The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-29

CARHART
& co.

said that his delegates from the Seventh and
Thirteenth districts OF the Third ward had boon
and that the eight votes thus obtained made tho
majority. by which the Worth men won. Mr..
Hirsh submitted the poll, books and tho roll
books of these two districts and insisted that
they disprovcd Mr.. Dady's charge. Then he
said:
Now a word in closing. 1t is in the air. and it
hRs been in the newspapers. that no matter
what case we may put up VIC arc to be un-
s ssy Just o onst ts { nsen and SO that is. II 1m thls ru hss u Is
true, IL you do what it says you will do, you
may be making history"
on their feet protesting, and Chairman Deuel.
raped the table with his knuckles and de-
The case is closed. We are not here to listen
to threats Mr.. Hirsh repeated: You may be
mskinS bh ast o p, but ~ hs e ar v that t you are not
fists on The table. and he declared with empha.
sis; This case Is closed. We are not here to
~ should say So" exclaimed half a dozen of
Il merely wanted to tell you" said Mr.. Hirsh
as a parting shot.
Mr.. Dady presented his case over again and
William J. Beattie represented the contestants
cation was headed by the lion. jacob Worth's
chief lieutenant. sheriff Butt!ing. Beatty pre-
sented papers and aiiidavits showing that there
were tfty:scyen delegates to the District Con-
yention. ot which his side had thirty.one; where
f0re his side ought TO have the seats that MIR.
Buttl!ng and his friends occupied. The Sheriff
presented his own case, showing that the fig
nres We're almost exactly reversed. and that he
was entitled TO the seats. He wound up with:
Here's the whole thing in a nutsl ell. The
order. has gone forth: 'ButtlinG must be done.
Beat him. no matter how I'm one OF those
politicians that
Bang! bang! bang!'' again came Chairman
Deuei's list on the table. and it was followed by
\ dozen protesting voices. At this ~juncture
Lieut.Liov. Woodruff pushed his way through
the crowd.
Mr.. Chairman" he said. 81 want to say just
n word. In the first place. my interest in this
case grew out OF the fact that the day after the
primaries the contestants here came to my head.
quarters and presented their side to me. Now.
il they were not lying about 1t they are now en-.
titled to these seats. II they were lying about 1t
they are not. l only want TO see fair treatment.
than to see the others seated. He's acted very
nicely about tho matter. He has taken the de-
feat of his faction in Brooklyn nicely. and per.
soaally I'd like to see him have a seat in this
convention; but he must be entitled to It to
get it."
ling, takinglthe Lieutenant-Gove by the arm.
Excuse me. I'm q man; that's all. know
how to act"
The Lieutenant-Governor nodded and won't in
to repeat the case as 1t was presented to the
by Ir. Beatty. The Sheriff replied
again. showing that his sido was right, and both
sides and halt the crowd were talking at once.
when the committee declared the case closed
and ordered the clearing Of the room.
The talking was resumed outside. Tho com.
mittee was in executive aession an hour. and
after 1t adjourned II was announced unoficially
that it had decided to seat both delegations In
each case and give each half a vote,