held in years past, was tho chosen rallying quarters of the delegates. ‘Tho hall is quite large, but has only one range of galleries, three benches in depth, which extend all round the auditorum from either side of the stage. It was to theso galleries that the anti-Tammanyites wero 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 were quiet and orderly at first, but the fact that the anti-Tammany delegates, by design ap- parently, took their seats almost all in the same portion of the gallery whore their followers were congregated, indicated plainly enough that they were determined to make a demonstration of some kind. The advent of Lieutenant Governor Beach, ‘whose duty it was as Chairman of the State Committee to call the Convention to order, seemed to be quite a relief to the people in the galleries, the majority of whom, it must be borne in mind, had been patiently waiting for the opening of the hall for upward of an hpur, Mr, Beach did not seem to be in the best of humor, and though he was heartily applauded by the delegates and the spectators as 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 vast audience had been hushed into a most painful silence, everybody expected one of those graceful little speeches for which Mr, Beach is famous, in which he would call to mind the glories of the past victorious campaign of the democracy and allude to the promising signs of the times for a repetition of the triumphs of | the past, But everybody was doomed to disappoint- ment, He mado no speech, and after announcing Daniel Magone as the temporary chairman, he took a seat to the rear of the platform. Then came Mr. Magone’s task. So far as his speech, which he read from manuscript, was concerned, it bad the rare merit of being short, but he seemed nervous, and his voice was at first inaudible at the further end of the hall, The only portion which elicited any applause was his statement that the financial question ‘was paramount to all others which the party had to deal with, Though he raised his voice toa higher pitch than its ordinary tone when he alluded to Governor Tilden, the applause was quite faint on the part of the delegates, although it was evidently expected by the Governor's friends that his name would be greeted by ® rousing cheer, It was evident that the delegates while willimg to execute the wishes of the Governor | as tothe State ticket ,for the sake of harmony inthe party, were not over enthusiastic about the Governor personally, and were yet chafing under the restraint put upon them. Mr. Magone’s speech at an end, his work as a presiding officer began im dead earnest, and for atime it looked as though he would be unequal to the occasion, Had there been on the floor of the house three er four country delegates bent on mis- chief and determined to take up the cause of tho 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 nome of the contestants had in reality secured seats on the floor of the Convention, there were not a few of the Tammany people who began to fear lest, by a want of firmness and parliamentary knowledge of the Chair, there would be a row that might endanger their posi- tion. But, happily for them, the Convention was by a large’ majority apparently only too ready to crush out every anti-Tammany manmuvre, no matter what it might cost. The first move made by them and which gaye rise to the first fears of tho outside friends of the Wigwam, if not of the delegates them- selves, wus made during the calling of the roll. It fell to the lot of Ira Shafer, or rather he took upon himself the task from bis seat, which he bad managed to obtain by getting a regular delegate’s ticket, to correct the reading of the names of the delegates from the First Assembly disérict, ANTI-TAMMANY TACTICS, Of course, tho clerk had the names of the regular or Tammany delegetes, and Shafer declared that the dele- gation Leaded by Gideon Tucker was the regular dele- gation. This got the Convention by the ears at once, and the friends of the contestants and the contestants themerlves in the galleries broke out ivto loud applause. As an encourage- ment to Shafer, Hayes, from the Second, who, like Shafor, had secured a seat on the floor of the hall, then took the cue given him and presented the credentials of his delegation. Mr. Ledwith acted in the same fashion for his district. By this timo there was considerable excitement among the delegates, no one seeming fo know what was bee to bo done, and every ono feared that a stormy scene was certain to ensue if, some prompt action was not taken to head off the gale. It must be remembered that before Shafer made the motion no resolution had been offered for tho appointment of a Committce on Crodentinls, ond tho chairmen of bho able, Of course | Tammany delegates mm tne galleries, seeing | their chance, rose one by one after the Tammany delegates of their respective dis- tricts were called and presented their credentials, This | kind of thing began to grow wearisome, and finally Mr. Shaw, of Oswego, suggested that, as the Committee on Credentials to be. appointed would take into consider- | ation all contested seats, the farce of presenting creden- tials from the galleries had better end then and there. But the anti-Tammanyites did not by any means look at tho matter as a farce. So the wit was quite a serious business, and if | they failed to get recognized this time, their chances in the future, they knew right well, would be exceedingly | slim, So they continued their part of the play till all | the New York districts had been announced. When | | this had been accomplished everybody seémed to breathe more freely, and even tho Tam- many delegates grew funny and winked at ‘one another as much as to say, “What a lucky set are we!’ But Shafer, like Banquo’s ghost, would not down, He saw that his friends in the galleries had | been emboldened by his attitude on the floor of the | house, and he had not done enough to shake up the boys, and he watched his opportunity. It came when | @ motion was made by Mr. Schuyler that a committee on credentials should be appointed, one from each | Congressional district except those districts trom which | there were contestants. Shafer did not hear, or pre- | tended not to hear, the latter part of this motion, and, | rising suddenly from his seat and after taking a good look at the galleries, wNere his friends sat ready to ap- plaud to the echo anything he might say, braced him- self up as if for A GRAND EFFORT. “T object, sir,” said he, raising his voice to its high- est pitch. ‘The districts from which there are con- testants should not be allowed to””—— | Here he was brought to a standstill by Mr. John Kelly, who up to this time had sat quietly by-as if Mr. Shafer was a very harmless man, who only needed to be allowed a little more rope and he would | hang himself. But the constant applause from the anti-Tammany delegates in the galleries with which every attempt of Shafer’s to speak was greeted had evidently become too much of a good thing for him to stand any longer. It was by raising a point of order that Shafer had no right to speak until the Committee on Credentials had decided whether he was a delegate or not, The confusion at this point became worse confounded than ever, Cries arose from the boisterous anti-lammanyites of “Sit down, Kelly !”