New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-28
UNION CLUB TALK.
CAUSES OF RECENT COMPLICATIONS.


CAUSES OF RECENT COMPLICATIONS.
DISCUSSING THE RESULTS OF THE LAST MEETING
NONRESIDENT AND FOREIGN INFLUENCES.
There is disposition among certain of our
members" said a Union Club man yesterday " to
deny that the annual meeting the other evening
was anything but the most orderly and respectable
gathering. 1t Is gravely stated there little ex-
element and No noise. These assertions are about
as far from the truth it is possible to get. The
two parties which, for the most part composed the
crowd that packed the ToOm were bitterly opposed
to each other and the strong feeling abroad was
always at the point of overriding propnety and de-
corum II did break bounds at one juncture and
for few minutes serious breach was imminent
Resides these two excited parties there were pre- sent
n large number Of young men who had come Tor the
fun TO be got ont of the affair." and when the votes
were called for they We're given with hearty and
spontaneous veil that shook the rafters and must
have occasioned some perceptibc atmospheric dis
turbance over several neighboring blocks"
al think" said a well-knOwn member OF the
Union Club last evening in Delmonicos. that the
present administration admit that they were de-
feated Oh Wednesday night. Ii was not an over
whelmng defeat. and they may recover their
ground Stil, the result was not such as
to help them look into the future with any
equanimity Look at the votes on the
amendments. Mr.. Warren's amendment, providing
for an appeal TO the club in the of an expelled
member. received 10Y affirmative votes and 80
negative votes. This not the two-thirds neces-
sary for its passage but it sufficiently indicated the
spirit of the meeting and was sufficient criticism
Oh the action of the Governors IN expelling Mr..
Lonbat Another point to be remarked here Is that
the difference between the 1877 votes cast for the
amendment and the 333 votes cast for Governors
shows that there were 140 present at the meet
ing who we're by no means ready to indOrse the
committee in what it had done. Mr.. Kips amend
ment. demanding that members of the committee
shall be tired for year after serving term just
mi >sed receiving the twO-thirds vote, as Mr. War
rens amendment did. The same thing is true
regarding Mr.. ParkeTs amendment calling for an
election of the president 10y the CLUB al large Mr.
Kip's amendment providing for a proper length of
residence in NewYoTk qualification in a would
be Governor was passed enthusiastically This idea
that the Union Club is under the necessity Of i'm
porting gentlemen from Washington, Philadelphia,
Baltimore or Germany to manage its affairs has at
last been thoroughly exploded"
THAT suggests one point suddenly interrupted
the speakers companion, who had up to this time
been quietly utilizing glass Of water and his fore
finger TO achieve various unsubstanllai Illustrations
Oh t,le small round table land that is this: The
present conflict in the Union Climb seems TO
be NewYork against the rest of crea-
about Mr.. LouDat. l am not personally ac
quainted with HIM at all; his name has scarcely
been mentioned during the past campaign, Yet 1t
is Mr. LOubat's expulsion which explains the exist
ing state of parties In the club 1t drew attention to
the numerous abuses in the clubs management,
and "A reform party naturally spraDg into being.
Who belong to III Tie Remsens. the Hamersleys,
the Livncstons the PaTkeTs, I. Z. Baldwin and
the BRANCHES Of the Fish % I6e gsntesn
NessrS Constable and Sheldon, the president and
vice of the club. {. Z. Baldwin and James
" Parker. And the opposition to these representa-
tves of old New-YoIk talnllies-and forgot to
menno that all the NandeIblts are to be here ILL.,
cluded-are members who were born elsewhere.
The fore IN element is headed by August Belmont
and Inc provincial dcputation by Mcssrs Cadwala-
der OF PHI ladelpha, and Iurnbnll OF W asblngton"
Bv the way" put in the first speaker, you
have 10 idea how vigorously the party whip was
snapped The other evening. Every man whom the
administration party could get IN was punctually
on hand. If A, who did not care anything about
the election, had nephew OF grandson IN the
Office of b. no is a Governor or Governors son or
family welfare. even know one lady who did Ell
fective work Tor a week prlOr 10 the meeting And
then the amount of bad blood and bad feeling dis
played was wonderful. There were even
divisions families. Lawrence Wells voted
without any cOncealment against his uncle
Robert Remsen, and there were numer-
REMINDS that Mr.. Cad did not occupy
his usual place ON Mr.. Parkers coach during the
parade. saw HIM driving around IN a landau. /
suppOse this is another difference the LOubat
matter. Mr.. Cadwalader like personally. But
ne uHSD re present
II, is sAId to have told Mr.. Choate that if he put
AIr Ioubat back in the club the comm ttee would
INN INN out again. This report has done much to
br,ur about his present unpOpularty."
Z be following scene as reported by gentleman
who asserts that he sat III the 'front.' row IS said to
have O,en the most amusing incident OF the even
ina's enrichment. The participants were Sec
Ietary King and Clarence A. Seward. he latter
gentleman rose and SAID: Has hr. Constable
resigned as IA, been rumoT =
Yes" replied Mr.. KIug, with much disturbance
Of manner.
linen why was not in 'ormed of the fact so
that the Nominating Committee, OF which was
chairman, might provide candidate LOT the
vacancy r
"Well." responded the secretary, ." MI Constable
has Withdrawn his resignation"
" Then he has not resigned" said Mr.. Seward.
here was an immediate and hilarious shout on
the part OF the crowd.
wei, no-no" said Mr. King who looked verv
nhcomiortaDie, and then launched hestatlngiy INTO
an explanation which no member who has yet been
seen understood. The purpose of the GOVelnlAg
Somhittce, III Is declared was to VIII
hold Mr. Constabe's resignation until
" was too late for the nominal on
oi acdndluato 10 replace him, until his res gna-
tion WAS withdraw. The movement was success
iu.i me reason Tor 1t Is matter for conjecture.
les, sara an old member last evening 1--WE
pave got some fresh blood into the comn,It &c How
long Will II be eifeciive! The experience hitherto
mas Deen that the vigorous and rampant minority
on the Governing Committee has sobered down be-
lore the END OF their terms into the meel est and
most respectable caudldatesfOr Reelection cannot
forget that James Bernhard, who was selected some
years ago Tor place on the committee resign ed
after short trial, and said that 1t was impo.sIble
to secure any reforms at the hands OF his fellowsD
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