New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-24
HARMONY WAS GENERAL.
CONTESTS IN SOME DISTRICTS
BLISS PATTERSON DELEGATES ELECTED
TO THE COUNTY COMMITTEE.

Committee of Thirty's plan OF reorganization
for the election Of delegates to the County Con-
vention were held in the several Assembly DIS
tricts last evening.
The County Committee is composed in AL OF
110 members. the representation from the seNerdl
Assembly districts being az follows: ISL AS
sembIy District .; I'D 2; IlId. 3;INth. 2; Nth q;
With 3; With. q; With. I: IXth. .; Nth' . Hl'h'
4: Xrth 3: XIIIth. !: XIVth. 8; XVIII, 4; NNlth'
4: XVIIth. 3; XVIIlth. 3; XlHth, a; NA'h' o.
XxIst ;; XXIId. 3: XXIIld c; XNlNth' A.;
xXvth. 3: XXvIth. .: XXVllth. 6; XXNllth 81
XXIXth I: XXXth, 8.
A majority Of the conventions were conducted
in a peaceable and orderly way. There were
number Of contests notably in the lst lNth
XIth. XVIII. XXIst and XNIId. As was eX-
pected. about all the leaders Of the old orsaniZa-
t,on for whose elimination the movement for
reorganization was begun Immediately al'er
the last general election. have been reelected
and placed at the head Of their district organlza
tions. The conventions Of the LIST and AAhd
Assembly districts split, and each held separate
meetings.
TROUBLE IN THE IsT DISTRICT.
An unseemly disturbance occurred in the ISL
District and the convention resembied q us
graceful gathering Of Tammany han hee'c''
rather than an assemblage Of sane ana reSie.'
chic Repubucans. The place of meeting was NO
15s Hud-on-st.. the headquarters of the Martin
II He<y Association. The Ist is entitled TO
80 de,eqatos in the County Committee and the
convention was composed of forty-seVen MEM
her, Two factions were developed. one lea by
Martin II. Healey and his brother, Eugene anu
sba other by Peter Arata. James Moore. IT, anu
Edwin II Lawrence. 4 few days ago the Il'ai0'
brothers ad dressed personal letter 10 ucieed'e'
they believed to be favorable to theii' ii0'o9'"e
q prInted ticket for delegates to the County 0''
vention bearing the names OF the TWO h'Ni'' .
On Sunday evening caucus OF the oPP0'i''o''
was held at Peter Ara,a's place OF business ~
lo7 Canal-st There were present II was s",N'
+ventv-four delegates clear majority Oh '''
,.ssor,hlv District Convention. James Moore
a. and Edwin II. Lawrence were nominated
against the Healeys ,.,,
When the latter party reached tle I'm
hall last evening they found tha' '"e''
tails as delegates were not soou q"
=, admission. and that the personal letter oil 'he
Iealeys was the only passport
Mr.. Healey's door tender. .,
Actor demanding entrance in vain Hhe 'pPO''
.,o, sent around to the Leonard-st ponce STA
49,, I'd poundsnac Londrigan and -FOUR men
80. dienatched by the Sergeant in charge 10
49, como If the trouble The arrival Of the po-
49, nroduced the desired effect, and Mr.. Ara'a
- ,,s colIeapuos got in simultaneously VII"
ut admission A quarrel began. and the pace
.s -ranefornoed into something resembling pan
aernoniunn Both factions. yelling IKE APdche''
.r,ed n seize the presiding officers chalF' "eN
oral stalwart citizens leaped upon the 'doe'
Dur,ng the rumpus that article OF furniture
,rore down. and Eugene Healey received Dap
tism Of ink from the overturned INK Dot'Ie'
. THESE riotous proceedings lasted some time II
was finally proposed that all the Delegates leaNe
the room, as charges of packing the cohVehuo"
"a boon made. and that all having credentials
~ election should then be readmitted. This was
agreed to. and the place was cleared But 'o
onnos,t,on declare that Mr.. Heaey would only
allow his own friends TO return, and when they
sought an explanation Of his strange behaNior
Martin Healey shouted to those on the OUTSIDE
"The elections been held and Healey and
1Iealev are elected 1t was done by an aye and
~ vote You fellows that don't like IT can
contest"
The onposition then undertook 10 hold con-
xention on the sidewalk in front Of the Healey
headquarters. being advised that the meeting
must. TO he legal be held on near the premises
DESIGNATED by the Committee Of Thirty. But
Police Detective Kehoc demanded their permit
the aid Of patromen drove the Anti-Lawrence
,eonle AWAY They proceeded to No. 407 Canal
ST where a convention was organized with
George B. Baldwin as chairman, and James
Moore IT, and Edward II. Lawrence were CHOSEN
delegates to the County Committee by ballot
receiving il was announced. thirty votes each
All the formalitics required by the new Consti-
tuition were observed Those opposed to the
Healeys assert that the convention Of the latter
IS fatally defective, because the election was not
made by ballot as the rules require.
A DIVISION IN THE XIxTH DISTRICT
There were two tickets in the XIXth District.
the opposition being headed by James l.. Stewart.
The regular ticket. headed by Charles a. Pea
body jr. chosen
The regular ticket in the Nth District was
made I'D Of Colonel George Bliss ]. d. c. Thurs
ton, Job r. Hedges and Jacob II. Simms, al
though Colonel Bliss had promised a number Of
ambitious young men who wanted to be members
of the new County Committee that there should
be free field and a fair fight
Go and get as many delegates to support you
as you can" the Colonel is quoted as saying to
candidates who approached him. Pm not going,
Cornelius is not going-wc're going to leave the
election altogether to the young men. New
blood is what We want in the convention"
NEW BLOOD" FROZEN OUT
But when the hopeful candidates began TO
canvass for votes they found that most Of the
delegates had received instructions mot to
pledge themselves TO any of the candidates."
and when they reached the Assembly District
headquarters. No. 101 West Thir;y-fourth-st.,
last evening, they were met by the information
that the names Of Colonel Bliss and the three
others named had been slated" The roll of
delegates was called for nominations, and many
members boldly named James w. Auten as one
OF the candidates. Mr. Auten was one Of the
men with aspirations who had been turned down,
and IL was soon understood that the dssa tished
element should concentrate their votes upon him.
Auten was elected. defeating Colonel BLISS
candidate ThurstOn and receiving so many
votes that ne was second in the poll