? and an attempt to drown his voice was made by ap- plauding and stamping their feet, Shafer was not to be thus sat upon, and springing to his feet, he exclaimed that he had as good a right as Kelly to be whero he was, and then, striking an attitude, he cried out, “I have cut my hair as short as Kelly for this fight!” ‘This sally seemed to tickle tho anti-Tammany claquers immensely, and they applauded vociferously, but Mr. Kelly stood his ground, and, despite the shouts from the galleries, repeated his point of order. The Chair- man seemed to be at his wits’ ends to know what to do, and stood looking helplessly on, while amid the gen- eral cry of “Question, question!” Shafer was gesticu- lating wildly and shouting out something which no one could hear on the platform. It finally occurred to the Chairman to rap the table with the gavel to securo order, but he did it in such a rapid way as only to add to the din and disorder, At last he began to take in the situation and declared the point of order well taken, thus shutting up Shafer for good or evil, and immedi- ately afterward put and declared the resolution for the appointment of the Committee on Credentials carried, forgetting in his bewilderment to ask for the negative vote. Soon after this lively scene the Convention took a recess till four o’clock, and, as during that timo TK’ COMMITTRE ON CREDENTIALS were to hold a session, considerable anxiety was mani- fested on the part of che delegates to find out how the | rival delegations from New York would get on in their efforts to keep one another out of the Convention. But tho meeting was held with closed doors, and even the newspaper correspondents were excluded, It was an exciting mecting, by all accounts, and some of the | country members ofthe committee were given an insight | into the ways and dings of city politicians that must have been truly delightful. Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Creamer took the part of the anti-Tammany delegations. ‘The former denounced Jammany in unmeasured terms, said it was controlled fy a secret society and that Mr. Kelly had everything so fixed that men of bad reputa- tion were allowed to be members of the Gen- eral Committee, and honorable men were kept out. In fact, his argument was based on the charges preferred against Tammany in the | printed circular which the anti-lammanyites had dis- tributed among the delegates the day before. Now came Mr. Kelly's turn, and he went for Mr. Rooseyelt, | metaphorically speaking, with a pretty big stick. He | declared that Mr, Roosevelt, while professing to be @ | democrat, had so managed as to have republicans put in offices, and he instanced the cases of Sands, ex-Tax Commissioner; Daly, ‘one of the Judges of the | Common Pleas; and Heary, once a Dock | Commissioner—all republicans who had crawled into office by his aid. CREAMER’S FIERY DENUNCIATIONS, Creamer, in his flery style, replied to Mr. Kelly and denounced Tammany with all the bitterness of which ho was capable. He declared that bad men were put on the General Committee to associate with decent | democrats, and went so far as to charge that there were | | on the committee now one man who had been in | State Prison and two men who were under | | indictment for murder, He charged, in addition, that Mr, Kelly had made corrupt bargains | with the republicans, had got Wales placed in the field | as a republican candidate for Mayor and had afterward | had him appointed Dock Commissioner by Wickham, Whose election had been secured through Wales’ in- | strumentality. To all this Mr. Kelly made another re- | ply, during which he said that Tweed and Sweeny had | made Creamer first a clerk, then an Assemblyman, then a Senator, and that while at Albany he had been one | of their most subservient tools, Mr. Creamer ex- | claimed, ‘Phat is false!” And on Mr. Kelly reite- | rating his charge Mr. Creamer angrily walked up | to where Mr. Kelly stood and said, “You are a liar!” | Mr. Kelly remarked that he had heard young men | | talk that way before, and on one of the members of the | | committee calling upon the Chairman to compel the rivay | delegates to avoid personalities, the anti-Tammanyites | withdrew, ‘This fight over, Mr. Kelly had another on his hands, with Morrissey, Ledwith and Hayes as ope | ponents. MORMISSEY’S EPFORT. Morrissey made quite a favorable impression by the way he argued his case, which he tried to fortify by | proof of the regularity of his delegation, as they had | | been chosen by a convention composed of delegates | elected as the result of a call made by the District Com- | mittee of last winter. “Why, gentlemen,” said he, “if Mr. Kelly has the right to send his Committee of Dis- cipline into my district, and reorganize that district Committee, he has the right todo the same thing in any Assembly district of the State” He then went on to say that he knew he had been charged with | having donated money to a laborers’ meeting that hud denounced Tammany Hall for reducing the laborers’ wages. “I acknowledged that I did said he, ‘and I | am ready to do it again,” He added that Mr. Kelly had | made corrupt bargains with the republicans at Albany | in the matter of the Police and the Civil Justices bill. “If you have been told that,” said Mr, Kelly, “you | have been misinformed. If you can prove the time and | place, when and where I made auy bargain, I would like you to specify.” Mr. Morrissey replied that he had got his informa- tion from the republicans, With whom Mr. Kelly had made the ‘deal,’ and that he bad other information, Mr. Ledwith and Mr, Hayes, on behalf of ‘their dele- gations, used pretty much the same kind of an argu- ment as Mr, Morrissey had as to the regularity of the election of their delegation, Messrs. Schell, Diefendorf | and Rooney replied to them for the Tammany delega- tion from the Fifteenth district, Mr. Schell arguing that | the State Convention had no authority to in- j terfere in tho matter of the reorganization of districts by the Tammany General Commitice, ‘This closed the hearing before the committes, and, on a vote being taken, the twenty-three votes of the com- mittee were cast solid for Tammany Hall’s admission, ‘There were five votes in favor of the admission of Mor- rissey’s, Ledwith’s and Hayes’ delegations, The com- mittee was not ready to make its report in writing when the Convention reassembled at four o’ciock, and 80 another recess was taken to seven o’clock, THR BVENING BRSSION, ‘The hour of half-past seven P.M. found the hall again crowded, notwithstanding the drizzling rain. The re- port was freely circulated that the