The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-25
THE TROUBLE In THE WIGWAM.
The Counter Statement.

The Counter Statement.
TO THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN ELECTORS OF THE
CITY OF NEW YORK.
At the last meeting of the Democratic Republican
General Committee the undersigned were appointed
committee to address you upon the recent separa-
ton from that body Of portion OF its members. 1t
is due to you that statement of the facts should be
presented for your judgment II is also due to your
epresentatives-the General Committee their
action, If it has been proper, should receive your
sanction and approval. The Undersigned in the per
formance of their duty have endeavored to avoid the
statement of any facts which might be made the SUBJ
ject of dispute, and to abstain from all which
might arouse unpleasant feelings
The facts are simple. The General Committee for
1852 called the primary elections to select members
Of the General Committee for 1858, and in that call
certain inspectors Of election were named for each
ward. Those inspectors, with one or two individual
exceptions, held the elections, and the General Com
mittee for 1853 was thus chosen. The evidence Of
that choice, in the first instance, was of course fur
nished by the certificates Of such inspectors.
The difficulty upon which we appeal to you elec-
tors grew out Of the organization of that committee
There were several causes of embarrassment in the
way Of harmonious organization. The vigor and as
perty of the primary conflicts naturally caused near
ly every ward in the city to be contested.
The uncOntested wards are believed to have been
the 4th 9Th, 18th, and 18TH 1t is proper however,
to say that there may have been contests in these
wards unknown to the undersigned. Again. the &c.
neral Committee for 1852 had not called the commit
tee for 1858 together they might, by vote, have
done, in accordance with usage. This omission be-
gat serious doubts and threatened to disturb the har
m0ny OF the democratic party, when the Grand Coun-
ell OF Sachems of Tammany Society, in a spirit Of
peace unanimously made the following CALI
Whereas the Democratic Republican General Com
mittee for 1882, although it directed the election
Of delegates from the wards constitute the
mocratic Republican General Committee for 1883 has
omitted to provide for their organization.
And whereas it is important that the regular organ
without ntermssion; therefore,
Resolved That the delegates from the several wards to
elected pursuant to the call Of the Democratic Republican
General Committee for 1852 at the times and places
stated in such CALL according to the certificates Of the in
speotors for the wards appointed in such call Of
jorty OF Them are requested to meet at Tammany Hall
on Thursday evening, January 18th, 1862 at half past
The chairman Of the General Committee for 1852,
although that body was dissolved, its term of Office
expired and its bylaws at an end, and although it
had never pretended to give him authority to do So
we presume, in similar spirit made the following
CALI
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN GENERAL CoMM1rEr -The mem
bers elect of this committee for the year 1853
Q3h) Of January, instant at half past O'Clock PM,
pursuant to the BY laws of the committee of 1852.
The unity OF time and place in these calls was for
tunate and make it necessary to consider the author
ity of neither.
When the doors of the committee room were
opened, vast crowd Of contestants and spectators
filed 1t. Simultaneous motions were made that
Daniel E. Delavan and Alderman Barr take the
chair. The persons making such motions pro-
nounced them carried, and both gentlemen placed
themselves, side by side, at the head Of the table.
George H. Purser and Thaddeus B. Glover, and on
the other, that George G. Glazier and Gershon
Cohen, act as secretaries. 1t is proper here to
mark that Mr. Delavan's seat was uncontested, and
those who sustained him thought there was mani
fest proprety in placing in the chair some whose
decisions might not be brought into disrepute by
any supposed leaning in favor Of the maintenance
of his own seat It does not seem just or delicate
| that any member should be placed where he can
indirectly aid his claim to seat by his power to
| appoint cOmmttees-t0 decide upon the order of
questions, the preponderance in cira votes.
| The seat of Alderman Barr was contested.
1t was quite evident when the candidates for tenn
porary chairman were named, that peace could only
be restored by getting distinct vote from every
person entitled to give one To effect this It was
Necessary tnat the crowd, not members Of the COM
I mittee, should be prevailed on to withdraw.
member. to whom both charmen assigned the hoor
moved that those persons should retain their seats
| temporarily, for the purpose of organization, who
possessed the certificate Of their election signed by
majority OF the inspectors appointed by the Gene
| raj Committee for 1852, and that others should
| withdraw. Both charmen declared that motion
carried The roll of such persons was then called
and responded to- and the crowd Of contestants and
| spectators retired
| This decision, beyond all question recognized the
right of those remaining to vote; but the undersigned
| do not feel disposed to rely upon decisions which
the parties to them are not themselves inclined to
| maintain resolution was then offered
That all those now sitting in General Committee
hat ie hold tha aor;t,
of the regular inspectors Of each ward under and ac
cordng the call of the General Committee of 1s52-d
| now proceed to ballot for temporary chairman.
1t was moved an amendment that those only hay
ing certificate signed by all the inspectors OF election
each ward shall proceed to the election Of temporary
| chairman
After considerable discussion Alderman Barr refuse,
to entertain the notion the ground that it must b
previously determined who should be permitted to yot
upon the resolution when submitted The question wa
then taken on ayes and nays by D. E. Delavan and thu
original resolution adotcd-ayes 80 as folows-Ialey
Leonard. Miner, Mabbatt, Donnelly, Fletcher Oakley,
Hilton Purser Delavan, VIM. D. Kennedy Steers Farron
7 B.. Glover Walters, Andres, Mckinney, vosburgh
| Cassidy Riley, Cochrane, Woods Froment Shepard Ir
! wing, T. Woods, McCaIty Eagan, McConkey, and Ryer
The following gentlemen declined voting by arising a
their called in the order of the roll pro
| testing nther places, viz-Hart Jackson, Barr West
! Constantine, Glazier, and Harrington.
During the call, and before the announcement OF
the vote, Alderman Barr retired from his position al
the chair and took his seat at the other end of the
room. He was followed by number of members
| who Immediately organized separate body. The
precise ground upon which they retired was that
those who had certificate of majority Of inspec
tors had no right to vote during the temporary or
ganization. This ground, under the circumstances
| necessarily included another. There had been nc
call of the wards to ascertain what wards were con-
tested. The ground OF secession, therefore, amounted
to this: that those who had the certificate of ma
ory Of the inspectors had no right to vote whether
their seats contested not That there may be
no mistake about this matter, the undersigned quote
from the official proceedings, signed by Alderman
| Barr himself
II also resolved that call Of the wards be made
upon those gentlemen holding certificates of election
signed BY all the inspectors when the following creden
| tials were presented:-Frst ward--Nichoas Diamond
Michael Halpin, X. T. Mugan; Fifth ward-H. X. HoT
mire f. b. Hart, Joseph A. Jackson Sixth ward-Thomas
| ]. Barr, William Sinclair, Thomas w. Constantine
Seventh vardE. c. West, Geo. G. Gazier, John D. Far
| rington; Eighth ward-Richard T. Compton, Gershou
Cohen; Ninth ward-H Arcularus Jr., Eugene McGrath
| Tenth Mard-Rchard Norris, Joseph d. Marsh. ]. w