The record-union., 1895-09-26
THE DEMOCRATIC CITY DELEGATES.
They Are Not to be Made Public
Until Tomorrow.
Such Was the Decision of the Central
Committee at It's Meeting
Last Night.

The Democratic City Central Com
mittee held another meeting last evening.
It was much milder than that Of Tuesday
night, as there was considerable more
work to be done.
| 1t was the understanding of some OF
the members of the committee that the
meeting would be held in the City Trus-
tees room at Fourth and j streets, but
for some reason the committee did not
meet there, but in +. T. Van Fleets
Office.
The little office was packed almost to
suffocation with politicians and others
who thought that as no business, other
than making up the list of delegates,
would be transacted they would be al
| lowed to remain in the room. They
| were disappointed, however, for as soon
as Chairman Beard called the committee
to order Walter Stocker moved that they
go into executive session. The motion
was seconded by Dennis Brophy.
1sadore Alexander said he wanted to
make a statement to the committee, and
asked Stocker to temporarily withdraw
his motion, which was done.
''Mr. Chairman" said Alexander,
of certain person for the Democratic
nomination for Mayor have been at
tributed TO me. which at this time want
to take occasion to deny. l do not pre-
tend TO know what the convention will
do, nor do l know who it will nominate
for Mayor. | will admit, however, that l
did say that the person to whom | refer
has the best OF the situation, as far as the
nomination for Mayor is concerned"
AlnYQndRr
say, Committeeman Captain Dalton, re-
ferring to StocAer's motion for the COM
mittee to go into executive session, said
he could see no objection to business be-
ing transacted with open doors.
II do not see," said the Captain, "why
good Democrats like som who are now
iu this room should be excluded. They
know what their Central Committee is
going to do"
Secretary Tesreau referred to the fact
that at Tuesday evenings meeting some
reporters managed TO hear what was 60
ing on by Listening through the transom
and keyhoIe and published things which
should not have been known outside the
mem bers OF the committee. The list of
delegates. he said. should not be pub
lished until it is completed. More par
ticularly Tor the latter reason, he was in
favor Of holding an executive session.
Stocker's motion TO exclude every body
except mem bers of the committee pre-
vailed by vote of two to one. Although
there were couple of absentees, only
three of the committee voted on the mo-
ton. Captain Dalton was the one who
voted against 1t.
There was some delay in clearing the
room OF outsiders. who reluctantly picked
up their hats and withdrew. Among
them were Trustees Davis and Leonard,
Attorney William Ii. Devlin and q num-
Der of other greater or lesser lights in
the ranks OF the local Democracy. Trus-
tee Davis though 1t was not right for the
committee to work in secret. but that all
good Democrats should know what the
committee was going to do.
1t was given out that the meeting would
be strictly an executive one. and that it
would be waste Of time for anyone to
wait on the outside for the purpose of
obtaining information Us to what was
going to transpire.
With this positive assurance of secrecy,
nearly ali OF those on the outside left the
precincts of the cOmmitteeroom.
Nothing OF interest transpired other
than the reading over of the lists of dele
gates submitted by the committeeman
from the nine wards in the city and their
ratification. This took until nearly 1890
o'clock, when it was decided that the
names OF the delegates should not be
made known until Friday, when they
will be published IN the daily papers.
The committee then adjourned.