New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-27
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THEIR PARTY NAME STOLEN
A SHARP TRICK PLAYED ON THE HUD-
SON COUNTY NATIONAL DEMO-
Gratis.
.,,oss, DAVIS FoRBsTALLs THEIR ACTION BY
HAVING THE MACHINE CANDIDATES FILE
CERTIFICATES BY PETITION UNDER
THE NAME OF THE NATIONAL

"r3oss Davis resorted to petty and palpabie trick
Yesterday TO prevent the Honest Money Democrats
Of Hudson County from putting county ticket III
the field The National Democratic party mas ioiAe
. coun,v Committee and while fighting Bryan ana
free silver has decided to wage war agans. os,, u.s."
and 10 nominate a complete county "oAe"
mower Of selecting the candidates was conferred on
~. Executive Committee. but a resolution was
.aon,ea ,nstructing the committee In choosing INC
.,d,aates not 10 name any who had previously oeeh
,o,,ra ted by any other party. This excluded all on
che machine ticket. including Allan l.. McDer"o'',
who although a Sound Money Democrat was na'e'
at the dictation of Davis as the cano'oa'e 'o' ~'
gress. ., .,,rst had
.on,.rence and quickly arranged a plan 10 smut
ont the rival committee The Palmer anu pu. ,'
committee will be compelled to nominate ny pe''''o
The Davis machine concluded to prepare 49,
mating petition as the "Nationa' ~ the
with the names OF the machine capoiua'es "" ~.
county ticket and to file 1t promptly and prevent .'e
rival committee from procuring officiai oano'S -
one hundred signatures requisite were es
ta,ned. The petition was signed by re" ps Ia
mon but the majority OF the sighe's arc ~
.rs uouor-dea,ers and bartenders. c.
IT, re,,tion was filed yesterday with the county
49, II contains the signature Of acceptance Vi an
the candidates the county ucke'' .s ,ho
20 Allan I, McDermott for Congress. whieh ' 49,.
aoubt about his candidacy. 1t Is salo' ho"e'' 80,
h,s signature was the last one affixed 10 'ne Pc
is "a ,hot no signed II as a matter OF form 10
So, tho netition for without his acceptance
., would not have been legal and the sche"e 49,,
c,uds the Palmer and Buckner Commi.tee
would have failed. 1t is limited that ne wou'e ~
have signed II the anti-DaVis co"'"
shown its antipathy to him. q
IT.. machine petition bears the names OF T. + y.
Young ex-senator w. D. Edwards VINO Is suspeo'eu
Of suggesting and preparing the petition 'o I,aon
CriNsn counsel to the Board OF freehoiueis' ~,
w Harrison chief engineer OF the noiue'
mr.
uho was candidate for delegate 10 tue
r,,,.,,,or and was defeated last spring TOT the
Office of street and water commissioner - -
sam the man Friday for Boss DAVIS anu i"o .
r Jordan NJ F. Malone W. X. he'' anu '
liquor-dealers OIL. from, ,ssune
xore than one ticket for any political party ana as
be has no authority to discriminate ne VIII pr
iii, decline IN receive another petition purportihe
N he that of the National Democratic party on inc
ground that the party has filed It's peu'ioi
Anncation for a mandamus Will undouo'eoiy DC
III 20 c,nne, him to recognize the Palmer ana
Ruckner Committee the only true Representative
~ the National Democratic party. The DAVIS ma
china has a number OF shrewd lawyers. and can pro
dncs ,nnumerable witnesses. who will declare mat
they are the National Democratic party anu Una. ie
-,val claimants are a self-constituted commt'ee'
without shadow of authority to make nominations
charles L. Carrick lawyer, who is member i,lrss OF
When informed that the machine had hled peuu ION
ss the National Democratic party ne snoon " 7
head obviously and said we VIII tnnk ovvr H. ,,i
guess it will not prove a serious oos'ac'e we VIII
consider It." -, a,,,ars ~ tho Honest
,sOney I esene of Hudson County. was Indignant
Wben apprised Of the action Of the machine; ne
sid. 'These men pretend 10 be sharp pohHclaIls'
srhev ATTEMPTED to steal the name OF the ola penioc
Iacy at Chicago and tried 10 hep along tne tneiu a.
+Se Ponnlist Convention in St. Louis. ana he bI!
Sawail. Watson allies here who oppose the regular
rnschine receive the stolen property NOW tney az
,nmnt 70 steal the name of the new Democracy IL Is
q cisver trick and is no surprise to me- II 49,
Es later SAID IF they think they possess an sie
brains they are mistaken. They Will ma there are
some on the other side. .,r. ,.ar .he,r ,r,ck
The machine Popocras are 1ubilant over ,neil t
and are confident that they have destroyed the anu
nav Committee.