New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-23
MIR. COMBINES NOE.
A FIERCE REPUBLICAN CONFLICT.


FIERCE REPUBLICAN CONFLICT.
VIOLENT CONTEST BETWEEN CoNKLING AND ANTI
CoNKLING FACTIONS IN ONEIDA CoUNTY-MR.
COMING LEADS CONTRASTING DELEGATION
TO THE STATE CoNvENuoN-CANAL APPRAISER
DENNIsoN'S CLOTHES TORN.
lBY TELEGRAPH TRIBUNEI
UTICA, N. Y, Sept. 22.-The expectation
that the Republican Convention of the
FIRST Assembly District OF Oneida County,
which was held in this city to-day, would be tur-
oulent one was not disappointed 1t being ex-Sen-
ator Conklings district his friends expected
to go to any length to control the Convention.
Policemen stationed inside and outside of the
room in which the Convention was held with orders
to let no one pass except the order of the Chair
man OF the District Committee pending the organi-
zation Upon the District Committee there was q
majority OF anti-Conkling men, although the chair
man was n Conkling man. In making up the roll of
delegates the rule adopted by the committee
that only uncontested delegates should be allowed to
vote on questions of organization.
The Conkling delegates from Bridgcwa'er. three
in number, were conceded to ex-senator Conk-
hng's faction, although they came to the Conven-
ton without authority from the Republicans of he
town. This concession made by authorizing
men in order to avoid contest in the town
Iot Bndgewater. where few Conkling
men, pretended to have held caucus
and sent delegates, The roll as thus made up gave
he Convention to anti-Conkng men, six to eight
not counting thotwo candidates for chairman who
agreed to pair This result the Conklng
men refused to accept They insisted on
excluding ex-State Senator Lowery, who was
a delegate from the Eleventh Ward of Utica on the
ground that his seat was contested. This was
the mereSt pretence hecausc the Eleventh Ward
caucus held fairly and the credentials of
the anti-Conlding delegate were signed by
the "Stalwart" officers of the caucus
The idea OF contesting the seat was not
thought of TN il after it was discovered that the
Conkiing faction beaten. Every effort was
hen made TO induce the Chairman of the District
Committee to take Mr.. Lowery's name from the
roll the leader of the Conklng forces announcing
that ii it was not done the Stalwarts" would not
abide by The result Mr. Lowery told the Chair
man that if his name not called the
committee might remove him. The roll was nj.
lowed to stand and when the ballot for chairman of
the Convention was to be taken the Conkling men
were beaten to Son an amendment to substitute
the name of the Conkllng candidate When the
main question was put, the Conklng men
refused to vote. expecting thereby to break
the quorum, and so break up the Convention The
nine authorizing men voted. but the
chairman declared there was no result because
no quorum of the whole voted The anti-Con
ling candidate for chairman then broke his
pair with the Conkling candidate. thereby making
the anti-Conllling vote TO- When the result was
declared the utmost confusion followed The
COnklng men Immediately gathered in one corner
- the room and with nine men proceeded TO or
ganize new Convention
The anti-Conkling proceeded regularly with
the business They admitted their friends from
INewIIartford and completed their work with thir-
teen delegates. Tho boilers" and the regulars
were ut work NJ tho same time in n room sixteen
Feet square. When the door was opened to let in
he oC;estants from New Ilartford the Conk-
ling delegates inside and large crowd
/ Of d" hitters" the outside rushed together
TO prevent the contestants from entering the room
some personal encounters took place but the police
nteriored. Both organizations adopted resolutions
on the death of General Garfield amid great con
fusion. Two district committees were appointed,
, thus hopclessly dividing the dis rict No
m artia observer Of the proceedings will say
'he Conkling delegates to the State Convention
q the right to represent the district. The Conk-
/ ling men holted outright after being fairly and
>quarely beaten. Following the decgates
;; s. Lowery, n. NJ Pierce, .. A. MiIlard \. X. Camp
The Conkling " boilers" named the following:
d Roscoe Conklng, benjamin Allen, James Armstrong,
In tho Republican caucus in the town of
Wmtesboro tonight, Canal Appraiser c. NJ.
/ Dennison was severely punished for attemp ting
i" !" run ne caucus MN high hani IN the
was called 10 order by TIE Chairman Of the Com
lnilec he nominated the venerable cX-Statc senator
Samuel Campbell OF New York Mills, for presiding
officer. Conllllng man disputed the right of the
chairman to ma e the nomination. and moved that
4 Mr. Denuison l." chairman OF the meeting A divi-
3 SION OF the house was had, and Mr. Camp
bell was elected by five to one. Mr. ben
4 nison, who was on the platform. by
ontcry declared elected, aud he approached
The table To take possession of the chair The Chair
i man ofthe Committees, w Il. Williams, jumped
don the table 10 hold il until Mr. Campbell
s2nd ct to it, Mr. Dennison then, it is said, struck
q Mr. Williams with his cane and attempted To
s hanl him down. Two other struck Mr.
Williams i'll the head with their fists
and were about TO tako forcible possession of the
liable for Mr.. Dennson. when "a cry of put him
out" was raj sed and rush was made for the plat
4 form. fight followed for Mr. Dcnnison'S
4 body, in which he hauled of tho plat
4 form and pulled about the floor. In the squab-
BILE the appraisers clothes were badly torn, aud he
was severely punished. After peace was restored
Tho caucus proceeded regularly with Mr. Campbell
q u The chair. An authorizing delegation to the
district convention elected. SO dis2raceiu a
scene was before witnessed in either party in
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