The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-19
REVOLT AGAINST CIT BOSS.
TIE OTIS SECOND DISTRICT Or
9hNIzATIoN CoLLAPSES.

Oeuphthn OoHuatttee Declare Tor Trnoy-Hhey
Say That Sshn n. Pine Dictated the Nomips-
lions fer the District ana wouid Listen -
Ne Protests-Mere Districts kicking Hard.
Tho district organization Of the Citizens
Union In the Second Assembly district consists
Of William Dsrfiinger, Chairman; w. A.. Holden,
Secretary, and Maurice Simmons. General Ad-
visory Committee. The rest Of the active or
ganizstion, consisting of the Campaign Com
mittoo OF fifteen members, decided last night
that the Cit oossism was too much for them,
and passed resolutions indorsing the Republican
ticket. They say they will carry with them into
the Republican ranks the $50 votes which would
have been cast for Low. They say tho cit
enrolment OF 700 in the district meant only $50
votes.
1t is the boss tactics Of John B. Pine that were
tho primary cause for this revolt. Tho cam.
paign committee. the official name of which is
the Wage Earners' Committee, met at IL Madi.
son street last night. Eleven out of the fifteen
were present. and the following resolutions
were unanimously adopted:
Whereas, Candidates for Assembly and Alder.
man have been forced upon US by tho central
body, to which wc have, taken exception, and
Whereas, The ~offcials OF said body have re-
peatedly attempted to dictate to us contrary to
the supposed principles Of the Citizens Union;
Of this committee, do hereby refuse to take any
further part in tho Citizens Union movements;
ana 90 III TurthGr
Resoired, That. as we have no further conf.
dence in the Citizens Union movement. It is the
sense OF this body that We indorse the platform
Creator Now York and declare our intention to
work for tho interests of the aforementioned
ticket from now until Nov. ..
Jos. A. WISE. Chairman.
+. s. wi M MihN; Si sssrstaTTo
l.. E. BERNSTEIN, Assistant Secretary.
Mr.. Wise. the Chairman OF the Committee,
described last night the methods Of Mr.. Pine,
who has charge OF tho district organizations.
Said he:
pine is the most arbitrary boss that can be
imagined. He has ruled that district with an
iron hand. He has dictated nominations with
out consulting any one in the district. and has
N MsS 9 until, IL l aS P %s.s wa. A. ss 3; M4,'s Of sss
organization. was selected by Pine to 20
down into, the district and organize. He
was Seth Lows bodygpard when Low
was Mayor of Brooklyn. Ho was ordered
lows up to Pine and Pine selected Maurice Sim.
mons, who 10 q student in the Columbia Law
School. simmons got us interested in the move
ment and our committee wRs formed. We
worked hard and faithfully and got an enroll.
ment of zoo in a hide-bound Tammany district,
thought we should have some say. Not
much. Pine nominated from the district
ShnrsH' Of hAf shs FSird f0 con ons Of district a ! cG "nd
John Gabler for Alderman. No one in tho
district knew anything about these men. We
Pine and protest. He refused TO see us. Was,
sermsn and Simmons wero working against
us. and. as they were his appointees. he took
their word for it that we were Just a lot OF sore
heads. we were pretty sore, but We stuck to
the organization. We got out and made
speeches., gave our time and money to it, for we
got no money from headquarters. But on FRI
day came the straw that broke the camel's back.
There was \ Misunderstanding as to money
matters between Simmons and Wasserman on
one hand and Pine on the other. Wasserman was
though retained in An advisory capacity. Pine.
without consulting US, made William DorflinRer
Chairman and W. A. Holden Secretary. We
jected much against berfinger;, Our objections
did no good. Pine wouldn't listen to us. He
was going to run things to suit himself and that
was the end of 1t. That was moro than We
were to be bossed we would be bossed by decent
bosses, and 80 We have Endorsed the Republican
ticket.
district, all of which We got. Probably II this
row had not occurred they would have got $50
votes out Of the enrolment. We are going to
those $50 s sway NIX from s' them sF' We S,e', win ' hold o. q
pubic meeting the end Of this week"
This revolt In the Second against Pines arbi.
p sGas G. 5Hli i9 il S1!' b b. sfss q s'h Is Ri. ssi 1T T ,ha
ranks, and II has grown 80 that all the district
leaders were called up to headquarters yester-
Gay and %h ioe eS%oI up In = s room m With h,sssso sn ndi
mind Mr. Pine. In at least ono dis riot the
leader has politely requested Pine to take . trip
to the neither world and leave him alone.
success in point of numbers. Tho thirty-hve dis
trict leaders were ordered to appear at head
quarters at 4 o'clock and they camo in a bunch.
filling the front room.
loss Pine Introduced each OF tho leaders to
The Candidate. after which they all wont up
stairs and were talked to.