The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-13
CTS TICKETS PROTESTED.
N0MINATING CERTIFICATES AZ
LEGGED TO BE DEFECTIVE.

Protests Filled by Otto Irving wise. Repns-
llchn, In an Electors suit-Tainmany Men
medithtinE Protests AGAINST the GeorEo
Tirk"t-CitH Retain Choate and Others'
Tho nominations OF the candidates Of the Cit
liens Union for city and county offices were
protested yesterday. The protest was filed by
OTTO irving Wise, attorney, on behalf OF Joseph
;. liahdley, an %elector. aud the reasons assigned
for tho protest are tho following:
ID That the said certificates are Invalid in thatthey
are contrary to the provisions Of law.
C) They are invalid in that they fail to comply
with the provisions of the law governing the nllng OF
certificates and the contents OF certificates OF indo-
pendent nominations.
C) That they are defective and illegal in that they
fail to conform with the Election laws now in force
In tho state of Now York.
Later in the day Mr.. Wise fled a similar pro
test on behalf of Mr.. Handlcy against the
nominations of the Cts candidates for Presi.
dent and Coroners OF the borough of Manhattan
and for Councilinen In the Second and Fourth
Council districts. The grounds Of the second
protest are the same as set forth in the first.
1t is understood that Mr.. Wise. who is O Re.
publican district leader, represents the Repub-
lican party organization in making the protest.
The allegations arc broad enough to cover any
defect in the nominating certificates, and 1t Is
understood that they will DO attacked for any
cause which may develop on investigation. Tho
chief basis of, the. protest, 1t is understood. Is
that many of the signatures on the petitions are
The Tammany Hall law Committee held a
meeting yesterday, but Chairman Daniel +.
Martin said that no action was taken regarding
United Democracy and the Jetfersonian pemoc-
racy, Hc sa id that protests might BIO made. but
nothing had been decided In the matter as yet.
The advantage which might lie gained by the
regular organization through these, protests, II
,hsy are fIG not II s ,Ss son.ih sfain ~ the Rmo heads ;Ss OF au ,h 20
lot OF candidates for minor places. thus render
ing both the Low and the George tickets incom-
plctc and unn'tractive to the electors who de-
sire To- vote for candidates for all the places to
The Police Commissioners will meet to-day
and fix a date for the hearing of the Handlcy
The news OF the filing Of the protest did not
cause much JOY in the hearts OF the boss Cts,
for many Of them think and have thought all
along, that an error was made in pre- airing the
fatal to the whole outfit II the matter is brought
into court. Under the law each signer OF the
70 his right to vote in the district where he
signs. In getting out their forms of petitions
the Gifts had Twenty-Five names on each
gother. and the notary certified to the genuine.
ness OF the signatures at the bottom of each
sheet only. The question, a technical one to DO
sure, is whether the notary should not have Ger:
titled to each name and address separately and
much wransiine at the sessions Of the Executive
whom the subject was considered. A
subcommittee. OF which James W. p yor is
Chairman, recommended that the names be GER
titled TO In blocks OF twenty-five, to save notary's
fees. Several members of the committee pro.
tested, but they were overruled by Pryor and
Larocque. Yesterday those who had opposed
the method adopted were loud in their Il told
you sos" Said one of them:
"Of course l suppose we'll come out all right
In the end. LArocque, who was responsible for
the method adopted, should be a good enough
lawyer not to make a break that would cndan-
ger the very existence OF our ticket. All tho
same we should have taken no chances, especial
~ from motives OF economy"
So far as the official utterances Of the Cts arc
concerned. they would have the public believe
that they had expected some such protest as
this from the very beginning. Chairman Rey.
II; that 1t was a mean trick on tho part Of tho
Republicans to hurt the Cts, and would amount
to nothing. He said that Simon Sterne. Joseph
LarocQue. and Joseph II. Choate had been APP.
pointed TO look after the Cit interests before the
Police Board; and in the courts II necessary.
street. n member OF the regular Republican or
! ganization. filed a protest late last night against
the certificate of nomination on file in the Blu
reau OF Elections OF the candidates of tho Citi-
zens' Union for Councilman in the Fourth dis
trict.
These are Meyer Jonasson. Percival Knauth.
and Henry c. F. Koch. The protest Is made on
the ground that the certificate Is not In the
form prescribed by law, that 1t 10 not
executed and acknowledged before n notary
public. and that il does not contain 1000 sub
scribers. Edmund Bodine Of IL Barrow street,
also a regular Republican. protested against
the certificate OF nomination OF the candidates
or the Citizens Union In tho Second Council
district. Richard II. DAILY, Frederick p. Culver.
and Robert Miller. on the same grounds