New-York tribune., 1895-09-17
MA CHINE DELEGATES SEATED
THE STATE COMMITTEE DECIDES THE
NEW-YORK CITY CONTESTS.
r.,-rrRRAcH.s FEEBLE ATTEMPTS TO EXPLAIN
HIS UNJUST AcTIoN-THE FIGHT TO BIZ
RENEWED TO-DAY-TEMPORARY

RENEWED To-DAY-TEMPoRARY
OFFICERS SELECTED.
fay TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBuNE.I
Saratoga Sent l6-The usual meeting Of the
Renuhcan state Committee previous to the as
gambling of the State Convention was held this
evening AT the committees headquarters In Con-
oress Hall BEFORE the committee had finished
Ito lahors the fight over the contested seats in
Newyork CITY was begun. AS might be expect
ed. Mr. Platt's henchmen on the committee voted
solidlv To make the regularly elected and machine
delegates from the XXVIIIth and XXXth As
sembly districts the contestants. and by vote
~ u tn & ulaced the machine men on the rolls,
TINS indorsng the high-handed and uniawfui
,,ethods of the Lauterbach committee. Charles
w Hackett chairman. presided. and John ,.
Kenyon performed the duties of secretary. When
Reuben F. Fox the chief clerk. called the roll IL
was found that all the members OF the commit
tee were present except six. who were represent
cd by proxies. as follows: Ist District william
T. Youngs c. II. Pipp. proxy; Xllltn Dstr'c''
William Brookfeld. Benjamin Oppenheimer
proxy; XIXth District. William c. Daley LOUIS
F. Payn. proxy; XXXth District Edwin l.. wage
r. Titus Coan. proxy; XXXlst District ueorse
w. Aldrdge. John w. Hannah proxy; AAAiiiu
District John y. Scatcherd, II. II. Persons proxy
CONGRESSMAN James s. Sherman, of Utica, was
named by the committee for temporary chairp'ah'
and John s. Kenyon. RE. Fox. Charles A. ball.
L. g. Gleason and W. =. Dodge for temporary
secretarjes ON motion Of Congressman Il. Is.
Odcu ir. TIE committee approved the candidacy
of william J. Glenn. OF Aegany, for doorkeeper
of the next Republican House OF Representatives
at Washington.
wu,am Barnes. tr.. Of Albany. moved that the
l,.t tl,ac prpta
ce,ved from the charmen and secretaries OF the
county committees be the roll Of the convention.
General c. II. T. Coils. of New-York. said that he
honad that the motion Of Mr.. Ba mes would not
nrevau The roll as made UP showed that the
candidates for delegates In his assembly district,
tho xxXth who were defeated. had been put on
the roll az the regularly elected delegates, while
be and mis- four colleagues who had been elected
bv p vote Of ifty-nine to thirteen in the XXXth
District Convention were placed In the attitune
~ contestants At the primaries, the General
said the Independent Republicans had carried
,h,rtv-nine of the forty-hree election districts In
tho XXXth Assembly District, while their op-
,oror,s had carried but four election districts
General Coils appealed to the committee against
such bald injustice. ~,
BENJAMIN Oppenheimer, as proxy ioi WI
prook6eld related the methods by whlch the
machine had attempted to seize the seats OF MS
district. the XXVIIlth. and made similar ap-
neal. julius NJ Mayer representing the lNth
Conerrs, District backed up the statements OF
General Coils and Mr. Oppenheimer, and de-
manded Justice for the districts named
During the discussion Edward Lauterbach.
chairman OF the New-York County Committee,
was called in to explain how he came to return
as delegates men who had received minority
votes in the conventions. Mr. Lauterbach
made a feeble effort to justify his action and
called in Assistant Secretary Manchester OF his
committee to assist him In his explanations.
Manchester said that he had given the creden
tials TO the Plat delegates from the XXXth be-
cause they had fled their certificates before the
Anti-Machne men had put in theirs This he
said. in accordance with Chairman Lauter-
bach's orders. The latter sheepishly admitted
that the statement Of Manchester was true.
General Coils said tha. his opponents IN the
XXXth had not thought of contesting the cleo
tion OF himself and his colleagues until they
ceived directions from the machine headquarters
to get up a contest" accompanied by prom
ise that they would be seated. Mr.. Barness
motion was adopted by the vote already given.
The eight negative votes were cast by ex-Judge
w. II. Robertson. of Weschester; John X.
Hazel and Henry H. Persons of Buffalo. and
John Simpson, John Sabine Smith Benjamin
Oppenheimer. Jules NJ. Mayer and General G.
H. T. Coils. Of New-York. General Coils Will
carry his case tomorrow before the Committee
on Credentials. and the opinion expressed s
that he Will win No more barefaced attempt
on the part ~ the machine tc upset a square
and honest elections can be recalled. The XXth,
XVIII and XXVlIlth districts Will be contested
by Colonel Cruger. Job He 1ges and Mr.. Open
hemer A vote Of thanks on motion Of John
Sabine Smith, Of NewYork, was given 10 the
officers Of the State Commit tae for their services
last year.
The delegates Of the XIIIth Congress District
have reelected William Brookneld to represent