New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-06


,rr,,ter-NIris Republicans have been playing
.-.ra notifies in the last week or two. Their
...ns eliminated at the General Committee
..,ng Tuesday night. when by a master
a..,s they captured the trick that will probably
..,e them to win the the game this fall.
r,s most important stakes that are being
-,.vAd for by the Republican factions this year
- the Congress and Assembly nominations.
-. Uurster-W Willis leaders are going TO make
.,rrere effort TO win majority of both their
uJrations In order 10 assure success II was
'..s..arv that late primaries should be held.
IA late primaries rendered a certainty
- The outcome Of the meeting the other night.
The administration forces are made up largely
.,,he so-called club element in the party. This
las. Of men 60 out of town in the summer. and
..rsc,ally in the month of August Hence 1t is
~, the anti-Worth men suffer when primaries
are held in August
u-ben the State Committee selected August
az as the date for the State Convention. It did
-, improve the position Of the anti-Platt men
., this county. and perhaps 1t was not the in
..,,,on thereby to injure Plat in any part OF
the State
r. nust not he understood by this that the ad-
,,n,stration men are discouraged at the .utlook.
,,r they outnumber the WORTHLESS in the Kings
corntv delegation In spite Of their handicap
=, the early primaries they expect confidently
% control the local delegation this year. as they
h.va in the past but they did not want to risk
conpete set OF early conventions.
One Of the shrewdest politicians on this side
., The river Is Jacob Brenner. chairman of the
republican Executive Committee. When he
called the special meeting Of the Executive
Committee for last week he expressly stipulated
that the business of the meeting was the fixing
# dates for holding primaries and conventions
tor the selection of delegates to the State con-
vsnt,ons" This prevented the fixing of dates
tw primaries and conventions for any other pur-
noses At that meeting no particular ob5ec-
,ion was made to August II and Is. the dates
urged by Sheriff Buttlng for two reasons
First. the Wurster men were willing to aid
Woodruff and second. they knew that as far as
they were concerned there was little preference
between any dates preceding August %, as Au-
rust is throughout a great month for summer
hegras
ONLY FOR STATE DELEGATES
The call for Tuesdays General Committee
meeting likewise specified that 1t for the
nurpose Of selecting dates for the choosing Of
delegates TO the State Convention. After the
dates recommended by the Executive Committee
had been adopted Sheriff Buttling. with his
usual alertness suggested that delegates to the
Judiciary convention be selected at the same
conventions as those at which State delegates
were chosen.
II was then that the administration men held
q hasty consultation and did some Of the live-
est thinking Of their lives. Strictly speaking.
the committee had no right to provide for the
judiciary convention as that had not been men
TONED in the special call. But If Chairman
Roberts had declared the motion out Of order
as he would have been justified in doing. Butt
ling would undoubtedly have appealed from the
decision and as many Willis men were alb
sent the appeal would almost to certainty
have been sustained The argument would have
been presented 10 the Worth men that State
and judiciary delegates selected at the
same conventions in nearly all other parts or
the State. Having carried this point, there
was danger that the Worth would have
seized the opportunity TO have delegates to all
conventions selected al the August ii primaries
This would have put anti-Worth men in the
disadvantage all along the line Of the nomina-
tons
On the other hand. there no very strong
desire to control the judiciary convention. as
the nominations are contested for by eminent
lawyers. rather than by factions The only
way In which Buttling's motion could have been
carried within the constitution was by unanl-
nous consent and IL was with suavity that
Mr.. Bremen arose and granted such consent,
Satisfied with the easily won victory the
Worth men asked for nothing more. Now the
Congress ard Assembly primaries cannot be
held until September, and the administration
men will have their full voting strength here.
JUDICIARY CANDIDATES.
August IL is only next Tuesday. and friends
Of candidates for the Supreme Court are be-
ginning 10 work for their favorites already
Certain Republican lawyers are actively en-
gagged in stirring up sentiment In favor OF JUS
tees Brown and Clement whom they want 10
have renominated by the Republican convention.
But II is considered hardly possioie ina. any
but Republicans viii be nominated ana the
wseacres say that the vacancy mace py the
death OF Justice Pratt has made -FOUR JUSTICES
to be elected this fall. the division VIII prop
ably be two from Kings County, one from
Queens County and one from up the state
County Judge Garretson. of Queens county IL
promising candidate and Judge Milis VI
westchester County. will come down WIN
strong support. $4,000, -.
The two local candidates may be selecteo by
agreement between the two factions IN u.is
county II not II is probable that 'he anu
Worth men VIII form a combination VIII" 'He
rural delegates 49,
There are many local candidates. but Just az
present two men seem to be Leading 50 Ial 40
the Kings County vote goes They are III LII, r.
ton Counsel Joseph A. Burr ana oaihuei
Maddox, Worth man. The one obJection raised
against Mr.. Burr is that he has renoereu ses
eral opinions In support of Civil Service REFORM
This objection is made only by spoils politicians
Of course. and the answer that Is MADE by ms
friends is that the fact that Mr.. Burr's decisions
have been sustained by the courts makes MS
illness for the bench more apparent =.
As TO the other candidates. the chances oa
Jesse Johnson and Albert E. LAMB are PeIna abo
injured by the fact that they pom peions -, ,-ond
ane firm w w. Goodrich's age Is ureeu
against him this year. as IT was last ~ Is
orbtful whether Hugo Hirsh VIII MAKE Hiu.n
Effort for the nomination. because OF MS Ia,e
siege of i-health. Frederick A. Ward Is a ne"
CANDIDATE.
Justice Pratt died August o. IL ne nau
6At a dav later the election Of his successor
would not have been held until the fall OF lo3'
The law provides that vacancy IN TINS on
must be created three months before an e'eo''o"
70 be filled at that election.