New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-26
POLITICAL AND PERSONAL.
PTELIC MEN AND AFFARS.
THE RtPURIICAY CAMPAIGN coNNltIh IKE
Tr.ry OF prrGRuNTLED DEMOCRATS.

THE IfprRLrCAY CAMPAIGN CoMMlTrEE-KE-
TURN OF nsGRuNTLED DEMOCRATS.
PROMPT action has beer taken by the Republicans
I'm the matter OF preparing for earnest anu ''s',
prosecution Of the campaign. Within less thh ia"
., IN. allotted time for the appointment OF the 'hil-
noirr Committee IT has been selected and has or
yonlzcd 80 rs 10 b. in readiness to put evcrytmn;
IN shape for energetic action throughout the summer
and fall Tie rul,S for the Republican oFlI'nHl'oh
provd. for the selection Of campaign 'onmt'''
of lively. with power to add To their number from
Ronubllcans not member, OF the General COMMITTEE
This last caus- WIS added the bylaws last year. and
advantage was taken Of il TO incpase IL" Campaign
Committee thirty. making 1t consist OF one member
from each ward AMI town In the county last iaH bS
This means Arnold H. Wagner. member Of the Union
Ienguc club, mnde member 81 Inc coH'inlt'o'
and was chosen chairman. This year The SAM pol'f
has been adopted and The services Of Francis H. VII
son have been secured In that capacity. lie Is the
n,o.t prominent member II the Union Loaeu' Chb'
having served II rs Ir- ldcnt FOR tho last four years
and hr wa. strongly talkcl Of -, caniId"'c Tor
Mayor last fall. Mr.. wilson possesses Woe NJ.
aunntancc not only among tie LOO members OF
tle Union League but also among RE practical poll
iclan, Of the city lie viii have the aid tn the work
81 the Campaign Committee Of Theodore i. NNl'''
who filed i!c .imc pao. four years aga; william H.
Icaycr,ft who MANAGED number % campaigns several
year. ago: D. \. Baldwin, ". II. y. 'admn'' D. W.
!Iurlcy. John F. Henry. ". J. Daiy " W. Goodrich
I,-cph ienjnmin and others, who have ma more OF
c,s c1Isicncc In devisme and carrying out the best
schemes II campaign work. Mr. Wilson viii appoint
sub committees.
Mr.. Wilson is a man u medium height With dark
hair md cou,plexIon and a dark mustachc. slightly
strcakcd with gray. lie Is arablc IN manner on'
pr.~os-ss much decision II chal" ter h"fn III '"'s
state a little than forty five years ng', ne mas
been 4 resident, Il Brooklyn for the last ten ycnr'.
Ifra II.
one of his near ucishhors Is Howard NJ smith, who
served ms vic. president 4 the Union League Ciub
when Mr. Wilson WAS t- PRECEDENT, and at the last
election succeeded TO the latter office. With the sup
port which the 5000 Republicans II Kings County
can give b, the Campaign Committee, IFS work sh"id
b, light With the candidates ard issues rs IN
Is7s there viii not De tho need Of going again over
tho ground covered nj that time. and the details Of the
work win be decidedly different.
There viii l. little work ~ The rcp7nr party or
nl za'iDns for the coming two months, The Wr'd A.
sOcatons have taken action IN The way "i Nulu- inc
seal Of their approval upon the National nominees
and the most them have adj burned for thr" months.
~ they ar only required 81 meet eight unc, YEAR
Tho General Committee, 81 the county viii lnormi
TN July aud August meetings. and viii not come
together before the second Tuesday Of september,
unless a special meeting H. called by Prsideht ""'d
rich There Will hc rcgilar monthly meetings 81 the
ExccutN Committee. but aside from the 'cr"loh' III
n r1nanoc Committee which will lopi AFR the col
lection Of funds to pay the legitimate expenses Of the
prosecution Of the campaign, there VIII be lttlc
demanding attention at the hands Of the members.
Tho sullen and Surly Kings County Dcinocrats,'
AS they w.-r described by their ch sen orator iaSt
fall when they rcturci from saratoga having m'led
In their object Of securing the nominal
,Ion Of Alfrci G. Chnpin for Governor return
I'm the same defeated mo,1 from Chicago. where
tho same spokesman sccctod 10 present the name
of a minority candidate and met no better suc-
cess II was only hall hearted support that many oi
The Kings County men gave 10 senator lii!iS as
riration, ~ he had iMlci to carry out his promise
10 MD In making the forme- BruO,lyn Mayor his suc-
ccsSor nj the head Of the state government, and lew
real ters were she'd when he defeated. William
G. Dc Witt accepted invitation to put Sennt"r
mn In nomination. with prospect Of seat ~ the
Cabinet should the Ex-Governor become President, aS
the dazzling prize In view reward for his speech
When therefor, AL hope Of the rowari was gone,
and h. spoke to n hostile convention, amid trcking
rain drops II Ia little wonder that he could not pnt heart
in his words and completely failed H. clcctriy his
hacrs When Mr. De witt became convinced that the
candidate OF the convention would be Cleveland, he
did not hesitate To express his sentiment. Said he
suppose they viii nominate Cleveland. The Idea ~
coming a thousand miles to soc this thing done
firmly believe Cleveland will losc North and south
Carolina, Rhode IsnEd and Connecticut. But II lie
should succeed ! suppose | viii BE- called To the
Cabinet, for Cleveland always befrcnds his enemies
and after ] hive made my speech nominating llill
nothing will be too good for me. have always do
sIdsed Cleveland. and II to be- burdcnei with
him, and his letters ngd speeches made up from
ought 10 keep iill ont Of IT, ana let
the ex Presidents friends their own game"
The Anti ,snnp" Democrats return full OF Joy and
credtng the nomination Of Mr.. Cleveland entirely to
their efforts opposition to the Mdwinter Convention,
and the effect produced by their contest against the
regular delegates for In the convention. The
.fft.l
Edward ~. shepard. F. W. lnrich, George Foster
Peabody and A. Augustus ie;y, are especially en-
thusistic. Whether they Will be found working with
the machine" In support Of the ticket In the campaign
rcI,iins Ia be-
While openly the regular Democratic organization
will be found supporting Ms ticket In Broolyn there
Will be apathy II not positive opposition among "a
number Of the ware leaders In whose districts the
great bulk OF the Democratic vote Is to be- found
Notable among these ukewarm friends. II not avowcd
enemies Of the eXircsident. are eX-Regs tcr james
Delmnr. ana Disrict-AttOrncy James ". Bidgway.
Joseph jefferson, the actor. has made neat turn
with property in Brooklyn. In which he Invested
IS few years ago. lie lent $4,000 upon y plot In |
Nevins-st Flatbush ave and FuliOn-st. and by
foreclosure Of mortgage became the owner OF it, When
smith, Gray d Co. Dough. the lots adjoining site
'Or the building which wa, burned last winter |
n effort made to induce Mr. Jefferson |
10 part with his property FIR 100000 but he declined
sell. No'g he has just sold II for $1,000 and upon
the site building win lie erected the