New-York tribune., 1894-01-01
rOR LEGISLATIVE OFFICES
rurn;Ey LIKELYTO BE NAMED
,ovrI. Dim HAS PRACTICALLY A CLEAR
-,r,rn FOR THE ASSEMBLY, CLERkSlllP.

co,oyFI DJNN HAS PRACTICALLY CLEAR |
r,rrn FOR THE ASSEMBLY CLERksIlIP.
v.y,1. OF TWO oF Els CSMPETlToHs- |
VIII. .,xros AND MALny 20 PRESIDE :
OVER THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
Observation-Disclosures rtR CLERK
or THE SENATE - SENATOR
o.coNNoRs ELECTlONhN-
srEcroRs ELL.
,ny TELEGRAPH To TIE TRrrrNr.l
Dec Sl.-The chief officers of the
AIo"'. .o which will meet here on Tuesday
,,or selected by an inforina: caucus OF 'ii'
nav ,,.,o, Senators and Assempymen' whi'H
~ ~ir IAN held here for the last ior'v-eiehl
mo- ias Tomorrow nights formal caucus WI"
o.,fv this choice. The Senate Is 10 nave
,,s nresiding officer pro TEN thal ulstils"is"
n.,,hlican. Charles T. SaXton oi s'!ue' an" - -
"ef ,,a clerk John $. Kenyon. of syracuse
80" 40, .rc,ert clerk of the Republican STATE Oo'n-
III. The Assembly will have as its Speaker
I'' y Nalbv. of St Lawrence County, VINO
"eV.e ,l,. led the Republican minority In the AS
H,r ror the last two years. and as It's CLERK
, ceorec w Dunn. of B;nghamtoh d
..oror and an experienced public pihcer'
r, -a,ec,ion Of these men assures 10 '"c
- tho State honest and fair treatment
', .ha legislative enactments Wfl'h MA! w
osed nv the peoples representatives. Inv
.iairg officers Messrs. SaXton an" N"'"',
-, ~ trusted to make up the c''hi'l''ee' o'
49, c.rote and the Assembly, resiec'iNe'H' ''
,hn neope's interest; and as presiding ol''ce'' -
ru,e mpartially upon parliamentary pueS''''
A., Lorvon and Colonel Dunn. Their past
.uo,.,hla lives tell every Senator and Asseho's
or that "the desk will be straight '""' -
49,, ,o dishones. work Will be done with ai'ei'u-
,,s ~ hills or with the bills themselves
- ,d member of the Legislature VIII ue-
o,or. that 1t is OF the highest Importance ="
80 mon Of absolute honesty in charge oi '"o
,ms of the Legislature. There Is se"''"
,.,ac,ion. therefore. over the selection oi WI
Kenyon and Colonel Dunn. .
large proportion Of the memoeFS-e'eO' %
.hs LEGISLATURE, Republicans and Deho''"'
-ved here in the course of the day. O"e "
.,'r,her was Senator O'Connor. of Bnghamton,
ua brought important news in respect - '',. '
which is 10 be introduced giving each po''"'"'
aouol number Of election inspectors a.
