New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-26
THE DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE.
PLANS FOR THE GREATER NEW YORK CONvEN
TON

PLANS FOR THE GREATER NETWORK coNvEH-
TON.
| The meeting OF the Democratic representatives OF
| the various county organizations OF Greater New
York take steps preparatory to holding conven-
| ton 10 nominate candidates to- municipal offices
| was held last evening at the Hoffman House There
| was Il large gathering Of Democrats interested in
| the coming campaign The sentiment which seemed
| TO pervade the representatives was that the Demo
| cratic convention ought to he postponed until the
| plan OF campaign OF other organizations had been
| developed. October early most OF the
conferrees seen last evening favored the time
| for nominating a ticket.
The conference called to order by James j.
Martin. chairman of the Tammany Hall Executive
Committee. and Bernard J. York. OF Brooklyn.
moved that John c. Sheehan should be permanent
chairman. The motion was carried. and James
Moifett, OF Brooklyn. elected permanent secre-
tary.
The roll called as follows
Boroughs OF Manhattan and the Bronx-John c..
Sheehan James J Martin, William Sohmer. James
W. Boyle. Augustus W. Peters. James p. Heating.
Randolph Guggenheimer. James Mccartney. George
w. PlunkItt and Andrew J. White.
Borough OF northumberland J. York. James
Mofett, p II. McCarren. VI. J. Coffey. Conrad H.
Hester, Patrick Hayes John Demar. John Nc
CURE. John Ennis and John l.. Shea
Borough OF RichmondDr. John L. Feeney, John
J. Kenney. Edward VI. Muller. Thomas ". Fitzger
aid George c. Tranter. Hubbard r. Yetman.
Thomas Mccormack. Franklin c. Witt Thomas
Mullins and Walter G. Holt
Long Island City General Committee-Thomas c.
Kadien John W. Davren. Joseph Cassidy, Ferdi-
nand Tuebner Daniel Callahan. w. L. Wright,
Henry c. Korfmann, John Bannon, p J. Hannigan
and Daniel Noble
Queens County General Committee-Joseph
Dykes, F. r. Clair. Patrick j. Mara, John II.
Sutphn. Charles DoTney. James +. Walsh. Joseph
Cassidy. Matthew J. Goldner, Thomas J. Murphy,
James F. O'Brien. Edward +. Pagan, George
Schrever and Philip T. Cronin.
James W. Boyle moved that the conference he an
open one The proposition was adopted without
opposition The two sets Of delegates which APP
peared from the Borough of Queens from
the Long Island City General Committee and the
other from the Democratic County Committee of
Gleason's organization. 1t decided to allow
both delegation seats in the conference.
basis OF representation in the Greater New-York
Convention should be ten delegates for each AS
sembly districts. and that those districts lying
partly within and partly without the Greater New
York boundaries should be represented by deega-
ton which should have the ratio OF the
number OF election districts within partly within
will Therefore have four representatives, and the
Borough of the Bronx the same number. The
number OF alternates was authorized. This
arrangement will give 10 the boroughs Of Manhat-
ma tority in the convention which allowed by
the Republican conference): Brooklyn. 2lo; Rich
ton therefore will be composed OF 500 delegates and
COO alternatcs. Chairman Sheehan named the fol-
lowing committee 10 prepare the call for the NUM-
cpal Convention and the primaries to elect dele
tons adopted: James J. Martin. Manhattan; Ber-
nard York. BROOKLYN John n. Sutphen, Queens;
Bronx with the president. Mr. Shechan and the
secretary Mr.. Monott. officio members