programme had at | Jost been settled, the Committees were all ready to re. port, and the business of the Convention was to be finished with desnpichend withont frthar alionrnmant, But the impatient audience were once more to be disap- pointed, After waiting half an hour beyond the time fixed for reassembling, to order and the Committee on Credentials announced themselves ready to report. The Albany contest was first read off, and; as everybody expected, the deci- sion of the committee reaffirmed the report of last year in fayor of the McEwen delegation and was received with slight applause, The supplementary recommenda- tion of the committee that the waning factions of that city come together and settle their differences harmo- | niously for the good of the democratic party was re- ceived, as unasked advice generally is, with @ sneer and a response from two or three voices of ‘No, never.” The decision of the ‘Tammany Hall contest was next announced in favor of the “regulars” and was greeted with moderate ap- plause by the successful delégates, Contrary to general expectation, no one moved to disagree with the report and thus transfer the fight to the floor of the Conven- tion, and without any discassion whatever the report was adopted. The contesting delegation from Oswego, backed by Willard Johnson, was also thrown out and the decision faintly 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 @ magnanimity unappreciated, None of them accepted the offer; in fact very few were present in or near the hall. They had a forecast of their fate and had shaken the dust from their feet, and were already on their way homeward or assembled tn secret conclave concocting schemes of vengeance and retaliation to be carried out hereafter, THE COMMITTER ON ORGANIZATION next reported, and the permanent chairman, Judge Stur- ges, of Otsego, was escorted to the platform, not in the usual way between two delegates appointed for the pur- pose, but walking alone in the rear of his escort.’ The fact is, the chairman was too bulky to permit the escort to walk by his side down the five foot aisle, He weighs, upward of 850 pounds and is six feet four inches in height, well proportioned and with a countenance as good natured and jolly as Falstaff, In former conven- tions he has gained the reputation of a wit and humor- ist, and the audience anticipated a relief to theprevious dulness bya display of those qualities on this occa- sion, But they were again disappointed, The Judge was too impressed with the gravity of the occa- sion to indulge in jokes, and treated the audience to a dry dissertation on the financial ques- tion, in which he apparently got beyond his own depth, as he certainly did beyond that of his audi- ence, Ivelicited very little applause and no enthusi- asm, andthe Convention was glad when it was over. At its close Augustus Schell rose, and after telling the audience how busy many of the delegates had been working in committees and thereby deprived of an opportunity to consult with their brethren upon the platform and ticket to be adopted, moved that the Con- vention adjourn till to-morrow at ten A. M. There were a few cries of “No,” but it ewas evident that the thing bad been arranged, and after amending the motion to nine o’clock instead of ten it was carried with perhaps’ a dozen dissenting voices. ‘The remaining business of the Convention could have been finished within an hour provided there was har- mony in the councils, and this third adjournment indi- cates beyond question that there is a HITCH IN THE PROGRAMME, ‘The truth js that since yesterday largo numbers of the delegates have begun to appreciate the ridiculous figure they cut by exhibiting them- selves in State Convention simply to regis- ter the decrees of the one-man power at Albany. The withdrawal this morning of Judge Com- stock, the ablest delegate elected to the Convention, and the reasons he publicly gave for his actton, to wit— that he understood it was to be simply a ratification meeting, instead of a convention to nominate a State ticket, and that his self-respect would not permit him to play the part of a ‘jumping Jack” to the Governor—have produced a marked impression upon the better and more manly portion of the delegates, and they think it is time they exhibited a little dignity and independence. A leading delegate from one of the interior counties, who said he was a personal as well as a political friend of Governor Til- den, remarked to the Heraup reporter that the Gover. nor was making a great mistake, a mistake similar to that made {by 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 an Assemblyman to represent them without first consulting him, and if he happens to be a man whom he is not personally acquainted with he objects and urges another candi- date, The people will not stand that kind of dictation a great while, and, as a friend and well-wisher of the Governor, I am sorry to sce him adopt such a course. ‘The most serious hitch in the Governor’s programme for the State ticket is understood to be with regard to Bigelow as the candidate to head the ticket. It ts said that Bigelow does not desire the nomination unless he can have it by acclamation, and it ts pretty certain that he cannot have it in that way. I am credibly informed that he has instructed a Kings county delegate to withdraw his name if it shall give rise to acontest in the Convention. Great efforts are being made to overcome the opposition and permit him to go on the ticket by acclamation, but they have not yet been successful, and that is one reason why an ad- journment was had till to-morrow. His nomination can be carried if it is pressed, but from present appear- ances by no means unanimously. There is also a strong opposition to the Governor's other pet candidate, Fairchild, The justness and force of the Hrratp’s editorial of to-day on his nomination is universally acknowledged. The Governor has evidently “taken water” sinco yesterday, and his friends now claim that he has never had a “slate” of his own in the matter of the ticket, They say that he has only suggested two names, Bigelow and Fairchild; but if this bo true he has been grossly misrepresented by his friends. The leading name now canvassed for the head of the ticket, in case Bigelow cannot get it by’ acclamation, is Charles Wheaton, of Dutch- ess. It will be certainly one of the two, In case Fairchild should be run off the track there is still a chance of Pratt’s renomination, but the probabil- ity is that the ticket will be nearly the same as men- tioned yesterday with the possible exception of Bige- low. Those representing the Governor are very anx- ious that there should be an appearance ot perfect har- mony, and would like to avoid a ballot on any of the candidates, If a break once takes place on the Gov- ernor’s programme they fear the conse- quences, It is rumored that the Governor ts within convenient distance of Syracuse this evening, and at any rate Senator