New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-20
AN INQUIRY ORDERED
ACTION OF THE REPUBLICAN COUNTY
COMMITTEE

COMMITTEE.
TO rootx INTO THE METHODS BY WHICH MEN
wvpr SENT AS DELEGATES TO THE STATE
CONVENTION WHO WERE NOT ELECTED
NO ATTEMPT TO DEAL WITH
THE EXCISE QUESTION.
Tho sa,,smber meeting OF the Republican county
cro,r,,tae held last evening In the Ieiepno"e
Building. No is West rhirty-eishths.'' pas'eu ="
resolutions as II had been rumoreo 'ha' II
do on the excise question. EDWARD Lau'e'
the chairman. presided. wearing the iaure's ""'."
he won at Saratoga by his labors 10 preVe"' VIZ
seating OF the lawfully elected Repuohca" u,
Gates from this city Mr.. Lauterbach had !" ms
oocket a set OF carefully drawn resolutions s'''"'
n those which he introduced In the mee'hs u 'I'
Platform Committee at Saratoga Out ai'e' ~
sulta ton with the other Machine maHaseis "
c,ded not to Introduce them. but 10 iea'e .'e
questions involved to be passed upon by tne re
n,hl,can County Convention which meets octooei
These resolutions favored the largest persona
liberty consistent with the moral ana reHeou
sentiment of the community ana the uue 'eea
tho sanctlty OF the Sabbath, and TOOK the s'ou"u
,hat tho nresent Democratic excise laws shouiu NC
amended so as to conform to the wishes ana IN
,erests OF the people. The idea was that 'he e"oss
,os,,on should be referred to the Legislature anu
Sa,ors and Assemb.ymen should be elected tnis
fall who would represent the sentiment y, .,e
naonIe Of New-York when the statutes re'a''"s
thereto came UP for revision at Albany
T.u manner In which Machine delegates were
cert to Saratoga and got seats III III.
can state Convention last Tuesday in dehance Oh
49, axnressed will Of the Republicans OF the us
,r,c,s msrepresented may not escape ihVesusa-
,,on The Indignation OF the detrauneu uis"'N
found voice In a resolution onered os JON" -
o,Copor Of the XVIII Assembly District pro-
Of n
IN examine into the accusation that the eAe.u''
noors Of the County Committee had certined 10
tho State Committee delegates the names VI
men who were not elected to the state Cohsen'o''
and failed 10 place upon the roll so cet'Nie' ,'e
rames Of regularly elected delegates Inc resoiu-
ton was intended particularly for the ANNln Us
,r,c, whose delegates excluded from the con-
,,on =, Saratoga by methods sufficiently pare
,oad and outrageous to put Tammany 10 shame'
hut under It's provisions the way the business was
done in the XXth, XVIII and AA'lil'h u's'''o''
may also be inquired into
Abraham Gruber and other machine men uhasr
.oox % defe,t Mr. OConors resolution, but MT
oh was quick to see that II would be eN-
,oraIy unvise 70 smother the charges ana ADVISED
,hat no obstacle be interposed TO the inquiry 'oh
Sabine Smith said that there ought 10 DE- an i"'e'
CARTON The resolution adopted, and fres'ne"'
Ioutorbach appointed Mr.. OConor, the chairman
of the committee and said that he would name '"e
9TH
A p Page OF the XXXIst District, called atten-
tion TO the statement made in the public prints tnat
the Assembly district conventions had been caIeo
for october 10. and that midnight Of that day was
the latest time permitted by law for Ming with the
County Clerk certificates OF nominations
President I.auterbach sad that great care IN"
been exercised in fixing all the convention dates
70 make them conform to the Election law. ana
that II was the judgment OF the officers OF the
committee that the nominating certificates couid DE
filed I'D to midnight Of October H.
No chances were to be taken, however. and on
ex-Judge Ernest Halls motion the officers OF the
committee were empowered to change any conven-
ton dates where insufficient time for filing the
certificates had been given.
James W. Auten wanted protection from the po-
lice against outsiders the district conventions.
and cited the dsordery proceedings of his district
the XXVth-as evidence of the need OF the presence
OF a sufficient force to preserve order. President
Lauterba IN said that he would write letter 10 the
Police Commissioners about 1t.
NJ j. Mccain. OF the same district, sad that
much of the trouble at the XVIII District Con-
vention on Thursday night week grew out OF the
fact that the place where the convention was held
was in nowise suited to such a meeting. On his
motion the Committee Organization was au-
thorized TO select another place for the coming
convention in the XVIII.
Away goes the Chimney Corner, quoth Mr..
Lauterbach. in declaring the motion carried.
To prevent confusion and the recurrence OF
broken heads at .he next prmares. the delegates
of the County Committee living in the several AS
semby districts authorized to meet and select
one of their number to call the Assembly District
Convention order and preside until temporary
chairman should be chosen.
These resolutions were unanimously adopted,
amid great applause
Resolved, That the County Committee OF the
Republican party OF the city OF New-York heartily
indorses the nominations for Judge OF the Cour; OF
Appeals and for the State officers made the
State Convention at Saratoga. Just concluded
The nomina ton of Judge Martin for the Court Of
Appeals presents for the suffrage Of the people
jurst of the rlpest experience and OF unexceled
learning, a nomination the more fit since he comes
from a section of the state which would other
wise be unrepresented IN that great court.
The denomination OF the present incumbents for
State officers Is the substantial recognition OF
the splendid record which each OF them has made
In the past untarnshed by the slightest scandal
and notable In each instance for honesty. ability
and purity
We echo the sentiments OF admiration contained
in the platform for Levi p Morton, both as
Governor and as n man. and join In the demand
for his nomination by the Republican party
President OF the United States. confident that such
a nomination will be tantamount to an election by
the people
After the meeting adjourned Mr. Lauterbach an
nounced from the platform that II had been de-
cded TO leave the excise question for the