The New York Herald Newspaper, September 27, 1877, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1877.—TRIPLE SHEET. Thore was a story Mr. Lipcoim was himeetf fona atiackon the P. tl Fepeat it Lo you:— LINCOLN’S STORY. | sition of the gentleman There wass Senator 0! the United Statesin the timo of | the Convention sball indo: Mr, Lincoia, whose name | sbuli conceal utterly under | Mresideut without reserval the name of the How, Jeremiah Jonvs, The ion. Jere- mia Jones was mainly distinguished, so Mr. Lincoin asserted, for his industry in seeking places for bis | W friends, lo the bottest and most dapyerous hours of the | By war the Hon, Jeremiah Jones waited upoa Mr. Lincoln and asked biw to mak aro asked to indorse © experiments, maker ((he gentleman place aud the other man isto this placo in order that | We Will take it up and throw it out. He referred to | Its bee i not to hinder, but Certain whieb be bad in tes might be carried | the anxiety of the country on tue night after the | wisdom aud harmo; of ity action ont The President was one day asked vy a friend to | Presiveniial election, wien it was aunounced that State at large, but on all ti give tim a brief abstract of what he diddurimg we | Samuel J, Vildew was to be counted into Gay, and the President said to bin, with that sly | the [residency and the great relief which twinkle iv bis eye which We can all imagiue:— ail experienced when “Well, my friend, Leat my bronklast, and then 1 go to headquarters and hear tbe iatest news trom the army, acd then Leat my dinner and thea yo to bead- quarters and bear the lates: nows from the army, and then | drink my tea and go to beadquarters and bear the latest {rom the army, and then | ber and make ready tor bed, and 1 und 1 look if not I thank God and bounce in. and applause, ) We haa at last, Lam glad to say it, we bad at last a President ofthe United states whe, in obedience to the clear cemimangs of bis party, proposed to urive Jerry out ‘rom under the bed; aud Lum sure, for ove, that every mau who cordiauy desires (he reswred independence of the voters o! this country will cor- | dually second the Pre=went in the cioris tuat he makes, whether those speofic eflorts wo or do Got meet bis individual approbation, 1 have Spoi ol the great constituency that is beyond this ball and one watching at this mome: our deliberations 1 for my own part recall what Said two years ago in our Convention ab Saratoga when | see the President lor whom | voied, whom I cordiaky supported, pursuing in the way that he deems best what we there deciared \o be a duty, while pecific order which meets here and there indi- secured. ing of an carn There was anovber side to than those held by the gent ty, Tuere was not a word issue with the Preaident, | he knows that to indo: will result im dis had takeo counsel principie Is above party, nO buch desire ae this. Washingtou, 1t was the siderable severity the civil would scorn lo luke an | pate in public affairs. t SPRECH OF viée, but the publie policy of the adm*histration. Ho of iellumg of himsesf, and with your permission | will | (Mr. Ward) staimes that the platioria contained no betore it the examples of Maine, Pennsylvan Onio, and thought it wise, ike them, to be silent It remuined for the great poace- irom iigumend) w throw ure to put this man into that | ibis firebrand into the Convention, and doing here was found that three Soutt ern Siates bad béga saved, and the election of Hayes Was there a republican anywhere then who doubted that these Southern republ.cans were deser: constitut support? Map insist upon the adoption of his resolution when ‘a policy only in its infane: upyag the party? He (Mr. Wa 1 the jarmers who delieve th, the head of parties Must pass away, and thoy expressed Mr. Horcukiss strenuously opposed what he termed thrusting down ihe throats of people tue experiments now being tried in Washingioa. He did not believe the President was to blume for the state of affairs in rounued who are responsible, deprived him of his manhood, of tho right to partici- He counseiled courage aud bold- Leas 1h Meeting ali such issues. Mr. PLart, of Dutchess, followed us 4 member of the ment sack us no ot policy, The propor | ihe resolutions asserts chmond was that entire course of the fee committee had and ris from sou tion. hen the p' que: policies which are as yet disturb our harmeny. | 1 spenk Jor (Applause.) | wi this question, other views | know Joeman trom Richmond coun- duth Then, why does that gentlo- the such proceedings, that the mea who stand at that other State expressed opinions about specific ucts of national oficial: done so, no doubi, men by whom be was sur- | cerns and even about the He @riticised with con. and said he tion which itself what it sball say, very convention slag and decide service ord Mce with a col MR. PLATT, have uphetd it tan cereer ot usetul er party in history hat it bas an ancomplet @ true to itsell and equal to | bat contrary to the positive injunction of m; that mission it wl stand im grandeur apd in, po nay nd pretensions and rivalries of to-: ‘oremombered with pity or forgot republican party be but true to 118 principles and it then be jalse to any man, This is a State cons scala is mips ese cand shall stand act are en, to candidate, not which ww lecalities amd aohreves } tig your, and malarial mutterly. Let the towns un here; Who has a right to Our proceedings or ‘0 Tf any. maa bas authority its views or y we or a a to r. _ here ’ “th ihe ag cal Mia waa representative he is, 1 will not assume that upy man iu the platiorm which took | has been itrusted to iuiroduce mutters foreign to our and calculated to foment discord among those of the same bousenold of faith, I repel the idea that administration suggests or nections any ja who volunteers ‘such a pur- etion of trend ose May be found wanting in the di i H i it said | the pational administration, On » ship, 1 ho’ im 1s sincerity also, It has bee couventivns have sometimes They have trequeatly County and town conventions have dope the same thing. National coaveutions huve sometimes expressed opi abdout State con- of cities, Nobody | # can deny the right of each copvention to decide lor | To say not | abroad bas sav and which bas said one omitted or refused to say another bi 4 lor iteell, and did any o1 right or propriety chailouged? Many State convene tions belure this have decided to tay nothing about particular topics prominent at the time, Many State diseases in Wash- | ipgten isabled me for mouths. It was out of the question for me to undertake the labors of a Sema, pie cian | atte to address my neighbors on the issucs of the day, ‘and the attempt gave sufficient cautio, against jt repetition, Because | not and could do more I, as an offce-helder, have been bitterly far and wide to this day, and by ihe same Tepubdjicans, Since the spring session of 1¢ NO occasion has existed, none hus been eto the pow-iound Cty overseers to ad~ Ai correction. About balf the time I have been absent m ihe country, in the hopo of eradicatiug some troublesome fapaina oF fever. soe in the fi Bhd been always pressiugly oocu- 4° er of business accumulated during rotracted iliness and absouce from home, Politics ave not engaged me; no utterances hostile to or measures bave proceeded from me; nota straw has been taid in the way of any man or of his ambitions or acbemes, Butatill I have been the object of persist. entassaults and misrepresentations, coming, It so hap- pens, from those claiming to speak expecially for returning home a tew words of greeting could not be spoken to neiwh- ae Ng personal friends of bot fawin, down bitter aod scornful denunciations for the policy of ee pe: characters seein determined to know vothing but President aod his Policy and them crucified, @ word of things at bome and beon treated as a crime. To say nothing at all hug been'to be reproached and villified constantly. Appeals, public aud private, have been addressed to my neighbors bezging them not to send me to this Convention, aud thesa appeals stated tho no doubt unauthorized preteace that my selection would not be agreeable to the natioral authorities. The »probation is derided wd denounced us inter- peu re mae of citizens. I know, pod Resvlution Committee, He said aliough the resolu- | couvontious have omitted to refer even to State | meaning of this is not obscured by tho aod affirm wh 1 know, that the Pri ons Were reporied ubanimously they were tue result | officers whose action had been widely dis- fuct that the new President has been surrounded and goes and — Btri at ope of those of compromise of different views ib the committee, | cussed, Silence in regard to men and things | courtea by who bave long purred about every abuseg of despotism which challenges opeuly and di- He bad but one rule—to wit, that of doiwg what was | pot requiring the vole ‘4 | Rew administration, some of them for more years right, rectly more (hab ope wan that 6its in this Convention, " been doue be bel Aye! sir, my seatin this Convention. 