Kernan, Major Pelton and others of his most confidential friends are working like | beavers to keep his slate intact, There was quite a strong opposition in THE PLATFORM COMMITTER to the uncompromising hard money plank, and the impression prevails that it was not definitely settled when the Convention last assembled, although the com- mittee say that it was adopted by a large majority, One of the reasons given by Schell for an adjourning until to-morrow was that some members of that committee were unable to attend and another meeting of the committee to be held. The bard money platform will be adopted beyond question, but it is by no means certain that it will not meet with opposition in the Convention, as it did in the committee, ‘THE PROSPECT now is that the Convention will finish its work by to- morrow noon. It will be noticed that Jarvis Lord and Delas De Wolfe are left off the State Committee this year. In the case of Lord, the Monroe delegation were desirous of keeping him on the committee, and offered him the place, but he declined. De Wolfe wasa candidate, but was beaten by Sidney Fairchild, of Madison. The Onondaga delegation haa not yet decided whether they will keep “Doc? Denison on the com- mitteo or not. ‘The members of Tammany Hall from New York city who have been selected to be members of the new Stato Committee are:—Nicholas Muller, from tho FifthCon- gressional district; Edward J, Shandley, from the Stxth; Bernard Reilly, from the Seventh; Edward L. Donnelly, from the Kighth; Thémas Dunlap, from the Ninth; Edward Cooper, from tho Tenth, and John Kelly, from the Eleventh, THE PROCEEDINGS. - Syracuse, Sept. 16, 1875, AtLey Bract, chairman of the State Central Commit. teo, called the Convention to order, without any prelim- inary remarks, at twenty-five minates past twelve o’clock, and nominated Daniel Magone, of St. Lawrence, temporary Chairman, which was agreed to unanimously, 1. B, Faulkner, of Livingston, and D, B, Hall, of Che- mung. were anpointed a committee to conduct Mr, the Convention was called | Magone to the chair, He was received with applause, and, on taking the platform, said:— ADDRESS OF MR, MAGONE, GENTLEMEN Ov THE ConvRNTION—Accept my thanks for the honor you have conferred in selecting me as your temporary presiding officer, I congratulate you on the auspicious circumstances under which we are assembled. We are rapidly approaching the centennial of the nation’s life, The living questions that are now before the people of the several States for examtnation and decision are to be settied in the year 1876, paramount among which is the financial question, deeply affecting, as it does, every business interest. The evils of the depreciated currency, under which the country now suffers, natur- ally flowed out of a departure from a sound interpreta- tion of the constitution, prohibiting the States and, by implication, the general government, from maxing any- thing but gold and silver a legal tender, Our immedi- ate attention should not be diverted from the needed reforms in our State and party, The people have taken courage at the determined and successful efforts of Gov- ernor Samuel J. Tilden, out of and in office, in purify- ing the Bei and holding public servants to strict accountability. A man cannot now hold office in this, the Empire State, without feeling that the people de- mand his careful supervision over the trast committed to his care. It will be the great work of this Convention to nominate such candidates only as will cordially co-operate in carrying forward needed reforms, This is not a new crusado for the democratic party it is but the simple discharge of our clear duty. n the name of this Convention and of the great body of liberal and democratic electors of the State I cordially invite all good men in the State to join hands with us in accomplishing the result desired. Trusting that har- mony will attend our deliberations, I await the further pleasure of the Convention. ‘The allusion to gold and silver as the proper currency elicited moderate applause, Governor Tilden’s name was also received with much applause, The close of the address was also received with applause, and, on motion of Mr, Beach, of Jefferson county, E. 0. Perrin, of Queens county; ’E. J. Clarke, of Jefferson county, and W. W. Jordan, of Delaware county, were made tem: porary Secretaries. Mr. Dany, of New York, moved that the rules of the Assembly be adopted for the government of this Con- Yention so far as applicable, Carried. Mr. Jacons rose to a point of order—That the first business in order was the calling of the roll, The Cain decided that the point was well taken and the Secretary proceeded to call the roll, THE NEW YORK CONTESTANTS. When the First district of New York was called Ira Shafer said he did not know whether his name had been called, but ho, Gideon J. Tucker and Judge Roose- velt claimed to be the representatives of said district. (Slight applause on the floor and more in the galleries.) Mr. Suaw, of Otsego, moved that the papers of all contesting delegations be handed in and referred to the Committee on Credentials when Ay eae Carried, ‘Another dolegate rose and said he desired to present the credentials of a delegation for the Eleventh New York district headed by John Morrissey. (Applause in the galleries.) ‘The Cuarn said the papers would be referred, Joun Harpina, from the Fifteenth New York district, who was in the gallery, said he desired to present the credentials for a delegation headed by Judge Ledwith, Rurvus ANpDkEws handed in the credenttals of contest ants for the Eighteenth New York district, OsWALD OrrENpoRFER, from the gallery, handed in contesting credentials for the Nineteenth New York district. hee took the direction moved by Mr. Shaw, of sexo. The name of De Witt C. Littlejohn, a delegate from Oswego county, was received with applause, Mr. Parker, of Kings, moved that a committee of one from each Congressional district be appointed by the temporary Chairman to report @ permanent or- ganization, Agreed to. Mr. Murrny, of Albany, presented the credentials - ne Meagar delegation and asked its reference. Re- ferred. Mr. Scuvyter, of Tompkins, moved a resolution that the Yemporary Chairman appoint a committee of ono from each Congressional district on credentials, except in the districts where seats are contested, to which shall be referred all questions relating to contested seats, Ina SareR attempted to speak, but there were loud cries of order. He insisted that ail claims to seats should be referred to the committee. Joux Keity called for a decision of the question of order that Shafer, being a contestant, had no right to debate until his case was decided. Mr. Stayer (excitedly)}—Mr. President, I cut my hair as short as Kelly’s, for the express purpose, if pos- sible, of getting a hearing in the Syracuse Convention, Mr. Lrrrigsony called for the question. The Cuaim decided that the question was on the adop- tion of the resolution, He put the question, and the resolution was adopted, Mr. LaninG, of Erie, moved for a committee of one from each Congressional district on resolutions, to which shall be referred all resolutions offered in the Convention. Agreed to, The Cuaiz announced the following COMMITTEK ON CREDENTIALS, Dist. Dist, 1—John A. Chapman, 23—E. B. Armstrong. 