New-York tribune., 1891-08-30
POLITICAL AND PERSONAL.
NEWS OF PUBLIC MEN AND AFFAIRS.
TIE SELECTION OF REPRESENTATIVES, IN THE
STATE coNvENTIoN-URGING BROOK

STATE CoNVkNTION-URGING BROOK
LyN CANDIDATES..
This viii 10 week Of special activity among Re
pubcans the Of selecting the representatives
Of Kings County in the State Convention to assemble
next week at Rochester IL 10 be completed. In the
last election for Governor there 63,74T votes
cast for Warner Miller in the county Of which Brook
iyn is the capital, increase Of 10000 the Re
publican vote in 1883 At the same ratio Of increase
the vote this year Will exceed eOoo0 To represent
these Republicans In the first State Convention for
two years there will be eghtyoae delegates repro
sentng the twelve Assembly Districts In proportion to
their voting strength. These delegates Will be chosen
at the conventions held Thursday evening in each
Assembly District at O'Clock. In the Ist District
the convention meets at No "a Court ST. and cudes
representatives Of the First and Sixth Wards. The
lid District Convention. with delegates from the Sec
ond ann Fourth Wards. meets at No, 81 Myrtleave.
The Third and Tenth Wards comprise the lid District
and the convention will be held in the of the
Federal Republican Club In Courtst. The Ivth Dis
trict. composed Of tho Fifth and Eleventh Wards. will
have its convention In the rooms Of the v. S. Grant
Club. 10 Rockwell Place. The Twelfth Ward by itself
forms the With District, and the meeting-piace Is No.
3l3 Van grint-st The With District is composed Of
the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Wards, ard the dele
gates will assemble at Roeder's Hail. in Mauier-st.
The With District Includes only the Sixteenth Ward,
and the convention will be held I'm Turn Hail. In Mese
roe-st. The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Wards folm
the With District and the convention will meet In
the wigwam of tho latter ward. The IXth is strongly
Republican District. and Is formed Of the Thirteenth.
Nineteenth and Twentieth Wards: the convention in it
will meet Garfield Hall, at No. 427 Marcy-ave THEE
South Brooklyn wards the Eighth Ninth and Twenty
second compose the Xth District, and the cbn-
venton will meet at Twenty -thrd-st. and Fifth
ave. In the XIth District, which comprises
the Seventh Twerty first, Twenty third and Twen-
ty-fourth Wards, the delegates will assemble
| In Tynn nj Word Wclyam at
and Marcy The Twenty fifth and Twenty sixth
wards and the four county towns form the XIItb
District, and the place for the meeting of the
vcnton is Gwinnett Hail. at Liberty and Wyona aves
Some Of the representative men of the party will
| be sent to Rochester. Among them are likely to be
S. V. White, Darwin r. James, W. W. Goodrich Stew
L. woodford, Jesse johnson, W. c. Wallace, T. D.
Willis, Hugo Hrsh, Jackson Wallace, L. W. Emerson.
! W. II. n. Cadmus A. j. Newton, S. A. Avila, W. II.
| Leaycraft, w. G. Bryant, j. II. Oglvie, F. F. Will
iams Joseph Aspinall. Henry Bnstow. d. A. Bald
win, W. S. Carter l. F. Fischer and J. Lott Nostrand
The primaries at which the delegates TO compose the
various Assembly district conventions TO be elected
will be held Tuesday afternoon and evening tn each
ward and town. In those where a large vote Is
polled or contests expected the primaries begin
early. According to the law governing primary cleo
tions all must close at O'Clock. In most Of the
wards two hours will suffice for the voting while in
one town one hour and in two wards an hOnr and
half is set down as enough. In the Seventeenth and
Twenty-irst wards the voting begins early as 9
p. M, in the Twentysecond Ward at p. m. in the
Eighteenth Ward mt p. m, and in the Tenth, Nine
| teenth and Twenty-thrd wards at O'Clock.
The sfarpest contest will be in the Twenty-frst
Ward, where the two factions are of nearly equal
strength, and every effort will be made to get
as many voters possible TO the polling
place, No. 54 Dclmonico Place Several issues will
be determined by the trial of strength ut the primary
The friends of Charles T. Dunwcll, who defeated
for Controller last year. putting him forward for
| member of the State Committee to succeed Thomas
A McWhinney and are putting forth every effort TO
carry the primary in his interest His success or
defeat will also have bearing upon the aspirations
of Joseph Aspnall for the state Senatorshp from the
lid District and the hopes OF James r. Aaben for
Aspinas seat in the Assembly. All these matters
add to the interest in the primary. There will be
rival tickets in several other wards, notably the Third
Tentl and Twenty second but merely local affairs are
at stake
In the Ivth Congress District which Stephen v.
White now represents the State Committee,
cessor to him will have to be selected as Mr. White
positively declines to serve longer, lie has been a
member Of the committee for four years. and for the
last two years treasurer ana he feels that he has
given all the time he afford to the discharge Of
these political duties Several aspirants for his place
have already announced themselves among them
being s. A. Avna. of the Eleventh Ward,
d. NJ. Hurley, Of the Sixth Ward, and
NJ J. Dady, Of the Third Ward 1t Is more than likely
that Mr.. Hurley will take Mr.. Whites place. In the
lid District II Is conceded that Israel +. Fischer will
return to the place in which Timothy l.. Woodruff
succeeded him two years ago after sharp contest.
In the vch District II F. F. Williams does not remain
in the State Committee J. s Oglvie Is likely to sue
ceed him.
Whether the Brooklyn delegates to the State Con-
venton will put forward the name of Kings County
for place upon the State ticket is not yet fully
decided although there strong movements In that
least two have adODtpd regOu-
tions In favor Of the nomination of General Stewart l..
Woodford for Governor Colonel H. ii. Beadle Of the
Tenth Ward, said to the writer: at Is my judgment
that General woodfor should be the candidate Of tho
Republican party of the State Of NewYork for Gov
ernor this fall Ic would make active and earnest
campaign and IT would be crowned by success at the
polls lie is Just the sort Of man we need. The
Democratic vote In this county would be greatly cut
down. and he would get vote In the interior OF the
State that would overcome the Democratic majority on
this side OF the Harlem River. hope 10 see him the
candidate.S Ex-CoDgressman W. c. Wallace says
The Kings County delegates In the State Convention
Will favor the nomination Of General Woodford for Gov
ernOr ex-Mayor Philip Becker. o. Buffalo, for Lieu
tenantCovernor, and with that ticket In the Held we
can surely win." The names of Darwin r. james for
LieutenantGovemor aud George H. Mason for state |
Engineer Surveyor have also been mentioned but
it is probable that concentrated effort will be made
to secure the selection OF General WoOdford to head
the State Ticket
The consensus OF opinion among Republicans Mt |
present favors the nomination OF William Zieglcr as
the Republican and Citizens candidate for Mayor. |
His devotion to the interests of the taxpayers, his
freedom from entanglng political alliances and his
personal qualifications for the Office all make
him formidable candidate Mr.. Negler has been |
shooting in the Maine woods and has now gone TO |
British America lie has expressed himself as favorlng
the nomination Of William J. Gaynor who successfully |
conducted the suit which defeated the outrageous water
purchase in the Twenty Ward by the Mayor last
winter, for the Office Of Mayor. But Mr.. Gaynor is
too much Of Democrat TO Republican support
and Mr. Zeger admits that II he receive the proper
non-partisan support he would be willing to become
candidate. Mr. Aeger proposes to build new house
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