New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-19
HEADQUARTERS for RUSSIAN SABLE.
PLANNING TO GUST REPUBLICANS
SCHEMES OF THE DEMOCRATS TO GET A sAFI
MAJORITY IN THE ASSEMBLY BEFORE
BALIoTIyG FOR SENATOR BEGINS.


BALLOTING FOR SENATOR BEGINS.
tTRox THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE
Albany, Nov. Is.-One of the main themes of the
talk between Governor Hill and Asscmblyman william
f. sheehan yesterday, IL is said the appointment
of the Committee On Contested Seats In the Assembly
the Legislature meets, with the aim OF nav
Ing that committee to decision carly In JaIuai!
upon the before IT, There are signs that inc
seats of ten twelve Republicans Will be contested
If the Assembly Committee ON Contested seats shond
act upon these the first week IN January some
Republicans might lose their seats and Democrats iSkc
them with the result that the number Of Democrats
voting for United States Senator later in January might
be greater.
OF course this result is not in the mind OF either
David b. Hill or William +. Sheehan. Both OF uichi
are too honorable and ingenious thus to take ADVANTAGE
Of political opponents and do them an injustice hr'
HILL especially cannot be thinking Of ousting any he
publican Assembly elect upon slim evidence lie
has always been highly sensitive in such matters VII
ness his message to the Legislature last spring critcS
ing the Republican House Of Representatives for de
priving SOME Democrats of their seats in Congress
Those Democrats had had ample opportunity to prove
their right to retain their seats. The Committee on
Contested Seats had listened 10 evidence for
months before it came to any decision upon
their several cases Yet David b. Hill was
shocked; so profoundly shocked that he recommended
that the Constitution of this state should be amended
a
longer be the Judge of the qualifications Of its own
members, but that all cases OF cohtested Sed'S si'o"
be referred to the courts.
Undoubtedly Mr.. Hi and Mr. sheehan are horrifed
by the suggestion Of their fellow democrats uat 'cn
or twelve Republican Aseemblymen should DE ae
prived of their seats and their conference was soc
for the purpose Of preventing the accomplishment OF
such a wicked scheme. Mr.. Sheehan, as speaker oi
the Assembly would of not give his active as
s,stance 10 such plot Some Democrats propose that
proceedings should be taken in the courts against the
Republican Assembymen whose seats 1t is pupoSeo 10
yacate and that a verbatim report OF tle eVicehce
taken In these be prepared for submission to the
Committee on Contested Seats as soon as II meets.
These wicked Democrats then add that the COMMITTEES
OH Contested Seats, with the evidence thus duly before
H. can properly act at upon the contested cases
and seat Democrats in time for them TO vote for United
states Senator.
The Republican Assemblymen whose seats are thus
to be contested, and who may be unseated, are
W. Barlow Dunlap, of Montgomery County Aaron b.
GARDENER, of Columbia County william IL. Msso' Vi
Duchess County; Joseph Aspinall of Brooklyn
Cornelius L. Shelter and Lewis Narney, OF saratoga
County: d. Morgan Hildreth, of NewYork, A. Guibord'
of Clinton County; y. n. Stranahan OF saratoga
County, and Russell S. Johnson, OF ONEIDA county
And there may be Others. The seat OF Assemoymail-
elect Groat Republican, Of Wayne County, Is among
.his latter number.
In view of this activity Of the Democrats to nave
evidence taken against Republican Assemblymen elect
some Republicans think n would be good idea for the
Republican state Committee TO bring some OF the
Democratic Assembly men elect into court Assembly
man elect Gould. Democrat, of Lewis County, was
elected by plurality OF only six votes; and theirs
are other Democrats elected by similarly small
nuraIities Perhaps II would be well 10 have these
Democratic Assemblymen- elect with small puraltes
hauled into court since that is to be the experience
Of the Republican Assembiymeneiect VINO nave sinai
pluallties.