New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-03
NETWORK NOT FOR ARTHUR.
NEW -lORh MI FUN AM HOh'
THE BLAINE AND EDMUNDs MEN ELECT MR.. CURTIS
AS CHAIRMAN OF THE DELEGATION.
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AS CHAIRMAN OF THE DELEGATION.
IBr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNEl
| CHICAGO, June 2.-Arthur is not New-Yorks
choice for President The New York delegation to-
night by the decisive majority of 81 to 80 defeated
the Arthur candidate for chairman of the delegation
Martin l. Townsend, United States District-At-
torney for the Troy District. the Administration
candidate The Blaine and Edmunds delegates,
numbering 80 IN all, voted for George William Cur
tbs, and elected him. Mr.. Townsend received only
81 votes. This was the first test vote in the New
York delegation. For several days the Arthur men
have been boastIng that they controlled 81
of the ~ votes in the delegation. Mr.
Townsend, it is said, stated that in his speech
nominating the President he would say that he
spoke IN behalf of majority OF the New-York dele
! cation. To-night's vote shows that he can no
longer make this statement. The New-York dele
| CATION met at the Grand Pacific Hotel There was
intense curiosity the part of politicians to learn
| the result of the meeting For the three hours
the committee was IN session the doors were
surrounded by several hundred persons. In the
morning nine of the Edmunds delegates had met at
the Leland Hotel, and had resolved to support Mr.
Curtis for chairman of the delegation and Mr. Hobbs
for member of the Committee on Contested
Seats. The Edmunds delegates present at
this meeting Packard Curtis,
Roosevelt, Gilbert, White, Hobbs, Pease
Wadsworth and King. The ticket they selected
was satisfactory to the Blaine delegates, and they
resolved to support it. combination ticket OF
Blaine aud Edmunds delegates was made up dur
ing the day. This ticket consisted OF Curtis for
chairman, White for member of the Committee on
Resolutions, Cornell for vice-presldent, Hobbs for
Contested Seats, Platt for National Committeeman,
Hustled for Rules Sheard for secretary, and Dwight
for permanent chairman. The Edmunds men
voted for this ticket as long Edmunds candidates
were under consideration by the combination, but
broke ii as soon as the Blaine candidates were
reached.
Mr.. Curtis by unanimous consent was elected
chairman of the meeting and Mr.. Sheard as secre-
tary. vote was then taken on the chairman of
the delegation and, as stated, George William Cur
tis received 30 votes. and Martin |. Townsend,
the Arthur candidate, only 81 votes. Thomas
Cornell. an Edmunds delegate, then elected by
All equally decisive vote of the Edmunds and
Blaine men as the States choice for
vice-presdent of the convention. The combination
also elected +. II. Hobbs, of Brooklyn, an Edmunds
delegate with Blaine leanings, as member of the
Committee on Contested Seats. Silas Is. butcher
was the administration candidate against
Mr. Hobbs The Edmunds men then, in
order TO show that they had made no
combination with the Blaine men, unblushingly
I voted for Arthur candidates for the eIpaining
offices. Thus William DOwd. an Arthur delegate,
was elected a member of the Committee on Resolu-
tions; Mr.. Chahoon, an Arthur delegate, member
of the Committee on Rules, and Mr. Burleigh, an
Arthur delegate, member of the Committee on
Permanent Organization.
There followed sharp contest over the National
/ Committee position The Arthur candidate was
John ID. Lawson, while the Arthur and Edmunds
men divided their votes between Thomas T.. Platt
and eI-Attorney General Russell Some of the Ed
munds men voted for the Arthur candidate. MIR.
| Lawson received votes from them and after
ballots was elected. He received "a votes. Mr.. Platt
| 22 votes, aud Mr. Russell 10 votes. Two of the
delegates and their altornates were absent. These
were Henry L. Duguid and Z. ID. Rhinehart. The
| Arthur leaders were delighted ut the places they
secured through the Ednunds vote. Martin l.
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