The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-01-29
TIMMANr's LATEST rRouBLE
! Contesting the Admiration or 1fs Men Claimed
to hnVe been Elected Mcmbcrs

TIHMdNT'S LATEST TROUBLE
Contcstlnu the \ dnission OF 1t5 Men Claimed
to have been Elected Mcmbcrs
The Chambers OF the Supreme Court were
again filed yrsicrdny hy Tnmmany snchems,
warriors and braves. md politicians Of cvcry
party and every degree Among them were
Grand Sachcm Scholl Sachcms Dunlap aud
Gumhl ton. Secretary joel q. Stevens Saga
moro Wilson Small. Wiskinkie Newman. cN-
Grand Sachcm Nelson j. Waterbury, and War
rors Thomas Bopse. John Y savage John r.
Follows. Richard Flanagan, and George w
Mclean. Tho Grand Snchem chatted pleasant
~ with Warrior Savage. but was earnestly talk
ing with Sarhcm Dunlap. when ox-Grand
Sachom Waterbury passed in front OF him. As
the argument was in progress in the proceed
ings to prevent the 147 men who nro aad to
have boon elected members of tho Tnmmnny
Society on New Years owe from becoming null
lodgcd braves Henry L. Clinton father Of the
council u sachems. entered the room with
Joseph II. Choutc on his arm. He nudgcd Mr.
ChoWo. pointed 20 the Grand Sachem and then
wont AWAY.
Aaron j. Vanderpocl made tho argument for
The sachrms aud officers. lie said that joel
q. stevens an avit showed TINT the bylaws
oi tho society directed that public notice II It's
meetings should be- published in one or more
newspapers published ~ this riiy. and that lie
had complied with tho bylaw ~ publishing the
UtNl0' tii fNH NV I ear t'NN needing IN tic
N9rhhide Jo'nH0L The bylaw pi n s"c.'ty
has the same sanction and force Of one Of It's
ave; IA II y were written IN Us charter Mr.
WAS complicd with NO leRal fraud was prrpc-
irutrd upun any member. although b. may Not
intNe scrn the notice " thu meeting. The
notice prescribed 10y The hy law WA. uil that tie
society agreed g. give him. and al thli lie. as
wrHhrr, was entitled To asst. Mr. Thompson
WIS not entitled tu mn individual notice. II he
WIS, thousand other members might AJAX iur
the sam- thing. and. u tngJ did not get u.
to rut on NY war paint. and - 90 TINT meeting.
and nut In my vote To- control is acton The
compainanis say that they looked for notices
CO., the snri~ty'S meetings in tho star and ir-
pIsss. in which ncws papers they have usually
been published; But there is no evidence that
~" Mercantile journal has not rs large circu-
latlon us those newspapers. f. j. a business
man s newspaper. ana n proper journal IN
which To advertise the meetings IT this corpora
ton. Mr.. Thompson and his friends do not
say that thew looked in the religious news
papers tor notices 81 meetings. Ana vet the So
rlrty. being = charitable association. might
papors."
Newman frnWned Mt the intimntion that the
Mercantile Journals circulation was a. great as
tHat of the Biz Chiefs organs. Th"v smiled ut
the assertion that me objects OF tho Tammnny
Society were charitable.
The rest OF Mr. Vandcrpoel's argument was
Devoted t1 citations 90 clsrs TO show thar the
courts have never int-rferrd by injunction To
control m election or the exercise OF flc ran
chis. ~ q corporation, hut have always turned
Proceedings ~ quo wgrranto.
Ex-Judse John X. Porter spoke for the indie
pendent sons oi IammHny. lie gay" autholi-
ties 20 show that courts ~ equity lad III" right
10 interfere with ia" nets al corporations IN
cases he that under consiuerati"n. Then he
HrEu"u We Iu'~li"n ~ TIE irhui rlArg"d IA mo
comrlHinnuis af'ldavits. The IA men whose
rIefion wa- disputed were csct'd AZ meet
ing h" said. at which s'ockholi"rs OF tins
corporation were DISTINGUISHED. And yet We
nre told that II the bylaw governing the pub
lication ot notices ~ meetings WINS complied
NJ % rand fUulmfftrtl Now t4iItrnl
that the bylaw WIS not complied with Hs lis
trainers inirn!rd ihat II Should always be-.
