New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-16
COUNTY COMMITTEE NAMED.
QUIET CONVENTIONS IN MOST OF THE
DISTRICTS
AMAsA THORNTON BEATEN AT A CONVENTION
WHERE POLICE CAPTAIN CHAPMANs


mittee Tor the year 1891 Most OF the conventions
were harmonious and the representatives were
chosen without contest only one ticket being In
| the field. In about half-dczen districts there
were contests. generally between the organization
and ant-organizatiOn factions The usual hgh, be
tween the followers Of Kilboy and Gavin took place
in the Id District. The latter successful by
/ vote of a. 10 -.
In the XNllId Assembly District iicman Il. Will
son and Julius VI. Mayer fought FOR the control OF
| the district with ". VI. Mckee and Alderman
| Woodward Charles Il. Baker chosen chair
man without opposition. The first test Of strength
! came when Mr.. Mckee moved for open ballot.
each delegate 10 arise and name his candidates for
! County Committeeman Mckee's motion was car
RED by the close OF 81 to 50. After bitter
! fight the Mckee ticket successful.
AMASA THORNTON BEATEN.
! The aspirations of Amasa Thornton received Il
check in the XXVth Assembly District. Amasa
was detected but not by the majority that the Gle
mcnt opposed to him expected. The little hall AT
No Il West Twenty ffth-st was damned with
deegates and shouters OF all sizes and coors. ana
II was ewing only TO the diplomatic handling OF tho
crowd by Police Captain Chapman that riot was
prevented on the election Of temporary chairman
George K Manchester won over Thornton by a vote
OF 80 to 81 Thornton refused TO accept the result
and tried crowd Manchester of the platforE
Captain Chapman allowed the scuiic for the chair
TO so about minute. and then he told Ihori-
ton that lie had been beaten ana must yleh 10 the
chairman elected Thornton left the platform. bui
proceeded to rally his followers in the other end Of
the hail.
After the Manchester ticket had been elected. a.
the result OF a roll call receiving Il votes Of regu-
larly elected delegates Thornton held another con
vcntion anc declared his ticket elected by viva
voce vote He will have con:esting delegation a
the January meeting OF the new County COMMITTEE
There We're three tickets in the field In the
/ hut hat ted
| the Iauterbach ana Coils IA ,tons was successful
All the deeg ates-elect declared their allegiance TO
r. c. Plat.
Mr. Iauterbach was called on for Il speech and
said that he hoped that the members OF the ne
publican party would band together and gain the
county election in 1891. lie also said that If th'
, Democratic party were 10 remain intact. the Re
pubiicans would have hard war To wage. lie
hoped that the Greater Ncw-Nork bill would Ice a
law in force before the next election ana that the
first Mavor would b.. chosen 10y the Kepub-
leans
The XIIIth wa the scene Of another lively con
test which resulted IN the defeat Of what has been
known as the Brooktcld side. though Mr.. brook
field and his friends took part IN none Of LAST
nights conventions The ticket headed 10y Herman
Joveshof was elected. and Robert Milers ticket
defeated This means Mr.. Millers retirement a.
district leader.
In the MINIS. Disiiicf President croft OF IN,
Department OF Public Charities. defeated the fhti-
Page ticket by a vote Of i5o to o.
The INth. Nth and XXNIIlth District conventions
Endorsed T. e. Piati for United State Senator. the
XVIII passed resolutions fa,oriug Colonel Fred
erick u GRAFT for Secretary Of War IN Major Nj
kin.ey's Cabinet. the NXNlllth resolved that W
NJ X. Olco,t Us choice for District Attorney
the IVth asked for Edward lauiert ach's rc-clcc-
ton as president Of the County Committee. and th'
NVlth indorsed Abraham Grubers proposed
amendment to the 'lsl Service Laws
THE MEMBERS ELECTED.
