The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-27
NOMINATING PUT OFF.
Republican County Convention to
Confer with Ants.
Committee Of Seventys Action Meets
with Disiavor.
A Ticket Selected without Consult
ing OthersInterested.

The Republican County Convention,
called to meet in Lyric Hall, Sixth ave-
nue. and Forty-second street, at
O'Clock tonight will postpone action
on nominating candidates for Mayor.
Sheriff. Judge Of the Superior Court and
Coroner until later day.
A Conference Committee of Thirty will
be appointed to confer with the anti
Tammany organizations for the purpose
of agreeing on a candidate for Mayor.
This committee will be selected at a
caucus of Republican leaders to be held
in the rooms of the Republican County
Committee late this afternoon.
The Republicans still insist that the
union candidate for Mayor must be
Republican. Col w. L. Strong has
many friends in the Committee of Sew
enty. Mr.. Platt's choice is said to be
Lispenard Stewart.
The announcemnt made yesterday by
Chairman Charles S. Smith, that the
Committee of Seventy had already
made, up a municipal ticket, which
would be presented to the Conference
Committees for Endorsement, has stirred
up large sized tempest in the ranks
OF the various anti-Tammany organiza-
lions.
They have sent around their resolu-
tons asking us to adjourn our conven-
ton without nominating candidates, in
OiCi NiioN a bllhtl may pt utClutu
upon in conference" said promi.
nent Anti-Tamany man to-day. land
then go ahead, and in secret conclave
make up a slate and prepare cut and
dried ticket, which they evidently eX
pect us all to indorse without the slight
est discussion.
MIR. Smith is reported as saying at
the close of the meeting last evening:
If we could only have sat for half
an hour longer we could have COM
pleted our ticket. We are ready to pre-
sent names for ticket to the Confer
ence COMMITTEES for concurrence
what does that mean, If not that
they have arrogated to themselves the
right to name the candidates on the
all the Republicans. the German or
ganizations the Independent County
organizations and the anti-Tammany
Democracy are expected to do is to
What was the conference suggested
for anyway, If not that 1t SHOULD dis
cuss the situation and carefully con-
slider the claims of each organization
for representation on the ticket, and
then arrive at some harmonious result
as to the composition of the ticket"
Van Colt, while the Republican County
Organization was very willing to unite
with other political organizations Of
the city for the purpose of overthrow
postpone its nominations until con-
ference could be had, there had been
no suspicion that the Committee of
Seventy would be prepared to come
forward with a cut-and-dried ticket to
spring upon the conference.
"If the Committee of Seventy can get
up slate, | don't see why every other
organization in the city should not do
the same" said he. Certainly they all
have the same right
James w. Brady, of the OBrien Or
ganization, oppressed himself as greatly
surprised at the action of the Commit
tee Of Seventy.
We were asked" he said, to meet
in conference and unite upon ticket
Hall. and now we learn that a ticket IS
to be sprung upon us, and that we are
expected to give it our Endorsement, not
knowing who has been named upon 1t
According 10 lillian A. Gaus, of the
Independent County organization, the
tactics of the Cmmittee of Seventy were,
to say the least, very remarkable for
a body of political reformers to adopt.
1--WE were invited to confer with other
organizations opposed to Tamany Hail,
he said ito make up union ticket, ana
ton as the best way of organizing to
fight the Tammany bosses.
I'VE certainly did not expect the Com
mittee of Seven tyto go ahead and make
up its slate regardless Of the wishes Of
the other organizations, and even with
out the knowledge of any one, as IL ap-
parently has done, TO spring upon US In
1.-The Republican organization repre-
sents, say, 100000 voters the German
reform organization 10000 the anti,
Tammany Democracy 10000 more, ana
we, in the Independent County organi,,
cation, at least 5000 votes. In all
enough to whip Tammany Hall out or
sight and yet this Committee. which
represents nobody but its own members,
seems to think 1t can go ahead and die
tate a ticket to the rest OF us, who nave
the votes
Vice-President d. Hursch, of the Ger
man Organization in the Twenty-fourth
District in speaking for the Associa-
ton which he represents, said ne
thought the Committee of Seventy had
made a great mistake in assuming the
authority to dictate a ticket to the
conference which had been called sole
" to discuss the situation ana In
which the various organizations were
expected to meet on equal terms.
Chairman Smith, of the Committee OF
Seventy denied this afternoon that II
was the intention of the Executive
Committee to dictate in regard to can
didates for the municipal ticket 70 any
of the organizations which Will take
part In the Conference.
He said that the names agreed upon
by the Seventy would simply be sub
mitted at the conference, and that the
members representing the organizations
present would be left to act upon hose
names as they saw mt.
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