When tlcy provided for public notice 81 mcei-
ings IN one or more nrwS IHtHfs they dtd not
moan the Missionary Herald or the Temperance
journal. The Grand Sa,h~in t6id Secretary
stevens 70 give tuh.c notice 81 tue ncvtiug II
t"ry stevens gay" trl'u'' nutc" ~ 10" I. We
lap"r in whicn he had never before nor sin'r
pnnnsnrd g3ii.s 81 mrrinE-; Is Irrr any
Journal know,u- that tine notice would not ue
seen ~ the so"i"iys mrmo"rs. ami TIM; ia that
way Mr.. Thompson and others would bee pre-
vented from uttcnii th" meeting H. never
briuge iailad 70 publish notices 10 two daliy
n"vsIuirfs. II j. uncontroN.ried mat ia the
pas; twenty -iy" yenrs 70 Inns been thc so'ieiYs
guvaryin- custom TO give notice in Two daily
newspnp"rs-ihh H. not notice which, a.
thou:;h given strictly IN accordance with the
bylaw. l. tantamount 20 no notice.
Juig" Porter noM io9N ny the question ~
tho meaning ~ IN. words in the notice, " haf
an hour after the settingo the sun The
Tammany Society was founded more than
eighty years ago. b" said, when Nrw ork
WIS village Htl when the savage Indian was a
more familiar slgnt 20 the inhauitanis than no
row j.. Hall nm hour aiteFSuusct then was
after tee last meal ot the day hui been eat %.
Blu; now that hour Is the dinner hour Of most ~
the Snrh"ms. and the supper time % many II
the sOriety's numbers. by common consent.
Tor hQuari"r oi "A century nul an hour AFTER
the setting ~ the sun has been construed 10
mean 7 y O'Clock In tIe evening. But ms New
Years eve meeting WAS held ~ the precise hour
mentioned IN the notice. The sun went down
on that dug at 81 minutes after 4. Al minutes
past those WHO hal notlce went, aud aithe hour
when the meetings were usuuy begun. Secrr-
tnry Stevens. who. Tor the o'rasiou. was the
Grand Sasheu. aid down his tOmuhuwk. sur
rendered his pipe and Quilted the wlywnri.
The business OF that meeting Judge Porter
continued. WIS % elect IA members. the
largest number elected M one meeting IN
twenty-five wears. And the Grand Sh'hrm was
not there. nor We're All Of tuc ru'hrmS who
asked him TO call tho meeting. The SerrniHgy
who issued the notice was there and presided.
In TWO hours 5000 balls were east IL the AMI
davts Of MIR. Stevens and others say that eacn
candidate received about thirty votes.
judge Porter admitted that the sachems may
have voted III good fai;h Us they Thy they did
in their affidavit. But they sr"inrd 10 be willing
20 profit hy what the secretary did. Inc judge
then read IN" nntirs TINT was published III the
Mercantile Journal. summonlng the warriors
and braves to the big wigwam on Now Years
eve, AZ hHlf an hour n.t"r tho setting Of the sun.
SONS, the words ~ the foot 81 the nOtl'r;
" Manhattan" Season Of SHOWS Twelfth
Moon" Year 81 discovery ia" 3s6th." Then
turning to Mr.. Nandcrpuel, he sald: NO; thls
~ the first year Oi the discovery hy Secretary
JOcl q. Stevens how Ia steal IN" right g. vote
from members Of the IHmmnny society. In
cOnch- iou. he urged Justice Barrett 10 continue
the injunction against tho initinilon Of the l47
men. In that way ne SAID. Justice VIII be
done 20 the society. md the mrmbrrs who did
not participate in the New Years eve mertill;
would he relieved OF tnc shame caused ~ It's
action"
STEI TnHl nm HIcTIINGH NEWT