New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-15
YOUNG COILS SUSPENDED.
A LIVELY TIME IN THE COUNTY COMMIT
TEE MEETING.

DISTURBANCE FOLLOWS REPORT ORDERING
THE REORGANIZATION OF coLrLgs ELECTION
DIsTRIcr-rHE YOUNG MAN DISCIPLINED
FOR sPITEFUL ILLUSIONS TO NEWS
PAPER REPoRrER-rHE BROOK.
FIELD MEMORIAL PRAcr1-
cALLY IGNORED.
The Republican County Committee held an ex-
citing special meeting last evening. 1t was
called to take action on the memorial presented
by William Brookf1eld at the meeting OF the Re-
publican State Committee on July Z. and to re-
ceive reports of the standing Committees on
Organization and Appeals. The stuffy little
room Of the fifth floor Of No. 113 West Thirty
eighth-st. was filled with swelterng committee
men. Edward Lauterbach presided. and others
present were National Committeeman F. 8.
Gibbs. Lucas l.. Van Allen. John Sabine Smith,
I. Albert Engelhardt. Lloyd Coils. Abraham
Gruber. Montague Lessler. John McKeever. NJ
H. Healey, j. H. Little. and many others.
The Brookfeld memorial which was printed in
full in The Tribune o; July made an exhaustive
exposure Of the l-paddng and fraudulent
methods of the Platt-Lauterbach faction. end
called upon the State Committee to direct such
a change In the machine policy as would enable
many thousand Republicans who have been ex-
cluded by arbitrary means from Membership In
the Republican organization Of the city to enrol
and vote at the primaries. At Mr.. Lauterbach's
suggestion the State Committee referred the
memorial to the Lauterbach County Committee
AS might be expected. this body utterly failed
to meet the charges in manly spirit. The re-
port presented by the Committee on Organiza-
ton a long printed statement which was
made up mainly Of bubbles and lodging and
wound up with resolution directing that ell
election district associations which are delin-
quent in the matter Of revising the enrolment be
told to revise the rolls required by the Consti-
tuition on or before August l. and in case Of their
failure to do that the Committee on Organization
may declare such election districts abolished
ANT1-MACHINE MEN PROTEST
The resolution was in such manifest bad faith
that John Sabine Smith and other anti-machne
Republicans protested. The resolution was
afterward amended to require final report back
to the County Committee, and in that form the
paper was adopted. with this addenda:
The County Committee. in passing this resolu-
ton, assumes that the petition was filed with tho
be manifest to the petitioners and 10 every Repub-
lican that ample opportunity exists within the or,
Tor public adverse criticism Of the organization
1t shall err or shall fail to deal Justly In all cn
tee declines to enter into any controversy upon
to n ey yh are it,
tended to excite fractional controversy.
such sa e tRs into
character at this 1uncture The preservation OF the
vital necessity that exists for the Of
all our forces to secure the election OF MCKINLEY
United States the urgent demand that the heresiss
Of free silver and free trade shall be annihilateI
proper period in which indulge In personal refec-
lions or in factional controversy.
This was followed by report from the Cot
mittee on Organization ordering that twenty
three names on the rolls Of the Thirtieth Eec-
ton District Association Of the XX1Xth AS
sembly District be stricken therefrom. This
is the association Of which Lloyd Coils son OF
General Coils, Commissioner Of Public Works.
has been chairman. disturbance was precip-
itated by this report which came near ending
in personal violence. Mr.. Coils was accused
Of failing to give the machine men Of the dis
trict notice to attend a meeting at which tho
names referred to were enrolled. The COM
mittee reported also In favor OF recognizing
the election district
Young Mr. Coils arose when Mr.. Lauterbach
stated the motion to adopt the committees re-
port and made speech denying that he had
packed the meeting OF June "a. at which the
twenty-three members referred to were en-
rolled. and insisting that the meeting was held
at the proper place.
MR. COILS GETS ANGRY.
Mr. Coils denied that a reorganization OF the
district could be lawfully ordered. He then be-
came ill-tempered. and shouted: Il have been
set upon by Chere Mr.. Coils named re-
norter who was present. "a penny-a-liner. VINO
has made many a 25-cent meal out OF me -.
cries of shame" resounded through the hail.
and general confusion followed Mr.. Lauter,
bach pounded for order and Mr.. Coils continued
TO shout something that could not be under
stood. o.s
Abraham Gruber almost In one voice oemahoeo
that Mr.. Coils be made to apologize 10 '"e
County Committee and to the reporter;
II won't apologize" shouted Mr.; Coins.
Mr. Gibbs then moved that Mr.. Coils be sus-
pended as a member OF the Republican County
Committee There were many shouts OK Sus-
pend him. and Turn him OUT
Chairman Lauterbach ruled that the county
Committee had no power to suspend member
1t could expel. but not suspend. An exclted
discussion followed this decision, In when
Messrs Gibbs Smith Gruber LESSER ama ot srorS
the decision Of the chair 1t was carried, ana
the resolution suspending MT. COILS uhtii ne
should apologize was carried
The young man refused to accept the commIt-
toes decision damned his hat down on MS
head. and hurried out Of the meeting.
The resolution ordering the adoption or the re-
MOTT ~ the Committee on Organization, wnich
Included the order to reorganize Cois's district,
was declared adopted.
" a. 100 the committee adjourned John Sabine
cno,tb denounced the action In young Coils 8
asa &c revolutionary and without precedent.
A CONFERENCE OF M'KINLEY MEN
conference Of Mckinley Republicans was hed
at the Office Of General Samuel Ihomas'
No 50 Broadway Besides General Thomas 'nere
" -. .x Senator Warner Miller Cornelius
~ p,,ss william Brookheld and several others.