New-York tribune., 1884-03-22
DELEGATES TO CHICAGO.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE NETWORK DIS
TRICT CONVENTIONS.

siopal districts above High Bridge the time and
place of holding the conventions that are TO select
delegates to the Republican National Convention
have been named Some Of the districts have found
il difficult to agree up2n basis of representation
Some of the conventions are to be large ana o'nci
are TO be small In the XXXIIId District there IL
deadlock The salient details Of what hos ooon
done ARE as follows:
The convention in the XVIII District tOrange'
Rockland and Sullivan eOunties) VIII DO hciu l"
Middletown, April Is. Orange is TO senu t"o "1i1
gates from each town and ward; ouih' ""' o". w
egate from each town and SIX Delegates ~ i"'sV
and Rockland four delegates from each 'own' on
th;s basis Orange will have forty-four delegates,
pnot,ond twenty and Sullivan twenty-one. The
onnortionment gives some dissatisfaction in orange
Comfy. Those who object to it point out that
Ora,ce cast lOOOS votes for General Garfield
while Rockland and Sullivan combined only cast
927 votes and claim that these figures demon
strate that Orange should be awarded larger del
eqation The reply made is that the several towns
have the same representation that they have been
accustomed to have in the Congressional conven-
tiOns.
The convention in the XvIth District (Dutchess
Putnam and Columbla) will be held at Pough-
keepsie, April 10. The call states that each
election district Is entitled to delegate and each
ward and town not districted TO two"
The convention in the XylIth District Ulster
Greene and Delaware) will be held at Kingston,
April 16. 1t will be composed of eighteen dele
gates. FIVE from Delaware, four from Greene and
nine from Ulster
The convention in the XVlllth District (kens-
selaer and Washington will be held IN Troy, April
10. Each town and ward of the district Will be
represented by one delegate. Among those men
tnC frpm district
Martin |. Townsend and Congressman Burleigh.
CANDIDATES IN THE ALBANY DISTRICT.
The convention in the XIXth District ALBANY
will be held at Slngerland Station, April .. The
towns and wards of the county are to be repre-
sented as thoy have been I'm Congressional conven-
tions. 1t is understood that John Z. Smyth would
like 10 90 to Chicago as delegate and is hard al
work with that end in view. But from the present
outlook his chances are not good Other names
mentioned for the position are Hamilton Harris
Matthew Hale and Andrew 5. Draper.
The convention In the XXth District Saratoga,
SCHENECTADY. Montgomery, Fulton and Hamilton)
will be held at Schenectady April 49, by the
terms of the call the counties are TO send double
the number of delegates to which they are rcspec-
lively entitled in State conventions" lhls gives
Fulton and Hamilton between them eight, Mont
gomery eight, Saratoga sixteen, and schenectady
six Ex-Congressman George West, John H. Starin'
ex-Superntendent of Instruction Neil Gimour' W.
W. Worden and Senator Arkell are among those
suggested as delegates to Chicago.
The call for a convention In the XXIst District
fClinton. Essex Warren and franklin has not
been issued Mr.. McCafery, chairman of the Clln-
ton County Committee, is reported as saying that
he thought the district plan of selecting delegates
to the National Convention was needless but
that he was willing to concur III It," Ihe chair-
man of the Essex committee on the other hand IS
earnestly in favor of the district convention, and
The Malone Palladium reports that it is safe to say
that district convention Will be held.
The convention in the XXIId District (St Law
renee and Jeerson will be hold at Gouverneur April
10. Representatives OF the two counties met TO-
gether. early this month with the view of agreeing
upon basis of representation But nothing came
of the conference, Jefferson demanding more than
st. Lawrence was willing to concede. In the pub
lshed call for the convention, each one of the AS
sembly districts of the two counties is requested
to send four delegates to the convention Ths ar
rangement gives st. Lawrence twelve delegates and
Jefferson eight. One of the propositions submitted
to the conference looked to large convention-giv-
ing ST. Lawrence sixty nine delegates and Jefferson
fifty.
The convention in the XXIIId ttOneida and
Iexisl will be held at Boonyille, April II. The con-
yenton is TO be composed of delegate from each
town and ward of the two counties and delegate
in addition for revery 300 Republican votes In addi-
ton to 300 cast at the Presidential election IN 1850
or fraction thereof greater than half Ellis H.
Roberts Samuel ). Lowery, Theodore ;. Sayre A.
~ Lanpher William +. Scripture Henry 1; Cog
geshall and Judge uenry L. iurhcI aio Vaihou vi 40
TIE convention In the XXTVth District, lOtsego,
Herkimer and Schoharie will be held at Coopers-
Town ApriI IL 1t will consist of twentyeight deli
gates appOrtioned follows, upon the basis recon-
mended by the State Committee: From the two
Otsego districts twelve and from the Schoharle SIX
and from Herkimer ten. - ..o
The convention of the AANth District lOnondaga
and Cortandl will be held at syracuse. April TO-
seven delegates Syracuse thirty y-nlne ana Cortland
thirty-one.
DIFFERENCES IN THE XXvIth DISTRICT.
The convention of the XXYIth District lBroome.
Chenango, Madison and Tioga, will be held at
Oneida Madison County. April TO- This Is another
of the districts that found difficulty in agreeing
nnon n basis of representation. Last week con-
ference of representatives of the four counties was
held at Bnghamton. Broome. wanted nine dele,
Gates Chenang0 seven, Madison eight, ana
TTio~s six. The conference broke up without any
conclusion being reached. On Wednesday OF TINS
week there was another conference at NorWicI. NJ
which the same demands were renewed by the 1our
Counties After some discussion motion prevailed,
giving all the counties equal representation III the
con vention. Broone, Madison ana Iloga VoIou ipr
this motion Chenango alone opposing IT,: In the
caiG each county is asked to name delegates.
The convention i'll the HXVllth District (Oswego,
Cayuga and Wayne) will be held at Oswego, AprI
1S' II is interesting to note that OF the sixteen
representatives of the counties who attended the
conference which resulted in the call for the con-
venton, seven announced themselves rs III 1hvor oi
eIecting delegates by the old system The represen
tation was based upon the ratio established by the
state Convention, but it was deemed wise to IN
crease the number of delegates. Eighteen
We've allotted TO Oswego sixteen TO Cayuga and
fonrteen to Wayne This apportionment was
adopted by a vote of ten to six, with the under,
T,ot f,fu
governed by it. Ex-Speaker Sloan is prominent
Candidate for delegate to Chicago. .,,,.
The convention OF the XXylllth District Chemung
Tompkns. Schuyler and SENEGAL will DO held al
Watkins, April iG. 1t will consist of sixteen dele
gates. each county being entitled to four: Senator
j. Sloat Fassett Ex-Copgressman Dwight, Andrew
.1.fA alld-