1 owe it, sir, 10 the eariy aiscovery of the fact thut there were efforts making, supported by the power und patronage wuich resides In the hunds of the oilicers of the Uuitea Slates, to defeat my election as 4 candidace to this Con- Veution because, und because only, | was believed to be u Urm supporter of the administration and its civil ‘vice relors—(appiause)—and therelore a person who as likely to disturb the harmony of our delibera- tions—because | was supposed wot to be in syinpathy with those wav would coaduct, control and guide this Convention, Now, sir, the President, when he says there shall bo equal rights, wich i a fundamental priaciple of the pariy, moans whaty He means that when a citizen Without avoice, a citizen standing alene, comes upon this piaiform In company with 450 or 460 of my fellow republicaus in New York, bo shall come upon an even plane with every oue of them, He moans that tivo ‘men from this point and ten men from that point, or one man from another point Who inects me upon this floor, where the principles of New York repubiicanism are sct lortu, where the guide tor New York repuvlicun action ig mavifested—that that man shall not come | P upou this floor where 1 bave one voie aud bave forty, | Sout in his hand bo shou! filly or a hundred votes in bis pocket by reason of the | hearty applause). Ho pieces and the emoluments that he gives to the per- | ol the Black Horse fons who will Support the measures tut he may choose | bad tuken the Lx ought not to have been dou him, thought to go too far in tion, and yeu Ww was pot taken from the cepting this pluttorm he t tion of the President relat hope that tue question wou: If the President bas done what ouxht to hayo d he should be commended; it le bas done what wo had net expected He (Mr. Platt) had introduce @ resolution which was volod down because it was States and ap opinion of the Supreme Court, could, for he coud not support snd approve the ace (Suppressed applause and many bi Mr, Stoppakp, of Kings, folio a opporter of the Presiuent’s policy throughout, dir, Daxten, of Chemuuy, called attenwio issues und said that while Members might d to the Soutuern or civil service poiloy of & they conld not disagree on Siate issues aud tbat they Would go into tue coming campaign solidly, important mission of ive republicau party to promote unity of seutiment throughout the iand, aud wheu the President went iorth with the olive branch to tue dept by the baod,; giad that 5sou.b Carolina dad treated him with distinguished honor. what e shen wi ould condemao 4 in the commitice censuring tho udminisira- | sous just now contained pot w word shat | calmiy and drmly to its own sense of propr constitution of the United | wisdom. All republicans in this State bu ln-ac- | summonod with somewhat of a menacing am nad come just as lar us be ive to the Southern States, expressing the id 800m be reached. He was 4 for holding their peace. Not yet. Exotic v Stato | despotism, revised uud improved, wil not gree as | American soil and American air. Yrosident |, would be trodden oat if 1 did not die out, Tk was an und id be uphel’, (Great und | toem aro the wus glad the leader | aud carpet knights of cavairy, Wade Hampton, | efforts have bee copvention has been not only common, but usual io cases of divided opimion and in cases ot untimaly ale tempts LO make issue und obtuin committals touching | of occurrences alreasy past aod iixed, or upon affairs not far vbougn advanced to afford ground for uitim fo juugmeni, To speak plainly, there aro spe inviting the ‘Convention Re to adhere beca trucu- | of lent dictation to decare this and declare thal, aod broud hints bave been given of retribution ti thoy dare evon to remain silent, The Murshai of France es ) has just attempted to degrade and punish a French- man for utiering his sentiments. Perhaps he has now, it seems, 10 be CBACKING THq Wal Whoare these men who im pewspapers and el: whore are cracking the whip Over repubiicans now and playing schoolmaster to the repuviican party its conscience and convictions, man miiliners, expended and r.diculing apd accusing bor and suushiuc, in War wad peace, than many of you have lived, Some of these disinter- ested putriots and reformers have been since the days Prerce the friends aud suitors of all adminie- all The aysauits trations and the betrayers of they incite areeomewhat anndying, and my nature is oue less inclined to meekness and Jong suffering than it should be, It would have beeo a luxury to dd | unfrock somo of those men and the. purposes engaged work, bat it bas seemed to me tho duty every sincere replubican, especially of so deeply indebted as I to the republican party, toen- dure a great deal rather than say or do anything Lond- ing to introduco division or controversy into the party ranks, For this reason pot a word of reply has escaped me. in time it may be thought just as well, in this cuse and others not loss marked, to gall off tho dogs, For one I deeply rogret all thease things in ro far as they are personal avd aimed at iodividuals. ey are of little comsequonce |p so far as they ure the acts of thi who heretofore deserted and betrayed the republican ty and Dow striving to make jubserve their pamonal advancement, They need nov be wondered at, but their tendency is burtiul and can- ‘not be misundersiood vor entirely ignored, or KYKRYTHING FOR PKACK, dilietante wuose | jouucing | Country and of all its peoplo in every section. and in storm clung to the re- I am not for muking these things the subject of action. IL am for the peace and prosperity of this Iam tor everything tending to that every State, thing which docs tend to that exd end, One brie DESIRE YOR PEACE, (Great applause.) Lf tbe republican party was to win | publican flig und deiended it agai thoso wuo tried | 15 the maintenance and ascendaucy of the I certainly bave no desire to imtroduce discord in | 1n the coming campaign it must be ujon high grounds, | to trail and tr mple tin the dust. Some of them are | republi therelure, for tl this Convention. My desire is that every man in the | Let us have peace and bring the country back 40 pros- | meu who, whi they could work themseives into con. | Unity of republicat integrity ot thor pri Repaviican Conventiva shall be periccily free. There | perity, (Applause ) Ventions, nave atiempted t velittle wud veloul repub- | ciples. ng inor are meu wen viuer tuan | in Luis bali who have sven Loud culls were made for Senator Conkling. A | licau aumiuistravions and to parade their own thin | CCS ry the national admini: More than I, ond they know tho absolute hypocrisy | member announced thet when Loe Chairinan of the | veueering ot uruy, Some of them are men | everything that is just and wise and real accoruiug to of this charge tnat the order of the Pregivent | piatiorm had coucluded nis remarks ho would move | who by insisting thas and | the constitution and the laws, and the common sen-e of the United Sites invades what is in| the previous question. bad for men in office to tuke part in politics are striy- | 8nd ipterest of the nation, The future wil vod fauh the equal right of any citizen. Mr. CONKLING Suid that aa be had boon requested by | ing now ‘0 prove thatthe republican party uasbeen | test the sincerity of all concerned in this ‘ou will observe that this measure of the | the Commitive on Resolutions to speak when all bud | uncieug and vicious all its life, and that the lastcam- | Tespect. Mr, Hayes, when imauguraied, deserv.d from President against Wbich tbe special wratu of his up- | spoken wuo wished Lo