The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-23
KINGS COUNTY DEMOCRATS.

BoIsTEIoUs SESSION or THE GENERAL COM
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. FLAHERTY.
The final meeting OF the delegates composing the
Democratic General Committee Of Kings County for
the year 1877 was held last evening ut tho headquar
tiers OF that body, corner OF Court and Remsen
streets, Brooklyn. General J. b. Craig pre-
sented a resolution setting forth that inasmuch al
IL was matter OF public notoriety that City Works
Commissioner Jonn W. Flaherty had used the innu-
Of Office to defeat tho OF the regular
democracy rule No 10 Of the bylaws be suspended and
that Flaherty be expelled from the committee. This
RUE admits Of the expulsion Of a member Ony alter
the latter shall nave naa one weeks notice to answer
charges, which the same rule provides must be made
and proven before member can be expelled
General Craig. after having read Tue resolution,
moved the 'previous question:" The audience
received the moion with mingled applause aud
for several minutes considerable noise aud cx-
ciicment prevailed. Tho Chairman, Mr.. Freeman,
tapped the desk loudly to bring the people to order
SCENE
While the confusion was It's highest Commissioners
Flahcrty stepped out from tho tnrong OF delegates
among had been seated into tie aisle In front
OF General Crag and denounced the latter as con-
temptible Hard." He sad the mcanest crininai in
ing before no would be condcm aed Turning del
egates then, who shouting Missing and stamping.
the Commissioner exclaimed, 'Hss as much you
please. There Is coward before you. | know am
out OF order after tho ruling OF tho Chairman. If
there IS spark OF generosity among you will be
heard" Tho uproar continued, how ever and the
Com III ssi0ucr denounced the delegates who inter-
ruptcd as "cowards who do not know what manlipcss
ineaps' Quiet finally restored, and the roll was
called as TO whether 'the main question should be
put" One hundred AMI fifteen votes were cast the
affirmative and only twenty-five votes In the mega
tive.
vote the question OF expulsion next
taken and several members explained their vote.
Those voted In the negative denounced the action
oil the majority on COURAGE" Com Toner
Flaherty, when hrs name WAS called, In brief speech
denied that no had been traitor to the democratic
party and said that thcre demo-
Gratis employed the City Works Department now
than ever before. Ho hal never voted any ticket
except the democratic ticket One democrat as
good as another, and lie opposed to the rule
which would appoint only such democrats would be
subserven, to clique III the party.
Tho roll having Deon called the vote announced
as 1913 whole number cast OF which lib Tor and
40 against the resolution Mr. Fhnerty was, there
fore, declared expelled
Coionei Thomas Carroll moved that the constitution
be anne that hereafter members shall DO APP
pointed, that all members OF the committee shall
be elected. Tue amendment was laid over Tor one
week.
Aner some further discussion the old COM
mittec adjourned anu the commiltce Tor 1873
organ,zed by ecctinR James s. Craig tempo
rary chairman. The roll called and protests we're
handed IN from several wards rhe Inspectors on
Alderman Shannons Flitn ward delegation handed
III their list OF delegates, but protest was presented
by the John Pyburu delegation. committee
appointed 10 examine and report on the latter.