New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-27
AFFAIRS IN BROOKLYN.
no OPPOSE TIE MACHINES MAN.
REPUBLICANS NNp lNDkPtNDfNI DIN
TO WORK FOR CANDIDATE FOR MAYBE
OK NoX.P>RTIsAN PLATFORM
ccuvurrFES NAMED.
COMMITTEES NAMED.

COMMITTEES NAMED.
. o,ererce Of Republicans and Independent
,,,ocra,s was held on Monday evening al the hoOl
~ DIR George W. Crush. at NO. : spencer IA,
and the question Of MayofA'y cannon -
discussed until late hour Among uoS -
were Major f. h. Hobbs. ex-Sher'n
ph,nshart George X Gilluly and John W. mar
~ 90 ,he Union League club; Daniel : Harri-
-, or tho BROOKLYN Young Republican ''""' -
,,stus Healv and J. Warren Greene "i ''e
Rrooklyn Democratic club; +. W. hHrl'''S anu
ebanks of the Citizens Union; II. J l'a''''''' ~
the independent German Democratic ASso''"'o'''
Frederick Bailey Of the Young Mons Dcnocra'l'
cIuh. Thomas q. Sherman. Of IN" SlnsIe lax
cub. a Moore Of the Peoples organization "i
tho Ninth Ward and Or. Brush. who Is mehip'1
Of the Seventh Ward Republican COMMITTEE !.
was the second meeting of the representatives. W
the various organizations. II was decli'" ~ "''''
an Tho indopendent forces in the city in support oil
Nsvoraltv candidate on non-Iartisan PLATFORM
, committee Of ten was appointed. WIN MAJOR
uohbs as chairman to select committee OF nifty
With tho mower to confer with the regular ltepub-
ljcan organization. and TO call a mass-ine'uhe Io'
the adoption of platform ana the naming u
candidate The sentiment OF the men al inc con-
ference was about equally divided in regard TO
the choice OF Republican or an in"'1'""'''
Democrat a candidate
Dr Brush said yesterday that the OBJECT "i we
conference was TO if combination couin "o'
ne formed out of which better condition oI mum
ciraI affairs would result The nomination OF a
Republican in his opinion. would be- the loglcaI
outcome a man Of independent oh"'"''e' an"
decision in action was needed
Major Hobbs said yesterday that the province OF
the Committee of Fifty will be to unite all IN" ere
rnents in the city opposed 10 machine rule II "oud
not nominate A candidate itself. but If this step
should he decided on "A msss-mectins would De calI"u
of citizens TO name a citizens candidate Then "f-
forts would be made to get the Republican CITY
convention 10 ,ndorse him. The Republicans AT the
conference thought that the candidate should De a
Renublican and that he would gain more strength
from the support OF the party organization IMAM
any Independent Democrat could ha" I" secure.
Such Republican. Major Hobbs thought ""uu
stand a better chance of election tpan seth Low
did i'm 1891 He did not think that exV cnator worm
would control the Republican convention There
voud be many Independent Republicans III IN"
convention But the best thing was FOR the citi-
IONS ,o get in the field first with strong man
lie should be nominated at a mass meeting OF 80
c,tizens and the nominee of such convention
would be more likely to be a Republican than "A
Democrat II such a meeting nominated W. }.
Gaynor Major Hobbs added in reply to sugg"s-
ton. then he would bc the man 10 De nominated
and the Republicans ought to ndorsc him.
Mr. Kinkle. Supervisor-at-Larsc denied y's'"r-
dey that he was in any sense a candidate for the
Mayoraltv nomina tion and said that If he were re-
nominated for his present Office h. would accept.