Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-08
GRADY TAKEN DOWN
TAMMANY NOMINATEs A NEW
COUNTY TICKET.
ASA BIRD GARDINER FOR ATTORNEY
He Was Assistant Secretary of War
During Last Cleveland Admins
tration md Remains cleveland
Democrnt-Ruppert Withdrnws.

NEW YORK. October THE most i'm
portant political events OF to-dav were
the yielding of Richard Croker to the de-
mand of nearly all the other Tammany
leaders that the nomination of Thomas
+. Grady for District-Attorney OF New
York county be not forced upon them,
and the withdrawal of Jacob Ruppert,
Jr.. Tammany candidate for president OF
the Council of Greater New York
When the Executive Committee of Tam
many Hall met this afternoon to make
I'D the county ticket, Mr.. Croker spoke
in favor of the nomination of Mr.. Grady
for District-Attorney. All the other
members Of the committee spoke in OPP
position, declaring that Mr.. Grady would
be defeated, and would weaken the
ticket. Mr.. Croker then acquiesced In
the opinion of the majority.
This ticket, prepared by the Executive
Committee, was subsequently nominated
by the county conventions:
Sheriff. Thomas Dunn.
District-Attorney, Asa Bird Gardiner.
Register, Isaac Frommes.
County Clerk, William Sohmer.
Supreme Court Judges Francis NJ. scott
and Charles II. Van Brunt.
CITY Court Judges, John III. Mccarthy
and Edward f. O'Dwyer
President Of the Borough, Augustus w.
Peters.
Coroners, Edward L. Fitzpatrick, w. w.
Hart Jacob Il. Bauch, and Antonio
yucca.
Colonel Asa Bird Gardiner the nominee
for District-Attorney, gained distinction
I'm the Union army during the civil war.
He represented the government in many
important cases in the civil courts, and
was counsel in the F'itz-John Porter and
Generals Grant and Sheridan and g. X.
Warren cases, and defended those gem
tlemen in that enquiry. During the last
Cleveland administration he was Assist
ant Secretary of War. He has been
Cleveland Democrat in politics.
Jacob Rupert, Jr., says The withdrew
from the Tammany city ticket because
he could not leave his business to perform
the duties of the office.
The Citizens Union leaders claim that
Mayor Strong will come out publicly Tor
Seth Low in few days and make
speeches for him.
GOLD DEMOCRATS DIVIDE.
NEW YORK. october THE National
CGolD Democracy, which failed TO make
nominations last week on account OF q
rumored deal with Tammany Han, heiu
its city. county, and borough conventions
tonight in Cooper Union. The city con-
vention endorsed the nominees OF the
Citizens Union for city officers, and the
borough and county conventions endorsed
the nominees of Tammany Hall.
This latter action was taken because
Corporation-C Counsel Scott had been nomi-
mated for Judge of the Supreme Court Dy
Tammany Hall.
GERMANS ENDORSE TAMMANY.
AT a meeting tonight Of the United
German Societies the Tammany ticket
for city and county was endorsed as a
whole
The vote was not unanimous, but the
motion was easily carried by a majority.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
The Republican convention of New
York county tonight nominated this
ticket:
Judges of Supreme Court-Charles H..
VanBrunt and Thomas Allison.
Judges of the City Court-Elisha *.
Camp and Henry c. Booty.
Sheriff-Thomas l.. Hamilton.
County Clerk-General James r.
O'Beirne.
Register-GeOrge II. Schaack.
District Attorney-William X. Olcott.