The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1886-10-31
MIR. MeADoo,s NOMINATION.


Not the Smallest Question of its Per-
feet Regularity.
The TonyuaL and the orators of the Re-
publican party are trying to create feeling
against Congressman William McAdoo
among the Democratic masses by endeavor
ing to throw cloud on his title to his nom-
ination. The editor of THE SUNDAY MORN
ING News was himself present at the con-
vention which put Mr.. McAdoo in the field
for the suffrages of the people again, and
after careful inquiry satisfied himself that
no vote had been tailed for Mr.. McAdoo
that had not been cast for him. Delegates
came to THE SUNDAY MORNING News man
before the delegates parted for their homes
and complained that they had been counted
for Mr.. McAdoo. when they had not voted
for him. The moment the complaints were
made, THE SUNDAY MORNING News man
went to Mr.. Mark Curley. the Secretary of
the convention. who was yet in 1.-THE hall !;
and was shown Mr.. Curley's original tally
sheet.
AN EXAMINATION OF THE TAI
LY SHEET SHOWED THAT. IN NO
INSTANCE BROUGHT TO OUR
KNOWLEDGE, HAD ONE OF THE
COMPLAINING DELEGATES BEEN
CREDITED WITH HAVING CAST A
McADOO VOTE.
There was undoubtedly much noise and
confusion at the convention, but this was
the result Of prearranged work on the part
of the Kerr men. who said before they
went into the convention that if they could
not control it they were going to break it
up in a row. The noise and confusion
were for the one and only purpose of de-
laying the calling of the roll till the Kerr
faction had made attempts to buy enough
delegates TO give him the nomination.
In this connection an interview with Mr.
Curley, published in the W'oyld, is of in
terest. To the reporter for that paper he
spoke as follows:
''We publish the tally sheet of the regu-
lar convention as challenge to the bolt
ers to show, if they could, any votes that
were cosnted for McAdoo and were not
polled," said Mark Curley, the secretary,
yesterday, g and they have fallen into the
trap They took a vote by reclamation in
the Hoboken convention, which goes to
show that they did not have the votes they
claimed. Now, in the regular convention
every delegate had an opportunity to vote
as he pleased and it is not true that l re-
corded delegates as voting for McAdoo
who were not present or did not vote.
called out some names eight or ten times
and at least two delegates, who were put
down at first as voting for McAdoo, were
scratched off by their own request before
the vote was announced. as the tally sheet
will show. The truth of the matter is Nc
Adoo was squarely nominated, but he
would not have been if the convention had
been held an hour later. Kerr was backed
by a syndicate which was buying votes.
They were headed off before they had time
to get enough. They have spent their
good money and got nothing to show for
1t. They want it back and are making a
good deal of buster in the hope of getting
it back, but they never will. That is all
there is to this business, and the so-called
split will not prevent the election of the
regular Democratic candidate"
Mr. Curley also sends to us for publica-
ton the following very explicit card
Editor SUNDAY MORNING News Rec
ognizing the fact that the policy of THE
SUNDAY MORNING News is TO publish the
truth of all questions in dispute, and that
a space in the columns of your valuable
paper is ever open to receive any commu-
nication which will enlighten your numer-
Gus readers. submit the following state
ment of facts in reference to the question
of Mr.. McAdoo being entitled to the Dem
ocratic nomination for Congressman, and
also the proofs that he did receive the
votes credited to him on the tally sheet
which l kept of the convention held at
Roche's Hail on October 9th, 1886. In an
issue of the Journal Saturday, we were
challenged TO publish the tally sheet. A
reporter OF that paper came to me and got
a copy OF the original tally sheet. This
was the first copy that was given to any
one, and no one, to my knowledge, re.
ceived copy to set up in type. The OPP
position have had, since last Monday, an
TO contradict the votes on that
tally sheet. The votes in dispute were
those OF Richard Murry, Fifth Precinct,
Second District; Philip Llndemeyer, Third
Precinct, Fourth District; II. C. Tied
man, Sixth Precinct, Fourth District (half