The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-29
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MATE pOLTTICS.
The Auti-snappers Chnrsed with Frnud In
Kockinnd CountY.

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| ALBANY, Sent 9-Assemblyman Thomas
! Finnegan Of Rockland county was here to-day
! with tale Of woe, which he related to Clerk
| Charles De Frecst about the way In which the
anti State organization men OF Rockland
county euchered him and his friends out OF the
| delegates to the Democratic State Convention.
| Assem- blyman Finnegan says that when 300 or
800 voters had cast their ballots in the recent
County Convention they were taken In to a
side room and dumped upon a table to count
This table had been prepared with 800 extra
ballots for the anti-organization ticket which
had never been voted. 30 that the count showed
q total Of 1900 votes where there werc not
quite 900 voters. and the anti-snapper dele
gates were declared elected to 60 to the Con-
veption. The regular organization men. at
the same Convention. elected all their county
delegates. and only in this one contest was
there such preponderence OF honest Cleve-
land Democratic votes cast. One Of the tellers
Is willing to make affidavit that this fraud was
perpetratcd. and contesting delegation is to
SYRACUSE sept. aa-Charles W. stapIeton OF
Madison county was put in nomination AZ today a.
publican Convention held in this city. Mr..
Stapeton is the eleventh hour candidate SO.
it became evident that IL he pressed Gen.
Dwight H. Bruce of this city on the Conven-
tion 1t might endnnger his control Of the stu
Government as Superintendent OF the Water
vas believed t. make HIN hin incl
covery was made and proclaimed by the syria.
ccuse Standard which has. up to the present
in his conflicts with ex- Senator Frank Hiscock
and ex.Coilector Francis Hendricks h9.As;
the Standard. was induced at the last moment
to become candidate against Stapleton as an
eounty nan ind was Sy
forces In the Convention. numbering flfty-six.
as against the seventy.seven representing
Madison county. gave Stapleton 12a and the
nomination; How far Mr.. White and his FL
XVI 1hes
there is belief to. night in Syracuse that the
split between the young editor and Congress;
prove to be the case the Beden faction would
he left without u Republican newspaper in
WHIrFHAIi. Sept. 2s."Ihe Washington
county Democratic Convention at Fort Ed
ws n9SS nSs 81 and
H. GamIey Of Fort Edward as delegates to the
State Convention. They are friends OF Senator
national Administration and the adminietra-
ton Of Gov. Flower. and praisinG the two Sem
OLEAN. Sept. Is Cattaraugus county Repub-
leans to-day nominated c. " Terry for Assem-
ton tic 1" are healed by ex-senator G p Vedder
now Of New York.
AuRunN. Sept: 2s1The Hepuhlicsn soma.
Mt Geneva to-day failed to nominate a can
didate for Senator. Eighiy-iive ballots were
taken. the result in each instance being as fol-
lows: Thomas Hunter OF Cayuga. the present
Senator. 9: ex-senator Saxton OF Wayne. 10:
ex-senator Lord Of Yates. 4. and ex-Assem-
blyman Titus OF Tompkins. q. Ontario county
did not present a candidate. but joined issues |
with Wayne. After the eighty. fifth ballot the
Convention adjourned until Oct g.
UTICA. Sept. 2S-The Democratic Conven.
tion of Lewis county. held at Lowvlle to-day,
nominated Charles g.. Elliott for member OF
Assembly and named the following delegates |
ia the State Conventions: 6. IL p Gould. Her.
bert L. Cook. and Jules Wood.