New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-10
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER so.

o.-r GET FOR THE DEMOCRATIC CITY CUM
TON OF GREATER NEW-foRk.
r. Do,,ocra,ic General Conference Committee
Cor Greater New-York met In the Dig pa.''0 ,,o
the Hoffman House last nisnt 10 80 ,rh. meet
taken by the subcommittee last WEEK. i
49,. n,.s ouiet one and everything was cut anu
cried before the session began. II was u. T, ~
that the Democratic City convention s -
hs,d On Thursday, September 81, al cioe" p 49,
Iohr g sheehan presided. and among tne GUM
~,,,o.re, nresent were Dr. John L. feehE' Vi
D,ohrord. lanes Moffat, secretary; J. ). Mar'ih'
Roroush OF Manhattan Bernard j. icrK' brooh'','
James Mccartney. Borough OF the brohN' ., -,
sutnhin Borough Of Queens, and DINERS, anu nc
were few absentees. There were a nu.no 60
tors nresent including John F. MCINTYRE Sena'o
~SoCar,en and William L. Brown. William sohmer
ma. forced to absent himself on account OF iiiheSs'
and William p Mitchell was subsutu'eo io' MIN
Rernard j. York behalf OF the suo-comi'.'se'
renorted that IT had decided upon THURSDAY eep-
seminar 70 1897 at p. m. for the time OF hodihe
~. convention and that the basis OF representa-
,ion should be ten delegates and ten ateriia'e
from each Assembly district WITHIN the ooiu.i i
Greater New-York. and five delegates ana n'e
alternates from each part OF an Assemo! uia"io,
within such boroughs. The committee also reporter
that efforts had been made TO secure Nau'so''
souars Garden for the convention, but that the
Industrial Exposition would occupy the Gardeh 'ha'
night: therefore efforts had been maze 10 secu'e
the Academy Of Music end several other places,
and finally II was found that the Grand Cehtrai
Palace at I.exngton-ave. and Forty-third-st.' WAS
the only adequate building obtanable 1t has seat
ing capacity of G4OO Acontract was submitted "hc'
called for the renting OF the place from o CLOCK
in the morning Of the day OF the convention until
7 o'clock Of the next day. There was clause vi
the contract giving the committee an option on
another date but 1t simply Joker to pre-
vent the Republicans from holding their convention
there II the committee should feel so disposed IL
was decided to engage the hall and the convention
will be held there.
A communication was received from the Demo
cratic Alliance @sking fer conference II Is as
follows:
Dear Sir: According TO instructions received from
Greater Sew-York the Undersigned acting for the
Conference Committee of our organization beg to
Law before and committee the main prop
ositions which we deem essential basis for
united action Of all Democrats in the pending mu-
First-That the convention reaffirm the Chicago
Second-That the party pledge itself to the policy
OF municipal ownership and operation OF municlpai
Third-Drcct employment in city work instead
Of the sonirse, system rnn,,dae for Mayor mus, be
a man whose character and acts In the past as
well as the stand he took during the last Matio9 9or
his faithful adherence to this policy. .,ou,uo.
with the authorized representatives of the regular
organization on the basis above outlined and 10
a conference your earliest convenience, so that
we may be enabled to render a satisfactory report
TO our organization. Very respectfully
MOSES OPPENHEIMER,
Chairman Conference Committee.
r. H. WAKEMAN,
Member for the Peoples Party.
Il. J. COLLINS.
Member for the Democratic League Of Kings Co.
Bernard J. York moved that the communication
be laid on the table. He said that the Conference
Committee had no authority TO deal with such
matters IL had been appointed for the purpose OF
fixing time and place for the holding OF conven-
nd had no wer
such matters as those contained in the commune
cation. His motion prevailed, and then the com
mittee adjourned. after comforting the sub
committee power to go ahead and arrange all the
details for holding the convention