do #o on the obuer side ke Would | paikD was venal and Wrovg and fraudulent, pot insume the party which supported oim juss what Mr. Linco pouunts is direcied is au Executive oruer. It is an or- | address tue Convention and then move the previvus | of the States, but in ail the State d south, | 44d General Graut deserved at the outset of der issued under and vecause of existing circum. | qucsiion, lor It 18 no secret thut in all the States ofice-boiders, | their administration. What that? Fair, ances. {t 18 not w law, 1t18 not deciured to be a | ; SER OR ORAER AL DOARTIADALD, i a commmalces, is ar comnniods: and ery wheres did AHORA ah oiepees ones pant ain: OF rinciple, a Feneral MakTiNDALK (ook the piatiorm saying he re- | all that meu could tuirly do to upnold the cuudidu'es Diakr ure ojecation absienmencancs a inbiaas i ree! r | of our party, aud that thoy were encouraged und | be Sustain d herever he is misled by uuwise With tbe operations of the government; I usk avy | grotied the turn the debat © had taken, A stra that relorm was au evil, | urged to do so, Some of these worthies masquerade or siaister advice, at a proper time aud in @ proper mau, kuowing that the patronage of the lederal | eniering here would tuk government hi cans in he power to | Tue Chairman’s speech and tho platform pre- | as relormers. Their vocation and ministry 18 to lament | spirit diaseut shouid be expressed, This rightot judg- seud an immense vote into a convention | sented here were iw eflpct a declaration that | the sins of otber people, Their stock 1 trade is rancig, | Ment 1s the right of every citizen, It ie @ right which, and to wield that vote, aud 1 know. und | tuere sbould be uo change concerning appointments, | fut soll-righteousy ‘They are wolves in sherp’s | 12 common with others, I exercised personally tis Convention largely knows, to wield that vote ac- | They should be in the tucure Just wnat they vad been Senne bein re sah ook Ha office and res ier, | feeaae it — Wee be D Ha neve ae C } t. He reierred to the resoiution whieh, b ben Dr, Jounson uetine riotism as the last r | arty sa) el cording to its »leasure, and | ask you whether such an | in the pas red t oh, be pat Saint nletrattone Se ge Ag. Baaae act on (be part Ol the President is not in fact a reiewse | Suid, required tue President to delerimine who was and of the great body of hovest republican citizens of thy | Who Wa» not toe Gevernur city of New York and of tho State of New York, wno | that any such power was vested in the President, Neither the constitution nor the Supreme Court maiu- have vot tho disposition to go 1ut0 aconvention like this or to take amy part in public aflairs, becu: uey | tained any such doctrine, of w State, and he denied form.’”’ some of them Lawns at the hands of roe of @ scounure , ho Was UucensCioUs Oo! the then | the undcveloped capabilities and uses of the soe if | to this sierday | . 1m democratic conventions. Some bave sought nomi- | faith stated r io recent Years, and some, with the zo#l of neophites aud the | !9F War or quarrel, nor were and of General Grant, Neither of them ever objected Both were thankiul to any map wuo 1b good ous Corrective uf their action. ibey bever deemed an bonest difference of opinion cause they aillicted vy kuow they wili be mei, not by brains, not alwaysby | Air, Fosrer moved tu amend the resolutions by add- mere favelinapors not alw: va by canvichion or soncid ing the resolution offered by him at the morning ses- | diiterucss ol apostates, have done more than self-re- | Raving men hang around them engaged in Toseniative men, but will be met by the forms of | sion relative 10 (be constitnt-oual amendments specting democrais would do, to villity and siander | Setting on powspapers to hound every power which (he federal patriots assume. (Great Mr. CONKLING their government and their countrymen, Grant and | Man who was not officious or abject in | wppliuse,) hese are not truths pleasant to say. | the resolutions reps all who stood by that upright, is- | fulsomely be praising them. ‘(ney sometimes mado They wre truths, nevertueless, necessary to state, Mr, FosTsk asked to Daye an understanding that he | trate have been the objects bitter, | Mistukos, too, and they mautally corrected them aud and whether this Conventiva sballia 118 wisdom see | should Lave (he opporiuuity to offer bis amendment | truthless —_aspersio: of these men, and | Tetraced taiso stone in tue presence of the whole Bit to adopt tbe frank and full espousul that 1 recum- | Delore the previous question was moved. now, opposed or iaggard in the patties of the | People more thau once Who has the right to suppose | mend, or shail prefer to udoptche more elaborate Mr. CONKLING said tuat Statement which Is im its substance, ol course; at virie | With bim no otler understanding tuan that which he Ace With Lhe speciai measures wuich the Lresident | bad publicly stated here. has tuken, Wuutevor 1 say may bo the decision of MR. CURTIS AGAIN, the gentiemaa could have Jady’s magazines, or vy gash, by their obnoxious bois Convention, | pave no more doubt whut 1s to-day Mr. Curtis said:—dly intention, sir, 15 to occupy the the vecsion of republican New York | attention of the Convention but for one or two mo- | the party in that and republican America than 1 havo | mentsonly. I have been denounced in tuis Repub!i- | 1m order to make the that I stand here at this moment in this place, (Ap- | can Convention by more thau one gentieman, My and tne divicends as pinnee) 1 do not believe there is any eminent repuo- ican, however bigh bis ambition, however sore his Uigcuniens, Who ID LIS heart hopes to curry the repub- liean party of the United States against Rusverierd B. Haves. (Applause.) Aye, sir wo such republican, Unies INLOX cated With the flattery of parusitee—(ap- plause)—or uiinded by bis own ambition; no suse re- ublican, irom Mas to Caliloruim, item Oregon to | occupying & Mloridn, Cum Seriously doubt that tue great repubiican | belore, aad heart of the country beats a this moment with tne | 1g ters, Vres dent and cries to lum “Goa speed.” (Loud ard coplinued applause.) A repadlicaa irom bubs, 4 have | pie Of civil Bervice Ferm, ever Leen oluer than @ republican, Ueman Was elected 10 the SUME RBFRRENCH TO CONKLING. this Soavebiion &@ Bawine My eye falis at tis moment upeu a distinguished tou of New York wie bears tue igh cummi-sion of bie Stale im Ube Senute of ine United sites, (Ap- pisuse.) if Lot uot mistaken the date of that g yun's iGterest iy public uflars is nut wid throwimg @& firebrand | & firebrand was bot sublime uudacity, the repuviicau party as, auvisers Was Ul Understood Luat he bad no irom my own, He and |, sir, reput of elevation, (Applause.) 1 Was) not a | has not been without advocates, the beginning, ure repudlicams upon tis floor | firebrand that I vrougut 14 Was @ torch, | RIGHTS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS, and 1 Lave seen the republicaa party not only «parry | 1 bold in my band, im my resolution, a torch ‘This doctrine, as som: t: in word, but a party also greater in uced, | by Which ‘every repabican in this coun. | be unjust to public officials. 