New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-22
Whia General Committee.

The Senior Wing General committee met last
evening, according to adjournment SYLvANUs 5.
WARD in the chair The first business in order
was the case of the Sixth Ward Contested Elec'
ton. The Committee which had been appointed
toreport against the regularly appointed delegates
was divided. Mr. Williamson of the Fourth Ward
proprietor ofthe Sunday Dispatch and Mr.. W mite
ofthe First Ward formerly Member of the AS
sembly) reported in favor OF the ticket headed
James B, Taylor Mr., Palmer Of the Third
Ward, the other member of the Sub-Com-
mittee to which this case was referred, reported
in favor of the ticket headed Daniel A. Webster
The Taylor ticket, it was stated was elelted by
a body of Loco Focos and others from the
9th and other Wards Of the City. They relied
upon the aidavits of one ortwo interested individ
uals. on the Taylor ticket whose statements were
dire oily contradicted by the aidavits ofsix respect
able disinteresed citizens oil the w ard to eachone
of the interested Witnesses. Hereafter, however,
we hope to publish the unanswerable Minorityre-
port of Mr.. Palmer, and need not now further re-
fer to it. The contesting delegates were then al
lowed > minutes each to state theircase. w. e.
Robinson, chairman of the 9th Ward ommittee,
for the past year, was chosen by the Webster
ticket, and made brief appeal to the Wings Of
the City, simply for Justice. The Taylor ticket, be-
ing unable tc say anything for themselves, chose
Mr.. White, Of the lst Ward, member of the
above subcommittee, to speak for them. The
vote was then taken on admitting the Webster
delegation, and it was lost, 26 to 10.
Among those voting against the regularly
elected Delegates were Smith Of the ID Ward
Carr and Bartol of the 10th Ward; Carnley,
Sheriff. Wood and Lewis Of the l4th; briggs,
Stevens and Oliver of the 5th Bradford Of the
10th, &c The Chairman then decided that the
proposition TO send the election back to the peO-
pie of the Ward was out of order, and the motion
to admit the Taylor Delegation was carried
Yeas 80, Nays 81.
AS this vote may be Of some Importance here.
after, as well as now, we give the Yeas and Nays
YEAs--ld Woyd-whte, Van Houtep, DAYTON, Morri'
son, Collins: I'd Hdrd-Smith: az WardaNles, Hudson,
williamson Topping 5h Wayd-WaTd Rich 7h WUd
-Pettee, Price ga Wayd-McDOugal, Ackermsn 10Th
Woyd-Csr, Banol I'm Ward-Csrnley Bsldwic,
IAN Hard-Wood Lewis: 18th Ward-Olver: l7th Ward
SNYDER 18Th Wayd-Ives, Halden, Barberie Total, g.
WaTd-W God. Shsrdlow, Folsom, Palmer, Kirby: IN
Ward-Mnls: 8h Ward-Decamp Bleskley l0h Ward
Osborne IN W0rd-Squires. Sherman l4h Ward
Flender, 18Th Ward--Drggs, Stevens Brakeman l6m
Ward-Bradford l7th Wari-Franklin :-Tola 81
ABSENT-4h H0fd- JACKSON ON WdTd-fflnh, Mbekst
McKimmon IN W0ri-Buckingham. Arthur: 8h Ward
Kelly lonh Ward Hobart Hsws Reed: llh Ward
Wetts Dodd, SimOnscn l2h JFGyd-Adams: lSth Ward
-Cuin. Wright 4h WdYd-AlleD, Van Norden: 18Th
Uord-Ward: I'm W0rd-Herrick, Dean, Chase l8h
Woyd-AlvOrd 18Th Ward-Rockwell, HOyt-TOIal, q.
1t will be seen that leaving out the contested
delegates from the 9th 9th, 10TH and 18th Wards,
Mr.. Bradford of the 10th and Mr. Alvord of the
18th, were admitted, as they were on both tickets
the whole number of the Members of the Com
mittee was II. OF these the Taylor ticket re-
ceived only aa-and of wanted of
having majority Of the undisputed members of the
Committee. The Taylor ticket was therefore ad
mitted by the absentees, and they may be justly
held responsible for admitting this bogus Delegs.
ton. But enough for today. The Committee
then, in great confusion adjourned. The last our
Reporter heard was our friend Levi D. Slamm ex-
claiming as he went into Charley Abels, I'm
Silver Gray