The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-10-17
singular Question raised I'm Tammany-
Nomination OF n Candidate for the Shrie-
vaityThe Nomination Contested Confu-
siOn nmong the Sachems.

NomtuutiOn
Sion among the sachcms.
The troubles in old Tammauy appear to thicken
and increase. After three protraced meetings Of
the Nominating Committee. and ballotings innu
merable candidate for the Office of Sheriff OF
this county was nominated, at late hour on Fri
day night; and now II appears that Mr. Westervelt
intends TO contest the nomination, on the singular
| ground that one vote, given Tor another person,
which laundering member of the committee
threw by mistake, would have gwen him the nom
nation, Ii he cannot succeed in causing recon
sderation of the ballot by the committee before Its
dissolution, he clearly intimates that he will appeal
to The county meeting, 10 be called hereafter to re-
spond TO the nominations of the committee; and
the sort OF meeting which may be anticipated on
that occasion can be paralleled by none that has
preceded it,
As MIR Westervelt did not receive the nomination
by the votes actually cast, we great difficult
ty In his way with the Conventions for subsequent
declarations OF any OF its members, that they had
been so negligent, or stupid, IN the discharge OF
duty SO very important, as TO vote Tor the Sheriff
with County Clerks ticket, may not be deemed
| admissible justification for the re-commence-
ment OF the desperate struggle through which they
| have passed. But again, the availability of the
ground taken, II it would have had any merit in the
case, it the vote in question ashe last and decisive
one before the Convention, is destroyed by the tact
| that four ballotings succeeded that in which the
| erroneous vote was given, and hence the blunder
ing voter had four subsequent opportunities to vote
correctly. The eleventh balotng was that on which
Mr. Lane voted for Mr.. Osgood by mistake, and then
Mr.. Westervet received forty-two votes bat on the
| twelfth baloling, when no mistake occurred, Mr..
Westervelt obtained no more than iorty-two votes.
| How does he account for this7 About the ut-
| mate result we have as much anxiety as we have
about the election of chief by balbarous Indian
tribe, but we deem Unnecessary to state the queer
| position in which old Tammanyis placed, and that
all the facts and tancies of the parties may have
the benefit of our circulation, commence with
the publication of Mr.. Westervelt's manifesto. and
Mr.. Lanes affidavit =
To MY DEMocRATc FELLOW CIrIzsrs-AIy name hav-
ing been placed nomination, among Others before the
Democratic Convention OF Delegates from the several
Waids lately assembled at Tam He'll the pur-
pose of nominating County officers ak leave TO make
short statement for the consideration OF my friends and
fellow citizens
On Friday evening last the Convention assembled for
the third time, for the nomination of Sheriff having
been unable during the pre- .eedDg sessions make
lection. On that evening the my favor,
intended SO to be- were forty three being majority the
whole Cow enon, which consisted Of eigy Eve Dels
gates On that vote claim to be nominated the cand
GATE LOT the once ef Sheriff according TO the old and well
known usages OF the Democratic party The vote given
Tor my name on the first ballot that evening TWEEN
tyseven and 1t increased gradually until the eleventh
ballot when the teilers declared the following result
namely forty two for Westerve forty for Atwood wo
for Emmans, snd one for Osgood. The that
baio. for MIR Osgood given by Mr. Cornelius Lane
and was intended for me. 1t handed in purely by
mistake; and, when the result declared the fact
stated by Mr. Lane. The explanation made by him at
the time was that he had provided himself with tickets
with the name of Mr. Osgood written upon them which
heintended to for that gentleman a subsequent bal
hat nt,llx
them upon the above ballot in the hurry OF the moment
and thus his ticket became inadv erently changed.
will thus be perceived that in justice, equitahly
entitled to the entire vote of forty three which places
in nomination before the County meeting will not
speak OF the resorted to by the members of the
Convention, by which my friends were afterwards pre-
vented from having the above unintentional
fected but nevertheless claim to have been duly nom
mated by majority Of the votes of that body and shall
appeal TO the justice of the County meeting shortly
Convened and ask my democratic fellow citizens
tain me in the position which now publicly assert ard
will endesvor honorably and fairly to maintain according
'A' D''S go . ''' JOHN J. V. wEsTERvELr.
October l4th 1913.
The affidavit of Mr.. Cornelius Lane, delegate
| from the Twelfth Ward, is as .ollows:-
| City and County of New York, IS.
Cornelius Lane Of the said city, being duly doth
depose and say, that he OF the Delegates from
the Twelfth ward 10 the County Convention assembled
at Tsmmany Hall Friday evening Of the 18th day OF
October instant, when John j. v Wes.orvel port
ed by the teers 10 have received forytUo votes Henry
| c. atwood forty votes, John Emmans two vot s. and
/
That the said vote for Mr. Oseood by this
deponen by mistake he this deponent, intending to
the same for Mr. Westervelt That This mistake curred
in consequence Of his being provided with tickets which
this dePonent intended subsequently for Mr.. Os
Or 'i e ana p We ssea one
ballot for MIR Westervet and, hsd it been counted
intended Mr. Wester ,e would have had clear majority
OF the whole convention. would have been declared
duly nominated for the Office oil sheriff
CORNELIUS LANE.
Sworn to before me this 18th October, ls4s
EDWARD Nv. RIsHoF. Commissioner of Deeds.
The democratic Convention to nominate mem.
bers of Assembly met last night at Tammany Hall,
! placed few other names before them from which
TO select candidates, authorized pretty radi-
cal questions TO be addressed to candidates, and
then adjourned to Friday evening next
| The democratic Convention to nominate candi-
dates for County Clerk and Coroner meet this eve-
ming for that purpose. The interest in the move
mens ofthese bodies is becoming intense
WETR's PICTURE We dropped in few da,
since TO look at Weir's Enba,kation of The PHI.
grim Fathers" now on exhibition at the National
Academy of Design, corner OF Broadway and Leo.
nard street. From the reputation of the artist, and
from personal observation of many OF his former ef
forts, we were prepared to find work of superior
merit; and we were not disappointed; although
we must acknowledged we should be considered
| no critic in these matters-that according TO our
ideas, the picture contains faults; or perhaps we
should rather say, there exists between Mr.. Weil
and US a slight discrepancy of taste. We here al
lude particularly TO the rainbow. The came amour
| Of light in another form would have preserved thu
atmospheric illusion of this portion OF the picture
which, as at present, is deficient. We have N
fault to find with the idea embodied in its nroduc
ton the conception in connection with the sub
ject was beautiful one. There might be pointed
out faults, too, in the drawing Of some portions O
the picture, but they are so trivial when compared
with the beauty of the whole, that they may wei
be passed over. II we were TO call atlention 10 an,