New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-09
1 HOT ELECTION CONTEST.
MEMBERS OF THE ACADEMY OF DESIGN STILL
CoNgERvATIvE PRIZE-WlNN1NG PIC
rr-pES SOLD

.,rMREps OF THE ACADEMY OF DESIGN STILL
coNgERvATIvE- rRIzEw1NN1NG PIC
TUREs SOLD
v,-,o, wac nrobablv the most exciting election or
.sco-s IN the history Of the National Academy oi
Desipn vas held yesterday afternoon in me oula's
Of the institution at Fourth-ave. ana invent! -ui.u
9, Every effort made by the members Vi NV
,cader,v 10 suppress the fact that there mao pee"
q contest but there has been a bitter hgh', VIII"
Tho result that the conservative element. heaueu Wy
r.omas " Wood for president. has won. Inc
contest was foreshadowed in The lrou''e VI ,"'
cundav and the Sunday before last for so'e "
there has been a sharp division in the ineihDeisiip
Of the Academy. the opposing factions oei''s N''o"
.. the conservative and the progressive eenieh's
H., x,nat ara the divisional lines between these
,y,o factions in the Academy nobody seems u
know except that the progressive party Is '''ue up
almost exclusively of the younger iie"ioeis "''u NV
conservatives of the older members o'ne' TIA"
this there seems to be no line OF ds'ihctoi
that which reigns in politics. namely. the ono sue
- =, a ,,e other side g out. The result OF the
oec,io, Yesterday has led the progressive party 10
dsc,aro that the Academy has again taken 'o,e
hound or the downward and direct pat" q"
ton while the conservatives are equi'y e"'p
IN proc,aIIn!ng tina. the institution mas oee' p
dcr,,a;,y rescued from such fate The contest 'A'
- ,o,.,.5 IN Yesterdays election has been the
,,,, If sevsra, years of friction between the TWO
claimants struggling for domination IN the ah"'S "a
the Academy o,, ,o,,
Tha: the fight yesterday was one OF '"e 'o'' 49, t.
cd In the history Of the organization IS sNo
tho fact that sxty-four of the ninety-thre a'du-
sn,icans were present. Last year. ""e" '
80, election came off (Which was then resS"'eO
as the most spirited in the career or the Ae's '
only forty-nine of the academicans were p s,
end in 1894 only thirty-fve attended inc annual N'
aer as against fifty this year o.,a o,s
This wear there were two tickets IN INC "e'-,
rhO IA
, ru,nher of wears and the other by freueii'"
Dicln,an A two-thirds vote was necessary io' az
election and several ballots were taken peio'e on
election was announced and even theh IL ""'
co,niotn Victory James NJ Hart was elected VIZ t
,ppnspIent in place OF H. W. Robbins and OF me
W..lier and n. w. Watrous. secured the necessary h
two-thirds while Of the ten 5000 these
trIres teli what a struggle there was al yes1eIi
DAYS election, the election OF new acdu.,i' ,he
naturally will Eide way or ano,her ana ,h 's ss
votes win materially s,renshen 1he paf es ee newly
elected men will side with the conservative party
on s s s.Ssr oce nat eeeed Besides for
James Ha1 eJnse A. sm
M SssSadns and james Smile treas
ma g. J BaHwm M Snd Thomss following
Eer f. e siasSae %fmHerS Bre OWE George
J. Brsyoqr n de d Haas f 6a Ii H G6hS
SON. Thomas Moran. George II. Yewell. Frederick
Delman. J. II. Dolph William f. L. ~ LdpRWSinTI,S sr,
Morgan. Gilbert Gaul r. Blum and Walter Paincr
were elected members of the Hanging Committee.
The dinner held in the rear hall OF the Achi-
ernv President Wood in the chair.
Among the recent sales Of pictures at the seven.
teth annual exhibition OF the National Academy or
Design. in addition to those announccd last week:
are Tho following "A Morning VISION by Henry
O. Walker, awarded the Thomas b. Clarke prize
Of $500 sold for $500: Patience by Francis Day
awarded third Hallgarten prize OF 800. sold for
1900: Sunrise over the Sea-. by Howard Russell
Butler $780, 'Fireside Friends" by F. ID. Millet.
;2e5 The Bouquet,' by William verplanck Birney.
SIPS and study Of a head" by Harriet;e Il. Kel-
logg. $40.
To-day and tomorrow the annual exhibition OF
drawings by the students Of the Academy. made
in competition for the medals and other awards OF
merit. will be open In the lecture-room. and TO-
morrow evening the distribution Of prizes for the
year will take place Admission Will be free.
The exhibition closes on Saturday night.