New-York tribune., 1896-07-29
A STORMY CONVENTION.
orNrRA1. MALPIN AND HIS FRIENDS
PROTEST AGAINST MACHINE RULE.
THEIR FIGHT IN TIE MEETING OF THE Hr'' I'd
,.cANs OF THE lid ASSEMBLY DISTRICT

THEIR FIGHT IN TIE MEETING OF THE "N' ''
,,cANs OF THE lid ASSEMBLY DISTRICT
OF wEsTCHEsTER COUNTY
IN. R.publ,can Convention Of the lid Assembly
-. - w.stchester County held In tho
O,.ro House in the village of Mount klsco' yes
.ar,.v The district comprises I've towns oi Deu
ford Iewesboro, New Castle, Norm oasue' -
,,are Cortlandt Mount Pleasant Nor'i ''
Ossin,ne Somers and Yorktown" the op'ee' VI
80 convention was to eject six delegates ana HA \
,.oxra,a. 70 the State Convention 10 De heid
:. c.ra.oss on August Is. and delegations OF Sin
-, 10 the Congress Convention and 10 me con-
ventton for Judges, yet to be caieo Inc con ~
t,on WAS called TO order by the chairihan "a INC
last convention, Joseph Hudson, OF Cortianu'' VINO
announced that the election Of chairman Va
the present convention was IN oru@. 'o'et
lee OF North Castle. and Harry F1eiding' OF "ou"'
pleasant were nominated and after stahdlhs
80 Josaph r. Lee was declared elected. The lo-
lowing secretaries were appointed: W. D. o'a' no''
q NJ Gardner, ". H. Moore and FRANK H. '
son The secretary then called the ro,i Va
delegates When Coruandt was re"eheu' 'uue
smith Lent of Ossin,ng, entered protest asa''S'
,,o ranresentation from that town for the reason
,baf no legal caucus had been called Tor 'he eec-
ton OF delegates. On motion the pro'eS' ""'
saHed Juoge Robertson tnen moved 'n1' "'e W.
yeation proceed to the election OF six aeiesa'eS
to the state Convention
General z. A McAlpin called attention to the fact
.,., n. call Of the Republican State Committee
accredited the lid Assembly Dstrc; with eight
deleeatea The General then proceeded TO give MS
opinion about machine politics, and ciameu tia'
he himself had suffered in the past from Hiac'iic
rule He said that in the future he did no' pro-
pose to have the party whip snapped arou''u ms
ears Joseph Hudson rose 20 point Oh orner' ou'
failed to make himself heard Tne oeiegatoh
Iolc fpr m
rheir ideas upon things in general Known anu
the convention floor presented an animated scei'e
When order was restored, Judge Hooer'soh' "'"
q complimentary alusion TO General McA'p'- al"
ncunced that hA had also noticed the discrepancy
IN the call OF the State Committee about the num-
her Of delegates 10 which the ZIG District was ell
+,.,sd ana had written TO Chairman Hackett con-
c.-n,np the matter He then read a letter from MT
Hacke,t in reply IN which 1t was stated that 'ie
IIJd District entitled 70 six Delegates 'i'e
figure being typographical error. Inc CONVEX"
tom then proceeded the election OF SIX deesaes
and s,x slternstes to the State Convention. with the
following result: - ~
Ds,ere.es 70 the State Convention William H.
Robertscn James W. Hustea- James X. ApgaT
Alfred Rorrer. John McNally and Joseph B. Lee.
Alternates-George Palmer. c. w. McCutcheon
T. Elwood Carpenter. j. W. Travis Iheroh
Dean and H w Bischof.
The election Of delegate. and alternates to the
Congress Convention was declared next in order
Judge Smith Lent Of Oss.ning. made a speech iav
orinC the denomination of Benjamin H. tnircfhio ana
The convention was opposed to Mr. Falrchiid In
reply OF the delegates who were repTesSiTu ga ns
ihat they we're enrie ely unpledged to any cardidate
Congressman Fairchd addressed the convehtiVH .,1
moi want 10 be the candidate of faction. and
would only accept The honor from the whoie par.y @
re warned the convention not 10 imper1l the party
throughout The country by bringing National mat
tiers G'C wl heal ar In the end the
delegation alleged 10 be opposed 10 C0nsItss ssiaii VI
thirty-rour The delegates arc follows: James +.
Teed. James F. Lawrence. Israel A. Haight. James me-
sitepnnfes elected are H. W Morton F. L. Young,
james Wood c. L. Bunt and s. r. KNAPP.
zion Of delegates 10 the judiciary Convention there
was considerable disorder On the floor and me me
generally withdrawn 10 the rear Of the house, The
Ss1 Wsrs b id r. Bsrfe oe
! Wh.ilock. p. D. Earle samuel Waison aison and Z.
Halsey. Frank L. Young. Cyrus Lawrence and
AS soon as the chairman announced the election
Of these delegates. General f. A. McApin arose
and delivered a bitter speech against the manner
Ossining and Mount Pleasant had been treated
by the convention. He announced on penaIf OF
state Convention and that the seats Of the dele
gates just elected 70 that body would De contsstcl
James X Apgar. the General pointed them each
separately ard said - In times % gone by have have
10 YOU that You turn down in the manner you
have Done today" Turning TO Chairman Lee. Cen
eral McApin said that the chairman had presided
with dignity, and that his rulings had been fair.
the General claimed. had been improperly con-
Following General McAlpin. Harry Fielding. a
de,egate from Mount Pleasant. paid his respects
10 what he considered the machine rule of the con-
vention. Chairman Lee then announced the fol-
lowing District Committee for the ensuing year:
Joseph Hudson. f. 4. McAlpn. Cyrus Lawrence,
James P. Teed. T. Ewood Carpenter Levi Mer-
ritt and James Hopkins. and the convention ad-
journed
The trouble in the convention was simply cor
ttnuatfon OF the old fight between the upper ana
eastern towns Of the district. led by Judge Rob-
ertSon and James ". Hlsted. and the town Of
Oss,nng assisted this year by Mount Pleasant,
position by .hese two towns was led by such able
men as General McA1pin and Judge Lent. but at no
rnpe did Il have more than th'r:y-two votes out OF
the e.ghty-eight constituting the convention. After
eegations held a meeting in the Opera House Gen
eral McAlpin made chairman. and the question
OF hold ng another convention and sending contest
ing deieg alton Saratoga discussed but definite
action was taken. The meeting adjOurnng subject
10 tire call of the chairman.
The claim urged in the convention by the opposi-
zion is that the twenty Aega from Cortla
not entitled owing TO the alleged fact that
the call for a caucus which nominated them was
not issued within the proper time specified by law.
Tho delegates from Cortlandt claim that this is not
so, and that the legal requirements were duly OBJ
served.
WHITE PLAINS
primary election Of the Republican electors Of
Town Hail. between and p. for the pur-