New-York tribune., 1897-01-15
rs TT PEACE OR WAX?
KINGS COUNTY DEMOCRATS TO FIND
OUT WHERE THEY ARE AT"
r.,, QUESTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE
OLD GENERAL COMMITTEE STILL LINES ~
rE Settled sooN-THE TWENTY

-x,r QUESTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE
ON GENERAL. COMMITTEE STILL LIVES TO
nE Settled sooN-THE TWENTY
THIRD WARD TROUBLE.
The present anomalous condition OF 'he De"o
cratic marty of Kings County vii! not last much
,onaar lanes D. Bell chairman of the General
~-.,..oo has Informed several prominent Demo-
Its within the last few days that he VIII can
meeting Of the committee at no distant na'e' II ~,
do.s this the committee can itself niscusS ''V
much -mooted point as TO whether II i sum !" 'N
istence or is merely has peeh
rhonas 7 Kenna and some others take 'he
a that as the constitution OF the organiza-
,,or nrovides for the holding of the primaries II,
December and for a meeting OF the newly ee.'eo
committee early in January 'none OF 'hese '''' s
having been done) there is no" 10 oo"''''
,ee in existence This the old Democ'aiO
consider A pleasant method Of getting ria OF 'he
r,rn,,tee which is the only thing that row stanos
,r tho way Of a return TO the old ward prlmarie9
,ith their crooked methods. but easy con'ro' o'
bosses. e. ord
put Edward NJ. Grout Robert j. Stewart ana
Ianes ID Bell do not think the old committee "a'
conc out of existence. and they will bring II 70 "
test The present committee EXISTS u'l'H 50
..ssor is chosen they say. The present commiles
60 souewhat subservient 10 Hugh McLausH"'' -
he should take extreme measure az ~ f
II into line TO vote that 1t was out OF eA'S'c'0V' ~
uould begi of the IVencst NSh'S ~ wy -
the r,ngsters that there has been IN TINS County
since the days Of the jefferson Hall pen'oc'd' y
The voune leaders who are anxious 10 ma'i''3''
the present election district system wonio a' ~
have call issued for primaries under the pr'~N"'
ros and such districts failed to elect aelesa'os
wou,d he reorganized If the old leaders Then ieo'
sanized their forces on the ward or Assembly, uS
tr,c, svstem the young fellows would nsn' an '',
uov ~ the State Convention and claim az every
s,ac. ~ have the only regular organization
There is more in this Twenty-third "a'o "e"
,.,woen Kenna and s. S Whtehouse on 'he oi'
.,d. and John L. Shea and George tpplhs'ui OF oS o
Re other than at first appeared ~ rs "sn, b,,,
tr,,osda,e object Is the control OF 'he "atu ~" -,
hnss ultimate object is the capture OF SUN ",
~ hiy ofiices next fall Shea. the preseh ea. ~
~ the ward. announced his candicavt io a. .hS
Sh,iavaltv something like year ego Now III III VI.
tic Marty the Twentythird Is not IN po,
,ion n n SIX for much Al every eleotion tit M
rnte last hopeless minority. Justice Jac0o .ton
Nc affiliaies with the Kenna- W Whteh0ust nt
nn,e m he nominated for Sheriff or iseslstei an ~
w. rnov,s that the Twenty-third Nard VIII y,
ne az H.. re.s one OF these big places. not t'
snaaL NJ two Then Whitehouse is desirous o e.
.ine that nomination for the supreme ,oui, io
xrbich he has waiting so long ana f ~, ~
II would be difficult. and from the poI' vi d,Sa ~
,,,achine potics unfair 10 overlook tue a ~
~ the executive member from gwen VIZ wa .ard "a
,ornina,e another candidate from tne tdie ss;r.
Tbas The enemies Of Shea know hence theI s utsl,'
,o dr,ve hi m from the leadership OF the wal" "i''
~ conventions are held next fall