New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-15
FOR MAYOR OF BROOKLYN.
CHARLES 4. SCHIEHEN NAMED BY TIE hh
PUBIICANS.
A STRONG PLATFORM ADoPTlp-ArfOiNi' i'' :
or. COMMITTEE TO CONFER WITH ANIL

RING ORGANIZATIONS.
chor,os Schiercn nominated TOT
,tevor If Brooklyn by the Repubhcah ivy
Convention at late hour last night
rho ,olitical excitement in Brooklyn WIN"
,,o. hoo, huhb,irg and seething Tor Inc last
fw ,veeks in view of the Maycrahy 'a''p'e"
reached the boiling point last evening WIZ" INV
conventions me, to nominate the ca'luiN"
The Republican body assembled III 'no
Theatre. in Fulton-st.. near "'anu-aNe'
situation before the con"ehuoh r
eoe,neJ - uncertain as il was Tor the '"S' ~"
dave only orc thing appeared clea'
mat Francis II. Wilson would not De 'no mum
100, 1,hora was = strong movement in favor oil
Charles A. Schicrcn ana announcer !"
taxing M man who had not been menuohe'
for the office. IKE James Mcheen' IMAM
of the Committee Of One Hundred
rho Are, action Of Importance was the appoint
uent Of a conference committee to meet 'he me
committee Of the COMMITTEE OF O''o
and the Citizens Union
- ,hooe nresent either as delegates or
Interested snectators were: w. w Goodfich'
BENJAMIN =. Blair Francis II. Wilson, Jesse
Johnson. Ethan Allan Doty, the Rev Or W. W.
Rowdish. Willis L. Ogden. George r. EhoV''
Horace f. Dresser Theodore H. Wits jacob
Worth. W J. Quitting. VI. j. Dady. e. IS Mo''
g b. Chittenden. Hugo Hirsch. X. hoss apr
ton l. L. Bragdon. W. II. n CaohuS' J." W
Reaslev Jacob Brenner. Charles Small 1osep"
benjamin. William c. Wallace George H. M"son'
r p Gwilin William II. Williams c. n. Cot
ton and Il. A. Sharkey.
ORGANIZING THE CONVENTiON.
Ethan Allan Doty called the committee TO
order. and Clarence A. Barrow ana Johh j.
Barrett were secretaries. In the caring o. 'he
roll the only contest developer was III ule
Seventeenth Ward When the name oil 'haileS
a. Schieren was called as one OF the deiesa'es
from the Twentieth Ward there was slghil-
cant outburst of applause, which showed no"
many supporters he had In the house as a
Mayoralty possibility. At the complexion VI inv
roll Of the ninety eight delegates the temporary
officers were made the permanent ollcer'
" + Buttling moved the appointment, OF a
committee of one from each ward to confer
with the similar committees from each organi-
cation opposed to the Democratic Ring ana
Messrs willis. Casey. Dady. Cochran. But
Ting. Appleton. Bragdon. Cadmus. Turnpuh
Rrenner Herbert DAILY. Howe. Wagner, smith
y,oniamin Schwartz Worth. Barrow, Tuthi
goodrich Hartman. Drisler, Morton. ClarK'
Porg.r and Kaltenbach we're appointed -
i,s candidate for Mayor before the committee
retired but this voted down. comihia,ve
Of twenty-eight appointed 10 seicC' '"''"'
dates for Aldermenat-Large.
BIG ENOUGH TO MANAGE ITSELF.
Joseph benjamin asked the pertinent cues
ton whether this convention was ho' i"'te
o,orqb ,o deliberate for itself. 1t was the
cutv Of the Republicans to solidiiy the i'cPuo-
Ncan partv. and with the breaking down oil 'he
pamorratic machine victory could be won II
ro,,Id he better to go down in defeat WIN an
organization man than to win WIN d 49,, tl
date from without the oisdi"~"'i'"' "
before he sat down. ~,
The Platform Committee Of ten was appolnleu'
composed Of Jesse Johnson. Jackson " a'ia w
q X Harmon +. F. Blair, w. O. PAU, H.
T. 'lcv a. r Rheinhardt f. NJ. Edgerton -
r. Morton and A. +. Human a;o
\ recess Of one hour was taken peh per, ,hl
the report of the Conference Comiiit'eV an" ~
other commitnsT5. $1,000,
The followins, platform was adopted:
Resolved That it is the duty OF the Repueean
party OF brooklyn unite with all go1d citiZems ,
H. the elfort to rescue the city from inc ,corrup'
political combination that has plundered rs GOOD
name ana morigaged it's property-that %! i.s %c,
den OF taxation by us nnsriments that instruc,
our children and protect our homes rom i iss
w. and broueh, loss and want to taxpayers anc
wpge-earners alike. making the community Poore'
csentatious on their l,go!ien weah The d IN n o
emergency of our ctys history 1t Is ,ne "u' frou
,ovyer and opportunity for plumber the corrup
Few who have made government sys'emauc To"
Resolved. That the Republican party deyotes J.
se IN IRIS se''6n TO BE- tna mate am in tbs
ton 10 the administration OF the aHaNFs oi o
great Commonwealth solely in the interest 81 ,s CIV
zens and for the welfare and upholdng OF our Si,s
Wheneyer Mayors have beer N oicr bns heel
Republican conventions eGoa =, i N,ayo,
assured The hOnOred admins; rati"hs OF N.aAo.
Goch at ana nome 9% and abroad hr
,e.s was not the success OF party. Dut OF t'e sica
boy ss 2i f ,bis tection viii The Republican par
,stes stand as yet on IT, qreSoh %, ro ot am
stand it IL in favor of the submission OF the ques
tlon 10 the people Of the two cities
MR.. sCFnEREN NOMINATED
The report of the Conference Committee wa
nr.serted by ". W Goodrich. chairman. II
ya,4 that the committee at first held an eXecu
tive session and then invited al. the committee
from other bodies. including the Citizens Union
the Committee of one Hundred the Brookly
Do,rocratic Club and the Young Mems Demo
CRATE Club. to confer with ii. The representa-
tves Of these various bodies presented the name
Of " J. Gaynor Charles y. Schieren tWhos
nanic was the signal for loud applause. r.. N
Shepard. d. II. James, l.. w. Beasley, A. /
Lamb and John Truslow good men for Tn
nomination. The resolutions adopted by IN
various independent bodies were also read IN
yeport Of the committee showed "A desire tina
the convention should name man VINO woul
measure up to the proper standard. crcula
was presented to the delegates from the Cit
gems Union to the effect that II w j. Gaynt
was nominated he would accept
When nominations were called for s.
Chittenden made a speech, presenting the nan
Of Charles a. Schicren as the man who coul
be selected who fitted by ability ana 81
perience ably to discharge che duties Of Mayo
Loud applause and repeated cheers fOlowo
the mention Of the name OF MIR Schiere
Horace T.. Dresser seconded the nomination
Colonel c. Il. Morton presented the name
William Cullen Bryant. A. NJ. Gleaso
seconded the nomination Of Mr.. Schieren, an
Eugo. Hirsh spoke In support OF Mr. Bryan
The ballot showed the nomination Of NJ
Sch.eren by vote of Ga TO "a. On motion
Jacob Worth the nomination was made unan
NOUS committee was appointed To lnfor
Mr. Schieren OF the nomination. His "a
ceptance is expected to-day.
A SKETCH OF THE CANDIDATE
Charles A. Schieren is about forty Ave yea
old and was born in Germany. For many yea