12K W. awards. 24—G. A. Dayton, LAE. Q Eldridge, Wil . Nites. 14—Lewis C. Smith. 26—Charles N. Weed. 15—William F. Russell, 27—William L. Pottle. 17—Robert Hasbrouck. 28—George W. Schuyler, 18—C. Sawyer. 20—David B, iTi. $0—John N. White. 31—Charles B, Benedict, 21—T. H. Matteson. 32—Charles B. Benedict. 22—Andrew Cornwall. 33—W. W. Henry. The Chair announced the following COMMITTEE ON PERMANENT ORGANIZATION, 19—E. M. Holbrook, 20—Stephen Dunn. Dist. Dist. 1—Samuel H. Brick. 21—B. L. Bowers. 2—James Roorke. 2—L. BE. Fran, 23—A. H. Green. 25—William Brown, 26—A. L. Childs. 27—K. 0. Dickinson, 28—D. 'T. Horton. 23—G. Bish 3-H. J. Kerker. 4—Thoraas Murphy. 12—Goorge 8. Preston, 13—Edwin ©. Terry. 14—B, K. Johnson. 15—George Beach, 17—E. E. Davis. BO—A. ©. Mctileachlan, 18—P. H. Myers, 81—J. H. Ward. 82—D. ©. Corbin. 33—8. 8. Whallon, ‘The Chair appointed the following COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS, Dist, 1—James B. Pearsall. 21—3. M. 2—Thomas Kinsella, B—A. Scott. 4—J. C. Jucobs, 12~Thomas R, Fisher, 13—S. Smith, 14—A. Demarest. 5—A. Schoonmaker, Jr, 17—J. R. Parsons. I8—J. A! Sheldon, 19—J. A. Saunders. 32—A. P. Laning, 20—W. T. L. Landers, ‘33—William Bookstaver, Mr. Jacons moved that tho delegations from the various Congressional districts be requested during the recess to assemble and agree upon delegates to be an- nounced to the Convention for the new State Commit- tee. A DetecatTs—Except {n those cases where there are contestants, Mr. Jacons—Certainly; until that is settled you canuot decide the committee. men in such districts, A Detecate—Mr, Chairman, I move that in those Congressional districts where delegations are not con- tested they be Teprosentod on these committees. Tho delegation from the Second district of the county of Oswego is contested, None of the others in that Con- gressional district are, For that reason I move that those Congressional districts that have uncontested delegations be represented upon these committees, not- withstanding there may be a contest in the couuties, Mr. Jacoss—Mr. Chairman, that would apply, I should judge, rather to the commjttees appointed by the Chair than to my resolution. The Cuamman—I so understand it, Mr. Jacoss—Because for the very reason that dele- gations which are partly contested can meet after the contested seats are settled and select their members of the State Committee. That would apply, I suppose, to the Second district of Oswego. The motion would not | be in order in connection with mine, ‘A delegate rose to make an inquiry. Mr, SHarer—Mr. Chairman, I rise toa point of order— that he has no right to address this Convention, any more than I have, until the question of contested seats is settled. Mr. Jacob’s motion was submitted and carried. Mr. LirtLksoun—Mr, Chairman, I do not think ft was the intention of the Convention that the delegates from an entire Congressional district should be excluded from the Committee on Resolutions or Organization, where only one Assembly district in the Congression: district was contested. It would be improper and un- just that it should be so. Why should Madison county, ‘one-half of the Congressional district in which I reside, be excluded from these important committees? Why should the two Assembly districts of Oswego county, where there are no contestants, be excluded? I under- stood the resolution itself and the spirit of it to be that in those Assembly districts where there are contestants there should be no representation upon the committees upon their side and that is all. I trust, unless the Convention shall order otherwise, that the President will fill those vacancies in the Congressional districts from such of the districts that are not contested. After some further colloquy the suggestion of Mr. Littlejohn was adopted by the Convention. The Cuarr, under Mr. Littlejohn’s motion, appointed the following :—Twenty-fourth district, Dewitt C. Littles john on the Committee on Resolutions, The Cofivention then, at a quarter-past one o'clock P. M., on motion of Mr. Jacobs, took a recess until four PM. THE APTRRNOON SESSION, The Convention reassembled at four o'clock P, M. A ‘ain storm set in during the recess, and the hall was so nich darkened that it was necessary to light the gas. During the recess the Committee on Credentials gave a hearing of fifeen minutes to each contesting delogation. Mr, Jacous stated that the committees on Credenti and on Resolutions were not ready to report, and there was no prospect of their being ready for Some time, As it would not be in order for the Commitiee on Per- manent Organization to report until the Committee on Credentials had reported, he moved that the Convention take a recess until half-past seven o'clock to-night, The Cuam put the question, and declared the motion carried. There were cries of ‘No, no!” and calls for Littlejohn, when a delegate said the Committee on Resolutions were about ready to report, Exceptions to the decision of the Chair, declaring the motion for a recess carried, being persisted in, the motion was put again and carried, Calls were then made for Congressman Boebe, but bofore ho responded the band commenced playing. The Chairman having retired and the music ceased, there were calls for “Pierce,” and Secretary Perrin introduced Waiter B, Pierce, taxpayer, who desired to address them on the subject of taxation, political cor- ruption and official accountability, Mr. Pierce pro- ceeded, amid much confusion and frequent interruption, to deliver a few of the points of a speech on the sub: deo, Which was distributed already in pamphlet form. NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. { His highly complimentary allusions to Governor Tilden and his onslaught upon the Canal Ring elicited much applause and three cheers for Tilden, When he con- cluded the delegates rapidly retired from the hall, THE EVENING SESSION, The Convention reassembled at half-past seven o'clock. The galleries were packed, and the scene pre- sented was similar to those witnessed in the most ex- cited polttical times of the past. The Convention being called to order, Mr. Holbrook, from the Committee on Credentials, stated that that committee had substantially agreed upon their report and would submit it at eight o'clock. While waiting for the committee the several delegations sent in the names of their new State committeemen from districts in which nocontest exists, as follows:— THE NEW STATE COMMITTER. Dist Dist, 1—Jomes B, Pearsall 20-8. W. Buel. 2—William D. Vee: 2—Alien C. Beach, 3—William A. Fowl 43—James G, Preston. 4—Francis Nolan. 6—Darwin Colver. 