New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-01

ron oo5-s Mr. Hirsh's meagre victory gave ''e
country delegates heart, and they set 10 WI"
orce ia make trouble for Messrs roo"'''' anu
Hobbs The second ballot found Dchey anu ''','
uod with n votes each and Hobbs and "oour'ch
with So each. -. =. ~.
sne,o,t and Queens people and tried to make a
Mills Smith combination. Judge o"i'" .u'' w.. 49,,
ba would sink swim with Dlckey' Inv ~
ballot was taken with excited feehhg al d''u",'
and when Colonel Dickeys vote passed 'he o, '"a,"
his friends raised the roof Iheh came ''o we
80 wor between Mills and Smith. Scores Oh men
bon, tally and when Mr.. Smiths count passed CT
c.,e Of unusual enthusiasm was withesSeu'
HATS and canes were thrown into the air, anu VIC
cheering continued for many minutes inc 50
cessful candidates we're hearuiy cohs'a'" ~
their friends. ,,,..s v,ero
.rason, besides those named Among them were
Sneaker Hamilton Fish, Congressman D. 3D. ali
Hssemblymen Hustled and hisbe r AMI nea'' "''
tn eh PFselins over the work of the convention Is
that the ticket is strons in Kings anu pa'''o'
strong OUTSIDE
HUGO HIRsH.
,,uo t1,rsh whose we'll known book. "Hrsh on
,,as ;, has been favorably commented on by NUM-
rous ;egal magazines and Is regarded az c'eal anu
concise work by the profession, Is OF 'e'"a, VII W.
but has been a resident or New iorh si"0o ~"
entb wear lie is a man Of barely mldoie age, oe"s
not forty.seven years old. lie IS "e"-'i'o'''e'
attorney, having demonstrated MS aD"''s " 49,.
her of important litigatons. and mas won many
brilliant victories at the bar He has been Hiei-
ber NJ the bar for twenty-three years ana Is AZ
ISOLATED in practice with Henry KaSluh u''ue, ''e
firm name of Hrsh Rasquin. they having d 'a's'
clientage. including some prominent co.poia''o"'
lie has applied himself to the study Oh c1 knptX
points in law and has made clear many ntects
problems by his lucid treatment VI t ~ eaa
His now stands high as hs an attracted attsn
works. and 1t was this tact ma az Snnreme Court
ton to him in the discussion OF ,ouptb g bav
ng Occupied positions OF responsibility in c the
county. He was chairman II 1nJ Gavnor for the
ndgeshp and he has proved on many occasions a a.,
able and magnetic orator NJ aiiia 49, - c "a, IN
the Police and Excise boards He Is counsel to 10,
the Assembly Cities Committee WHEN md rs %orren
lions OF Kings County. He is member Der OF the Inc
non L ;a rsO on OF LAWYER such
high reputation is long step .oWaIu
as an able and learned attorney. and commands RE
the convention Mr.. Hirsh led them all in the ballot
and the first one nominated
COLONEL w. D. DICKEY.
Colonel W. d. Dickey, the second candidate to
receive n nomination from the convention, is one
OF the most popular citizens OF Newburg, where ne
was born, OF Scoch-Irlsh parentage on January
H. 1876 He graduated from the NewDurs
Academy and the Mount Retirement Seminary OF
Deckertown, y. j. When the war broke out, not
withstanding his youth, he enlisted in May 1907
in the 18th Regiment of Newburg in which he
served first as private and afterward as sergeant
for three months. Returning home he enlisted
week later as second lieutenant In the itoth New
York Infantry. ana In short time was promoted 10
first lieutenant later receiving the commission OF
captain in the 18th New-York Artillery, Battery NJ
on May IT, 1865, he was promoted TO major. and In
nd
vaor the President conferred upon him tho brevets
of lieutenant colonel and colonel. At the battle OF
Weldon Railroad he was for a time In command OF
the brigade ali of his superior officers having been
either killed or WOUNDED Ase from gsneT na
ments among which were he battles OF the Wider
ness Spottsylvania and cold Harbor.
At the close Of the war co.onel Dckey entered
the Albany Law school frcm which ne was gTaIu
az afe be 18th 'I REGIMENT In s72 ISIS and Ss he was
Corporation Counsel lie became connected with
the c. r. as soon as ae he rS was O eec wa dele
gate to the Constitutional Convention and intro.
Coroner and Justices OF Sessions. both of which
were adopted He is director in number OF
the important progressive movements in his native
city one of which was the organization of the
IN Newbnrg in iss2 at cost OF s25Co In 1865
Colonel DSksy married Kate W. Richmond Of
whom is son. now practising law with his father.
WILMOT NJ. SMITH.
Wilmot NJ Smith IL the present County Judge Of
Suffolk County which office he elected in
1891. He born In Smitht0wn, l.. L. In 1857. and
is the youngest of the three candidates nominated
last night. For more than 210 years MIR. Smiths
ancestors lived Long Island and his grcat-grand-
ia Their a revolutionary soldier. Judge Smith
gradual ted from Cornell I'm the class of n Go
ing back to Shutdown he studied law with j..
Lawrence Smith. a relative and was admitted TO
the bar in 1871. He elected District Attorney
Suffolk in 1884, and reelected in 1887. His serv-
ices highly appreciated BY the people, and IN
1891 he was elected County Judge. He lives
| in Patchogue. Is married and has three children.
STATE POLITICAL NOTES.