New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-17
THE TROUBLE AT ROMULUS.
ONLY A QUARREL OF REPUBLICAN LOCAL
LEADERS
TRUE STORY OF THE wRANGLE AT THE COUNTY
CONVENTION OF AUGUST IA STRUGGLE To
CONTROL THE LOCAL ORGANIZATION.
rBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBuNE.I

CONTROL THE LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS
rBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRmuNE.l
Seneca Falls N. Y, Aug. 1G.-Evcry decent
Republican in this county and In fact In the SV''o
who has heard Of the fight at the Republican oouh's
Convention which held at Romulus on N"HuS
Is utterly dlsusted with the entire proceedings anu
also with the attempt Of those most Interested u
IL appear that the fight was PlattMiller one Inv
convention was held for the election Of delegates 10
the State. Senate and Judicial conventions "ne"
the delegates from seven Of the ten towns III V'1
county reached the convention hall they founu '''.
they - I'd No be permitted t. enter the ROOM "u
take part In the proceedings The room then was Oo'
held by the representatives from three OF the t'""' ~
when the other delegates demanded admitanco .''os
were threatened with violence. Tho OUTSIDE ueIek"o"
was led by a. NJ Patterson and Colonel F. j.. MAINLINE
Of Waterloo They represented the delegates lro 'o
towns of Waterloo, Tyre, Junius OVID hon,uiu ,
Varick and Fayette Those who had charge OF Cho
hall, and who had the doors leading TO IL looheu'
represented Seneca Falls, Covert and Lodl Ah9 ldo'
named delegation was headed by ex-senator W. d.
sweet Charles T. Andrews, Of this place. ana D. d.
II. MOngn Of Oswego. After the Patterson men reacheu
the hall and found that it locked and that they
would not be permitted TO enter to take part In te
deliberations of the convention for which purpose
they were elected by the Republican voters of their
respective towns they got rail to break down the
door, . ~. 49,,
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panels but the door, which was propped up from
the inside would not yield. Another attempt was
about TO be made by the outsiders to break down the
door, when wearing deputy-sherifts badge
came out from the hall with a loaded revolver ana
Threatened to shoot the first man who tried to go INTO
the hall. The man Is named Nicholson, ana lie Is
special dcputy-sherf at the Cayuga Lake Park HIS
jurisdiction did not extend outside OF that place.
Nicholson seemed to be acting under orders for ne
directed his attention mainly to Mr.. Patterson Inc
latter seeing that bloOdshed might follow IN case
matters carried any further and ms party urea
10 get into the hail. advised withdrawal to some other
place where the majority OF the delegates to the con-
vcntion could meet and elect delegates 10 the various
conventions TO DO held later This course was fol
lowed and it Is highly probable that some serious re-
suits were thus averted
Tho men who held the hall went to work ana elected
delegates from seven towns, to in the places OF
tho representatives who had been shut out Then they
went through the form OF holding convention Dele
gates TO the three fall conventions were then chosen
The men of the Patterson side also held their conven
ton and elected delegates to the state Senate and the
Judicial Conventions. The delegates to the state Con-
vention are A. NJ Patterson, Colonel f. l.. Manning,
David H. Evans Martin L. Allen and Joseph Barnes.
There will DC contests in the State Senate and JUDICIAL
Conventions between the opposing delegations Tor inc
right to tbe seats The state Convention probably
will declare in favor Of those named; Although tne
DELEGATES who elected them were shut out OF the
regular convention ID was done through force and the
state Convention will doubtless take cognizance OF
that fact. The stories which were telegMphed 70
TWO or three OF the New York Democratic newspapers
from here were written by those Interested In the DC
fence Of the sweet MOngin- Andrews faction. Ihey
we're far from correct. The contest written mp
as n PiattMer fight, and it said that the Miller
men were in the hall with large majority OF me
regularly elected delegates wnen the piat men tried
TO force an entrance with the idea of capturing the
convention. The fact is that there has not been any
snch thing rs Il Plat Miller fight in this part OF the
country for wears All factional feeling Of that sort
died out time agl. and, in so far rs either Mr.
fTends
are The friends OF BOTH Tho entire trouble cause
by an attempt Of ex-senator sweet on one side and
A. NJ Patterson on the other TO get control Of the
organization This trouble will not interfere with the
denomination and the reelection Of senator Hunter. OF
who will 20 back again IL he wants TO.