11 seems to me public He and’ I havo seen policies of the Exec- | UY Can seo preciaely where the republicaus | Officers are entitled to presuimtious in their favor, ot New York are willing to the presence of the repub) genticman trom Brome, utive which, when they vetrayea the republican party, tae Tepublican “party did not hesitate to devounce, as 1 joined iu the denunciation at Syra- cuse iv the year 1867. He and 1 hive seen also the policy of a republican When, possibly, ueitner he nor 1 af ihe policy, but our support was absojute; it was une | questioning, abd no republican in New York, mo re- publican 1 America, could misunderstand our Support, if the head of our party has car- ried out the principles to which we, as republicans, were devoted. Sir, I trust im the good Providence of God thar he and [are yet to see the re- publican party tuldiing the bope of the true mea of this country everywhere, Whu look to this party lor hovesty, tor reform, for pacification, tor making the Union ove in fact us it is Dame, knowing tua the My iriend 1 ju the bearing ot which was at least sai dent of the United States di party ww the couniry, sion of any honest opmion temporary President in the President, who siapds holding out bis bauds to the | Coustiutional advivers of Southern section of this country, 18 to bear | Ww take a co which is and tho coumiry is to bear that that band | policy ot any pa is the hand of the republican party, or we are, siv Why are we here? Why, eloquent iriend trom, Broome bas charged me with firebrand in this Couvention was tbrown when tho presiding officer in ihe organiatiou, with, | may say, spoke of the administration of position bad im the depvutced a Cardinal principle of ine republican party: ones pu abxious that be should be under no dictation. resident cordialiy sustained | DUirely misrepresents the spirit of the substitute I in- reed 1h the details | ovuced and the remarks L bave seen ft to submt. | m Aivany (ir. ire the Convention, an authority lactory to him, that the Presi- Lum oot sure that he did pot pay “expect” an approval of his admioistration ol the ulfurs of tue republican Tae geaticmun irom Broome Cannot accuse the rresideut, directiy ur indirectly, of | for a wishing to coerge any man’s sentiment or the expres- |, to tho cuuse. It may believe, ana I bope this Convention does believe, that no republican suouid seek to wound and wrong another by compeliing bim to his Convictions in matters of individual bets Wwuch toleration could not de accorded, Were this Convention agreed imo our. council, Sir, | the same thing 1 ‘brown = by — me, Tho | the corner of a te: to drive ths 1 tuk, uo repubiican | the State ever spoken | members to most par- | tain dogmas, but it iw Jong-acopted | 10 be princi. | wis Asay that woeu that cuunties, in A permanent presidency of upeu Jot aud no purt in that act and ought nev deelure that they stand in licau administration, The wy honorable iriend, was | Clear evidence, He | of = adminsirations and nected = with them, a) distinesly said of oracui that theories and antugonisn tute the duty of the hour. d LOL ask, did not require; fab und of reat form tnese essentials he may entertain, and tne romnarks he made upon the the President, seems to me iveonsistent with tue trae sir, my friend from Alle- | Would be «bortive, past, they leup forward to tue feast t s thai parties are not built up by department, or by | lusirious predecessors? Whei lt used to be sa: certain democrats in Massachusetts that they wanted, | Matter, he must lor himsel! and on bis own olliciousness, they forget keep they coula lew State as small 1 hope these uew-fledged dictators are not New. York, even Without « newspa; heara in, sometimes make more noise than the i} and berds that gtaze uponathousand hills. A Chinese | war Of noises bas been set up in the State and beyond | P08@s and methods which should guide the ng | Ment of our great State, On this platiorm let us piace ere ee ibe Conven Abie and | of such principles or woether they would rather trast mportant in tobly districts and im tuwns, vod we are wold that We must not keep wiihin our sphere of | brand was throws amons | d@ty, but must fled bones of US, ALU EVEFY Wad Whe HOBESLy respected tue Presi. | schism and ciscord down into every locality, to dis went of the United states and bis lawiut constitutional contend and y what its juagment indicates a An imporixnt olection is at baud. tention to carry inact and Weakeu our party everyw vere, big honor here | Of these somes bat peremptory directions is beiore the State and belore tie country to have itweli | ton velore us. The propriety of devouncing and carping at administrative acts oD very smail oc. asion ques. es maintained, I believe to to be convemned until they and their acts bave been fairly tmed, and then only on For oxtreme in criticism con- broad can no doubt ve found, Muny might de found in the files Of the journal made famous by the pencil of N. @ convention may not deem itsoif a chartered libertine nd pedantic conceits, It may not believe aud resentments consti- it may beheve that men who are agreed in all the essentials of their tueir work whon organization 3 but they are acting will Hin | Shall nawe their members of the State Committee for that Mr. Hayes will in these respects differ irom his y memver of this fi | Convention is called upon to sitin judgment on any nacience and reason pronounce upon it. The matters suggested by the resoiution are not pertinent to tis day’s duties, | end obviously they aro matiers of difference. | They may promote personal aud selfish aims, | Dat they are hostile to the concord and | good understanding of republicans, at a time | When they sh all be united everywhe: Let us agrce to put cou: complete our task, Let us declare the pur- upright, capab! eo, and then let us appoal to the people wheiher such meu shall conduct their affairs spurious reformers uoder the lead and dominion of our plitiocal opponents, The question was stated ia Mr. Curtis’ amendment, Mr, Curtis move! the ycas ani uays. Mr, CONKLING suggesied that they should first take a Toe'wisdor | -FSiNg Voie. r, CURTiB accoyted the suggestion. The question was pul. Tue Cian, without count- ing (he negatives, which were largely in the maujority, announced that the ameudwent appeared to ve |. The yeas and nays were again called for and ordered. Oo motion o/ Mr. CoxxkuinG the rules were suspended 80 as to enable the chairman of each delegation to an- nounce upon bis honor ihe vote of his delegation when it can be done, and when it cangot that then tuo name of each delegate be called im success! a. ‘The roli was called, resulting im yeas 109, nays 295. So the amendment was lost, and the platform was then adopted viva voce with but lew dissenting voios, Mr. Fosrsr moved bis resolution agala as the sense of the Convention, but it was tabled, A motion to adjourn was made and lost, Mr. Kinos.ey, of Albany, moved to proceed to the pomination oj a State tick Carried. The Cuarm stated that the first nomination would be for Secretary of state, Mr. Smita, of Albauy, offered a resolution that the delegation from the several Congressional districts the ensuing year. Curried. ihe committee wembers were named as follows:— First Instirct, Benjamin EB, Hicks, of Queens, Second District —John F. Henry, of Kings, Third Disirict,—Aibert Daggett, of Kings. Fourth District, —Vavid Williams, of Kings, viriuaily Lo declare that (he repuviican party separates | gany speke of the miduicht despatch coming up trom | avout apy matter it to commend to the public and Sixth District—Dewitt C, Miller, of New York, igelt trom that luna; tut Wateuen his couree pre. ; Ulio 1B October, Another geutieman spoke vo: the | thought it wise to preseut there could of | Seventh District —Jacob M, Patterson, of New York. cisely as the democraue party watches it; that | Southern States, whicu at the lust moment alter the | course be no objection ls Eighth District, —Gilbert J. Hunter, 0! New York. it is am jmaependent observer; tual it avoids | election declarcd twemseives jor the republican | that the case with the imparted Ninth District, —Jocl W. Mason, of New York, its responsibility. For me my part is done, [| candigate, ‘The whole difllculty in the South- | by the pending resoluuon? I ask you who have Tenth District.—Thomas Murphy, 01 New York. am o Hayes repuvlieu. (Loud a)plause. ern po has ansen upon the question of | heard this debate and the tone and mavner sometiines Eleventh District. —Wiiliam A. Dorling, of New York. sir, the old Latin proverb is wa two Sit Why is it tbat the repuviiean | assumed? Could anything more tuliy reveal a deep Twelfth District, —Wiltiam H, Roberweou, of West cud crowns the Work, (he eud proves the work.” [| party Which beld (he whole nountry in its power, wiy | Of binding conflict of Juugmeut? Wo tind w wide aif. | chester. > believe that (he principles Of the republican party are | 8 1 thet Lo-way (he repabnican party 18 ou (nal Ueture | erence of Uuaerstanding as to what bas in reality Thirteenth District —John B. Dutcher. for (he South as weil as the N@bhu, and 1 veneve tuat | tie country? ip 1o72, with 100,000 popular majority, | been and what is to be the aytion and position Fourteenth District.—Joun W, Ferdon, there is uo better republican than he Who proves to | We swept the Umiou, In 1876, alter a long delay | of the national, authorities, and then we tnd a Fifteenth Distriet.