The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-06
7EKULSKY'S HARD FIGHE
An All.day Row In the Liquor Dealers Con-
vention at Syracuse.

ventiou at Syracuse.
SYRACUSE. Sept 5.-The first days session OF
the Convention Of the New York State Wine.
Liquor. and Beer Dealers Associations ended
In a scene OF disorder this evening. The fight
over the Presidency between Morris Tekulsky.
who wishes to succeed himself and B. X.
Murphy. the present Financial Secretary. has
become so hot that the delegates lost their
heads and pandemonium reigned in the Con-
vention.
President TEX usky called the Convention to
order at o'clock in Turn Hall. which was
deliberately decorated for the occasion There
were present about $50 delegates represent
ing the local associations In all Of the large
cities and most OF the important towns OF the
State. Most OF the New York men are work
ing for Tekulsky. while the up-country dele
gates favor Murphy.
The excitement to-day was caused by the
attempt Of Tekulskys friends to secure the
recognition OF delegates from three new ASSOC
Citations In New York city. which had been re-
ected by the Executive Committee on the
ground Of irregularity. During tho contest it
was discovered that three Of the up-country
observation-disclosures. Dunkirk. and Green
bush had endeavored to double their repre-
sensations by counting in their alternates as
additional n delegates te a,s.rot. n,,,,..,o
F9urteeRth and Fifteenth New York city dis
lection BY the EXECUTIVE Committee, last night
but the other two brought their fight into tho
Convention. There was objection. and after a
WrapRle the matter won't to the Committee on
Credentials.
The Convention took n recess Of two hours
$50 +, NJ. as the fight went on SO lively In tho
Committee on Credentials that they were not
% S H that sd 0 decided rhS s adm
the delegates OF the Fifteenth district and
to the New York City Central Association. AS
each OF the contestlng delegations had four
report on the other districts was vigorously
objected to by Niagara. Gresnbush, and Dun;
One Of the New York delegates shouted that
the country delegations were trying to run In
were entitled to only two delegates each on tho
proportton Of one delegate to each twenty-five
"A DupkEk man said that the people from up
Inc Inc state W2nd haEs their TGhts ana would
Wy We're se% He or by S
time, talking. shouting, waving their aims.
a1a GsEEsonS rs%srk his
t. DO lii duty, Men talked pntli ,theIr Voices
The serGeant-at- A rms was big man named
Clancy, but he was, powerIess to still the hub;
tnE s s S That mae hs
the Murphy men. Then he was howled down
and threatened with Violence il he did not
shook his fst under Murphys nose. and said
i was an ontrAgeto allow paid organizer to
Wallace assistant to the Sergeant-at-Arms.
but the disorder continued
Alderman Meade OF Troy moved that every
organization which had paid its 300 charter
lee be entitled to four representatives., THO
shouted that he was ruled out because he Wore
a Murphy badge. Hall dozen motions and
OF them was put to u vote. 1t was moved TO
adopt the report Of the Committee on Gre
dentals. to reject 1t and to refer II back to the
committee.
=, Finally 1t was referred back with request
that the contests OF Niagara. GIeenbush, Dun
Kirk. and the Fourteenth New York be heard;
Then. II 2 10 = M. motion to adjourn until
, Tho more conservative delegates express
themsJelyes ms evening rs being highly his'
tons. and say that tho association will GO 10
pieces II some kind Of order Is not maintained.