Show J New Yolk Democrats Saratoga lBIt is now belioveJ the difficulty with Tammany will be settled by allowing that organization organi-zation thirty delegates in tbe convention con-vention instead of t entyfour The county Democracy in caucus this morning psssedresolutions urging urg-ing harmony The State Democratic convention met at 11 and adjourned to distribute distri-bute tickets The convention meets at 1 oclock At a meeting of Tammany delegates dele-gates at noon John Kelly presiding General Spinola announced that a conference between the chairman cf the county Damocracy Tammany and Irving Hall tbe representations from New York County would be as follows County Democracy thirty one delegates Tammany 31 Irving tT11 in LLUU LV The delegates were then named including John Kelly The caucus I adjourned to visit Judge Hilton Irving Hall and the county Democracy held a caucus and selected se-lected their delegates in accordance with an agreement of their chair with Tammany Irving hall instructed in-structed their delegates to vote for Cleveland The caucus of the county Democrats and the state Democracy this morning adopted the following resolutions Whereas New York county Democracy meeting with the Democracy ot the state to name candidates can-didates who shall receive the vote I of every Democrat of a majority of the people for President and Yice President of the United States is prepared to make all necessary efforts ef-forts and concessions to assure the Democracy of the State and nation that the regular organization in the city of New York has at heart the tna iid IC Dt t1fQfcfD S 4 th Wt44 J5 u < UL uo party everywhere Resolved that four members of this organization upon the state committee be and they are hereby appointed a comMittee with full power to use reasonable efforts to secure a harmonious representation for the city of New York At the Tammany caucus General Splnola said Wm C Whitney chairman of the county Democracy would announce to the convention I the apportionment agreed upon by the Democracy of New York county and would affer a short resolution that the apportionment be agreed upon His remarks were applauded About 1230 delegates began to file into the haIl There seemed daring the morning to be considerable confusion con-fusion as to the interior arrarge mtnts of the building and its capacity capa-city o hold the people who rightfully cr wrongly succeeded in getting tickets or admission thereby involving involv-ing some danger of making confusion confus-ion for the delEgates It became evident cs the hou for tao convention approached that while the building would bedenely LL CfUWiieJ mere wuuuz De confuSIOn The tall was devoid of ba jners or emblems of any kind The platsorm was d nely crowded Before the con tll tw1 opene1 tbe scene was tia cl a 1 ptjvcpinng crowd in des i Hate tfbrts to CIO tbe heated atmosphere The morning has been ap Hnt tb vaiioas committees in tolerably tol-erably successful efforts totjool the psliticol air Duing the roll call of the Cjn vention the name of Samuel J Til den Jr was celled and received the first outburst of applause John i KleJiya name was also cheered There was not a woman in the convention I con-vention and no provision for their comfort At 130 the convention was called to order by Daniel L Manning of Albany Wm E Smith was elected temporary porary chairman He said Gentlemen of the convention We have met today under circumstances circum-stances which cannot foil to be encouraging en-couraging to every person who desires de-sires the success of the Democratic candidates at the next election The Republican party by the abandonment aban-donment of these principles which secured to it the confidence of the majority of the people in the past nas lost many rormer aauerents while facts which have been i ub ished during the past four years as to the means and methods by which the Republican success in the last national campaign was accomp tsheJ have convmcsd the people that but for their bribery and corruption uption General Hancock would today to-day be our President The Democratic party b > its artiest advocacy of retrenchment and reform in the national and state government has retained all its former strength and gained many recruits from the ranks of its opponents op-ponents The importance of the political issues at the present lime cannot be overeatimatea and the position ition which tbe Democratic party will a9sume in the coming canvass may be to a great extent determined by your action today Reports from I all parts of the country show thousands of democrats anxiously awaiting the result of this convention conven-tion Trmtiop jenUemep that wtcui nnnal til1 nro 1 VUU h > fJ II your delberalious 1 thank you for the honor conferred upon me The roll of delegates was then called Contesting papers were presented from the Ninth District King County by a delegate who eaid that the sitting members had a title that was given them only by fraud corruption cor-ruption bribery and other methods repugnant to honest government Soon after the name of William Purcell of Rochester was called and elicited immense cheers He arose and said the delegation from the second district of Monroe County would not take part in the convention unless rights were fully recognized Cheers Assistant Dfotrict Attorney Fellows Fel-lows of New York arose and said his party was willing to do anything for harmony Cheer i The rules of the assembly were adopted A committee on creden tiaJs was appointed and a resolution was adopted that no member of the committee be allowed to vote on a I contest affecting his own seat A committee from each Congressional district was appointed to select I delegates to the national convention I four dele ates from the State at large and p eeidential elections It was decided tha of the New York representation the county Democracy Demo-cracy