—Gevrge H. Sharp. the South that that alatement 18 true, aud, sir, beviey- | aod open threats ef — civil, war by ono | Wide diflerence of opinion as to the right and | Sixteenth District. —Joln k, Smyth, of Albany. bg us 1 do that the end does crown the work, | disputed electora: voty, the republican Presizeut | Wisdom ol paraeular proceedings, 1s one part Seventeenth District.—Jobn M. Fravcis, of Troy. [will do what hes in my little power | comesinto power? Now, then, am I wiclding a fire- | Of se Convention to coerce the other part to surren- Kighteenth District.—F. W. Tovey. o secure this great result and the historic renown of | rand in agreat body ot’ t ihe pary lor whose great aud iMustrious career my | them for a momemt to 1 heart beats this moment iu unison With Yours Ti renown O! that pariy will be, that havibg suved t goverument Mt purtied the avm)uistraton; ihut | one Of the great reusous is the fact that | this tuatsoothsayers and phre having “bolished slavery it avolished ail the | that year aiter year we have come to our conventious | their way. aAlichauions (hut sprang from slavery; that, | aud deciared among ober goud tings for etvil service | Tepublicans of this State with catechisms und test bused upon great and eternal doctrines, | reorw, And now, when the President at our elec. | ouths and to place them in false positions. equalny of all men, it secured the glory of the Amer: | UOKS initiates“ mewsures satistactory to him | read u great deal and hear agreat deal ot rumors of cub bation in Laman history, aud here and pow, gir, | 18 bis executive discretion, wen he im | Wits to be waged acd crusades to Le preached and the way that we are to take to produce tuat great re. | tities measures to carry ‘out our cardinal | Vengeance to be seoked, Inia to support Admiuigtration aud the Presi. | decirine vt civil service reform, and 1 ask | this? Why the repuoi ent, for whicu, Whether we Will or not, we neces. | this representaiive body of republicaus to decide | thought predisposed to tind fault tarily have the respousibility, (Loud and continuous | Whether they will or will not approve ut, approve ine | passes my comprehension, applause.) endeavor, spprove the ellorts of tho Prosident of | gave bim more votes jor his nomination than any MR, TREMAIN'S REMARKS. j the United stat acting ia bis execu. | other State did or could give. After the subsidence ui the jong coutinued applause | tive discretion, to carry out the prineipies | could never Have become following Mr. Curtis’ speech Lymay | neMarN, too | of the republican — pariy, I um = charged | Voies came from men, most ot whom feit bound in wih leevle to stamd, Spoke trum a siting position ou the | assembly aud hurling fire Piatiorm against the amendment. Tue general pot ‘a | pary in which We glogy bas lust 80 great an ascoud- » | ancy as i has throughout enjoyed, destroying tue peuce and harmony ot the Fepubiivans When I usk ters not faliing within 1 beheve that | brands into ine midst of | der its judgment and its conscience, or are we ‘0 pre- ngnire why it i°that the | Sent the spectucte Of a Convention agreed't bout every. | | thing before it, but spiltting aud quar! hg over mat- e@ KcOpe of It jongers may have There seems to be huge anxiety to ply the What is the meaning of all eof New York should be with Mr Hayes They hominated tim; Without them ho Thirt, the candidate, Theso honor and bound in morals trutniuily to represent the constituency which had trusted them, Nineteenth District. —Wales 8. Diokinson, Twentieth District —Mortimer Wade: Twenly-firet District.—Henry C. C.ark. Twenty-second District —Joun H, Vrooman, ot Herk!- mer. Twenty-third District. Charles 8, Simonson, Twenty-fourth District.--Thomas 8. Mott, of Oswego. We | Twenty-fifth District —Moses Summers. Ywenty-eath District,—donn N. Kuapp. Twenty-seventh Dtstrict.—Holmee C. Lucas. Twenty-cighth District. —-\ homas ©. Piatt, Twenty-ninth District. Horace 3, Decker. Thirtieth District. —Cornelius K. Parsons, of Mouroe. ‘Thirty-firet District, —William A. Cobb, Thirty-second District.—José Kwolt, ty-third District, —C. Veader. Fifth District. Nos yet agreed upon, On motion {t was resolved that the nominations for tion. dl bis arguinent Was that, while there was to be no | our delverations Weil, sir, Irom my own point of THK MEMBER YOR RICHMOND, Mr. Fisnen said that he did not think the Conven- abunuonment of cherished republican principles; po | view, f see im this « sioplo efor. ik as an Evon the member from Richmond was, I believe, 1 | tion would act intelligently in making the State ticket lowering of the fag under Wach tho party had eo | efiert om my part from my ovn instructious, | the oud prevailed upon, alter much dificuity, to conter | to-night, and he therefore moved an adjournment til pitch marched to buttie wud yietory—(applause)— | 1 believe, despite ali we bave heard upon tid | bis ubigue and delicate yore also. The republicans ot | to-morrow morning, Lost there Was no necessity ior in;roducing (his tirebrand | floor in regard to the Constiiutionsl duty of the Presi: | New York made one of fat Mr. Pinckxry, of New York, nominated Mr. Hamit!- db pots im regard to which there are such wide | deot. Lave a perieet confidence that, unacr the in- | and arduous cunvasses ever made for ton Fish, Jr., for Secre diflerences of opinion. IL was not wise to thrust down | struction of the Cincimnuli Convention requiring bon- | of the ticket, aud under needless and perplex- | fr, Fiam rose and declin n the throats of republicans who differ and doubt | esty, fidelity and welly, or words to thet effect, as | Ing embarrassmeuts they gave it an unexampied A motion was made to appoint a committcc to select declarations approving of methods which they bon- | the tenure of office, that tne President has seen | vote, Tue delegation in’ Congress from New York, | a State ticket, and report the same to-morrow morn- estly do vot believe im Remember George Willinm | aud Knows tot honesty, fidelity and caprony are | with few exceptions, heartily supported the measare, | ing, which was tabled. . Curtis, suid Mr. Troma, miik is for babies and meas | Hot made the tenure of office, and ho | wituout wien Mr. Hayes would wever have been of | Nir, sorri, of Albuny, at twenty minutes to twelve, is for strouy men, (subdued lauguier.) has done What jay in Executive diseretion | fectually inaugurated, A measure of which one in | moved a recess for Mlieen minutes. Curried. Mr. Horcunkiss, of Broome, sa ty.of this | to bring about that desired result, fut one word | great outhority anid, as reported in the New York On reassembling, Ar. Prenson, alter appealing to the quesi1on Was such that fullest | more, Thereis much, as my friend Mr. Hote | Tines:—Now, looking buck alter my Convention to take Une tn making up the State ticket, wigeussion, Tu vere a number here who wanted | swid—-there is much nore that 1m my heart a and experiences — of Moved an adjournment to nine A. M. to-morrow, Which tw be Lward on be wou eiore move arceess | A wonml will but om two phr | hingion during the progress was carried, and the Convention adjourned to that of one hour. (Cries of “No, no,”) He isisted that | let aig ene, ihe rapublieau party | by the imstramentaity of commission, | jour. is sbe pre ro n shovuid be fully discussed, avd there. | with our cougent, Sure our hearts, with Me wgh- | Tam thoreuguiy persuaded its creation " - sued lore moved to take a recess Uli hall-past seven O’cluck, | est convictions, Was the party of war so let the | and organization aud action saved us from anarc } BS, Carried, : Fopublican party be iso With oUF Unted | confusion and civil War, I believe its adoption ed DEMOCRATIC DELEGATES, . THE BYENING SESSION | hearts = and hands the party of peace, | the dictate of wisdom aud patriotism’? These arethe Na degyebininsing Toe Convention rei mbiod at twenty minutes to | tnd, sir, as sho republickn party Was strong | words of Mr. Stavley Matthews, and his cl nd ins The following de! were chosen at Bingbamton sighs Wot enough fo abolish a siaveholding oligarchy, 80, sir, fluential relauionships give special importat Al. 1 | yesterday for the Democratic State Convention: Mr. KavrrMay, of Kings county, said it appeared to | I believe that the repuviican pa ty will be also strong | he says, » — Matthews added t a that aa nordinary onore must be made jn a | Chough to destroy an oflicehuldihy despotism, (Con- | another thing abont ihe Electoral Commission, | Via Devereaux, W. H. Cox and Hon, R. + more it FDUbLCdy Convention to have ® republican adminis. | tinued appinune.) | He might have said that and The Cortland delegutus are:—A. I. Ney, ry 3 es ‘ration indorsed. The l’resident, in fis efforts to ree SpNATOR: KLING'S REPLY. the fact thata tribunal with judicial powers aid de- Palmer aod Calvin 7, Hathaway Tuey have adopted form the civil acrvice, bus wou bothing | Senator CoNKiNG then tok the piatiorm and saidz— | eide, 18 the one ground on Wiieh the title to thy Pres. | Fesalutions indorsing Governor Robinson. but What the repubiion had weked him to it was a Woy, a Ob tui woman, who said sho | idency is now upheld ana dotended. the Tho Chenango county dvloguies are eo ‘oD. th fy. (Applause.) He believed the republean noticed (uae she did notdie im February ane | ovly session which has occurred gimeo the 4th of | ¥-,Hubbard, H. 0, Kreeman, aud Gilbert sherwood. The Gene iJ. MH, Suther- eur, ae wo ibs faith 1b coud tse (hau susiuiu Vresident Hayes’ pplause.) W elders. 