New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-15
MR.. DEPEW'S EASY VICTORY
REELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNION
LEAGUE
THE WHOLE REGULAR TICKET PROBABLY Sue
CESsFUL-NOT so BIG A VOTE CAST
AS WAS EXPECTED.

! CESsFUI-NoT so BIG A VOTE CAST
! AS WAS EXPECTED.
| The Union League Club decided last night that
| Chauncey VI. Depew. its pres dent, had committed
no offence in serving it in that office faithfully and
well for six years but was rather deserving of the
| commcndation of a reelection. He was chosen
over Cornelius ~ Bliss by the decisive vote of 42j
TO 292 and the success of the entire regular ticket
| was indicated beyond q reasonable doubt. The
| attendance of members was by no means as large
as some had expected it would be, only 722 ballots
being cast This is about 60 less than polled
| two years ago when there hot contest for
| the sccretaryship.
| The votes for Messrs Depew and Bliss were
| counted first, and were announced after IL
| o'clock. The tellers, it was evident, would not
finish the rest Of their work until an early hour
this morning, but the success of the entire regu-
| lar ticket was generally conceded. 1t was as
| follows:
President Chauncey NJ. Depew: ,
Joel b. ErhaIt. Thomas II: Hubbard, Herman
.. Amour. Woodbury. Iangion, Alfred Van Santyoord
smith, Rnfus b. Ccwing, Horace Porter.
ssecrela,-John r. Van Wormer.
| Executive CsJmnittce-Class OF 1s94-Charlcs Lanier
| W. Hart smith, f. w. Dewey George Blagden. Robert
Committee on AdmIsslons-Class Of Iso4mIIarrlson
cna%a Ga%f9 pa n4arlii hbe IT fGE e. yGe Locke v"
Committee on Library and Publcatonsn, Pierre De
'E H. yrsn .ap%s p%anS D % Evson Mia Henry canne
| William ID. Guthrie, Gordon Wendell. Eugene ID.
| committee on Art-Alfred f. NJ Purdy Henry ".
Warou>, Frank Waller, Robert W. Van BoskerGH'
| William G. Nichols, Albert Ilerstadt' stewart W.
o5mmlttce on Political Retorm.E. p; Iinsdals
| Dr. D. b. St. John Rosa. Thomas L. James Mortimer
| w Sch .Ieffcr j. DONd
'''Sr NndtonLDonaid Mackay Charles Myers Walter A.
| Pease.
The Nominating Committee consisted of Colonel
William +. Strong. Edward A. Quintard, George
| l.. Whitman, Charles b. Fosdick, Thomas Il. Wood,
| Nathaniel 4. Prentss and Emerson Foote.
Mr.. Dcpcws easy victory showed that lot OF
| energy had been wasted in representing that the
! club was worked up to an unusually high pltch
| Of excitement over the contest His friends who
wished to show how popular he was in the face
Of the efforts to heap on his shoulders the dis
| satisfaction with the Nominating Com
mittec's work came out IN num-
| bcrs 10 elect him to succeed himself.
The contest was OF unusual interest, however, from
| the position of the head of the opposition TICKET
| Mr. Bliss had formally declared to Colonel William
| L. Strong chairman Of the Nominating commit
Tee. that he was not candidate, and would not
| consent
Jealous friends pressed his claims and SUGGESTED III
| Getting up some sentiment in favor of him.
or courSc every member understood that there
was no personal feeling aganst Mr.. Depcw His
prc-cmincncc in the club is out Of reach Of all
| inimical feeling Mr.. Dcpcw did not expect to
| lie prcsidcnt again and was astonishcd when the
! nomination came 10 him. He was impelled 10 re-
fnsc II hut the committee asked him to lay aside
his desire 10 retire from Office for the sake OF
| harmony. II had decided that six votes should DC
Necessary 70 choice, and had been uhaole
to agree on any other candidate than Mr.. Depew'
II he persisted in his refusal to he president again
| tine committee would be in a deadlock whch 1t
could not break. =,
As loyal clnbman. Mr.. Depew couId Only
,,n.c,, to allow the usc of his name. The MEM
ber, who said that the committee should not nave
bound itself by the rule of slN votes being nec'S-
sary for a choice were angry because compromise
candidate had been chosen. ON the lhhoccno
| bc,d of this man they vented their displcasure'
| For,nnatcly they were pot numerous enough
| IN din more than to arouse an Overwhelming
sentiment in favor of Mr.. Dcpcw.
.Iohn r. Van Wormcr and George Montague
vcrc elected secretary and treasurer WITH
out opposition. Mr.. van "oi"'i
q voung man, energetic and POPULAR
and one who Is sure to make an
efficient officer. Mr. Montague has been treas
nrcr since 1884 and will continue in the Once as
long AS the members can force him tn remain III
| il. He has conducted the financial affairs oi ,ie
club on n thorough business principle ana Dis
personal popularity is great.
| Tho nnlls were opened at 80 O'Clock, ana
votes soon began 10 pour in. a steady stream
Of cabs and carriages drove up To 'h' uooi
until after 0 80 o'clock, the hour originally set
for ending the billoting. BY o'clock the lobby
| rc,dino-r room and all other parts of the cluo-
| house were filled with members, all DUSTY
chatting 4 few of the more active partlsanS
| of either side put the finishing touches To 'helr
clcctionccrng in quiet way early IN the evening
and then spent the time talking about the chances
Of success.
soon after S o'clock Mr.. Dcpcw called the
annual meeting 10 order in the large nall oil meet
,ng / Scayer Page the secretary, Is III the
Wc-t and Sigourncy W. Fay who was his pre-
dcccssor in the Office was asked TO resume his OH
duties for the evening. Colonei lie "i""'
| r. Cannon was elected an honorary mcnoo'
Of the club in recognition ol MS long
and active connection with IT, Last
year be headed the list OF vlcc-prcSldcn''' anu
many Of his fellow members favored his elevation
70 the highest office in the glit oil the cluo' iic
did not wish to become n candidate, however, 80
rho Nominating Committee decided to recommend
him for honorary membership. llns dlS'lhc'ioh
is rarely conferred there being only eleven per-
sons besides Colonel Cannon, who have Deeh 'hus
complimentcd, President Harrison beng one oil
| these.
Judge Rufus b. Cowing then feau
the report of the Executive oo'',
mittee. Of which lie is Chairman. IL s"o"eu
the club to be- free from debt, ana TO nave sur
plus of over S25, 900. George Montague the 'r'"s
urcr, then. read his report when pi"'eu '''o ~
ceipts for 1891 at $3Ol ,S0', ana the eApen'e' "O
$274, SAB. This is a remarkably i''o,aD'. NV.
| mont hocouse tho income and expenditures Just
abouf balanced in 1890. The surplus Of S23'ooo