New-York tribune., 1891-08-30
FIGHTING FOR DELEGATES
HILL AND CLEVELAND FACTIONS JOIN
BaTTIE
PISTOLS DRAWN ny TIE RIVAL FACTIONS AT
AuBURN-HfLL MEN HUSTLED oUT-Two
CONVENTIONS IN oswEGo-
RESULTS ELSEWHERE.
iBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rp,prxy.r

noon opened with fight between representatives
of the Cleveland and Hill factions The fotmer
had majority of the delegates and q quartette
OF Warden Durstons prison keepers attemptdl to
break up the convention. They raised row. but
the Cleveland delegates were ready for the break
and the men were promptly hustled out of the
room, after one had been badly cut by
being thrown against stove. The split
at the opening resulted in two orCani-
cations After the opening rumpus in which
revolvers were hourished, the two conventions
were organized and conducted in the same ball.
The Cleveland contingent had a majority and
chose their delegates by ballot. The opposition
kept quiet until the Cleveland men were through
and then named delegates to the State Conyen-
ton, where the fight will be decided.
In the South District there was a split The
Hill delegates, under the leadership of Warden
DuBton, left the convention hall, and after con-
siderable difficulty secured the use of a lodge
room, Cleveland men having hired the three prb
lic halls. The fight will result in the loss of
several hundred votes to the Democratic State
ticket which way the contest is settled
Oswego, Aug. 20 lSpeciaI.-For more than
month the Democratic factions of this county have
been fighting for supremacy. w. A. Poucher led
the Cleveland forces and Charles y. Bulgar man.
aged the Hill interests. The Cleveland men had
the advantage iof the organization, controlling the
County Committee, the district committees of both
Assembly districts and nearly all the ward and
town committees. The Cleveland men laughed! at
the efforts Of the Hill men to win
victory, and openly boasted that with the
organization they would control the State
delegates no matter how the esucuses re-
suited. The Ist District, with seventy-eEht
delegates, has elected forty-two' whose seats are
uncontested These stand thirty for Hill and
twelve for Cleveland. OF the thirty-six contested
seats, the Cleveland men have only shadow of
a claim to ten
In the lid Assembly District the result was
as disastrous to Mr. Poucher The district COM
prises fifteen towns with seventy-five delegates.
OF the sixty uncontested delegates Bulger had
ffty-tyTo and Poucher eight. Pouchers committee
called the convention for Central Square to-day.
The committee had hired the only hall in the place
and prepared it for the convention At theappointed
hour the delegates, with few exceptions, and the
spectators assembled. They waited for three-quar-
ters of an hour and sent leading delegates TO in
vite the committee to organize the convention.
At the hotel a few hundred feet FROM the hall,
thy were informed that the convention had been
called and adjourned. The delegates protested and
report was shown to them of the alleged action
of convention in the hotel electing Ira Belts,
G. n. Harding and w. r. Paul State, delegates.
The room in which the convention was said to
have met was twelve feet by fourteen. In it after
the meeting were sixteen chairs, an organ, couch
and a washstand The Cleveland men laughed at the
ridiculous account of the meeting as well as the
Hill men, asserting that they had make the best
move they could.
Returning TO the hall, the delegates reported
and organized convention. Ten towns with un-
disputed delegates handed in credentials. Three
delegates of one of the towns carried by the Cleve-
land men asked admission. The convention or
ganized with o. NJ Riley, of Phoenix, as chair
man; w. r. Paul, elected In the
hotel convention las, as state nHd,.tae aees35e 4Ss
bedroom star chamber affair, and would u not
serve as their delegate. L. J. Clark. W. K; Paul
and T.. d. Edrcll were then elected State delegates
Both conventions indorscd Flower for Governor.
The one in the hall indorsed Bulger for Attorney
General The Hill men have the affidavit Of the
owner Of the hall that the District CommlN'ee
hired il for the convention.
The Ist District Convention has not yet been
called, but there will undoubtedly be two conNen-
tions in 1T aso
Amsterdam. n. Y; Aug. 90 Especial. The Mont
gomery County Democratic Convention at Fonda
today resulted in complete triumph for. the
Cleveland forces James ID. Shanahau, whom
Governor Hill compelled to resign as Supern-
ago from retirement and proceeded to make a
vigorous fight in the interests Of Cleveland. Mr.
Shanahan is determined opponent, and the
result of his efforts against the Governor was
seen to-day. 1t is his desire to be made State
Committeeman, and he will probably be CERTIFIED
John J. Turner. of Amsterdam; Isaac a. Rosa, OF
Mohawk, and Garry V. Rapp, Of Canajpharie
were elected delegates TO the State Convention
All three are stanch friends Of Cleveland Con-
troller Wemple was present, but took no part IN
the proceedings. Although Robert Wemple,i chair
man of the County Committee, remarked, IN call
inc the convention to order that there Tas no
strife among the Democrats OF the county, the
proceedings proved the falslty OF his words DIS
order and confusion prevailed, and the hngnage
tions were adopted indorsing the politiea1 course
of that "Grand Old Commoner," James D.
Shanahan.
Albany Aug. 90 (speciaD.-The Cleveland men had
things all their own way In this county to-day the
district convention sending solid Cleveland delegations
TO the Democratic State Convention. In the IVth
District there was little tilt between "PaD Grogan
and Police Captain Boyland. Each claimed that his
delegates were elected in the Third Ward OF West
Troy, but as the Groganites vere in the major
ity, his delegates were seated Then the conven-
ton passed resolutions favoring Roswell p. Flower
for Governor. The delegates from the four districts
are as follows: Ist-Surrogate Martin d. Conway,
Erastus Corning, County Treasurer and John Bowe
ud-Congressman Charles Tracy, Anthony n. Brady
and James F. Mullen: IIId-Ex'Mayor Michael NJ
Nolan, Mayor James H. Manning and Corporauon
Counsel D., Cady Herrick; IVth-JamesI b. mckee,
Patrick Grogan and Robert Pickett
Albion. n. Y, Aug. oo.-John Cunneen. Frank Acre
and John Cody were to-day elected delegates to the
Democratic State Convention. Resolutions were passed
indorsing Governor IIls administration aud recon-
mendng the nomination Of LlOwer andfSheehan. Ihere
was a hard Sight between the Hi and CleVelahu
factions, resulting In a victory for the former
REPUBLICAN DELEGATES CHOSEN.
Kingston n. ", Aug. 2o.-C. C. Adams and Charles
Davis of Saugertles. and James, G. Lindsey. A. L.
Clearwater and George " Sharpe. OF this CITY, were
elected delegates to the Republican state Convention
at the Ist Assembly District Convention this afternoon
Rochester, n. Y, Aug. 30 (SpeeaD'-Ihe hepuph'
IL DlsLrict OF MOnrue County