1 chance. Have do wobning ah the Liuisiration. | Lhe repuviioun part ni ruleu in the past by | ibis apt wo yo al dent republicans HO | Vention is Wise w # NEL seen (his 1b Lue Cusiom House with succes: god if the imterval revenue cepartmenis’ Now the | stand jor the integrity of reyuolican priveiples and President hve suid this wast Oot Le, aud is be wot right | for the uuily of republicans, his is not | on republicans and kept up vy newspapers sup iu thie? This civil service reiwrm must be system- | an administration convention nor an antiadministra- | to be inspired by ndvisers and clampions of the alized, it must be iegaiized. Hore isa nan woo hus | Won convention. We are not representatives of an | dent. {t cannot be denied that otber assolis and acts periormed bis service Iwitifully, ava yet some five | aaiminietravion, nor of ay anti-administravon party. | of hostility are constantiy occurring whien it 1s bard Woruiny be huas a paper ou bis dosk iniorming Win | We are republicans, We repreavnt a greac party. | to reconcile with a wish of their authors (o preserve his plage is wanted lor sou That party hue « vurtie to fight in every county, dis | the republicum party. 3! trivband town, be passed insuring a civil iaukes NO Inisteke 19 convention y throug) Ways pro 6 nuke Ho Inistake bo 1 bave nouced tuat when | March—n session of position did not come a canvas, When a con. with credit; usualiy jay. Letus Yi8 (0 ropubliwus wi the Sonate=mif Made to any measure of the administration that o} from New York, Sure! ho repablican in this Swate the presept administration to my knowledge. CAMNOL bo denied that wanton a b opposition was 1 | vorney General, lt is equally bard to reconeno ime much that we witness with congisiency and fairness, e county delegates are land, R, A. Maxwell and Eijah Villotson, ‘a adopted a resolution approving Governor Kobingou's administration and deciaring for A. P, Lantug for At- Tou pkins county bas chosen the following delo- gates;—Willam &. Wilson, D. W, Batley and Asel Lawrence, Chey favor the renomination of tho present State officials, ANTI-TAMMANY PRIMARIES, Tho Twentioth District Anti-Tammany Convention be should Continuy coup: sue candidates in every locality and senool dstriet | it the Convention will jai aliasion I | Jast evening electod the following dvlegaies aud aiter- tn.s Convention woaid sve the a In the State. Adiiuistrauous do mot make parties, | will iiustrute this mn my ub other cases | nates to the Democratic Siate Convention at Alyany dorsement which tt socininentiy di ) | Paew Ake AUMMINIsttalions, go belore administra. | are but less marked, Wo hear unmeasured denuncia- | Octobor 3:—Delugates—£, B. Ft Francis M, B xb; Mr. Wan, of Asiegany, said Mr. Curtis’ substitute, | Kons aud Jive uiler thom. ihe people make partios, | tion o: then holding Office and taking part tn political | aud Dr, Feodore Sierson, Alternate J, Sidney Gold. as he uudorsseod it, uot only reserred to bue civil wore | The poopie made the republican party, and the people |, campaigns, Last your 1 was an office-holuer, as i am smith, Denis A. Speilissey and Michael Haba, vern- | candidates on the State ticket be made by acclaina- | hey have | | power that swept over the whove laug, | O’elock A, M. contiauiy THE WISCONSIN DEMOCRACY. A DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES AT THE STATE CONVENTION. Foxp Du Lac, Sept. 26, 1877. The Democratic State Covention met 1n this city to- day and was presided over by James G, Jenkins, of Milwaukee, The following resolutions were adopted ‘The demveratic and refurm party of Wiscon: Convention assembied, renews its pled: ho union and the ovnstitution wit! tt decinres ite firm belief thas the defeated in. the under th ys of devi ‘ail its amendnas HL of the pr yy traud wud federal military, and ‘athe treedory Jares tor the treedon em ge mses a sa and eon- of late Presidential the ace ip re; rave o! the first pring {ts opposition to subsidies the pantie Innds for the cse It dectares its hostility to the tinanctal olicy of thn republican ighdrawin, pitel trom Texetion, ineresaiog he aie paul doe ay ry diter ani elaring currency \ le in wold, teitha’ intent st tas med” as. the the debtor aud attempeing to will brlug’ ruin tereata of the country and demat rutectad by the joverume: expenses of the covernment, t d the present Resumption act be poaed unsi) the financial condition re aud restmpiion be post; Of the country will perinit it, It doclates its opposition to fue lonzor continwince of ational Dauk currency and jonian W tow in the that the governinent turhish t declares its uuyuildin « oppo ffs us vicious in principle. advenei: few at the expense of the many. It ty the fostering of monopolies, and itior wach logifiative regalition of interstate, ax well was commerce as will prevent polls of ra! roads, express. raph wi t compani: rom. ‘extorein rates make watered stock yield “4 product interest, It declares in favor of such legislation as wil equalize the pay of all diets in the late war, and its hostiity to the system of ties used (2 goverument oMcials to prevent pa: ment tv them of their honest dues, It declares tor th duction of uationar and expanses, jo thant ane how oftices, the reduction of large and unearne olticers and ischargo of ali su hoiders. its opposition to i nd uemands the reduction of the wr eent arid no mort ip ucelares for railrowd lands and sorpor- ‘stock und property, other than that beld for regions and schoo. purposes, from taxation, It deciaros for ti Nitintenance of uur ifee whol eystem—troe to Tr declar High a taint of sectarianism. bi expressed will of the majoris; gard be pald by our government to the labo to ali the jast claims of workingmen, and dem: a actinent of stringent laws for the protection of lab the savings of abut, and the collection of waxes due work in Is di reper re ulation of prison labor laws nit for the health and lives of operatives in manufacturing extublish iments. With this declaration of principles they recommend the ticket pat In pomination to tne tuvorable considera- tion and support of tne citizens 0! the State. The following jt was nomina‘ed Governor—James Mallory, of Milwaukee, Lieutenant Governor—R. Ki. Davis, ot Dane Secretary of State—Jumos 3, Hayos, of Dodgo State Treasurer—Jobu Ki 1 Marathon, PiOVHIBITION CUNFERENCE, THE FIRST DAY'S PROCEEDINGS IN PERRY STREET METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHUBCH-—DELIBERA- TIONS OF THE DELEGATES. Boston, Sept. 26, 1877. The first day’s proceedings ot the National Probibi. tion Conf rence commences yesierday lureneon in the Perry Street Methodist Episcopal Church, About one hundred and filty delegates were present, inclading Judge James Biack, of Pennsylvania, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the National Prohibiticn Re- form Party; Hon. Rovert M, Foust, of Pennsylvania; Judge William Groo, of Uravge county, N. ¥.; Juage W. M. Van Cott, J. N. Stearos, Walter Logun, Colonel J. 8. Dudley, J. B. Couklin, Luther 8. Kauffman, of New York; Rev. H. A. Thompson, President