New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-06
HARMONY TO THE WINDS.
THE REGULARS AND REroRMERs PART
COMPANY IN BROOKLYN.

| THE FORMER AND EDWARD NJ. SHEPARD BY
THE r.ArrER-coNFERENCE COMMIT
TEES FAIL TO COME TO AN UNDER
srANDING-A DEAL" sPURNED
By THE sHEPARDrTEs
A,,er weeks Of wrangling. conferences. har-
mony shouting, heart burnings ana diherehl ue-
srees OF hopes and fears. the machine and Shep-
ard factions Of the Democratic party OF brooNS"
parted company yesterday afternoon ana e"c"
organization put In nomination tickets OF us own
for Mayor and three civil justices The result
WAS foreshadowed in The Tribune. and 1t ala not
surprise those who had kept close track OIL al
fairs in Brooklyn and knew the intensity OF the
bitterness OF feeling reciprocally entertainer ny
the factions Edward VI. Grout was nominated
for Mayor by the Regulars and Edward NJ SheP-
ard will lead his own forces
The conventions were held at the same time
| the Reformers being in the Johnston Building at
| Fulton and Nevins SITS. and the Regulars IN rie
| Athenaeum at Atlantic ave and Clinton ST
Charles ]. Patterson presided over the Re-
form organization. which was called 10 oruer a'
2:3O o'clock or the 500 delegates only about t"o-
thirds were present BY actual count there were
only ninety-three spectators
Mr. Patterson. in his speech dwelt upon the
/ EFFORTS
ing TO a harmonious basis Of action He said:
1t was impossible for the gentlemen on me plhe e
side get their heads that mere cote nor
the community body OF men banded loset &C., anS
interests the liberties and happiness OF great
people. APPLAUSE 1t was Impossible tor he1 cot
into politics organized together and stayed III PoLi-
tics 70 II By their efforts tLey eouuh hai nd
something into the government or the city that ndu
os lts mTute gds Won ~" thi.the way was opened
/ To- in a
left the place on the judicial ticket and they said
We What afe about the rest Of the ticket is
none Of your business; you get your pay; A. We
Sody Wou h have eaped onto the ticket ana
the other end OF II by the and; out we were n'' III
were not selling 1t for that. (Applause) And so
said. We cannot go into any agreement
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE NAMED.
In accordance with the resolution Of the Cen
eral Committee. a conference committee was APP
pointed to talk with one from the regulars IL
consisted Of Charles J. Patterson. a Augustus
Healy George Foster Peabody and Messrs. Full
Ter and Higgins. They saw the regulars and re-
turned to the convention after hour or so,
and said that they had offered the regulars Mr..
Shepard or j. Warren Greene for the Mayoraty;
Judge Gaynor or Edward VI. Grout had been
proposed to them. There was no deal.
| When their report was made to the convention,
| c. OC. Hennessy raised a snail riot by trying
to stampede the assembage for Judge Gaynor
There have been "frosts' in Brooklyn before,
but this one was the worst Every Shepardite
was ready to fight. Mr.. Patterson then said that
Judge Gavnor was Objectionable because ne was
debarred from being candidate before the peo-
| pie until he was off the bench; he was morally
debarred from being candidate before the con-
vent!on on analogous grounds. There were about
|
| objection seemed aimsy to them. Then Sanders
| Shanks suggested. without: nomir atng. Mr..
| Grout the regulars candidate. He was howled
down in a moment Then Mr.. Shepard was nom
| mated almost unanimously.
The following were nominated for Civil Jus
tees:
Robert II. Roy. at present Assistant United
States Distrct-AttOrney. Ist District; owen rin-
| nerty. lid District. and George H. Alexander
| Hid District.
WORK OF THE REGULARS
| There was a large crowd in the Athenaeum at
the city Convention OF the Regular Democ-
| racv Ex-Sheriff John Courtney made
chairman OF the meeting and T. f. Farrell acted
as secretary. Then the convention decided to
| send a committee to confer with the Shepard
ties in session to see II the Shepardites would
| accept the Regulars proposals for nominations
The peace ambassadors we're J. l.. shea Fat-
i
| Henry Hesterburg. John Harrington. Robert
Stewart and Mirabeau L. Towns
They presented Mr.. Gaynors name to the
Shepardites as announced already. as candi-
| date for Mayor, but without avail That ended
| all negotiations and hope for harmony.
| Edward NJ. Grout was then nominated Tor
! Mayor his name being placed before the con-
vention by VI. L. Towns. The nomination was
seconded by several delegates and Mr.. Grout
was declared the choice OF the convention by
reclamation. committee TO inform him or
I that fact was appointed. This happened at $50
Then the nominations for Civil Justices
| begun They led to much confusion and resulted
First District. Jacob Neu; lid District Peter p
Huberty; Hid District Edward c. Murphy.
WHO MR.. CIRCUIT is.
Edward NJ Grout. the candidate for Mayor, was
born in New-York City about thirty-five years
| ago. He was graduated from college in this
! State and was afterward admitted to the bar.
For the last fifteen years he has lived in Brooklyn.
! He became a member OF the law firm OF Gaynor,
! GrOut & De Fere when 1t was organized and
! when Mr.. Gaynor went on the bench or the SUI
| preme Court two years ago the firm became
! Grout De Fere and Mayer. He was assistant
! counsel i'm the prosecution Of McKane is Judge
! Advocate Of the Second Brigade. and is member
| % the Brooklyn, Hamilton and Riding and Driv-
/ ing clubs He is married and lives at No. $50 Car
/ roll-st.
THE LEADER OF THE REFORMERs.
| Edward Morse Shepard the leader Of the Shep-
/ ardites or reform Democracy Of Kings County.
was born in New-York City forty-hve years ago
| His father was Lorenzo b. Shepard. Edward
| Morse Shepard removed to Brooklyn with the
/ family when he was seven years old. and has
lived in the Sixth Ward Of Brooklyn ever since
! then. He attended Public School No - in De-
| graw-st From there he went for years study
| TO Oberlin College. in Ohio. The next year he be-
came a student in the College OF the CITY OF New
York from which he graduated in 1863.
! Then Mr. Shepard became a law student in the
office OF john T. Parsons. and was admitted to
practice In 1875.
! In the year folio wing his Gdmttance To the bar
Mr. Shepard became a partner OF Albert Stickney.
| This partnership continued until 1890, when Mr.
Shepard became member or the nrm OF far,
sons SHEPARD & Ogden John T. Parsons and