New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-11-12
DETAILS or THE CANVASS.
opGANrzrNG THE LOCAL BOARD.
fAwYrRs GATHERING FOR THE FRAY-Alph""AN
WAITE CHOSEN CHAIRMAN


fAvYrRs GATHERING FOR THE FRAY-ALDhhhAN
WAITE CHOSEN CHAIRMAN
rho r,,,,irori.s or the canvass OF the votes cast
4, Ills county were completed yesterday Ivy the
htlcrupn acting as y Board of Supervisors. Al
1t.i5 a m the Aldermen assembled In ClerR
Tvomov's room i'm the City Hall and thence pro
.eedad n tl,e County clerks office. All were pes
ent with thc exception of Patrick kenpey oneoi the
ratnn,any ,n, hcts of the Board. who has be'h SICK
tot the last two weeks County Cleik heenhh "a-
m,nistrte the necessary oath, ahd the AiHeim'h
,lon pfueppipd io organise asa Hoard oi 'ouh'N
,anyassrts The roll was cal ed ana the inemheis
namnd their choice for chairman, lhe iulluNihs
named Alderman Waite diepuhlicahl Messia
ihpk, Mirf O'l unnuf, Pearson, hoffman, NhAl'
aud Wendell ielHhlioansll hnnN, inllsial' 'Hah'
Kuk, MoCa abe and MoLonghlln, uammahN l'e'n'-
er,u, shells undopondent nemooraui Farley
County Demooraoy Messrs t'eafy, 10 Lacey
.Jaehne. McOnad, aud Reilly County Democracy
and Dempsey lammanyl voted for Alderman
ONel. Farley viii probably be ia the Tammany
ranks hereafter. Dempsey stated that he Noted Ior
ONen. Democrat. in preference to Waite, he
publican. A good deal of feeling was shown by the
County Democracy members and the adhcrents oi
that faction at what they were pleased to term an
unnatural combination between the Republican and
Tammany Hall members. BY virtue OF his ONCE as
County Clerk Mr. Keenan, will act as clerk OF the
Board
The prcliminaries arranged the Board returned
to the City Hall and proceeded TO the Chamber OF
the Aldermen.
A FORMIDABLE LIST OF LAWYERS.
There was not so large a crowd in the Aldermanic
Chamber as might have been expected, considering
the intense interest felt in the canvass and the pos
eihilitv that ba prasdancv may he settled by the
vote of New-York City, There were few small fry
politicians present but none of any prominence.
The LAWYERS however turned out a strong force.
Those representing the Republican party were
William NJ. EvaIts, George Bliss. Robert Sewell
Clarence A. Seward, and William Allen Butler.
For the Democratic National and State Committees
Roscoe Conkling Aaron j. Nanderpool, James c.
Carter, Francis C.. Barlow, Franklin Bartlett
Francis L. Stetsou, Edward II. Baron +. Ellery
Anderson, Charles p. Miller and Francis VI. Scott
have been retained
Tammany Hall has committee of twenty. four to
look after its interests George H. Forster the Tam
many candidate for District Attorney is chairman
OF the committee, and will be assisted in LEGAL
points by W. Bourke Cochran and Joseph H. Stiner
J.. Ellery Anderson, Nelson j. Waterbury, G. +.
Langbein f. l.. son, and Dennis Spelissey have
been retained for the County Democracy. As if
these lawyers were not enough, the following COM
mttee has been appointed by the County Commit
tee OF the County Democracy TO cooperate with the
Democratic National and State Committees in "pro-
tecting the interests of the Democratic Electoral
ticket in the canvass: Fire Commissioner II. u.
Purroy. Maurice b. Flynn, Excise Commissioner W.
7. Mitchell, James j. Kelso, and Assemblyman
Peter II. Jobes.
Roscoe ConklIng was not present Most of the
others were, although it understood that the
Board would do nothing more than meet and
organize The array of legal talent was understood
10 mean that no point of vantage would be al
lowed either side without struggle