The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-22
NEW COUNTY COMMITTEE
CHOSEN BY THE REPUBIIOlNS,
WITH SETERAI OONTEsT6.

march nae- Reit IN the s~izth-lsysr nee De-
feat Observation-Disclosures beaten In the seth
The Rrrty-thres Ants TrJinG 70 Harry
On = New Organization or Their Own'
Conventions wero held last night In all the
Assembly districts OF the city to choose dele
gates TO tho new Republican County
There were contests in the Sixth. Twenty-third'
Tventy.seyonth and Twenty.ninth distrtcts,
and In tho Sixth q boiling convention was held
and a contestingd delegation was elected.
The regular convention was at 1875 Bowery,
and tho delegation elected is headed by George
w. Wagner, the present district leader. The
boilers repaired to the Loyal Republican Club
at SO Bond street, where they elected n deieRa-
tion headed by James K. March.
The eight in the Twenty.third was between
the present leader, Moses NJ. Mckee. and his
supporters. and the faction headed by Julius NJ.
Mayer. The convention was hold at the Athe-
nmum, in West 155th street, and the Mayer
faction won at every point, though by q very
mail majority.
Seven OF the eight delegates were chosen on
the first ballot by msiorities ranging from 4
TO Q. Tho eighth. Warren b. Cravell, was
chosen on the third ballot, defeating Leader
Mckee. Among the delegates chosen are Julius
N. Mayer. Gen. Michael Kerwin, Heman B.
Wilson, Col. T. G. Campbell. and George Shoe
In tho Twenty.ninth tho contest was between
one extremists OF the organization faction and
those who considered that It would b good
ar placed on their ticket the names Of walter
4. BENJAMIN and J. v. D. Clarkson. delegates to
S : warm psrtisans Of the organization lead.
SSs: but M, MhH h "a he ' Rssa,. ey ma the rs S1F q tiofet Of
5 lnS OWN. whieh was elected by an. average
plurality Of thirty in a vote Of nincty.five.
n xmo si;. s5S fsnissssss elected It. 8. 9scss wsr' h simSn
NJ. Schwarzler, Frank Buckley, Lloyd Coils,
Louis T. Cardani, and James Owens.
sustained fight in the convention. q compromise
ticket was elected. These are the delegates:
$ SsaSn s'9 aIfin s% q. :. b; hi G E.. q. b Sac /: a nSr $:
There was also q contest in the Seventh dis;
pad no bearing on the organization OF the Coun-
1T Is understood that the new County Com.
pittee will organize by re6lecting Congressman
6uigg for President. II is not destined to be q
70 adopt a new constitution. have a new enroll
ynent, and elect n new County Committee before
The election shows some changes in leader
chip besides those already indicated, as O result
ef the contests. For instance, Jacob NJ a.1 latter ter
ksS been in the 'Thirty;afth: He was elected
Revenue Collector Ferdinand Eidman succeeds
him as leader, in the Tenth, Another nSn.resi;
fSe Fourth. Nj. Collins is superseded by p. J.
OrBrien.
Harriott, A. +. Gugel. and the rest of the fifty.
three eminent Republicans who were selected
BY Mayor Strong and eight others to reorganize
tend that any grass shall grow under their feet
while they are employed In that undertaking.
Point seiN in 1895 six months to devise liz
present plan of Republican organizati9r and get
two eminent colleagues intend TO perfect their
organization within a month. Their haste in
tn s, ma iaoEi is due tue to eo 9 assiEs No aS Of the per rne
which VIII be taken by the regular Republican
cG%S nrty.seysn If th at e ini Sanuf iifyy @fssinE met at
the Windsor Hotel last night. They were called
to order by Mayor Strong. who. after performing
Henry r. De Miit as temporary Chairman, re-
tired. A permanent organization was perfected
sembly district as Chairman and II. B.
smith of the Thirty-first as secretary. It
had and the new organization perfected in Jan.
nary. To that end Chairman Kenyon. who Is q
patent lawyer, was directed to hustle and get
authorized to appoint a committees, Of, seven
crganizstion and another committee composed
Of eleven members to supervise the new enroll
tors. Mr.. Kenyon promised to announce his
committees in a day or two. In a week or two
the ffty-three will reassemble and proceed
'Wiiiiam BrooEdeid. William S. Bagg. Lowell
H. jerome. and other INSTRUMENTATION Hepub-
ncans, who are specially interested in the new
movement, were at the Windsor to urge the
dfty-three to hurry.
The leaders of the new movement wero dis.
Gusted because of the fate Of the injunction pro-
ceedings brought by Mr.. Jerome. They have
based their whole movement on the proposition
that under Article 3S Of the Republican County
Committee the entire county organization was
dissolved by the result of the last election,
fewer votes for the head Of the ticket
being cast in nearly every election dis.
POLLS. Mr.. Jerome made q test case In the mat
Dor Of tho Thirty.frst Election district of the
Thirty-6rst Assembly district. and sought Ia
Snjoin the delegates from that election district
from voting in the Assembly District Conven
ton last night. Supreme Court Justice Beck
man threw Mr.. Jerome's case out of court, de
Gliding that q political organization could car,
fqr Its own concerns without tho Intervention o
the courts.