Show met to hear delegates report AFTER A m SPEECHES was turned into a bryan ratification one of the delegates remarked that the convention at chicago was duly elected in response to the regular call of the democratic committee and that it was unusually representative of the united Dom of the several states as proven by the fact that there were fewer contests than in any previous convention new york july 17 the general committee ot tammany hall of the fifth assembly held a meeting tonight for the purpose of bearing a report from their two delegates to chicago aenry D roy and senator charles L guy after a number of had been delivered the meeting developed into a byan ratification meeting me etine mr purroy in the course of his remarks eaid that the recent convention at chicago daiy elected in response to the regular and timely call of the democratic committee and that it wab unusually representative of the wishes of the united democracy of the beveral states was proved by the fact that in it there were fewer contests for seats than in any other similar body in the whole history of the democratic party senator guy declared that when bitter criticism had passed by all would eay it was a bood enough platform to eland on and on which to elect W J bryan lie closed by denouncing mckinley praising bryan and pledging his support to the ticket iho democracy poughkeepsie N Y july 17 chairman hinckley issued a call this evening for a meeting of the democratic detate committee in new york july and at the same issued as chairman of the state committee a manifesto to the democracy of the state in which he declares the fact cannot be that the action of the convention was a serious disappointment to the democracy of new york under the circumstances I 1 recommend after a consultation with many leading demo brats of the detate that no definite political action be taken by the democrats until the assembling of the state bention ven tion |