The morning call., 1893-11-29
no TURN REPUBLICANS OUT.
Heads of Municipal Offices to Be
=: Offered Axes.
NAMES OF THE MARKED ONES.
Plan for Making the General Com
= mittee Less .Unwieldy-A POST
-. office Res oiution.

:: A; meeting of the General Democratic
Committee held last night in METROPOLITAN
Hall taxed all the exceptional ability OF
Chairman Max Pepper to keep the riotOus
members in order. Perhaps no other man
could have so successfully controlled them,
and: this was shown by the fact that as
Soon as his gavel fell for the last time the
:pentup rowdyism burst forth in q free
:: lin which hot blood flowed like water.
r: The fight was between Thomas Max
;. we'll and 7. +. Cavanaugh, members of
the Forty-fourth Assembly District. and
= was a direct sequel OF the old committee
. trouble there. CavaDaugh was q member
of an; inves tigsting committee to ascertain
whether Thomas Maxwell had been duly
:.:eTected or not. Maxwell had expected
; :Cayanaugh's support. but last night
learned OF his "treachery," so Immediately
after adjournment be approached Cava-
iiaugh and "biffed" him over the eye
blow that would have feled an OK. Cav
,.:RB augh, his face dripping with gore,
: pan ted-foI revenge. and 1t was only the
Intervention of friends that spoiled bat
tie to the death
~; -: 1t was nearly o'clock when the meeting
convened. At the motion of Andy Clunie
.roIlcall was dispensed with and the report
of the committee, consisting of Max
Pepper and A. Watkins, on the political
!: fOWPl6AlOn. Oh SuDOIQiudL6S appointed ny
:: the county officers elected at the last
municipal election was taken up. Chair
"a. man Pepper read the report, which was
segregated and referred 10 each Assembly
district to report back whether the said
jneumbents were Republicans or not.
8 Later in the evening the districts re-
= ported that they had found as follows:
. .Twenty-eFghth-No Republicans.
Twenty-nnth-J. j. Deegan and W. Henry
County Clerks office) Z. A Hoffman and John
Nj. Scott (Iax Collectors Office, Unknown; h.
Hampton Superintendent OF Streets office, Re
publIcaus; p. NJ. Henry Supervisory, Repub-
iican; j. Riley not in district.
--Thiuieth-All right.
Thirty -frst-Theodore Morris j. Casey (Sup-
ervIsOrs), Republicans; w. a. Stark (Sheritf's),
Republican; II. Zimmerman (ReeOrGers). Re-
. publican; Thomas HickOk, NJ. Sullivan and c.
=, McGreevey CTax Collect0rs), Republicans; /.
Rosenheim and Fl. Gunstadt not i'll district.
Thirty second-All right
Thirty-third-Jonn Mitchell (Street Depart
rnentl. unknown.
Thirty-fourth-Asked for further time to in
YeStigate.
Thirty -ffth-W Mccormick Supervisors.
Mr. Martin, Tax COlIectors), Republicans
Thirty-sixth-T. ID. Sullivan. +. +. Haskell
(SupervlSors), D. f. Libby CTax Collector's), H.
McDermott (Sherifs). John Hynes Street De
partmenD ali Republicans
Thirty seyenth-W. J. H5ney(CouEty Clerks,
Philip SusSman (TaH - liectoT's) Republicans.
Thirty-eis hth-4A. j. Barry L. F. Marks GSu-
pervisoTs), Republicans; A. Kronberg (Sherifps
Office Bs n%i u q; Mr. Simon NOT IN district
publican; Ii. Sehwarts (?ax Collectors s., not on
club roll
Fortiegh-J.. Coffey tSupervl.ors>. W. A.
)ean (Sheuf'sl q. II. OultOn (Street Depart
menD, Repl bicans.
Forty-hrs.-All right.
r7orty-sec0nd All right, except A. J. Burke
(R-cG-rder's. not known.
Forty Nshid, fOrty-fOurth and forty-ffth-All
hight, except In The first, John Doyle, O. V.
Garrett, 'Jaues King w. I. Arlington, j. L.
Mines and j. Motto were not known.
On the moti0G of Andy Clunie the in
vestgating committee, consisting of
MessrS. Pepper and Watkins, was in-
structed TO call on ali the heads Of all the
municipal departments aud request the
discharge of above Repu blicans and the
appointment in their places of good Demo
Gratis.
Delegate Horace Jackson moved the ap-
pointment of a committee by the chairman
to draw up constitution and bylaws for
g the government of the general committee
Delegate Barber moved an amendment
that the committee be appointed by the
general committee, one from each AS
semby District, to prepare and report a
constitution and bylaws and rules of
order to govern the committee, and also to
consider and report upon amendments to
the plan of organization of the general
committee.
Mr.. Barber made long address against