New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-30
AFFAIRS IN BROOKLYN.
AxR: BUNEDICT TO MAKE A STRONG FIGHT
IN CORRESPONDENCE WITH coNGREssMA!
WALLACE MADE PUBUC-THE POINTS
on DISAGREEMENT

IN CORRESPONDENCE WITH CONGRESSMAN
WALLACE MADE PrBMC-THE POINTS
On DISAGREEMENT.
Tho interest In the contest for the Republican
nomination for Congress in the lid District between
william C. wallace. the present representative ana
Robert D. Benedict who failed to get the nomination
when Mr. Wallace secured II two years ago. was III
creased yesterday by the publication OF
between them relative to the questions invoVed III
tho canvass. Under date OF September 3. MT. bei''
edict wrote 10 Mir. Wallace. inviting him to pubic
discussion OF hypothetical question relative 70 MS
aeton In the convention two years AGO. when ''''
1,cnedct WAS a candidate and Mr.. Wallace was NOM
mated
Mr. Wallace in his reply pleaded his duties as o.
cupytng all his time. and said he had nothing 10 as
cuss, denying that he had ever been guilty Oh pau
fsh toward Mr. Benedict Republican voters hao pa>se"
upon the question and declared their commence m .
frno only conversation he lad with Mr. Bcncdht
about his candidacy was when he declined TO be o
member OF Mr. Bcnedlcts delegation. and he oeciareo
that he never signed auiorized any one 70 SIX"
his name to q circular pledgnS himself TO MI bcne
diets candidacy. In answer TO thi> VT. heheN'.
wrote an emphatic denial Of having misrcprcSchted
Mr. Wallace at any time. lie called attention I" 'heSc
points lie requested Mr.. Wallace TO become one Oh
the delegates the Congress Convention IN less Mr.
wallace attended the ca,rus and participated Ill HIS
own selection a delegate. and voted ior mo"o'
plo0glng
circular with his attached calling Tor the hohf
ton OF r. ID. BENEDICT circulated with Ills knowf
edre and approval: and fourth having been chosen
Is such delegate for me- You made all agreement w W
nominated instead Of me- All knowledge Oh TINS
agreement you concealed from me. without consult
ing mo- YOU sent a substitute 10 the convcntioi III
structng him to vote for me. and you obaihed INC
nomination and accepted it,
Caucuses for the nOmn l:i)n Of delegates u be voci
for ct the Republican primaries on Thursday evening
were held last evening III several wards I'D 'he
Twentieth Ward the friends Of r. d. Benedict as
sembled In the Palace Rink, in Clcrmont'ave over
1000 were present. Ex-Alderman John French pre-
sided While a committee was preparing the ticket
Mr. Benedict was called upon to eNpound the Hali"t
Reform law, and he was loudly alpiaudea' lno'''s
Vernon made a speech in favor OF the NOMINATION. vi
Mr.. Benedict for Congress. The Congress 'ohNch'o"
delegation of nineteen was headed by cN'NaEo'
Schroeder and ex.Judge Reynolds a resolution was
sdoptcd OH motion of cx-J Judge Reynolds. pl'dgins
the delegates 10 use all honorable means t. Nc'u' Io
nomination Of Mr. Benedict Judge REYNOLDS sag ,na'
the wrong of two years ago should he riShicd \ ms
take was then made that amounted to wrong. an"
no statute Of limitations ran against eOuRe 10 P"e'
people held hr ns n"s ii the ' arS
{eth Waii.
she WILL BE BURIED IN HER WEDDING Dies
The funeral Of Miss Jessie Reed lIinckcy Will take
in prcsident-st the eve Of the day ST fo' he, mr.
rtage with F. G. Gutcbrod. of No. Ill Sevcnthare
she vas TWENTY-FIVE years old and was conc'''" NJ
tho Packer Institute Her father. William H. hh'N
Icy removed Chicago last spring. aud she Went I"
pass the summer at the home Of her grandparents ~
Leo Mass. The date Of her mar"aG" had len set
for the fteth anniversary of her grandparents mar
,iarc on October l. Her prospective husband. VIII"
is connected with the UrcLa silk Manufacturing Com
pauy A. No. 1925 broadway. New YORK. hao
rented q fat for their occupancy and furnished H. III
the course of the summer Miss Hnckley was stricken
with nfammatory rheumatism. which Frustrated her.
About the first of September she expressed desire t"
be attended BY her former family physician DR. Mac
Evitt. and she removed TO the Nat Ny ''neoroo
hod rented in BROOKLYN She grew worse: ana nh"x
brain fever set in which resulted IN her dca'h OH
SUNDAY. All her preparations for the wedding h"d
been completed and she will be buried III her "eu
ding gown at Lee tomorrow
EXPELLED MEMBERS WANT To re REINSTATED
Application was made in the city Court yesterday
for q percmptory writ OF mandamu, to compel william
P. Pettgrew. president Of the Nineteenth Ward Ike
publican Association. to rcn'tatc in membership III
tho association W. J. and J. II. Mills ard W. r.
Moiles. who were expelled at recent meeting tn"
affidavit Of ". !. Mills set forth that he had been
Q member Of the association for eighteen year>. ard
recently he and four others accused Of voting
against Colonel a. d. Bairi for ,lavor las, fall.
committee investigation bcforr which hc rfn|cd TO
60 reported In favor Of his expulsion. and IN" report
adopted at stormy meeting although M
1ority voted against It. AFidavitS presented In
behalf NJ tho association setting forth th1 the ac'
taken was legal ~ eysry respect DECISION va. re
by John Y. McKane few years for r'n>ta'"mcnt
In the Democratic General Committee the courts dc
cdod against him.
CUTTING DOWN THE WAGES OF EMPLOYEES.
Owing TO the falling of in stre"t-car travel since
tho Coney Island season closed the wages OF u liam
Der Of the employees Of the Atlantic Avennc RAILROAD
Company have been reduced. Tho men have had no
organisation since the failure Of their last strike and
can take action in the matter. The pay Of the
men employed In the car stables has been cut down
from q IS TO 81 so. and like reduction has been
naAc In the pay Of the men who change the horses.
The horseshoers have had reduction from So to
g. IS. and their helpers from ~ 80 10 81 80. The
drivers and conductors fear that they will suffer
next President Richardson would not state ycstrr
day whether any further reductions would be made;
t si tHs WA Who app s {" hm lie d that
Der Of men who had been found TO he supchuous had
more cut down. Two Of the horsc,hcciS have left
the company since the reduction Of their paw but
their places have been filled.
MRS. PECK SAYS SIZE HAS BEEN DErRACDED.
The Of Mrs. Eliza +. Peck against Silvcrman
came ND for trial before Judge Van wyck of the City
Cont. yesterday morning. The plaintiff said in her
complaint that she had borr wed $50 April >.
Offering as security the furniture in her hosc. at No.
3O7 Putnam ave.. owned by her and worth $500
The rate OF interest charged BY Slverman. Sic said
was eco . month on each 800. About Augus, . Mrs.
Peck was arrested a charge Of stealing ring from
Siiveimans ONCE and detained custody. During
this detention Svcrman foreclosed his chattel mort
gasc and Is alleged in the complaint that the house
was stripped. property being taken which was not
mentioned In the mortgage. Mrs. Peck would not
admit or deny cross. examination that there VA a
nrxD tho fIr,,i furc fn
She did not remember having told Svernan that tho
furniture was unncuntercd when she gave the mort
cage. She admitted that size had served sentence IN
State prison Of four years The hearing was ad
1ourned to 10 O'Clock this morning.
FATHER FRANSIOLI CONES HOME I'LL"