New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-17
THE DEMOCRATIC PROTEST..
PUSHING THE WORK AGAINST HILL.
PLANS OF THE MIN WHO WILL GO TO ALBANY
IN BEHALF OF FAIR PLAY-PRE-

PLANS OF THE MIN WHO WILL GO TO ALBANY
IN BEHALF OF FAIR PLAY-PRE-
PAIRING A THUNDERBOLT.
The headouarters OF the Democratic Committee Of
ri;. in charge of the anuIIill protests. filed
With actiyitv Yesterday several Of the sub-cOmmit.
tees held meetings and visitors ard messages
constantly coming and going. The cause Of this
hustle was found to be the necessary preparations OF
the Committee OF Fifty for ite departure for Albany TO
be present al HIPS state Convention on Monday
nsxt February %, and in pursuance Of the direction
NJ the Democracy of New-York assembled In mass
meeting ~ Cooper Union on February H. to serve
notice upon the Ex-Governor and his purchased
ployes that further persistence in following out their
suapconventon midwinter schemes will end in such
split as tho Democratic party has not seen since the
DAYS Of Douglas and Breckenridge. a part OF the
members of the Committee Of Fifty will 20 to Albany
on Sunday morning and the remainder will take a
sunday evening train.
The KeuwoOd House will be the headquarters Of the
committee during lite stay In Albany, and its consul
tations will be held there. At 10 o'clock a. M
ON Monday the committee will hold joint session
with other Democratic committees from various parts
of the state sent to the state capital for similar
pnrpose The several committees will march in
BODY TO the place of meeting of the Democratic state
Committee. 1t is at this hour 90 a. m) that CHAIR
man Murphy has summoned ID. b. IilS committee to
convene. speakers, TO be selected beforehand VIII
tile resolutions duOpteu Dy INC NOoPcI O"i""
meeting in this city and such other papers ana
protests as may be prepared either by the Committee Oh
fifty the Executive Committee, the auxiliary orgai
zatons in the state and will request the postponemehl
Of the state Convention called to meet at noon Oh
February 30 without day, and the summonlng oil an
bther State Convention at such date III AprI Vi
Nav As will give the rank and file of the
,artv an opportunity TO have their voices heard Inc
credentials OF the delegates elected to the FEBRUARY
- Convention mist be cancelled and the committees Oh
the anti Hill movement Will demand that entirely new
elections shall be held Whether further eHort VIII
b. made If the state Committee shall ignore ue anu
Hin protests to influence the convention nSeH' His
not been decided. In case Of refusal to comply VIII"
these requests II is probable that the committees
Joined IN the anti-n movement will return nome anu
begin Immediately 10 arrange fer state convention
o, their own to be held early in May, when WILL the
organizers believe fully repesent the misses VI
the Democratic party IN the state
In recnrd 10 the conference take place In Albany
on Monday next one of the members of the Executive
Committee said Yesterday 1.-THE meeting OF con
dltional Democrats the 22d will be- from the present
outlook one Of the most representative gatherings OF
democratic leaders over brought together IN TINS S'sle
on being asked for the plans of the meeting, he sau
The protest prepared by the Committee CT F1i'y at
the instance Of the cooper Union meeting will be lad
before the state Committee by the Committee OF Fli'y
and similar protests from the other sections OF the
state WI lie presented by committees sent by the
various meetings which have been held" To further
questions he replied that he could not SAY what other
subjects or plan of action would be brought before the
conference as any other than that of mere
protest could only be initiated at the conference ana
after action by the Convention and state Committee
on the protest
4 prominent Democrat, WHO for good reasons de-
sr,s t. Withhold his name from publication for the
present. the authority for an important statement
last evening lie said that on Monday there had been
a meeting Of six seven prominent ana hhuehuii
I,cnOciat, city VhD nave heretofore rclr'~led
from adding tueir u tie anu snap convention
protest, hoping that the state COMMITTEE Woulu DC
Warned by the dissatisfaction evident throughout the
matter. These men," the informant aid =" aie not
sale TO Mr.. I'LL. but they cannot be led EN me
r,,e II was determined at that meeting thdt OH
Friday or Saturday next they would come OUT III ul
Opcn letter 20 state Committee, stating thcir poi
ton and their views. This he Went Oh 10 say, VIII
prove the first thunderbolt of the storm when 10
raiherinC in this State So far have only heard the
nutterngs.n He ended by saying, significantly =,
bope committee Will have Senae enough Z" get In
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