The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-09-14

Amsterdam, Sept lot is believed
here that the convention which assem-
bled at p. m. to-day to nominate Re-
publican candidate for Senator from the
Twenty-seventh district will engage in
q tedious tug Of war. AS has been pre-
viously. stated, Montgomery and 'Scho-
harie counties are each represented by
seven delegates, with Fulton and Ham,
dlton together having the same repre-
eentation- Schoharie comes instructed
TO stand by Hobart Krum to the very
last. and the situation in the Fulton
Hamilton delegation, who are for As
semblyman Philip Keck, is the same.
The Montgomery delegates. after fight
tn the county convention, in which As
semblyman Gardiner was defeated, are
supposed to represent Stafford Moshie-.
There is a bitter riE airy OF long stand
ing between the Montgomery and the
Fulton county organization, dating
back to the time that Harlan P. Kline,
who was nominated for State Senator
after a bitter fight in the convention,
was defeated at the polls. It was
charged at that time that the Fulton
county Republicans organized a revolt
and openly peddled the Foley ticket,
folded UP in the otherwise straight Re-
publican ballot. Kline was very popu-
lar in this county, and his defeat ran
kled the local Republican leaders,
Krum's friends expect to be benefited
by just this feeling, and are looking for
a final break OF the Montgomery delega-
ton. On the other hand, Keck's sup
porters are declaring that after a rea-
sonable amount Of balloting they will
carry with them four Of the seven
Montgomery delegates. They are not
giving out their names, 1t Is true, but the
politics that dominated the late conven-
ton OF this county is supposed to be 80
well known that some Of the Amsterdam
people are naming F. B. Englehardt, OF
ST. townsville; George l. Davis, Of Fon-
da. and Willis Wendell and Cornelius
Van Buren,, of this city, as the men who
VIII at last decide the nomination Of
Ksok.
The other three delegates from this coun.
~ Joseph Moore and Keller Edwards, Of
<FoFt Plain, and Willis Bullock, OF Cana
joharie, are expected to remain firm for
Moshier. Some Of the delegation. In the
Interest OF harmony, are talking about q
dark horse, but neither the Keok or the
krum men win be first to accept spoh 4
compromise. In other words, th1re ID
20 be any arrangement Of that sort Il will
follow only after outside influence from
Influential quarters have been enlisted.
Hobart Krum was first in the field, his n
preventative, Chairman Of the Soohsrs
County Committee Tehnant arriving last
evening. The delegation remained In AL
bany last night and reached here at s:4s
a. IN, The Fuiton.Hamilton delegates ar.
rived at S:14 this morning. They all made
the Hotel Warner their headquarters. 1t
is in the parlors Of that hotel where the
convention is being held.
The Senatorial Committee met prior to
the hour fixed for the convention. 1t COM
prises H. G. Dewey. of Fulton-H Hamilton;
Leonard F. Fish, of Montgomery, and ],
e.. CrandaIl, OF Schoharie.
Promptly at / o'clock the convention
was called to order by H. G. Dewey, of
Fulton county, the chairman of the
Senatorial Committee. AT the roll-can
every delegate named in the respective
county conventions responded. The
delegates are as follows: Schoharie, w.
z. Bassler, A. L. HaineS, l.. w. Baxter
Addison Hagadorn, o. F. Plank, G. E.
Nichols, James Van Vechten; Fulton
Hamilton, A. ]. Nellis, ]. P. Argersin-
ger, G. P. Fenton. w. B. Collins, d. S.
Decker, H R. Wheeler, B. Dempster;
Montgomery, Keller Edwards; Joseph
Moore, G. L. Davis, F. P. Englehardt,
Willis Wendell, Cornelius Van Buren,.
Among the leading Republicans who
are present from Schoharie county are:
c. H Wieing. E. B. Hard, editor Of
the Cobleskill Times; H. G. Tenant and
James Houck, ex-chairman Of the
county committee. Fulton and Hamil-
ton county are represented by
Deputy Internal Revenue Collec-
tor Robert Humphry, NJ. T. Button,
Hits. A. n. Scott, NJ. l.. Getman, Super
intendent of the Poor c. l.. Clark, c. M.
Knox, Oliver Getman, S. E. Trumbull, j..
w. Fillmore, Cyrus Dewey, John A. Cole,
J. NJ Russell.
Montgomery county is largely repre-
sented There are present: d. Z. Dunn,
w. E. Diefendorf, G.. z. Phillips, F. E.
Brakeman. A. J. Devoe, eX-Postmaster of
Fort Plain William Yerdon, Eugen Smell,
]. D. Beckwith, William Scharff, NJ. F.
Merritt. z. Kyser, H. E. Shimmerman, c.
Scott, H. c. Wood. William Clark. j. P.
Grant. Hon. ]. d. Wendell, II. A. Diefen-
dorf, f. Rebel, III. Stichell and District
Attorney Leonard F. Fish.
Permanent organization was not eff
fected until after o'clock. George p.
Fenton, Of Fulton county, was chosen
chairman.