New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-05
SAMPLE OF PLATT POLITICS
CHAIRMAN LAUTERBACHs HIGH-HANDED
PERFORMANCE.
HE STRIKES WHAT HE PLEAsEs FROM A CALL
FOR -, SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNTY
CoMMITTEE-THE XXTH DIS


COMMITTEE-THE XXTH DIS
TRI-T DISPUTE.
Some high-handed politics the part OF the
Platt- Lauterbach faction which has the creui' u
dominating the Republican County Committee was
developed at the special meeting Of that oody heid
in the Telephone Building in West Thirty-eighth-st
last evening There were only eighty-fve or the
1873 members present when the roll was caheu III
some cases whole Assembly districts belng un-
represented On calling the meeting 10 oroer' ru
ward Lauterbach the president directed secretary
George r. Bidweil TO read the call for the special
meeting sent to the members Of the committee
This Mr. Lauterbach afterward admitted ne had
altered. The call, bob-tailed to suit the fia''
Lauterbach side. was as follows:
You are hereby notified to attend special meet
ing Of the Republican County Committee at their
headquarters on Wednesday evening SeptemDer, a.
1895 at O clock. Said special meeting Is caheS ioI
the purpose of taking action on the report OF t t
Committee on Organization regaTdlns ."e piaSV WI
holding the Assembly conventions IN the ANN
Assembly District.
Colonel S. V. Z. Cruger and nine other members OF
the County Committee, the number required by the
constitution. had signed the request for the special
meeting. but. besides specifying the HXth Assem-
Div District case they had added land all other
matters concerning primaries and conventions In
the City of New-York" The reading of the Cruger
request followed the call when Mr. Lauteroach
coolly acknowledged that he had eliminated the
clause in the request as quoted because, IN MS
the questions were that Colonel Cruger and his
friends wanted considered These. 1t was under
stood referred. among other things. TO numerous
factlonal changes which had been made by the
Committee on Election officers in various districts
of the city in the names proposed for persons TO
serve on the election boards In November.
Colonel Cruger being recognized reci;ed the MS
tory Of the grievance in the XXth. formerly the
XIVth Assembly District He said that the dele
gates from that district had received letter from
the Committee on Organization. Of which james NJ
Doremus is chairman asking them TO suggest the
place Of meeting for the Republican conventions Tor
the XXth District The Colonel and his associates
replied recommending that the Chester A. Arthur
Club No 2l5 East Thirty-sixhst.. be selected. But
the Committee on Organization Ignored the recon-
mendation and ordered that the conventions be held
at the Garfield Club. in East Thiry-second-st The
members from the XXth wrote another letter pro-
testing against the committees selection and re-
questlng that the Murray Hill Lyceum. In Thirty
fourth-st, Third-ave, be the place OF meeting
Colonel Cruger said that the Garfield Club was the
headquarters Of factional organization. to wnch
some Of the members OF the County Committee be-
onged He closed by moving that the Murray Hi
Iyceum he chosen instead Of the place selected by
the Committee on Organization -
Chairman Doremus replied on pehaiI OF 'ne eo III
mittoe that It's action was due 10 the fact at the
Arthur Club was not centrally located Besdes, ne
said in selecting the GarIed CluD the committee
had acceded to the wishes Of twenty Out OF me
,Sa asc enr Eea W fo Se
n the subcommittee which advised that the re-
quest of the delegates TO the County committee De
gnored Mr. Doremus said they were Cornelius Van
Cot julius NJ Mayer and Frederick rex 3 Gibbs 6snsn
Mr. Doremus was followed by Ben)amin open
hclmer Henry G. Adee and Amasa Thornton Ihe
last named member said that although ne had
signed with Colonel Cruger the letter asking that
the Arthur Club be chosen he would vote 70 sustain
the Committee on Organization: DR. Hamilton VII,
Jams took the same side. and colonel Cruger "ouha
| up the debate advocating his motion.
When Mr. Lautcrbach came 10 put the question
n roli.cail was demanded Sxty-scven members
were absent or failed to respond 10 their names
The vote on Colonel Crugers motion, as announced
bv Secretary Bldwcll % for and SO against ana
| President Lautcrbach was unable TO conceal his
satisfaction when he declared the Colonels motion
| lost. ,,, -.,. -. 800.
In giving notice that he should permit the CON
sheraton OF no other business under the call last
| night Mir. Lauterbach made rambling speech IN
which he trie 10 Justify his remarkable method OF
suppressing unpleasant inquiry. by striking from
| the call the proposition 10 investigate other mat
| ters relating to the party management. benjamin
Oppenheimer succeeded in replying 10 MI lauter.
bach and severely scored the president IN spite OF
the efforts Of Abraham Gruber to have Mr. Open
| heimer suppressed.