New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-10-31
CITY pOLlTICS.

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REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION TO O'GRirN- CHRIsTo-
PIER PULLMAN FOR SENATOR IN THE
SEVENTH DISTRICT-IIIS SPEECH ACCEPTING
TIE UNION REPUBLICAN MOTIVATION.
The With Senatorial District Republican
Nominating Convention met AZ Fifh-avc. and twenty
sccondst last evening Henry WI son prCsidng. let
ter WAS read from L. L. FancheI, stn'ing tit 1t would
Oe impossible for him to accept tho nomination "r SEN
ator rendered him by the late CoicntiOn. Mr. Atkinson
Chairman o. the Committee nvintcd confer with the
Townsend Republicans IN to the nomination Of
candidate reported Il at tina orga"itGn was opposed
to making any nomination. ht ;Ec Committee deemed II
advisable that one SHOULD NC '.c. and recommended
Christopher Pullman the cand.'atc. Nj. Pullman
was unanimously cOs, d. aud accepted the nomination
as follows
7 spncar before vc,, o.II, uotpr'v Cnd Willingly
Reluctantly bccaus. /: om N,ih OH : was dc'lr
Of having canG ate I'm Ennst On" !ALG upon
whom all could uni'C md adv some ut Nunr Com
mtce whan asked fox the nso OF ~ name, ava aIso re-
mctly because did not desire at lME nie W. nc P'rI
before the people as canudntG as an tfo"n Mo'n
he personal pccuniary loss III being required 10 NC az
sent from business which REQUIRES Con w.. pm amd
attention. But also appear NHhnSy p"iIe So" a. nnu
accept tho nomination when " is made plan tnht ~
my duty 40 to do. understand that son have offered al
reasonable concessions to other organizations opposed TO
Tammauy Hall, even TO the oAtcnt {" 10 10
man 90 named should he unotirctionao9 in personal
character but that your very rcasonaIo ucu's WY
vnr nomination Thanking yon for the disJntior II ia
certainly mean Que to he the EHpholca homheo i"r
senator OF the Will District.
As 10 the personality OF the gentlemen Who VII he my
opponents have nohiHg To ray Il. present hut az thY
owed tGr to say little about Il relative positions win
Mr. Bradley AIN not even PclSonail' aclnalyn my II
Tammany Ring which krowlede' snou!d he erhir"'t
reason why every Eohcat man ~ nId VOC aHii'sE n
Mr. O'Brirn the other Dens ratio candidate la" ":i,
until recently one Of the prtnrrs n ms same pHI ,t
clique, and it seems that MI Tweed @nd othrTS m;"
frat to 10 elect Mr. Badley, because he is not
had
m e. use nv nc S n net b. zinc TO y tRs ,6
reasons WHY neither should be elected mink II !" tie
design Of your convention that 1t shall w d"ne ~ o
proper tine We might say Of b. hey however, ihu he
IS on record as having voted for al the schemes IN rer
enco city passed duing the session of the last
the same man who was Bn!G in les, When HE dep is
dragged our inspectors OF ELECTION from hrhinH tntlr
ceratng them in Lndowst jail ana holding thHl nam
att S Bpid E to DO fSS dn In rrn
will also he remembered that when MI. OBIn w. the
D a{ tO Vote for State srnor Wa male t" cont
1851, while In 1870 when Il leadership nssed ut" "r
the vote but 449? showing 32oI more 7otcn In 1860
than 1870 Those wei informed on such matters tel us
gentlemen, it is not for 10 partcultIlr. and
viii detan you to say few and only few words on
my own views OF the pohtc@ questions winch no"
II Is hardly necessary to tell You what my political
faith is and have only tO that my opposition I" tne
Tammapy Ring commenced when Rome OF tnuse WHO are
claiming votes because of exposing th"r 1onGS
were It's Acknowledged CAaMpiOusj AVID, II elecl"i,
shall do all in my power " break Gown their Influence
and bring the plundeIts Of our people 20 justice. There
is another important question which is forcing Itself
upon namely the votrg by The legislature nhd hr
municipal corporations of large suns VI the Ic"pe'a
money for the support Of secarn schools and cnar-
in principle aud vital blow our free Institutions; Ind
that there he no MISUNDERSTANDING, declare my
One word aHo the %, Of ege rd %TS
the othsT 40 .dld vim he nearly equally divided
shall mH J., eyect5d but there is only little ins in which
to do the wOrL, and shall depend entirely "n You 20
conduct the o.nvasa and inform the peope' as to the
true nature oi the contest
A committee was appointed to arrange for a iatnca-
ton meeting Adjourned
THE GERMAN JOINT REFORM COMMITTEE
The German Joint Conference Committee
and the officers OF the recent German REFORM
mass meeting at Cooper Institute held meeting last
night at Germania Hall for the purpose Of taking action
70 select candidates In nomination by he Reform organ
izations upon whom the German vote may be United
Oswald Ottendorfer presided, and subcommittee, com
posed OF two members from each Senatorial dStlc WAS
appointed to report meeting Of the Joint Committee
tomorrow on nominations for tbs Senate and Assembly
n the various districts Gen. Sge made bret address,
exp sive Of thanks for the ualimGus supolt i LIS
nomination by the Germans for TIE once ot Register
JUDGE LEpwITH's POsIHoN.
Tho Sunday papers which published Judge
Iedwiths letter accepting the nomination Of the RrGu
lar Democracy" and Democratic Union" organizal'"n
alluded to It as an acceptance Of the Tammany nomin
ton THE TRIBUNE attempted to correct this yesterday
bnt the types made say that Ledwith was tn" cand
date of the Reform Democrats. or course It Is nov
come to be well understood that Mr. Ledwtn Is not OF
any Reform party and that those wlo act with HIN have
Tammany interests at heart. Mr.. Lodwith 1t Is le-
ported has not accepted and will not decline the Tam
many nomination. BY the bargain which 1t Is freely
repored was made at Rochester between himself AMI
Tweed Mr.. Iedwith is expected a. divide the Reform
vote by accounting the nomination OF branch VI the
Reform party. This he has done, and a few hnndrd
anti-T m.nany will be wasted upon hlm He will
not notice the Tanmany nomination at all though he
Will accept Tammany votes and tho office % the premo
JudseShp at the hands OF Tampany II DC GEL Il at a
aud the language in which his treason Was generally
discussed yesterday even BY tue friends most anxious
to apologize for him.
COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY ASSEMBLY SELECTIONS.
The Committee on Elections Of the Commit
tee OF Seventy scecb last night the following IA their
ticket from among "Oninccs OF the various parties
for the Assembly: