New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-21
A LITTLE SHOW OF REASON.
CONCILIATORY SPIRIT IN THE COUNTY
COMMITTEE.


ASSOCIATIONS IN CoIAIs's AND HEALEfs
pIsrR1crs-AN AMENDMENT TO THE
CONSTITUTION FOR REVISING
THE ENROLMENT
There was a large turnout at the regular n''
meeting OF the Republican County Committee d.
NJ no yes, Tblrtv-eighth-st last evening and the
bad,v-ven,,lated room in which 1t was hed was
crowded 10 suffocation. The Lively interest sno".
was due partly to expectation that 'he 'epoi"
the standing committees on orgamzalio" anu p
meals would deal harshly with the e'e"'e"' w
nosed 70 the machine, and partly to rumors tna'
o.ro,Isa ~ some sort was on foot for settling
the difficulties between the rival factions % W.
,or,v The supposition that a basis OF settlement
was under consideration was so strong anu W.
spread that Chairman Edward Lauteroach 'Nou7 ~
proper to refer TO II III the ON! SPe'N" '@
the course of the session. ~
Iret before adiournment after the principal bust
ness Of the evening had been disposed of. John "a
bne Smith offered new article Tor lhcoipoi ".'
I'm the Republican constitution when Is ih'e"ue -
deal with all cases of fraudulent enrolment anu
make padded rolls impossible in the future IL 10
known that the proposition has the approval OF COR
nelius n Bliss and of majority OF the Oom"i'''ee
of Twenty-Five and many Republicans believe that'
If accepted honestly by the majority of the oreah-
cation il may bring about restoration OF harmony
IN the party ranks
MR. SMITHS AMENDMENT.
Mr. Smiths amendment was as follows;
II 1t shall at any time or times appear that the
bono mon Them any considerable number of names
of persons who had died or removed rom sau
tricis cannot be found theren OF Oh ~, 10 ,,,h
or fictitious persons persons who are not hepiuD-
lcans. the County Committee may al ANY as the
thereof appoint committee to be knOwh as
Lewiston Committee consisting OF -FOUR persons,
who shall have power and whose duty II shaI De 70
strike off from the rolls all such names upon PROOF
satisfactory to them that such names are no liz
said Revision Committee shall be named IN san
resolution two members of said cohhltt.es s''a
saa County Committee. and the Other two IN sym,
patty with the recognized minority OF sq saia
Committee one of the persons represe t.Iis sa.u
majority and one person representing said minority
upon said Revision Comm 1,,ies small no' 'e
Said Revision Committee shall complete such re- e,
r ase Of ne Vote in said Revision Committee the
question shall be decided by an UMPIRE Reon
Committee Said Revision Committee may y. select elect
such umpire pass upon all the votes az any u,e
after their appointment Said Revision commits. aI
shall have power take into their possession d..
of the rolls Of all the election dlstrcis ne Com
copies thereof. in the possession OF the CounS h
mtee for the purpose of making such reVls,Cn nrl
original roll shall be liam twenty days at any
one time The decision and expungns Oh ldin t
from said rolls by said Revision committee snaii Us
final and there shall be no appeal n ha been
cent TO the No name which shaiI nay. t pee
So stricken from the rolls sndll pe iSPioS@N
within year thereafter
F. s. Gibbs moved TO refer the proposed amend
ment to the Committee on the Revision OF 'ne con
stituion but before this was done CHAIRMAN i-au'ei
bach ruled that the Revision Committee had no
nower TO dispose of H. but that under the constitu-
ITO, the nroposition must be acted upon by the
County Committee itself. The ruling did not please
Mr. Gibbs. but Mr. Lauterbach declined 20 with
draw it, o,,, 90. u,xD
hy
insisting on a rollcall. which showed that among
the members on hand were ex-Judge Charles n
Taintor first vce-president: Colonel W. {. Reddy
James W. Perry, Abraham Gruber, Lucas l.. van
Allen, John Sabine Smith. T. w. Barnes Cornelus
Van Cott Ferdinand Eidman. Frederick II. Hatch
Montague Lessler. r. f. Corrigan. l. Albert Enge-
hardt Lloyd Coils. Edward S. Clnch, Charles H.
Murray George B. Deane, +. II. Healey, George
Uilliard John Reisenweber, Charles NJ Jeroloman,
NJ j. Mccain. Moses C. Byers Thomas f. Eagan.
Walter Logan. Robert A. Greacen. George r. Bid
well. John j. Collins. w. S. Bagg and Henry b.
Smith.
Secretary Manchester read the minutes Of the las,
meeting which approved after amendments by
MIR Van Cott, chairman of the Committee on or,
ganization. reported that the committee had acted
recting thorough revision Of the rolls OF the var-
GUS election districts or the LIZ SO ha ounI nv
Committee. or before February ), and the time
for the remaining l5 election districts was extended
TO February 49, OF the latter forty-nine associa-
tions had made no report. and thirty-one were un-
Among the committees recommendations was one ne
that the Eleventh Election District ASSOCIATION Gi
Healey, the Anti-Machine leader Of the lot Dis Dis
sft m & on bea Of the on
Organization, tried to stir up machhe rese TIins
and Mr. Engelhardt succeeded in getting an admi mis-,
sion tina, Mr. Healeys side received no noce mat nat
clson. and Chairman Lauterbach said, diplomatic
ny .h Ia both sides At Mr Lauerbachs
ton the in the lst District was referred Dack
to the committee, and the report with TINS eNcep-
This was the fiji t evidence of the adoption of a
tbn matoritv. which was followed soon afterward
by another instance of more conspicuousness.
REPORT ON APPEALS
Mr. Van Allen. as chairman of the Committee on
Appeals submitted the report OF that committee
The most important case before 1t was that OF the
Thrtieth Election District Association of the
xxIXth Assembly District. This district had been
carried after hard fight by the Ant-Machine eec
ment and Lloyd Coils, son of the Commissioner OF
xote of n to 81 MIR Coilis's opponent was August
f. Schwarzer. who was himsef one OF the IN
ed that the verdict of the primary be reversed ana
that the machine ticket headed by Schwarzer
The renort for the committees determination was
that seven marked" ballots had been cast FOR the
Coils ticket which should be thrown out. reducing
Coiiis's vote 2S and giving Schwarz.er ma
1ority OF g.
Young Mr.. Coils made manly anu CONVINCING
speech denying that any marked ballots had been
used II such there were. he said that he was re-
sponsibe for IL. for he had supervised all the work
connected with the preparation and distribution or
the tickets voted. Some go ballots distributed TO
voters had been written on the paper furnished by
the County Committee. The paper of these blank
ballots sent out from Republican county headquar-
tiers was thin that the ink used for writing In the
names of the thirteen candidates voted for went
throuch and showed family the reverse side
Besides these written ballots. he had caused 200 bal
lots TO be printed and given out 1t was some Of
these written ballots that had been declared
20 he marked" Mr.. Coils asked his fellow-com-
,nitfee men not to brand his name with crime of
which ne innocent -
Mr. Van Allen replied TO Mr.: Coils, and said in
answer TO a question from Mr. Gruber that the
r,srkinp on the seven rejected ballots had been
Done nv placing numerals upon them. Mr. Coils
soni,ad tina, "a Mr. SchwarZler and his two as