The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-10-24
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En"orsemeh' o. General Franz sigel-Plans
ior >aSinea Reform Ticket-Barret,-
s"--~craand-who Made Judge Ledwiths
The body calling itself the Union Republican
County Convention met last evening at the corner
OF Twenty second street and Fifth avenue. Mr.
John Falconer was in the chair. After calling the
meeting TO erder the first business OF importance
was the reception OF the report Of
THE COMMITTEE OF TwKNTY-ONR,
which had been appointed TO confer with other
reform organizations In forming combined anti
Tammany county ticket The chairman OF the
committee being the Chairman OF the Convention
and then presiding. the report was made by
Mr. w. p Richardson, who satd:-The comm ittee
first recommends that the Convention endorse the
nomination of General Franz sigel for County
Register, already made by the reform party OF
Apollo Hall We have waited on the subcommittee
on election OF the Committee OF Seventy, to whom
we stated that we thought we should have
CONCEDED TO THIS CONVENTION
one or two places on the county ticket the naming
OF four AssemDymen and OF one Senator. We have
since learned that the said subcommittee
consider this proposition an eminently fair
one. subsequently we met sub committee
from the Council OF Reform, and with them
took the same ground. Yesterday afternoon
we met the subcommittee OF the so-called
lengthy and very friendly conference, but owing to
q lack OF power attained no definite result. While
the reformed democracy, who proposed that at
their meeting tonight they would nominate one
JUDGE FOR THE SUPERIOR COURT
and such other persons would at once name
other candidates for that Court leaving the ques
tion as to Aldermen TO future consultation This
proposition we were also compelled TO de-
cline from lack OF power, but proposed that
our Convention nominate two Superior Court
then instructed Its chairman to submit to this Con-
vention that II 1t were clothed with the proper
with the Townsend Committee, which would result
In fair representation for the republican party on
A CONFINED REFORM TICKET,
Ar: RIcnAnpsoS accompanied The report with
dav0ng tine naming Of MT George o.
Mr.. kiaTsRsAsD, delegate from the Ninth district.
rose In opposition to such nomination. He
began.The people OF New York mad no. been
4 DELseArs-I rise to o point Of order. NOISY
The point Of order was not allowed. Mr.. Ritter
band thanked the gentleman who had raised the
point OF order for giving hum time 70 think. was
about to say
ANOTHER DELEGArE-Mr. Chairman, call the
gentleman to order. tHisses).
Mr.. RIrrERBAND explained that he was about to
introduce motion , and again proceeded
was not to give position to any one in the city, how
ever prominent. They were selecting candidates
10 Tammany Hall, 1t did not matter
whether they met the approval or disapproval OF
democrat 1t did not become them to take any dem
ocrat on probation, whether nominated by Tam.
many Hall or BY the Townsend republicans 1t was
well known that Ledwlth would receive the nomina-
ton tomorrow night He proposed to make Barrett
and Townsend get out OF the field by
NOMINATING JOSIAH SWITZERLAND.
they would then have better prospect OF success
than II they endorsed either Apollo Hall or the
ana e1 on na
amounted to al the time OF election Ledwith repre-
sented the interest Of James O'Brien whom ne felt
sure, no gentleman there would support
WHO MADE JUDGE LEDwlTH WHAT He IS
James O'Brien.
Mr.. CoRDovA said that It was too late to form
stralgntout republican ticket. II they did 1t now
they would be called children. They could not
coerce Apollo Hall into their way oil thinking, and
must either act independently or with the reform
mace, which amounted to nothing.
1t was then moved that the
NOMINATION OF GENERAL SIGEI.
to the Registecship he endorsed by reclamation The
plause.
Mr.. TousEY moved 10 recommend TO the Commit
tee OF Twenty One the name OF Mr.. Fancher for the
Judgeshlp In question and Mr. Cordova moved
with that OF Mr.. Soutnerlanh tnree names pro-
posed. These nutions were all laid on the table.
The CHAIRMAN said that
THE COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY
were anxious about the nominations OF this COnven-
ton, and the gentlemen should bear IN mind that
action by the Convention must be endorsed by that
committee to meet with success.
The original resolution granting the desired
power to the Committee OF rwenty-one to perfect
negotiations with the other reform organizations
was unanimously carried.
The meeting adjourned until Thursday, at eight
O'Clock.