New-York tribune., 1881-10-06

rofs;, tc entertain a motion for the election OF
temnorary chairman of the District Convention
in onnosition To the one selected by the Commttec.
Mr. Cullinan asserted that the chairman Wa tbe
I'm refusing to entertain the motion ana , I'LL the
redress of The contestants was 10 appear lroin wv
Rnf snnnose the chairman refused to entertain
the appeal y asked S Mi Mooan do not know what
Jobn Iamoree and Patrick W. Cnlllnan sp1ko mr
for the sitting deegaioh Wiz aeensd each other of
MISREPRESENTATION and various otheI 77,t;aI
GnoiIv tbe committee was able to get snDStahtlaI
n@reeynent on tbe fact that thrty-hVe OF the I'M
contested delegates yOtesl for the Sloan deiegaoni
while only twenty-five uncontested deegales Hot5o leu
To- tbe CiJlIinan ticket. On this showing, ana tne
n1m;nst;6abIe action of the district chairman the
co,nmitfee decided 70 admit the Sloan delegation
,by n vote of 10 yeas to nays. . g.
MIR Cnllinan than thanked the committee for
turning him out of the Convention and sald nS
will stand by the Republican party. guesTS; to TO-.
said committeeman, seeing you aro " ''NN
for the Assembly"
eEopGE WILLIAM CURTIS ADMITTED.
The Conkling contestants from Richmond County
roilod 20 sorve notice ON the State Committee OF
rontest but they appeared before Mr.. Woodlh
Committee and were granted hearing. Inc COM
mittee unanimously agreed to dismiss the contest
and allow the delegation headed by George "liilam
Curtis to retain their seats.
In the XVIII District of New York City Mr.. Palhs-
machine TO elect the Siskind ticket and prevent the
nnnosition men from even casting their votes
aacob Goodwin replied. substantially admitting the
correctness of the allegations OF Mr; falllSi01u on
Members of the Committee from ihe INFERIOR Oh 1e
State expressed great astoniShment that only sHne
POO votes were Cast at the primary electIon WINE
there were nearly 5000 Republicans in the dlstrct
1t was unanimously agreed to exclude OOth Ine si'-
ting and the contesting delegations. ,,. C
A. j. Dttenhoefer spoke for the kepuDhcah, Ceh-
tral Club and said that the respectable Republicans
hon ,zt of
account of the iron rule OF the MACHINE ne Eeloeo
tO a letter written by George Bliss some time @ ago
showino the manner in which a few men III the citS
son rolled tine whole party Mr.. Bliss interrupted
Mr. Dittenhoefer by saying, " acknOwle9ge m ,hat az
Wrote the letter, and say that ~ ay Mas an tba the
letter did much good i'll correcting tne ABUSES eU a.
planned Of Will state further tna1 1n1,tfenboefeT 14f
belonged to- and he remained In the ASSOCIATION
sfter the letter was made public The letler ms'le
no effect him until he was kicked out Oh 'ne aSSo
There was loud applause when Mr.. Bliss finished
Ind Mr.. Dittenhoefer tried to reply. but the coii
6ittee decided that the matter was aeItlng per
konal and that 1t not proper subject lor .neL
10 entertain.
REORGANIZATION OF THE PARTY
The contests were then all in and several men,
bers of the committee desired TO take some action on
the subiect of reorganization in this city, Mr. Bliss
said that if they intended to take such action be
wanted to speak on the subject. There is no
aoubtn said he, that some of the associations
here are not conducted properly. II was true OF
nearly all of them when wrote that letter. But
fhey are conducted better now. Some OF the
men you have seen here asking for re-
organization have been kicked out OF
The Custom House for corruption, and III many ways
have behaved so that they we're no longer wanted
In the associations think it will do harm TO bring
ND the question now, and viii insist on vote be-
mg taken"
IItus Sheard of Herkimer, then made motion 10
recommend the question TO the State Committee
with power All the members Of the committee eX-
cept Mr. Bliss voted for the motion.