of the Ouerbein University, Obto, and probibition candidate for Governor of Ouio; Proiessor Jobn Moffatt, of Ton- nesseo ; Rev. Joho Pursell, of Washington, D, GC. ; Green Clay Smith, of Kentucky; Mre. Mattio McUleilan Brown, of Springdale, l’enn., and 0 hers prominent in the temperance cau: m all parts of the couniry, Alter prayer Judge Black cailed tne Conierence to order and mado an appropriate address, referring to the adortion of prohibitive jaws tbrogzbout the coan- try aud \o tue necessity of political aciion to carry out the purposes of the movement The avolition of slavery bad resulted {rom pulitical action, and he be- lieved the abclition of the liquor traffic would be fol- loweu by similar action on the part o/ the prohibition. ete, » t question of party pledges being necessary to carry out temperance relorm was disco utes being allowed to each Speaker, A that im the Stuse of Maine both parties were ple: prohibition, and he did uot think it was necessary 10 form « third party to accomplish probivition, The dis- cussion was desultory, tue naines.of the speakers were at first un.nnoonced, and their remarks only pafbially heard at the reporters’ tabio, 1b was resolved tuat the Rant of De, Cummings be handed to the American bg 4a Society tor publication ia pamphlet lorm. A delegat stated that prohibition in Marne was get- ting aluns without the aid of either party. (A brovh Biess the Lotd tor that.”) A democratic eruor signe. the frst Maine Probibition law, Tue Telatiousbip of the abolition of slavery to the probibi- tiom of the liqaor trafic was descauted upon. Aboli- tionism, it was said, grew from small proportions to a Ipatead of 16 ROing Co poliiteal parties palitical parties were obliged icone to it, So it would be with probibition if ried OUl. Ibe u session to-day commencing at nine during tue atiera on, tuo Whole convention Winding up by @ grand prohibition Mass Meeting ip the evening in Faneuil Hall, NEW JEKSEY POLITICS, IMPORTANT MOVEMENT UF VETERAN SOLDIERS FOR M'CLELLAN—HUDSON COUNTY TO THE FRONT, The democracy of Hudson county, N. J., is rushing into the caapaign with an. earnestness and vigor that Js absolutely unprecedented. 1n former gubernatorial political contests the masses generally awaited the action of the county and city or town conventions be- fore fallying to the standard. In the pres- ent case, however, the timo honored cus- tom seems to bo disregarded entirely, It 18 the headlong energy of the rank and ile reporting for daty before the leaders have completea thorr preparations, “You seem to be in a great hurry about thia,’’ said a Herap reporter yesterday to a promiaent demo- crat, who was one of the few Hudson couuty delegates that pronounced for McCleljan in the Convention. “Woy notr” was tho repiy; ‘‘we don’t want to wait for politicians. The peopl ind he emphasized the word—are going to carry the campaign through this time, McClellan need not leavo bis Louse or sulicit ave Qa Hudson will roll up @ majority for bim that will avtou.su tie state,” A Veteran who served under dcClellan in the taco War, and Who 1s # Fesivont ot tho Taird district of Jer- sey Cy, said:—"Lam « republican, but 1’ vote tor McCielian, and at the same time 1’) support my own purty ou the otuer nominations, | huve been asked aiready to start a soldiers’ club composed ony of re- publicuns, but in the imvercst of MoUleria ‘Well, buy bow can you reconcile that’” asked the roporter. “Ll show you,” be continued. “You seo this is a republican district, but the republican wirepuliers know very weil that the soldiers, or the great buik of ; them, will mot go buck on MoCleilai Toas by keepin us within the republican rauks, While submitting to our support of MeUleiian, shey will be beaten on the Goveruor but will carry the metnber of Assemuly, the Seaaior aud the Director- ovLarge, Mark my words, this ia what they are soek- ing tor; they want to carry the Legisiature ut ail hazards so that we may have the government of the cuy again in our huud-. ‘These soldiers’ clubs are to be estabiished all over the county of Hudsva on the me plan. I know many of my vld cour are republicans, bat who will vote for bie Why, they laugh at tue idea of nominating » maa agaimst him.” These utterances reilect, without doubt, the sentiments of huncreds of svidiers through- out the State who beiong to the repudlican party. A republicans on the question of carrying the Legisia- tare even at tho risk of losing the Goveruor proved that the veteran was correct. A section of the Hudson County Artiliery, under command of Lieutenant Eller, will fire @ salute (hig evening in houor of Mec n’s nomination, The democracy of Jersey City Heights Will bold a ratifica. tion meeting this evening at McPherson Hail, oa New- ark aven The Youny Men’s Independent Demo- cratic Association heid a meeting last evening at st. | Joba's Hail und indorsed the nomination ot “Little | Mac.’ A George B. MecClelinu club was organized last evening jor the Fourth precinct of the sixth disirict Alter the organiz club raised’ the first MeCieilan bunner in Jersey City. iy bears a fine portrait of the General, The George B, McCleilau Assuciation of the | Sixth district will ratify the pomimation oa Monday evening at we Schaeizen Park, Greeaville, in a festive as wel as intellectual munoer. Alter the speeches in German and English, there will be a picnic, at woien ex-Senator Noah D. Taylor, Assombly mau Stevens and Public Works Commissioner Lembeck wiil torm tbe | Committee of Arrangements. Yosmorrow evening | there will be meetings to orgavize MeClvilan clubs tn | the <an Second and Fourth -districts and on Satar- day and Tuesday evenings in the Eighth, SIXIEENTH DISTRICT DEMOCRATS, A meeting of the Sixteenth Assembly District Demo. cTutic Association was held Jast night at No, 807 Third avenue, Judge Ackert presiding, After the calling of the roli was ended the convention proceeded to nom- inate delevates to the State Convention. The foliow- | ing deteguios were elected :—E. L. Gaul, Philip Abearn, Joho Malian Alternates, George Keily, F, B. Spine Fiizgeralt, Addresses were made vy Gaul aod General Spinola, after which the meeting was adjourned, conversaiion botween the reporter and several other | ; will tell you whu dam—Jona Morriascy, ANTI-TAMMANY. pre o- JOBN MORRISSEY ELECTED DELEGATE To THE . ALBANY CONVENTION—ESTHUSIASM IN THR THIRD ASSEMBLY DiSTRICT. Ap enthusiastic crowd of democrats opposed to Tammany Hall filled Brookes’ Assembly Rooms on Broome street, last evening, to hear the report to jue ‘Third Assembly District Convention upon the selection of delegates to the State Convention at Albany, October 3 Mr. Patrick Waish acted as chaire man, and read off the following report of deiv- gates as agreed upon by the primaric: Joha Morrissey, Josep Shannon, Richard Wolt m aliernates—Peler A. Bilz, Henry MoCloskey, Timothy Harrison, The report was unanimously adopted by the meeting. The room was filled by what was evidently a sirong anti*Tammany crowd, and yet it was a spontancous assemblage, indicating that the policy of the Wigwam @n Fourteeuth street had grown of Iate eminently distasteful to the masses of tho voters, at least in the downtown ward following resolutions were road and adopted jog ® ounbIIthehey Made up, tu a large pagers end workingwen, the bere ul re in favor of such public mens and protect the juterests of those cli aud whereas those vanced by ® reducti ‘pense of the city Kov-rnmens, vy whi¢h are sums of money are tel trom city treasury. in order to fll the pockets of Tammany oficehoiders, while a much less sui judittciously expended in the repair of the. streets, the cure of parks, the increase tected and of the water supply and maintenance of the public works wor ‘wonfer =p manent benefit upon the city nad at the same ‘time afford employment to # large working cliss-s now greatly in need, aue Hon John Morrlésey, ator from the Fourch has ably. poralatent) and eurnosdy used his infu the Logini: re for the ennetment of such laws a would bave secured the adyantayes above mentioned, xt though by the influen Pan ‘ammany Hall these measurer were ultimataly defe ik be ii Resolved, e thanks of people of the Third As. sembly District are eminently due and ure herevy tendered lear tor hie eflorie wu hole Lebel! wud that it ie