have our presidential electors and seven national delegates Tammany Tam-many three electors and seven delegates At 225 adjourned until 7 1 pm Saratoga 18The convention reassembled i re-assembled at 7 CO committees on credentials and resolutions being ready to report a further recess was taken until 830 The committee on resolutions which today drew up the platform for the State Democratic party met In the United States Hotel Nelson L W Waterbury was elected chairman chair-man The two labor parties presented pre-sented resolutions and made speeches praying the Democratic party to insert in its pUtform those principles of reform in the prison contract system and cheap labor in a manner which would insure the vote of the labor party for the Democratic Dem-ocratic President The following subcommittee was appointed to draw up a platform Francis Stettson chairman JudgeD Judge-D C Calvin J S Ross E Ambrose Am-brose and R It Grant They remained re-mained out till 6 30 when Stettson i read the resolutions Objection I was made by Edward Cooper to the tariff plank which he asserted was a touchy subject and one which should be left to the Chicago convention con-vention A general aenate ronowett as to whether this tariff plank should be incorporated and adopted The hour for the meeting of the Convention 7 oclock passed and still the committee on resolutions were hotly and good humoredly dis cuesing the tariff clause The Convention Con-vention in view of that state of affairs adjourned until 830 Ex Mayor Cooper of New York Judgp Waterbury and Ross who was the I author of tariff plank each in turn spoke for and against the clause Finally ayes and noes were called and resulted in a decided majority against putting the tariff clause into the platform Each clause of the platform was then taken up and adopted Evening session of the convention was called to order at 015 pm by the chairman AVm E Smith The report of the committee on contested contest-ed seat i was adopted The committee commit-tee on permanent organization reported re-ported in favor of the continuation of temporary officers Smiths name was greeted with applause A delegate dele-gate from each congressional district dis-trict was named as a viceDresident and one as secretary The report was sdopte In Introducing the report of the committee on resolu tion t Nelson J Waterbury said thur the canoi Ilte of the Democratic parv for the Presidency must bs what the Republican candidate is not Loud applause He must emphatically be what the candidate or the Damocratc party has been in the past Ve have seen and we all know as a matter of fact in the political history of our country that during a period of more than fifty years the government of this country was administered with honesty and with wonderful success After referring to the misgovernment of the republicau party and the opportunity now offered of-fered the democratic party Waterbury Water-bury read the following resolutions Resolved that the Democracy of the State of New York asiemuled I to appoint its delegates to the National Na-tional Convention of the party commits com-mits to those delegates in association associa-tion with the representatives of the party from other States the general declaration of Democratic principle princi-ple upon national issues at the same time recognizing that no Issue can be more important than the election ofa President of the United COL L L iouten wuoso private ana puoiic cnaracfer and reputation shall give to the whole people tne assurance of an honest impartial and efficient administration of the laws without suspicion of personal ends or private interests Resolved That the declaration concerning tbe matter of the seat of government of this convention adopts and affirms the resolutions of the conventions of the party in 74 776 and 82 to which the people of the State have given a hearty ap proval That it recognizes the dut of the legislature to respect the popular vote in 83 for the abolition of the contract system of labor in prisons and that it heartily commends com-mends anew the efficient and up right adminbtraton of Governor Cleveland Resolved That delegates to the Democratic national conventou to be appointed are hereby instructed to enter that convention as a unit It act and vote as a unit In ac ord 3T f > wrh flm w11 nf c vi IT nf uv uJVJ4 Y Ul tO lll illh rd toe eof Every delegate dele-gate or alternate occupying the piac of a delegate to be oound by this rule Pond in case of the absence i of both delegates and alternates from any district the vacancy to be filled by a vote of the maj rlty of the delegation The reading of the resolutions vas interrupted by frequent applause and cheers J for Cleveland and coun ter cheers for i lower The resolu tions were unanimously pas ed The reading of the list of delegates to Chicago was next taken up and it was found 2 districts was unrepres sented This led to a long discussion discus-sion during which Herrick of Al bany declared that New York city was striving for representation it was not entitled to and at the expense ex-pense of Democratic lepresentativea throughout State It was nearly I 10 oclock before the district delegates deleg-ates in questou were agreed upon The delegates at large are Daniel Manning Edward Cooper Lester B Faulkner and Jno C Jacob the present incumbents Chas Andrews and Chas A Bapallo were renom inated judges of court of appeals Whitney of New York offered a resolution re-solution hat the stale committee be authorized to fill any vacancIes which may occur in said committee or any electoral or other ti ke Carried The convention then adjourned ad-journed The canvass of Cleveland men here shows their claim to be that the delegation from this convention goes to Chicago 3 to 1 in favor of Cleveland many Flwer men concede con-cede Cleveland majority but do not admit it even to be 2 to 1 |