The sun., 1894-09-11
!. NJ. SHEPARD DEFIANT.
vo rtRrHER ATTEMPT no ne MADE
TOWARD HIRMONY.
m. Shrpsrdites VIII Run Candidates OF
their own FOR All the City nnd County
nmcr--The Regulars Roorning Gaynor,

RI. Shrpsrdites VIII Rup Candidates, OF
,heIr own for All the City snd County
nmce--rhe Regulars Roorniue Gsynor,
LAWYER Edward VI. shepard. the leader of the
D,mg,ratic malcontents in Kings county, de-
py.r,H . nntable address last night before the
Ger,.il committee Of his organization at the
prookI,n Athen@um. The committee is sup
ps,d to be composed Of one representative from
ssch Of the $50 or more election districts in the
rount,. hut not more than one-thrd Of them
were on hand.
There was large and sympathetic audience
in The gallery, and they Joined with the dele
gates in cheering the young lawyer. The
declarations Of Mr.. shepard will have the
rtc,t of still further widening the breach in the
prmocratic ranks In Kings county and put an
ind to all further talk of harmony.
Mr.. shepard frankly admitted that they could
MT ignore the fact that the Democratic sky was
not perfectly clear, either In state or county.
They was confronted with some pcrpexitics
and anxieties. As far as the national situation,
however, were concerned. they have all agreed
in supporting the President and the House of
REPRESENTATIVES, to make good the pledges
gwen. at the Chicago Convention, and in
cundemning the treason of few rec
reant Senators. The first duty of the
Democracy OF the State is to be In full sympathy
With Grover Cleveland and the Democratic
House of Representatives. Even the Wilson
bill. as passed in the German edition, is in
fnitely preferable to the Mckinley system OF
tariff.
A. to the local situation, Mr.. Shepard said 1t
was proposed TO send complete delegation to
the Saratoga Convention, which no hoped would
rebuke the systematic prescription OF Demo-
Gratis. tn, abuse of primaries. and Audacious
triillng by notorious nominations. He hoped
81. tley NxnulH he ahla IN iny-
ally and warmly what the Convention should
do. When they came down to their own county
affairs, Mr.. Shepard said, their difficulties and
Continue TO stand ON the same platform they did
In 1893 when 1t WAS found necessary to defeat
Mayor Boody in the interest OF honest politics
I'VE will keep on" Mr.. shepard said, "a true
and steady course. II others join with US, well
also well and good, We will keep the rudder
true and trust the result TO the intellisence of
brooklyn and Kings county. We propose on
election day to stand up and be counted. loud
cheers.l Here Is represented the genuine and
wisely turn our energies In other directions"
MIR. Shepard declared that 1t was astonishing
folly on the part OF the old organization to try
and cut them of from participation in the cleo
tion patronage. They would not be ready for
any conference with the old organization until
their unfortunate and un.earning brethren had
given some undouhted proof OF deference TO the
lessons of 1893.
There was another outburst OF applause when
Mr.. Shepard declared that they would make
nominations for all the offices to be competed
for in the city and county, from highest 10
lowest.
The report of the Executive Committee calling
the primaries for Sept. IS and the Assembly
Convention for the 2lst was approved. Three
delegates will be chosen at each OF the eighteen
Assembly districts TO the Saratoga Convention
and one delegate to the Judiciary Convention,
at which a.Supreme Court Justice in place of
Justice Cullen Is TO be nominated.
Chairman Charles j. Patterson OF the Execu-
tive Committee crushed any slender remaining
hope OF harmony by Offering resolution de-
Cluring IL a. the sense OF the General Committee
that no conference committees, requested by
the regulars. should be appointed. Mr. PGttcr-
son even more bitter In his attack upon the
DID Democracy than Mr.. Shepard and the reso-
luton was adopted with practical unanimity.
The Young Mems Democratic Club. which Mr..
Shepard has not been able so far to include in
his faction. also met last night. A resolution
was adopted calling for the nomination of good,
motion providing for the appointment Of IA COM
mittee on harmony to confer with the rival or
EaniZations was offered, and laid over for con-
sideratton at special meeting next Monday
night.
night in each election district and gave op-
portunity for a further enrolment prior to the
primariss IL is cUntended that more than 1000
additional names were added to the rolls. At
dorsed as a candidate for the nomination for
Governor.
Register Kenna, Stewart Z. whitehouse, and
most OF the regular leaders have already declared
themselves strongly in favor of Justice Gaynor's
nomination.