their earnest wish that he may be long spared to continue his off rts in behalt of the working aud rontpaying classes of the community. SENATOR MORRISSEY’S PERCH, Thefe were loud cries for John Morrissey, ond after awhile be came forward, though evidently suffering from acold, and said:—“1 did not come herd this evening to make a specoh, as my healibis very poor'y, bus I could not heip coming here to thank you for the honor you havo conterred on me. 4 have bad tne hovor of representing this district for six yoars, and [ am here to-night to answer any questiong that may be puto T don’t koow that i nave wetruyed any puvle trust. £ wld you in last Oapvass that would not ell out, as politicians bave dove before me. I introduced measures ih the last Legisiature which were wot tor the of any par sasinn. bres or tnd Ls. erm distin oe interest, ui tor the whole people ot city and county of Now York. Than) ij introdaced Bais that iu u6 instence alone would Bavé saved the city at least $800,000, Tammany opposed that and it was by 4 ‘They iptroguced a resoluuon in the Boara of men to the effvct (Hat 1 Wanted to turn out mifcteen o1 twenty comutisstonere of deparsaisot 1 w ties bad beom varned out, for it would have been ail the ,Delior for the peop e ound Tammany Hill op posing me & every @ (A voice, = ‘Dima vawmuny Hall’) -L tntroduced a resolution Jast wiuter calling for a .returo from the Comp troller of the departments where a reduction might be mde, and Mr, Kelly came to Albany and staced that ony the saluriés of the policemen, school feachers, and firemen could vear reduction. here Was no department in the oity that aid vot contribate to beat the reform Measures ih the Legisiature. They (Applause. | There is nv.wct of my life that] am ashamed to 61 by, and theré ja ove thing I can say—chat I nev stole any of the public money, and never vetrayed) @ public rag, that was ever com- mittcd $0 me. Mistakes I bave made, it is true, and I have livod in the broad daylight that everybody could sée them; but, ‘hank Heaven, witadut boasting, 1 may say that I have done ropuration tor tne toilies, or if you care to o: om 80, the vileyces, Of my carly yoars, And that ig enough lor me to on, that sub. ject, Should I have the vonor tO ve re-elected at your hands 1 spall revive those measures of roiorm an: ro- trencnment on bebalf oi this ou rach turough we instromentaniy of Tammany Hall of Join Keily, which is the sate thing, were beaten last winter.” Alter Morriasey’s speech there were lous calisior Mr, James Hayes, but as be had leit the bail none excep! a few local orators were lett to enleriain the audience, which s60n d:asulved, huving previously bearv from Seuator Morrissey, od upoR Dis stalwart form ané applagded nis uati-fammany sentiments, tHe sbOcum DEMOCRATS. ‘Thore was cofsiderablo excitement prevalent ta Brooklyn yesterday among domooratic politicians growing out o| the determmation of the independent, or Slocum Democratic Geaeral Committee, to send a fol set of delegases to the State Convention to be held at albatly, on Wednesday next. The regular or Mc Laughlin Committee will give their support to the policy of Guvernor Robinson tn the coming Conven- tion, and the adherents of the old organization it sort that a conspiracy bas been entered inta umites with Comptroller Jobn Kelly, of tind city, to secare the atiendance of the rival deloga- tion at the State Conveo The MeLwugbiin:tos bitterly, denounce the movement as an eflert on the part of the Tammany magnates to exc.ude iho regular democracy of Kings county. THE TRAGEDY IN- THE LOT, StorY OF THE DikaIH OF YOUNG THOMAS O'CONNELL—THE MURDERER CONFESSES HIS GUILT. From the Twentieth Precinct station house, where at Jay through the night, the body of Thomas 0’Con- nell was removed to the home of his parents yoster- day, at No. 426 West Forty-sixth sireet. His father, ‘woo had sat by the remains till morning in deep doe jection, fairly broke down on reaching his abode, where the murdered youth’s mothor was awaiting bit coming ina state of distraction, Deputy Coroner Mil- ler made a post-mortem examination later in the day, which showed that the ball passed through the scapula, between tho third and fourth ribs, then through the lungs and then through tho boart, passing out between the second and third ribs and Jodging in the muscular tissue, close to the steroum. Mean- time Coronor Flanagan empaneiled a jury, which viewed the remains and was then discharged Ull Monday, when the jnquest will be held, The in- Vostigation of the caso at (ho prosent, however, is 80 complete that the identity of the murderer has been establisned and a coatession of bis guilt extoried from him, ‘the story 0. tue snooting was first loarned Irom two boys named Péter Donnelly and Charies Daily. They hed heard a iracus in toe open lots ex. tenuing irom Moutg mery’s suabies at No, 614 West Thitty--eventh street duwn to the river’s edge and stealing up to this buitaing they clambered up to the hay jolt, from which they were wituesser of the fatal afiray. THE STORY OF THR AFFRAY. Whev Di ive Retily, to whom tue case was in- trusted, arrived at the sceve of the humicide oe ab once hud James Gorman, tne cocupaut of tne shanty, arfested and soon alicr he succeeded In capturing @ bumber of thé Young mea who had been with O'Con- nell in the lot. ‘These refused to give auy correct ace count ot what bad occurred, so the dewetive sought out Angelina usb, a woman who lived wih Gorman as bis wite, andady her to make # clean brvast of the whole affair, 28 @ cuniesmon would improve Gor- mau's chances if it showed him to have been grieve’, The woman When brought before the Coroner stated that Gorman, who worked at Urane’s siaughter hpusé, usoally lett the shanty at halt-pist four o’ciock in the afernvon and remained at work tll ten of eleven o’clock at night, For company’s Saxe she used to invite anumber of women iu the neighborhood to the house, and a gang of young men, fed by Martin McGarvin, aud of which Ibomas O'Connell was one of the worst spirits, used Lo infest the premises, peep in at doors and windows, and in every Way annoy her. She told Gorman of this, aod be bad several difculiies with the young men. On Tuesday evening sho invited Magyie Zinneman to the boure, and, as asual, the yoang meu in the lot Degan Insulting her, Muggi¢ was airaid to leave the house autil Gorman came home, when they all three wont off together. On their way back to the shanty the guug snrrounded them again, when Gorman io a rage cried out to McGarvin, “I'll be even wiih you; TL bavo your lile yet The gang only jeered ut this, und when he entered the nouso he turned to the woman and said, “I feel liko killing; [ will kill.” PREPARING 10 Killa ‘Then he went to a drawer, took out a large Colt’s ro. voiver and loaded it to the muzzic, He wentto the window and glanced a moment at the yang withou', who Were even thou beginning to fling stones at the piace, Thon be had the door @.osed, put out tho lights wad sat by ine window, tho pistol in his hind and his eyes on his assailants.s A porfect volley of stones struck the hous sing through the window, ‘Then two snots wore fired at the house—one of them whizzing past Gorman’shead, Ho roso at this and raised the revolver in hishand, 1t was dark io toe ei, the single gas lamp on the block throwing only « vague, flickering light. Gorman singied out the person he fancied to be McGarvin and discharged the revoiver, the ball striking O'Connell, who staggered away and fel! to the groand. Gorman wns startiod ut first by the woman’s state- ment, and ap) nuly alarued, but he afterwards ao- knowledged to Corouer Flanagan that it.was Ur Angelina Bush is a youug woman of ninet Was lormerly a ballet girl ina sauce bouse, Her nsso~ clates are said to be low, disreputavie characters whois she brought to hor house that they might meet young men. As the gang im the lot had always been denied wdmittance they began to annoy Gorman and Angelioa, tee in this way tho tragedy of Tuesday night came about, FIRE IN NEWARK, Seeloy’s bat factory, on Raiiroad nue, Newark, was entirely destroyed yesterday, involving a loss of about $6,000, entirely covered by insurance, A detece tive fue, wading from the botler, is to bave been the cause. Tho Howard Savings lnstitution Lowned the building,