The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-09-21
MORTON SUITS THE BOYS.
THE REPUBLICAN COUNTY COMMIT
TEE RiTIFIES WHIT PLATT DID.

| Nnyor-Mr. VISA Wortuer W ould Like Z,
Have nm Run Agai--t Morto- -- Gen
Mct'ook Against n Straight Local Tick 81
Jacob NJ Patterson. John simpson. Denn
shea. John Proctor Clarke, and George Wan
maker posed as wallnOwcrs ON either side Of th,
big dancing floor of Lyric Hall last night, and
the Wicked Fred Gibbs, ex-Postmnster Van
Colt, Gen. G.. II. T. Colhs, and utlpr Repub.
Leans, members of the County Committee and
lookers-on. Ia the number of ninety IN the aRgre.
gate occupied seats on the floor The Repubii.
can County Committee was holding its monthly
meeting. The chief business before II was the
ratification OF the nominations made at Sara
| toga. As the committee Il small II Is difficult TO
work upa great deal Of enthusiasm at its meet
ings, but the boys did their level beat last night
| to show that they were thoroughly satisfied with
! the nominations Of Morton. Saxton, and Haight
| and those OF them who went to Saratoga intent
on defeating Mr.. Morton's nomination were
| loudcst In their expressions of featy to the
ticket.
Gen. G. II. r. Coils led off with a resolution Of
ratification. and called on Gen. Butterheld TO
| speak to IL. That gentleman, who one of
| the many defeated candidates for the nomina-
| ton at Saratoga, said that IL was with great
| pleasure that he rose TO second the resolution
| offered by Gen. Coils: that he desired to bear
| testimony IA a friend OF twenty-five years
standing to the capacity, integrity, and ability
Of Levi p Morton lApplause.l Continuing,
the General said:
speak ing for those men who were candidates
for the nomination at Saratoga will say that
every one OF them knew perfectly well after
careful canvass OF the state that he had no pos
slble chance OF the nomination. still they all
went before the Convention. For what pur-
pose To vindicate q principle, and that prin-
ciple. that every man in the party has right to
Nt.,t.N
through the ballot. That principle was vindi-
Gated by our action. aud nothing that was done
In the Convention will work more for the sue
The Republican County Committee is not
the committee. and il is possible that there Is
one am, among then Tho is , not an orator Even
boss and some. had advice to give with refer
Thursday. One OF them, Abraham Gruber OF
80 far as to suggest that 1t would be good
thing for the party to nominats Congressman
feli rather fist, and Gen. Arson q. McCooS sat
upon it, fattcning Il still more
Ernss, Hal followed Gem Buttsrsd He
were the free and fair choice Of the Republi-
cans OF the state OF New York, John Sabine
Wormer OF the Nineteenth also male ratIfica.
ton speeches. Both declared the action OF the
men Of the party. This ELECTED a smile from the
Wicked One. who sat on front bench.
les of the Dsmoeratc CoSventon INC to Be held
next week, said that the Republicans would
Governor. and declared that he thought that
Mr. Hill would be the candidate IA the Dcmoc- |
recy recognized that the senior senator from |
New York has been more saRacious than the |
rational .ldministrati In some particulars" |
and that his attitude on the subject Of lcgisla- |
tion In Congress ooInmends him as the strongest |
man OF the party.
Mr. James :. Lchmaier had something TO say,
and was followed by, Col. Alexander Z. Ketch-
um who posed as the original Morton man.
" Two years, ago" said Col. Ketchum. II de-
ernor. II / had been known as a boss he would
now he hcralded the candidate of Boss
ketchnm." The Colonel didn't state what he
Abraham Grybcr, the witty little lawyer from
the Twenty-third district cxplainesi the condi-
State as follows:
when young man enters politics he be-
comes n statesman and runs about with club. |
trying to force others to accept his opinions.
After u little experience Of an unpleasant char
! he people Weld. He, gets on to the drift gf
|: the l0udcst hurrah in the whole procession.
!Langhter The statesmen men have had Their tx;
pftEfs al S"TlE they are now practical
Mr.. tiruber was of the decided opinion that the
workingmen of the state are going TO determine
said:
The workingmen in 1902 gave IL To tho Re-
Ever since then the Democratic party has been
giving 1t 10 the workngmen where Maggie had
The workingmen don't think So and are going
70 get in another swipe by way Of retaliation;
heard against Mr.. Morton is ' that he e"i is
that r and Sr1P hs too
class Any man who is seventy years Of age and
Laughter I ~ N IL thnuuhf hat NInr |
ton can be classed among aged men, let us pro-
vide for young men on the municipal ticket.
Here Mr. Grubcr sprung Quigg. and waited
for applause. but there was none. Then he at
tempted to turn the matter into a joke by say
Mind you. / have no candidate for Mayor.
Gen McCOok declared that while he believed
here was great future In store for the young
he Of h@ for MsyaT
and then. Several who had preceded the Gen-
eral spoke q the Necessity Of nominating a
the state ticket. Gen, McCook,
who is IA member OF the Committee of Seventy,
saw that this partisan idea would not appeal |
very strongly TO, or he received with great favor
by, his associates In that movement, and pro-
'eeded To set the Convention right on that score
"Of course, We want IA strong municipal ticket,
but IN its framing, the tirst consideration we
The second consid Grafton, as
republicans, would be the Strengthening OF our
lon Of such a municipal ucEet can be
occurred by combining all the snti-Tammany
Orces Find out Shat your enemy wants, then
ion't do 1t. Is there any body in TsmnIany Hall
: ho wants the Republican party to do any
hing but nominate IA straight ticket? III ,
answer that question myself. Not n soul. Let
~ nominate Republican for Mayor; let MS
ave good candidates for the other places on the
municipal ticket, whether they be Republicans
II not, and predict that such u course will add
many thousand votes 10 the Republican state
iCket." !
Charles Schwick OF the Seventh and AIexan-
Ter Caldwell OF the Nineteenth also spoke to the ]
resolutions. The latter said that lac did not {
hink ten. McC OOk = words with reference 10 a .
usiOn ticket ought To 20 To the people as an ex-
,ression Of the SENSE of the committee or the
republican organization. For himself lac be-
lsved IN straight ticket from top 10 bottom, {
lr, Caldwell had one sympathizer who cheeFed
his sentiment. Before putting the question 4
Hartman William BroOEheld begged the in =
ulgence OF she committee TO make the follow :
ng statement:
+" IL is more than apparent that If there were :
ny differences Of opinion among the Republi- :
ans OF this city regarding nominations 10 be
lade before the Convention met. they have all '
isappeared since its adjournment. lApplanse.1
know voice the feeling OF this body when | /