12—Caspar C. Childs, 7—Lester B. Faulkner, 13—Jucob B. Carpenter, i—0, C, B, Walker, 14—Ellis A. Post. 30—William Purcell. 15—Fordyce L,, Laflin, 31—Charles Benedict, 17—M. B. Williamson, 32—Joseph Warren. a 1S—H_ D: Graves, 33—William H. Henderson. 19—D: Magono, Jr. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS, Mr. Scuvy! from the Committee on Credentials, reported in favor of the admission of the following delegations headed by Cornelius Vanderbilt, with the recommendation to the Convention that your commit- tee, recognizing the necessity for harmony in the coun- cils of the party in the county of Albany, respectfilly urge that a committee be fon at some future time by each organization with a view to such compro- mise among the democrats of that locality as will tend to give fuil and complete success to the party in that county. Second—In the county of New York in favor of the Tammany Hall delegation, now occupying seats on the floor of the Convention. Third—In the Second district of the county of Oswego the delegates, headed by W. A. Nelson. The committee also recommend that all the contest- ing delegations be invited to seats on the floor of this Convention, ‘The Cuair put the question of agreeing to the report, and it was adopted almost unanimously. Mr. Forkn, of Kings, from the Committee on Per- manent Organization, reported :— PERMANENT ORGANIZATION, For Permanent Chairman—Judge Hezekiah Sturges, of Otsego. (Applause. ) For Reading Secretaries—E, 0. Perrin, Hiram Calkins and KE. J. Clark, For Vice Presidents— S, Neville. ‘Milton Bostwick. —A. R, Brinkerhoff. 22—James B. Richmond, 8—William R. Hurd, 23—L, Townsend, 4—Ludwig Semler. 24—No nomination, 5 to 11, inclusive, blank. 25—J. D. Potter, 12—Abrabam O, Wilsie. 13—J. 0. Whitehouse, 14—James C. Brown, 26—George Franklin, 27—Enekiel Cartuer. 28—Blank, 15—Charles Holmes. 29—Jacob Larue. 16—B lank. 80—Horatio G. Warner, 17—James R. Fonda, 31—M., H. Peck. 18S. W. Holcomb. 32—Jacob Heinmeng. 19—Charies Anthony. 83—Theodore L. Morse, 20—Isaiab Fuller, Secretaries—Wm. D. Woodward, Michael Coffey, L. Kurth, B. Silverman, Wm. S. Hammond, Edwin C. ‘Terry, E. A, Brown, Isaac Longead, Jos, McNeil, E. D. Ferguson, James Ri Smith, R. A. Anabel, Ira D.’ Kerr, W. Worth Deevey, Asa Leclear, Jabez Norton, Wm. J. Moses, James Faulkner, Jr.; Martin J. Gunderlin, A. L: Underhill, John H. White, Arthur 'B, Rathbone, George Chambers and Charles E, Gallagher, ‘The report was agreed to. ‘rhe Cain appointed De Witt ©, Littlejohn and Rufus W. Peckham to conduct J) ig 2 Sturges to the chair, On reaching the platform Judge Sturges was received with great applause, and he proceeded to address the Convention as follows:. MR, STURGES’ SPEECH. GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION—I accept the position to which you have designated me as the permanent presiding officer of this body with profound gratitude for the marked expressions of your high regards, (Applause.) And yet my total inexperience in presiding over deliberative assemblies necessitates me to rely upon your kindness to aid me in the proper discharge of the responsible duties of that position, We are convened, gem tlemen, as the representatives of the demo- cratic ‘organization of the great State of New York—(applause)—an organization that is the com- ponent part of one that encircles our Umion—an organi- zation that had its origin when the foundations of our temple of constitutional liberty were being laid. There ig not a brace in that vast edifice contributing te its ‘strength but what our organization has been foremost im placing there. (Applause.) Assembled as we are under these circumstances it behooves us to act worthy of the high vocation wherewith we are called; that we 80 conduct this convention, that we enunciate such a platform, that we nommate such a ticket ‘that even he who holds himself aloof from political or- ganizations for the reason that he thereby thinks he may better discharge his duty as a patriotic citizen will say, when he reads the account of the action of this Convention, that he can serve his country in no better way than by adopting the platform and support ing the candidates nominated at the democratic con- vention held in Syracuse in 1876. (Great applause.) 1 know, gentlemen, that it is said that the democrauc party in these are tender footed on the heen question, but it was no democratic Congress that authorized the issue of greenbacks and called them money—(applause)—and it ‘was no court with democratic proclivities that decided that the words in the constitution giving power to Con- gress to coin money and regulate the value thereof au- thorized. the issuing of paper and calling it money. (Great applause.) 1t was no court of democratic proclivi- Ues that turned a somerset on this question, (Applause and laughter.) Gentlemen, on this question the history of the democratic party is written, The past is secure, and when the party shail take up that question at the proper time no man need fear that wo shall falsify our record, (Applause.) So fur as this question 1s con- cerned it seems to me that it is a self-evident proposi- tion that the party now in power at the helm of the general government are entirely incompetent to take care of it and discharge their duties in that behalf, for the Teason that now, after more than ten years since the close of the war, the promises of our govern. ment are bie twelve and fifteen per cent below par. (Applause.) And I say that with any proper adininistration of the affiirs of this government during that time, there is no reason why the promises of the government, considering its vast revenue, its still greater resources, should not be worth as much in the Exchange of New York, or in the city of London, to-day, as the gold dollar or eagle. (Applause.) What is to be done on that question is this, you are to bring your government promises up to par and you cannot do it by legislative enact- ment; you can no more make and gold of equal yalue, or bring per at par with gold by legislative enactment than you can convert the article of paper itself into gold by legisla- tion, (Applause.) That must be done, gentlemen, by husbanding the resources of the government, curtailing its expenses and creating confidence in the government, (Applause.) During all these yoars our Pe ot under the idea that they have grown rich in the war instead of growing poor, have been making appropria- tions, many of them,’ perhaps, entirely proper if their’ coffers had n full of money, but under such circumstances entirely improper in my judgment, And still more, the extravagance in every ‘department of the general government has run riot ail that period. The States have caught up that extrav- agant feeling, and the people have followed, until now we aro overwhelmed with national, State and municipal debts, and these debts aro the sources of the hard times that are now up- on us, (Applause,) Now, gentlemen, it seems to me, although Iam not much accustomed to govern- mental affairs, but I have had occasion before now to take the paper of some of my friends to a money lender and to tell him I desired to raise some money on it He would take his spectacles and look at it ‘Why, says he, “your friend bought a pair of horses worth $1,000 the other day, I understand ?”” “Yes, one has bought a carriage worth $750?" «Yes, “He is going to build a new mansion to live in, I un- derstand “Yes,” «Well, I don’t want his paper unless [ have it fifteen to twenty per cent below par at a discount.”