The evening world., 1894-08-02
MILH0lLAND'S GAME.
Packing the Meeting to Influence
the Committeeman.
Big Rumpus Over the Admission
of Outsiders.
Out OF Town Squabble Considered
Before the Plat One.


State Committee. consisting OF James
w. wadsworth. Benjamin b. odell,
George w. Dunn. John a. Quacken-
bush and w. l.. Proctor. appointed to
examine the claims Of the two New
York factions. the Milholland-Platt sec
ton and the Committee OF Thirty divi-
sion. met In the Fifth Avenue Hotel at
10 o'clock this morning. The meeting
was private.
Incidental to the New York investiga-
ton the Committee will also settle the
claims OF rival Syracuse factions. headed
by ex-Collector Francis Hendricks and
ex-Congressman James J. Belden. Frank
II. Hiscock, nephew Of ex-senator His
cock; ex-Collector Hendricks and James
S. Kenyon are delegates to represent the
Hendricks claims. and NJ. H. Delano.
Senator Stapleton and William p. Good
ellie look after the Beldcn end.
After the Syracuse differences are
adjusted, the Committee will take up
the Albany disasreements and in The the
N The Zig big p ii leaders did not pay
much attention to the morning ,sI pro, pro.
around ths hotel corridors before noon.
one. The COMMITTEES Of Thirty claims an
Of 5000. They ' say Miiholland's orsani-
zation Is a fake and out of saWdust
enrolment Of Is. 900 not over 5000 are legal
| voters. go
The Milholla nd Plattites say they will
prove that not only was the Committee
Of ThiTty,s enrolment fraudulent. but
that a decker has already been arranged
by them with Tammany.
Among the Milhoiland boomers is M:
NJ. Muihall. of the Eleventh Assembly
District OF New York. He has creden-
Al ~. aI.A ~, ~ . n
Years he has besn IN the he employ Of the
National Republican Congressional Com
mittee., He says that for several months
he has been ps STsan1 IN Na ns
dorsHe Milholland He says that he
spoke to the Committee as to organizing
agement from them. He will appear be-
for the Subcommittee this afternoon
and lay before them, the Endorsement Of
Milhollands claims by number OF or
ga nized labor parties.
Workers ana holders Union K. Of L.
senator spoke for e Repe coieetor rnf He
dricks's party when the Committee took
I'D the Syracuse matter. 1t took him
Oh hours ,b to a.e ea hs alleged I wss a N:
only one to speak for the Hendricks
crowd.
c. II. Lewis spoke for the Belden side
|
, the Committee about two days to gel
down to the New York City phase OF
the case.
In reply to Mr.. Hiscock Mr.. Lewis
please Charles l.. 1de. Of Syracuse, who
made long. heated speech denying
The @ Gomm.tes little
l o'clock and met again at to finish W
the Syracuse case.
The Albany case win not be taken W
| he n ia
At o'clock the MilhollandPlattites
and the, Committee Of Thirty locked
James Montigani. Of Albany. and Otto
Irving Wise win do the principal un
masking OF the alleged ungentlemanl.
while William Brookfeld. J. v. Clarke
n on hand to reply for the Committee. .,
= Plat nor Col Bliss had been at thu
: hotel. Mrs. Plat was at the hotel how
4 ever, and said she expected Mr.. Plat
u six X; big ' colored men created quite
z sensation in the corridors of the hote
. by carrying on a reel as large as tina
i OF hose.cart the enrolment list of tn
t there were between q. 900 and 5000 OF
iginal names on the list.
e After the Syracuse case closed tn
o Nearly an hour was spent in discussinl
g the question of making the hearing n
e open one, The Milho.landites argue
g long and loud in favor of letting In a
3 many as parlor Or could hold. A com
d promise was effected, and all the dele
n gates OF both sides. all Executive Com
mitteemen and one reporter from tn
!, two loca. press bureaus were al frs
!, declared to be allowed to enter.
y The room was packed to the door an
n the heat was awful, The two colore
l. janitors had their hands full standin
d OF Executive Committeeman" VIII
e wanted to squeezed in. :. Milholland
n partisans were largely In the pre-
ponderance.
iected to the Committee that the ROOF
was packed by the Milholand men. Fa'
r ton feeling ran high. and some yeh'
III ment talk was heard. The Hearing Con
4, mittee ordered the room cleared. Tn
IT, was done, and only the six original deli
as gates and one representative fro eac
H. district allowed to re-enter. The repo
.. tiers did not get back.
ne 1t was well past o'clock before a.
~ tual business was commenced
When the Committee finally got dow
to business they decided to hear tn
= rival speakers alternately.
John Fabine Smith opened for Il
Thirty" crowd. He argued that h
side was the party OF legal record.
Montignani, OF the Milhollandites, 70
n lowed him.
o. i. Wise and l.. Lehmeir were u
e next speakers. Al $50 the Commute
. was still in session. with good prospect
for an all-night's sitting.