New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-11
A STORM IN COOPER UNION.
COUNTY DEMOCRATS SPLIT THEIR LUNGS.
JUSTICE MURRAY DEFEATED AGAIN AMID
H0WLS OF RAGE, WILD JEERS AND
GREAT CONFUSION.

GREAT CONFUSION.
The County Democracy had another wild and war
Ike time last evening. 1t the regular meeting OF
the County Committee and it rivallcd in noise,
tumult and buSer its recent session when 1t carreh
into effect Justice Powers edic for the expulsion OF
Justice Murray The evil passions displayed and tho
obnoxious eptcts hurled about certainly betokencd
anything but harmony in the organization during
the campaign which it must enter shortly for the
control of the municipality. Last night the COM
mlttee made studiou'ly planned arrangements for
driving out and keeping ont all opposition to the will
Of the clique which controls the organization
The meeting usual in Cooper Union and
Vice Chairman Charles a. Jackson again presided
in the absence of c. G. Baldwin, the regular chair
man. Mr.. Jackson abundantly demonstrated tho
shrewdness of Boss Power in selecting such an
able and INSCRIPTIONS parsmcntaran to take
the chair in critical times like those of last night
If he had been suddenly by weakness during
the confusion SECRETARY Charles j. Mc'ee was close at
hand To give him countonancc and support
Ex Corporation Attorney william A. Boyd offered
resolution authorizing the printing and distributing
of 900 copies of the plan Of organ Saton terminated
by the Committee Of neIundrcd of 1orl. lie tired
to make a speech eulOgizng Comfy Democracy ne1'ods
and the invincibily Of the anti Iammaiy No'e
but he constantly interrupted by Judge Nelson
J. Waterbury, who repeatedly announced that he was
Sc on the warpaih7 Mr. Boyd tricd to tell how over
whelminc would he Tammany's defeat at the ncNt
election but between the Outbursts OF Waterbury ana
the laundering of Chairman Jackson's gavel, by when
the chairman sought silence Mr. Waterbury, Mr'
Boyd had poor showing His resolution. amended to
require he distribution Of 1000 instead of 1000 copies
Of the plan Of organization, was finally adopted.
Jane, !. Galiigan. Of the NNlth Assembly Dis
trict Police Justice Muray's lieutenant. tried to get
the secretary to read the resolution of the XVIII Dis
trlc County Democracy COmnll'tcc. adopted May 10.
rcclcctlug Justice Murray tho County Committee
It.fr lack. lplIs
Mr. Gallisan aside and recognized Colonel Michael G.
Murphy who had been dcputed to offer the amend
mcnt, 10 the bylaws by which the ~ Boss7 and his
ndhcrcut, may wipe out any district organization
which Opposes him and set mp a paper organization
In H., stead Th, senator Murphy hr0t ap-
pcarancc since hi, recent illness, and he was received
with applause. lie handed mass Of typewriter
resolution, to the secretary who managed - re'h IL
through although there much confusion IN the
hall that "A good part of IL lost u the auditors
Ex Judge Waterbury continued upon the "drpath'
and there much grumbhng ana angry pio'c'
taton which the chair tred.i vain To quiet.
The changes proposed provide that vote OF not
Ic-, than sixteen Assembly Districts represented III
the County Committee, majority of the delegates OF
each district casting its vote may declare thc mem
bcr,hlp Of any Assembly District Committee to be
vacant and may direct the reorganization Of such dis
trict committee 10y the appointment or seiec-
tion Of a new committee composed as such majority
may determine The persons elected. and no Others
shall thcreupon constitute sucn district comm''co'
and shall be vested with all power which belongs 10 AL
Assembly District Committee until the organization
of a nev District Committee. The new election shall
be held undcr such rules a. may he especially anthor
Ized bv the County Committee. and vacancies cauoeo
by death. expulsion or IN any other way can oe
filled bv the County Committee. The delegates 10 all
nominating conventions shall be chosen AT elecuoh
district primaries. except IN the Ease OF An Asscnby
fyad iy he
,rovidcd fr in which case the delegates 10 such con
vcu,ious shall be chosen by the District Committee
but on the same basis Of representation LOT su'h AS
,embIy District has been provided by thc county
Committee , vur
,rhie arrangement places the reorganization oi N'ur
rv Xyllth District. and OF any other dl'tr', ""o'o
manager, may be di,tasteful to Mr. power }" -,
h,rt. An tba, ne needs do Is 20 give the oruer 10
ytne them ont. Quick as a electric ha'h 'ha'''n'',
Jackson called for the yeas and nays on t'e Pop,'
CHANGE. and before the opposition Ieiillcu ,d ''or
ri announcement was greeted with long coAt@liIuru @
veil, and howls Of rage. followed by uoYD'I rd b,
ID and a score Of men clamoIed TO be heaiu; . os
the chairman calmly ignored them all ana telu'ou
,,e ~ listen To- them. ,.,.,,.. Metric,
" i.rmbIyman Kerrgan of the NNIlh Dl,tlEC,' Dt E
,ga,n dri3ndcd the reading Of the resolution ~ o s
district rcinsiatlng Henry Murray a. "h,i, the
cr,Sry r"ad them but when Nr. kcrrean trSd 10
make a speech on the subject the chairman h NO
rr.r"gnilcd cx corporation Counsel Bcchm1h' WHO p'
,cnted the following: ,.. NJ
Ee.oy,d That tho credentials Of Justice Henry "''
,y - rou,brr Of commit" b" not rc''iN''' 'N
that this committee refuse 70 receive "r r'''7 ,,
member thereof and that the vacancy causen py .'
,,,i.ion f. -tl unified and that copy oi ms r'S"
tlon duly ac-tcd by OF the secretaries DC
,o the District Committee Of the AVIIh Assembly '
trlct ,,.,,, ,-gcnts
Another long drawn out howl from Murray r ire,G h
,tto,,cd Tho reading of this resolution, anu nm u
members Of the committee were on Ihvr assembly.
inc ike savagcs IN Judge Waterbury, " t"hoir
-, Eorrican and a dozen Others d"nOuhctu -,
man Jackson and the gang who we're ruhii'e hi tScy
nr.,ni1ation7 with all the vchcmcn'e Whl.n . ,rerc
cnuid summon \ dozen different mVtio mVtiois ,snrnt
made but the chairman, amid ndescrlb'DWie W @ Tn
m,, NJ, Hcekman's motion. and alth0nGh II We t,,e
iossiiJc 10 distinguish the strength of tlc a,n aS in
iom the negative vote. Mr. Iach7%n, n''"""' n pre.
land tones that IL was adopted lnch ~, I",,pn.d b"
j"i, sin,ilar vote he declared the mcctlnE auJ|' r
Soc .urh strong gathcrng, have been seen W '''P'
I rhc comment Of many thinking men VA, ,nit an,, ,
rin,,,,I srbcnc seemed to hc To help l"nl"d"D
elect another Mayor