? (Applause. ) it seems to me at all times that the government— Statey national, municipal—or the individual has among the money-lenders and monecy-changers a very poor rospect unless there is a good showing of economy. Then what is our duty? Our duty is to put men at the heim of the national and State governments who will curtail these expenses and lop off all that are unnecessary until Lrers Hoc 4 aro up to par (j applause) and then repeal your Legal Tender act, That is resumption and not by legislative enactment. When you have created confidence in the people that men can pay that is all you desire. It is an axiom—older than any government on this Continent or in Europe— “They are able because they seem to be able; and when the government has the confidence of the people that it can pay when they want their money, the promises of your government are at par; but they think that the democratic party propose to pay our national debt in greenbacks, while the republican party propose to pay it in goid. Well, wo havo about $350,000,000 of gold in this country, and I have be seen the eee prkga fh how me) itd over the way are going to pay $2, },000 wit $350,000,000. The truth is, guatectat, Uns that debt is a mortgage upon the agricultural, the mechanical, the commercial interests of this country; that debt has got to be paid as the farmer pays the mortgage upon his farm and the mechanic pays the mot @ upon his house—by the product of his labors, hat grows out of the earth and what is manufactured therefrom is what our creditors are to rely on to pay their debt, and the use of the currency is to equalize exchanges in the business of the commercial world. (Applause, ) And hence it is entirely impossible for us to do a safo business with a fluctuating—why, to me, gentlemen, it is a humiliating spectacle to see our government ance a month, yea, twice a month, gambling in Wall street with their ‘own money. (Applause) “Hence it is the duty of the democratic party vo see to it that the proper course is entered upon. Aye, gentlemen, so far as we are concerned in this State, we havo entered upon it, Wo entered upon it by the result of the election last fall— (great applause)—and he who now holds the helm of government in this State has entered upon that stern duty of reducing the expenses of our State, and the people within a very few months will feel the benefit of a ye mn ge this revo- lution is to go on © peoplo are aroused to this question. We shall celebrate, 1 trust, the roat centennial year of our independence by putting Fagnes or the domination of leagues of demagogues in abeyance—(applause)—by putting at the helm of gov- ernment men of experience, mon of ability, men of in- tegrity, or, to quote the father of the democratic party, men “honest, faithful and capable.” (Great applause, ) Jagain, gentiomen, return my thanks \o you for viacing me here. I will not detain you any longer except to ask your pleasure, Mr. AvGustes Scugit then addressed the Convention, saying: SPEECH OF AUGUSTUS SCHBLI. Mr. Presipext—A large portion of the delegates now on this floor have been engaged during the whole day in the contest with persons claiming their seats, and they have not been represented mn the various com- mittees which have been ordered by this house; and, although they coincide with the action of the Convention so far as it has been taken, and are rejoiced to know that you, air, hold the honorable position of President of this Convention, yet, sir, they think that they should be represented on the Committee on Resolutions; that they should bave an opportunity of selecting the mem- bers of their State Committee; that they should havo an opportunity to confer with each other and with the delegates of this Convention as to the persons who are to be put in nomination for the various offices for which nominations are to be made. They think that it would be unwise and unjust toward them to have the proceedings of this Convention continued without an opportunity for them to take partin them. 1 there- fore move, sir, that when this Convention adjourn it be to meet to-morrow morning at ten o'clock. Mr. Breve, of Sullivaa—Mr. President, I would ask the gentleman from New York (Mr. Schell) to withdraw his motion until I can present a resolution, for the adoption of which he has made a most ex- cellent argument. I can see no more ir tune time than the present for offering the following resolution, and, after having said a word in favor of itd adoption, I will renew the motion of the gentieman from New York. ; Mr. Schell then withdrew his motion and Mr. Beebe moved his resolution, as follows; — Resolved, That hereafter the State Committee shall in all cases of contested seats adinit as sitting members those only who present credentials from sources recog- nized as regular by the last preceding State Convention, and such members shall participate in all the proceed ings of the Convention, except as to contested seats, until the Convention shail decide upon the case. Mr, Beent—Mr, President, this resolution, as I said in offering it, has been sustained very powerfully by the propositions which have been advanced by the gentleman from New York (Mr. Schell). Sir, T have repeatedly witnessed when serving in democratic con- ventions the injustice which has been done to large constituent elements of the party by the very course of proceedings of which the gentleman here very justly complains. Now, sir, 1 say that we should follow the example which has been set us by Pennsylvania, Ohio and other great States of this Union, We should meet here by virtue of some action of an authoritative body, There is now no warrant of au- thority vested in the State Central Committee to even make up a list for the Secretary to call the roll from, and this resolution has been considered an framed with the view of meeting shis pur- se, and I most earnestly hope, for the purpose of armony hereafter, that this resolution may be adopted, 80 that We may move hereafter decently and in order, (Applause.) The question being put, the resolution waa adopted unanimously. At the suggestion of Mr, Schell the President ap- Pointed the following additional members, whose names had been suggested by the delegation from the city of New York, of the Committee on Resolutions:—Manton Marble, Edwin R. Meade, Will- iam C. Whituoy, Burton N,. Harrison, Christopher Fine, Frederick Smyth and Jolin Hayes, Mr. Schell then renewed his