The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-13
THE CLUB-MEN AST0NlSllED
IxCITEMENT IMONG THE MEMBERS
or THE UNION LEAGUE
what Mr.. Jackson =. schultz, MIR. Wiinhm
Orion, Postmaster James, MIR. II. q. Steb-
b,na, the Hon. TbomasC. Acton. nnd others
a.. Aho,, ,he HIarkbuIling Of Brtstow.


Col Goodlow, and Judge Barrett, who had |
been proposed for membership, were all black. |
balled As one member OF the club expressed |
IL, the blackballing OF Secretary Br stow over
ehndowed that Of the others, and they were |
almost forgotten In the excitement that FOL
lowed the announcement Of the result. The
friends Of the Secretary had not dreamed OF
any opposition TO HIM. When the teller an
nounced lis votes for BIstow and twelve black
balls there was an incredulous silence for mo- |
m, MT. and then followed scene OF commotion. |
"What does II moan2" "Wno Is doing thisf" |
were the ordinations on all hands and the |
meeting Immediately ndj, urned. Then the |
members gathered in groups, and nlcd the |
rooms with the roar Of excited conversation. |
Every body declared that hc had had nothing to
do with the blackballing cf Secretary Dristow,
and everybody was astonshcd. The mysterious
voters who had ola achh.llcd the Secretary seem
70 have gone away aft,r their work had been
done.
Yesterday the blaokh niinr Of Secretary Drls
tow was general topic Ia political and business
circles. IL was thought TO have deal of politi-
cal significance, but everybody was at loss to
account for 1t with certainty some ascribed
the bl lckballing the efforts of some of Senator
Uoukline's friends. their purpose being said to
be to disgrace the Secretary. Others thought II
might have been n stroke Of vengeance at tho
hands Of the "whi-kcy men" and Adminstra-
lion Republicans. Others snw personal malice
or revenge at the bottom Of the blackballing.
Aninnuen,ial member Of the club said ycster-
day that he had not seen SO much excitement In
The club house for long tiinc. For n few
minutes after the result OF the ballot was au-
nounced the members excitcdlv cried out that
rwas the work OF the Custom House people
but the absurdity Of this eu?position soon be-
came apparent, aud then they bcSan to cast
about for some other explanation VI so SUI
prsing vote, aud before long II began TO be
whispered that the pers'1sl rriei ot s"s r , IS.
trodden, had led to tho unt xucc'cd black
balling Of the Secretary. The SINS informant
would not give the name of the iccaltitTant
sugar renncr but he intimatcd th.the is young
man, u member OF wealthy New YORK Erm.
The oriun Of tho trouble was ci'im Tor Sc,
back for sugar exported. amounting 20 several
thousand dolldis. Tue ieEnct went 10 Va shlng-
ton not long ago and urged TINS cl in before
Secretary Bristow. but the Secretary refused to
allow II.
THE SCENE AFTER THE DLACNDALLlSG.
This, the SUNS informant says. cnrascd the
sugar man, and" said the Informing member.
latter Bristows name had been proposed IN
the club by Col. Cannon oeneve, aud seconded
on the paper. this man attended The meeting
with the deliberate purpose Of tmskoailins
could to vote With him, whcn uro.ed 70 be Just
enough. The vote, was Us to u Under the
the candidate. Three more votes for Brstow
would have elected him, but tho opposition was
tary' friends were not prepared to meetit. The
effect Of the tlackealiing was st;ftiing. For
time II seemed as though II would disintegrato
the cub. Men severely criticised rule that
made this kind Of work possible a clique to be
spite De TO The fe.a, SV with % be that % no one viii
want TO have his name put up In the club &
fear thst for some petty reason IL may ho black
baiIed The sugar mau Is "a Young fellow. and
he probably didn't think wh.t be was about lie
will be heartily ashamed OF himse when he
finds out what IA thought Of IT, lie qIictly d..
appeared after tho ballot, AMI aid"t stay long
TO enjoy tho fruits Of hi, victory ~
"T1en there was no political element at work.
"None at ALL II was only personal grief ihere
may have been some whiskey nen involved III IT,
but think not"
WHAT will be done about ~"
"Probaby the Executive Committee Will hro-
meeting. and he viii re rl"c'ed.'