every polling place in the state ~ -:
os," said Senator OConnor. "a Dill Is oe'i'e
.oroa h,, William NJ Ivins. of New-1 orN' XIV
..r .hs Renublican and Democratic pafueS e"O"
80 ,,snactors at the 5000 or more polli"s -p'"
IN the state I said to Mr.. WINS; "a"' .r
draw rp a bill which will be recoghlZeu ~ 49,,
. panubucan and every Democrat as e''''', :,
ta,r do not want any advantage
for the Republican party owing 70 INV 'N,e,,mo
:, niu he passed by Repuoncah i-e
Uba, we want to restore 10 the peOp In ~
edence that the votes they may r.o,
honss-,v counted. I think that coh1iu 49,,
badlv shaken by the last eiec'ioii' .a,, ,,ace
'1,eoo,,or ~ election returns in certain p'aO'
ials'i'0 ,..,,oo ,nsnec,ors were unequally u'
"ne'e ' 80, Number ~ election Inspector
o.ob noiitical party equal protecto" /"
~ Thai is the kind Of bill. MI WINS
,,.,eb Won 10 prepare Mr.. lvihs' u''Ie
- hos enished his bill and VIII p'
....os,,oa :. uDon Tuesday. think Il siiou'r " :,
one of the first bills passed by the s'',o, ~
'"e =, .ro the chief features OF this oih' III
Tribune correspondent asKed; .t, ,rovides tha
senator C1,1,'.,rhcods ~ each political parry S'is H
n. .i1 - t,,o inspectors OF election III t r.ro
election Of inspectors cf eiecuon ,s the expert
duce good results-at leas', ma NC a,scted Hitter
80 - such cities as have tneih -ec'e - 900 an
ea~d enO7 Sishonest election inspectors az ,berr
a. ha chosen under such "a system. -, iudg
80 ,ro,,,de that in the cities the T.ui; ,.rty
fore pIoEIIu insnectors for each political par -
i;s, ~ inspectors to be furnished irat, nm
ha,rman Of the Republican anu Tta du,ie
rta
cUuitS ,,rtv ildge will be purely miil9s 80,
~ 81 % w.l receive the list Of inspectors an neyv,
1,,hlish II for twenty days IN tne , 'ia,arval {
,raners of the city affected N this .n snrh T
pape.s "a 60 o,,iections can b. made 10 sucn ~
tn tnspectors as are deeineu nm u,'ns,,,n,e me
duties and the county judge can .,ose interes,
,n,s,ed by the political party W, WhIS, ,h,n v.oul
.h, yyiu defend at the polls. thilh ,i'1 ,,or ir
be coed method Of SECURING ho''e''
spectOrs. -, hrought the news thu
go n,lrnber Of prominent Repubhcanas. -"
coming 10 Albany to support IN Assembly
Colonel Dunn Tor cIerK T,nnn q he said for thir,
Xesrs lie IS in my opinion. mos NOS e,r'''i is .,
Qualified FOR the position ana, i.na, it,o' marty +
,i,iad 10 honor from the KepubIcai' p attsau,r
80 . we soldier in the War oi lhe H'lnii Hiia,
and he has shown himself 10 " iinghamto
executive officer as postnis'ei, o o,d every o
IL - a ,oan Of absolute honesty; ai!u S AZ ;,h
,mer,hor ~ the Legislature undeIstai'u' g., =
an important qualification iafiire ina desirous
Sa,.,rr nure legislation. with MN a. +, 80
Assembiynen viii know thtt the I'm e',. undar I
IT, hacayne a candidate reluctantly uiiuri =
ne ,,.,tmn ~ southcrn Tier Republicans '
sl, mai the Republican voters IN the ,', Suu." ~
tier ~ counties who contributed sucn .a, VIC
torit,es 10 the Republican stat u'ne No T ee
entitled 20 some one OF the hon93.s "
Iature hope he Will be elected <,a. q, ,
The canvass Of Coloni )ei.h tI',, tbn 4,
1ei aN Cor clerk prospered throughout Wy "
Tearlv every Assenblyman, as last az ne
rived in Albany. announced hln'Sri chorIes
favor Of Dunn. The suppoiIern VI 90 Once
Orr of Buffalo; os William j. houhss' y. ~
County. ana Of iIaines d. Cnnningnaiin y, -
bany County, gallanty suslaiheu ,1m arI T
dates but toward o'clock thls e'S.s T ,,,o,
came evident TO them that Mr. Dunn w.
surely be nominated. This beng 'nc ,' 81 Kir
the nine supporters Of Mr. founes, ,'i,,si,. hl"",
County held meeting and nnanimou',i nii,'',a ~.
solved 10 support Mr. Dunn. MT founss 1". .
81 upon saw that he could not be chosen cl', M ~ o.
authorized his remaining supporters as ,",'ad -.
port Mr. Dunn. Mr.. Cunningham ioI'' 20 ;,
Youngs's example in withdrawing az d. d ood oai
date Charles \. Orr thereupon annou'l.eu ~.
those Assembymen from OUTSIDE OF -l'c , ~
who were supporting him that ne reieSHe" i r
from their pledge support him TOT ce
This action Of Mr. Orrs ended the opposI',on
the election Of Mr.. Dunn. who VIII Pr, PIp
be nominated for clerk to-morro" h's"'
acclamation. 49, , ,c
Colonel Dunn, although Ill OF the sIip y
r.. nolan1l tAl hern this afternOOn