New-York tribune., 1894-09-29
THE POLITICAL POT BOILING
JUDGE CULLEN WILL. PROBABLY SUCCEED
HIMSELF.
PLENTY OF CANDIDATES FOR LOCAL OFFICES



BATES FOR CONVENTIONS.
Political activity will prevail from now on 10
Election Day The State nominations having been
cleared away interest centres In the choice OF c2ha
dates for local Offices The first nomination to be
made Is that of Justice OF the Supreme Court ana
the Republican judiciary Convention In the ia DIS
trct will assemble AZ noon to-day In the county
Courthouse. Hugo IIirsh. who presided at the !aS'
Judiciary Convention, Will call it to order ana pre-
side over II. There IS an active movement among
members Of the bar to secure unanimous support
for Judge Edgar NJ. Cullen, who Is Just concluu'HS
his first term of fourteen years on the bench. Al
though Democrat. Judge Cullen has never SHOWN
any partisan bias in his decisions. ana MS aoln'y
oDd nrohitv are alike unquestonei. But the fact
that no Republican Is the Supreme Court oehch
In the district although Judge Gaynor was put
,here ny Koorb,ic1n and reform votes last year.
leads many Republicans to favor the selection OF
some lawyer from their own party ior the p'ace'
The names Of ex-Judge George g. Reynolds. CoiOhei
4 T. Lamb Hugo Hirsh. Jesse johnson ana George
F. Elliott have been mentioned. The hrst Is 100
Old to hold the Office. Colonel Lamb has said ne
,,,d NOT ba a candidate against Judge Cullen, and
~. others are known TO favor Republican support
oe ,ha nrcsent Incumbent that II Is altogether
lkey that the convention VIII decide 70 pu' 'uuse
Curen IN the field as It's non-partisan candidate
The Republican primaries to choose deiesa'eS
from the 6s5 election districts in the county to the
Thursday OF next week. The conventions VIII DE
hold the following week beginning with the county
Convention In the Palace Rink In Ctrrnont-a'e, o"
! Wednesday evening. october TO- Ben)am'n r. n'''.
| will preside The nominations TO DE Hane are oi
candidates for Register OF Deeds. County CIerK ana
Associate Justice OF the Court OF Sessions for tne
! ers,named office the chief aspiran;s are Charles
a, x,.,rs Granville " Harmon and Theodore H.
| Willis II is not likely that any one OF them ""
have a majority on the first ballot but ,he ir'e"u'
of each are confident that h. Will secure the pr%'
For the Office of County Clerk there Is not 10 i"o"
| strife and (, is likely that a candidate VIII v
named from the Eastern District OF the city The
| name of Henry Z. Sa!fen e. most prominently me-"
| t,ored Associate Justice Matthews VIII be rehom
| ,r.ted as the candidate must be taken from 'h'
| Justices of the peace In the county l'""S' '"'
, Fatands is the only remaining one. Ihe sys'c"
Of election district representation IN the noha''hI
conventions will be tried for the iirst time ''s S'H
and each delegate Will cast az many votes "S N'''
given In his district FOR the Kepuol'cah e''''' !"
| the last Presidential election
| Tho CIV Convention will meet on Thursday. oc'o
ber H. also IN the Rink with cS2 delegatEs Inc
iaies TO be- BE- chosen M G1n%r I oSe S Horace +
| r. iead,ng candidate and for the latter Colone
II ". Michel ana Thomas D. Mosscrop are "'e"
The Congress conventions in the ys d,sFiss M Si
meet Friday October = Each o' ,u, u,' II is ex
is now represented by democrat pu1 ,n.s, ~ - me-,
pected that with the nomination OF ne apes. ',a
10 reprosent the party II WI. ." PoS-lpl', ~
| control Of all OF them There are Stfera, aSP ur 90,
in each district for the honor of NOMINATION rai M
| nis II Wilson Israel g. Fischer. l.: J. khtehoacn
| Dennis NJ Hurley and W Go'dt'ch are "''''
| them. -. ...,,.rs -, Ass.rbl,
| for Kings County VIII be nohInat.l ga ,,',U.n
| or,ohrr Il \ number Of Ia" present Ihchihn'ni
viii be- renomlnated 1t Is expected - max. iual .
w. ~,'' good II not better. showing than last yea
| sns ~ eisc.ion Ward conventions " nomlnat
Supervisors and constabes VIII os heh r. MonuSg
| or,ohrr Il II is expected that Republican CohUo
| ~ the Hoarl OF Supervisors VIII be retained
The Republican CampAsn ComW,''gg .',rr r rhr'Ior
| "a Wuiis william : Ryan. John II, Neal hobrf
A Sharkey Alexander Robb, T. J." Menh'hg"r an !,
Iohn i NcGlnnis Mr. BENJAMIN mas Dr"h ma! s,
cS"ir,nan He held IN" same place last year MI
Sal VINO IS secretary OF the county 'onlit.'r'
viii hold the same place ~ '"' '''''"''"
mttee. , ,.,,,t,,,. ,vrI meet ~
Monday might ana decide upon the oates l"r pr
,n,rirs AMI conventions ne Shepard I,"hocrdt
,v1i also nx dates for their primaries ana cohVeh
lions the coming week