The members Of the Republican County Commit
tee elected last evening were a. follows
Isf-Martin ". Heaiey. James + Conway Anto-
Mo Dalesandro. Peter Ewaid ...-.... CT.
baro. Henry Nathan
iIId~Fredcrlck nady. William II. M.chales q
Nixen Wilson l. i. io"ninser. j. Won 1"rich"tau
INtn-John j. Collins. benjamin Signal John /
Denny. David kidney james shea
ponard stewart. Robert A. corresan. Lucas l. Van
Alien. Geofse Gregory: jeremiah iangnotn ,,.,a
Mar~sca. Thomas j. l.annly and Connie a D.as.
NIlih-Geolge u Deang Franklin Is M...rr a''. ian
ViiItn-chares n MurrAy Otto a. Rosalsky
I>oni- c Oni and Charles Dress.
Nth Frederick GIBBS; Lewis j. Rich ,.,1,
Thomas J. Clarke. william Halp.n james J. Duhy
.Nin-s a san.i'r ,,, Ka'htg ,n n i,oniV
NIth-Jacoh Fowier Edmund c. l.ri, frahK II
Xiith~Kudoph Mas. Herman katz. Jacob Ne"
stead Michael kopp ,,, u-.,,.,,
samuel Gottschalk. Daniel Mellon. William cor
''XXIv,h-Frnnk j Drummond James = rcsnan.
David J. Naughiin. John Btircr. James + oton-
Xyth-G. schoier. j J. Riddell. G. r Mott C.
Alheidt G. W Bleezarde.
XVIth-William Volkc Bernard Weiss Francis
Mcclure william ". Lyon August Buerman
NVllth-John Reisen"eber j. FRANK loyd
Howard Wilson William hummer ana William e.
XViilth-Terence 7. MCGOWAN. William Kane
jams p. Kicker. william + Soaring; Henry b,s,err
Igs Il Ion seymg ,6n f+ enIv M nih Mn cof +
Br.dgman Henry Cunningham.
X&ih~john j Dou6ieday: Hcnry, conehman. \ F.
XXist-Abraham Giu5er. william. J Gage Charles
l. Hunter Jane Flanagan g. W. hn Tl,s,,ck H"Tr
'XXIldd-charics X I.exow. Jacob Kohn. John F.
Xxx XXIII Ti n Mckee William Montgomery.
r. II. Jackman Foster r Potter. ,n"rl ~, W.
George Shoemaker.
.XXIvih- Smith Pine Morilz Mayer w. s Ste
nirien charles \; swif! = r Dwight, william VILLA.
Charles A. Hess Thornton contestants-Amasa
Thornton Charles Hes Jane " AIisn p III
crosson, Elisha X Camp ,,nronoar p o,er,aorfor
J6> Tl"siey Frank 4 SOAK ! fAn,p Berg
XHyIth Wd W E hacF Copy J. Sf' MyerS o"t
" Gearing Charles +. Butler. .
"XXvIIitiI-Edward Lauterbach. Henry H. Quit.
man. DR. Max NJ 0"" JUMP" "''"''' 'eN''
WWiXrn~Edward I.auiorbach. James Yereance
John S Wise J. V Is. Clarkson, Walter X tenja-
n min' louis + cardap LLOYD COLTS. Nathaniel A
TlisinIrg and Alexander T. Mason. . =,
XXXth-Ambrose q. Neel. James CahtWci, Man
Friedman William a. Gibson. Henri Roth ana
BENJAMIN Schwab. - .,...,.,. ,.ooro.
v,Inc Frank McCabe. Lincoln \. stuart. Wash
ngion Winsor Davis Fricds.sm Edward Irayo,
George f. Picken Thomas j. Ellison ana JACOB
xXXIId-Isaac Ncuman. Frederick Horn; Otto
IrH,inc Wise Charles Mcclure. Joseph +. Hanley,
lanes BTien. .,,, M, r, O.,,rxo,
' WyXIIId-William Il. Miller. Thomas f. sturgeon
~, NIiINounIrr Charles T.. Lewis. John Thomas
yXXIVth-Archibad S Van Ordan. JEFFERSON a
c,mmonds John Gustaveson, william y ~ brti