motion to fix the hour of meeting to-morrow, accepting an amendment that it be at nine o'clock, and in that form it was adopted, and, at twenty minutes before nine o'clock, the Convention adjourned. QUEENS COUNTY POLITICS. Tho Republican Central Committee of Queens county held a meeting yesterday afternoon, at which it was determined to call the Convention for the nomination of candidates for county officers to meet at the Court House, in North Hempstead, on Monday, October 11. The Republican Senatorial Convention,’ it is under- stood, will be called to meet at Jamaica on the Wednes- day following, October 13, at one o'clock P. M, The district includes Queens, Suffolk and Richmond coun- ties. The Democratic County Convention for Queens is called for the Thursday preceding that of the republi- cans, October 7. THE MASSACHUSETTS LIBERALS. Boston, Sept. 16, 1875. The State Committee, representing the liberal repube lican voters of Massachusetts, have issued a lengthy ad- dress to the people of the State claiming that the same reasons exist to-day for independent action that ex- isted three years ago, when they left the ranks of the republican party, The document gives the history of the movement and details the causes which led to it. It does not advocate a separate nomination, but favors the support of Governor Gaston for re-election in pref- erence to either Mésers. Loring or Rice, the republi-° can aspirants tor Gubernatorial nomination. THE MISSISSIPPI AFFAIR. THE LETTER OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO GOVERNOR AMES—PRESIDENT GRANT'S APPRE- CIATION OF PUBLIC SENTIMENT—SOUND CON- STITUTIONAL DOCTRINES APPLIED AT A LATE DAY, Wasnixctoy, Sept. 16, 1875. Senator Brace, of Mississippi, and one of his associates called upon the Attorney Genefal to-day and stated that they had telegraphed to Governor Ames that they were satisfied with what the Attorney General had done in regard to the apphications from Governor Ames for the interference of the general government in the affairs of their State, They again requested the publication of the Attorney General’s letter to Governor Ames, and were assured that its publication was dependent upon the views of the President thereon, Judge Pierrepont had already telegraphed to the President for his direc- tions, and at noon a telegram was received from the President consenting to its publication The following is the letter referred to:— DerartMent oF Justice, Wasmxeroy, D. C., Sept. 14, 1875. To Governor Axes, Jackson, Miss. » This hour I have had despatches from the President. I can best convey to you his ideas by an extract from his despatch :— The whole public are tired ont with these annual autumnal outbreaks in the South wnd the great majority are ready now to condemn any interference on the part of the goverti- ment. I heartily wish that peace and good orderinay be restored without issuing the proclamation; but ifit is not, the proclamation must be issued ; aud if it is, I shall instruct the commander of the forces to ae: If there is a necessity for military rence, there is justice in such interference child's ins evil-doers. * woul h (or, better, a privat Ames; urginig him to strengthen his own post hausting his own resources In restoring order be ceives government aid. He might accept the Offered by the citizens of Jackson aud elsewhere, Governor Ames and his advisers can be made perfectly secure. AS many of the troops in Mississippi as he deems Recessary may be nent to Jackson, If he ix betrayed. by those wlio offer assistance he will be in # position to defeat their ends and punish them. You see by this the mind of the President, with which I and every member of the Cabinet who has been consulted are in full accord. You see the difficulties; you see the responsibilities which you assume. We cannot understand why you do not strengthen yourself in the way the Presideni suggests; nor do we see why you do not call the Legislature together and obtain from them whatever powers, money and arms you need, The constitution is explicit, that the Executive of the State can call upon the President for aid in suppressing “domestic violence’ only ‘when the Legislature can- not be convened,” and the law expressly says:—“In case of an insurrection in sa State against the govern- ment theredf it shall be lawful for the President, on application of the Legislature of such State, or of the Executive when the Lagisla- turo cannot be convened, to call,” &e, It is the plain meaning of the constitution and laws, when taken together, that the Executive of the State may call upon the President for military aid to quell “domestic violence” only in case of an insurrection in any State against the government thereof when the Legislature cannot be called together, You make no Suggestion even that there 1s any insurrection against the government of the State, or that tho Legisiature would not support you in any measures you might pro- pose to preserve the public order. I suggest that you take all lawful means and all needed measures to pre- serve the peace by the forces in your own State, and let the country see that the citizens of are yn who are largely favorable to good order and who are largely republican, have the courage and the manhood to fight for their rights and to destroy the bloody ruflans who murder the innocent and jnoffending freedmen. Everything is im readiness. Be careful and bring yourself strictly within the constitution and laws, and if there is such resistance to your State au@iorities as you cannot, by all the means at your command, suppress, the Presi- dont will swiftly aid you in crushing these lawless traitors to human right& Telegraph mo on receipt of this, and state explicitly what you need. Very "ean yours, EDWARDS PIERREPONT, Attorney General, NORTH CAROLINA'S CONSTITUTION, THE AMENDING CONVENTION HOLDS ANOTHER SESSION AND ADJOUBNS FULL OF BITTER PARTY FEELING, Raxzron, N, C., Sept. 16, 1875, Threo or four proposed constitutional amendments were reported and killed in the committee, A dozen fresh ones came tothe funeral, The per diem for mem- bers of tke Legislature came up and was lengthily de- bated by Messrs. Tourgee, Clingman, French, Badger, Robbins, Chamberlain and others, The ordinance, as _, gives members of the General Assembly $4 laily for sixty days. General Tourgee said the door- keeper excluded a man yesterday becatse he had on 00 bar! and inquired if it was necessary to have on @ wedding garment. Compensation of convention dele- gates was discussed and recommitted without action to the committee. At twenty minutes after twelve the Judiciary Committee reported, recommending @ Te- duction of Supreme Court judges from five to three, Able opposing speeches “were made by Messrs, Tourgee, Barringer, Chamberlain, Young, Manning, Bennett and Turner. On motion of Mr. whole matter was postponed till halt-past morrow, Adjourned at half.past two. Much bitterness has cropped out In tmdavie ond narty feeling rons high