The evening world., 1894-01-05
SIX SEATS ARE CONTESTED.
Five on the Grounds of Ineligi-
bility and One of Fraud.
Legislative Committee on Assembly
Elections AdJourns Until Monday.

The Subcommittee OF the Assembly
Committee on Privileges and Election
of the Legislature met In Part III. Of
the Court of Common Pleas. this morn
ing, and began taking testimony in the
OF Assemblymen.
The Subcommittee Is composed OF
i@sembiyman Terry,of Saratoga. Chair
man; Nacheron, OF Queens, and Nc
Nance. of Ulster.
There are six contests In this city--in
the Fifth. Eighth. Fifteenth. Seven
teenth. Nineteenth and Twenty-second
Districts. the defeated Republican candi-
date being the contestant in each case.
The ground for contest In the Fifth
District was surprise. Albert w. Bail
lie, Republican. asks that Samuel j..
Foley. Democrat, be ousted because he
days OF his election.
Mr.. Foley has been an Assemblyman
Tor tiVe or six years, ana IL he has held
another office. under the city government,
Allen is Baillie's lawyer.
During the proceedings II came out that
Foley was appointed Commissioner In
certain case by the supreme Court,
and for that reason 1t will be claimed he
Is ineligible.
The basis OF contest Is the same in
4e wsers Seth in Wh M EspnScan
charges that gross fraud was committed
and that Adolph. schillinser. his OPP
ponent was counted In. ,.,, o..
Eighth District; Robert Miller in, the
Seventeenth for the seat of Patrick +.
for a'aRe tRe seat m t. Of Iy T. F. - e Kerrisan. and
Henry Il. Page In the Twenty second
for the seat OF Michael F., Tobin. ,
go, 0Donnell was employed rl,r IN the sher-
ployed in the Excise Board and Kerri-
gan, was street-cleaning superin-
| tendent.
are analogous to the case OF Senator
Sherwood. who was declared to be ineli-
| gable by the courts because he was a
Park Commissioner In Corning; ming, The 1 re. re,
question whether Supreme Court Com
missioners. sheriffs officers and Excise
Board employees are city officers.
wilks against Schillinger. Assistant IT
Corporation Counsel John J.: Delaney ap-
peared for schillinger and William j.
MIR. Delaney said his client had re-
ceived no notice, and he asked for more
time Mr., Youngs agreed to a postpone
Ts men, and the case was "a os.,ood set Gown for
| Chairman Terry announced that when
case Is taken up II must be pushed
| TO II CONCLUSION, ana no 1urtneT auJouTl-
ments should he expected.
| Mr.. Van Allen appeared for Baillie
and La Mazda and ex-Assemblyman
| Wright Holcomb for Foley. The cases
of Baille against Foley and La Nadia
against O'Donnell were set down Tor
O'Clock Monday morning.
Miller against Trainor will be taken up
on Tuesday.
Joseph l. Green, attorney for Michael
| F. Tobin. asked for more specific
charge against his client, and when an
amended bill OF particulars was fur
nished he was ready to go on.
| Duffy against Kerrigan VIII be dis
posed OF at o'clock Monday afternoon.
| In the proceedings Assemblyman Nc
Nance. the minority member of the
Committee. played a silent part. He was
rarely consulted by his Republican col
leagues except as to fixing the dates for
hearings
Mr.. Terry is a judicial-looking person
| OF mild manners. He wears spectacles
and parts his hair in the middle. Sc
does Mr.. Nacheron. his Republican as
sociate He has the appearance Of q
schoolmastcr.
Mr.. McNamee IL democratic in man.
ners as well az politics. He Is n plainly
dressed man. and looks like an honest
tailor.
The Committee, Mt ll.3o. adjourned un-
| til Monday morning. William Loeb, jr.,
was appointed stenographer, and Edward
Choate messenger to the Committee.