The same gentleman said that no could con
ceiYe no reason for Judge barretts being black :
bailed except that possibly some persons had
COMPOUNDED him with his unclc. IL IS said that
u black balls were cast against Judge Barrett.
Joseph II. Choate, iresdent Of the club. said
yesterday that the blGckbnlling OF secretary
Bristow mad not been done by any coaibi-
nation Of those opposed 10 his nomnaii q
for the Presidency, aud II was not the work
OF the ConklinZ men, because they were too
tensihle 10 suppose that such an act
would hgrt Bustow In public opinion. Ia
fact Bristow mad more warm friends IN the club
now than before he was hlackoallel. II was
not politics but personal reasons that led 10 the
blarEu. hing. Mr.. Choste said he mad heard
that Charles W. Dnrhnt Jr., sugar Ietnsr, was
arair.t Bristow. and that three members of one
family h sd put In black balls hgtln-t the secre-
tary Cot. GoOulow received the same mum Der
OF black balls as Secretary Dristow, probably
because he was known as warm supporter OF
the secretar.; The Executive Commllt.e' VI,
snoate said, had resolved 70 make hrstew an
honorary member and probably at the next
meeting he would be elected as such, and the
Club wauld thereby show ITS respect Tor hln
William VI. Evarts Old not attend tho meeting
on Thu sday night. and knew OF the blackball-
lug Of linstow only by what he had read ~ the
newspapers. " IL was a discrediI able affair,
sa,d b "Dut don't know who was engage !
A;anzn B. Cornell was not at tho meeting and
knew of the ilackoalling only by hearsay u
had .ufpii-ed hun, az he did not know that
blisfows name had been proposed. OF the re-
soIs tor the h.acknalling lie kue% rolhing.
ing Il. VI derstood that the blackbalhna Of
Pas ~ wts the result OF personal oppo.l.ion'
he tuyI-ht th- cluO's action would De reversed.
JUDGE BARRETT's CASE.
1t wss rnmored yesterday that Judge Noah
DaVt ,a- the rropOser and hacker OF Judge Is r
Ie;i, "urcrel his resignation Indignantly IS
sJou g5 tte bl4rkbaug Of Judge Ba'rett )
nam w s announced. The Judge said yestcr-
day II 3, DO regarded all club matters as conn-
uenud. Whenever the Union League Club de-
aired ~ have their proceedings reported, tney
Invited renres, natives of the press. They did
evening, probably because they did not wish
fnsiiaa,lon oi Ingir proceedings ne feit bound
C1l. n. q. stebbns said that not having at
tended ne Inestint' he had missed the spicy De,
yelpFaeHis. All the members with whom he
bad conyersed we're 10th surprised and morti-
NED AZ - rejection Of Secretary Bristow.
lht Hon Thomas &. Acton also EXPRESSED
turpiise At the hltchbang, especially as during
The tine ttai Secretary Brstow's name was
pos poo opposition was developed, and he
han favorable report from the Committee on
onmi-sioner Salem II. Wales said that the
10 eieclI .u Is surprise and ought TO be "a source
o. H." .iAestp ph and humiliation to every ri.ht
thluklNe member uf TIE club.
MI W ili 20 OrtJn SAD " None OF the persons
WIN "hnW an acquainted aud VINO are liaOlt
70 b. termed Custom House Republicans are
hostle to 80 cretaty lirstow, but on the othe
hind some ~ them / know 10 be his warn
tnsnds, and therefore | cannot entertain the
lsA in.i they had anything 10 do with his re
IectiOn.'
Poslm ster James shd; 81 did not know
thai J." had hecn proposed for membership
nnih last evening aud without rejecting upof
the motive Of those WHO voted against him
WI" lhth are do not know think l. at a MAJ
Muo j. nl 10 be secretary Of the Itea,urK 1. II
TO DO member of the Cul. n l., .Ie C,nb
voted for mm aud an sony that he ~ 3 no
elected uuamWuu,lN.N
plp not vOrE FOR BRIsTOw.
TIE reporter found Nj. Cherries W Imrant " a
bour 40 h'- mansion a. ~ Madison ayrnie
port 'ledlt, fuu with having effected IN
tSlvoInu ui Mt i-tow itOm the Union Lyayli
tlun' HNil thc rrNlrier.
-, ray cHn hardly he true" Mr. Durapt ri
plHH. ~ VIII mot .ty that voted for Nj nrie