The evening times., 1898-12-06
new OFFICERS OF THE
DEMOCRATIC CLUB
Mr. Perry Belmont Elected
President.
SUCCESSOR 70 MR.. FLOWER
Speech of the Retiring Officer Pre-
dieting Future Successes.
NUu-Rcsident Members Who VIII
SUCCESSOR TO Mr.. FLOWER
Nuu-Rcsident Members Who VIII
Assist in Measures for the Wei
fare of ihe Old Party.

New York. Dee. c-Perry Belmont was
elected president Of the Democratic Club
last night To succeed Roswell p. Flower.
Though there was only one ticket In the
field the vote was the largest cast. All
the candidates received the fun vote with
the. exception Of Andrew Freedman and
NJ Marley Piatzek. who ran one vote be-
hirtl the ticket.
Following is Il list Of officers for the
coming year:
President Perry Belmont; first vice
president, Edward T. o'Dwyer; second
vice president, Cord Meyer; treasurer,
Theodore f. HascaI; secretary. William
l. Wyatt; corresponding sectary, Adrian
T. Kiernan.
Governors to December. lSg9-P. Henry
\ Dugro Andrew Freedman. Asa Bird Gar
diner and James Mccartney.
Governors to December, 19O0-James
Shevlin, John F. Carroll, William f.
GreT and NJ Marley Platzek.
Governors to December l9ol-Richard
Croker John Fox, Thomas f. Crimmins
and John W. Keller
Some surprise was expressed at the
evcnness OF The vote. 1t was expected
that AndreY Freedman would fall con-
siderably behind because OF dissatSfac-
ton with his course during Mr. Croker's
absence last summer He then acted as
MIR Crokers personal representative, and
many of the club members believe that
he assumed powers which did not belong
To him The threats which had been
made to scratch his name, however, We're
not carried out.
All the territory south of the Bronx is
! represented n The new list Of officers.
Mr. Belmont represents the First Senate
district, Including Suffolk County, in the
3 State committee. The five bnroughs in
3 Greater New York all have representa-
. uVcS. The large vote indicates the new
( life put into the club by Air. Croker. At
the last election only tHenty-siX votes
! were cast
Mr. Belmont takes the presidency
( non-Tammauy man. and during his incam
boncy il VIII bo hi; aim to extend the in
tiuence Of The organization and make IL
/ national in its influence. He resigned
( from the Demo- ratio State committee n
which he represented Richmond and Sui-
! folk Counties AS soon is ths New York
delegation returned from the Chicago con-
yeutiun in 1896. He did not Vote for WI
/ liam j. Bryan for President. bGt helped
1 al indianapolis Ia nominate Palmer and
I Buckner. supporting them ON the stump in
I New York and West Virginia, as wei as
AT the ballot box. y pronounced advocate
OF the gold standard. he goes 10 the head
of what has been called Croker club
with the hearty support of Mr.. Croker
and of the hundreds of Tammany men
who have Joined the Democratic Cub
since the leader Of the New York city De-
mocracy made il his political headquar-
ters.
II is the purpose Of the new officers 10
make the club the meeting place of the
Democratic leaders. not only of the State,
but Of tn. entire country. All orCaniza-
ton men from Maine Ia California will
be made welcome. they say. Mr.. Belmont
has been "A Representative in Congress
four times has been an active tariff re-
former and has represented this country
at the court Of Madrid, Yet he has never
1 been enrolled in the Tammany organiZa-
tion.
, Among the national and State leaders
, who are nonresident members of the club
are Senator Murphy Senator Faulkner OF
West Virginia Senator German of Mary.
land. Senator James Smith Of New Jer'
I sev Marcus DAILY of Montana; Fleming
. Dubignon of Savannah. probably the
next United States Senator from Georgia
Willard salisbury. of Delaware; Repre-
/ sentative Fitzgerald of Massachusetts,
Bradley T. Sma,ley Of Burlington, VI.
for many years treasurer of the Demo
! cratic national committee; Mayor Franci:
i J. Molloy. OF Troy: Mayor Mciiuire, o.
: Syracuse: Anthony y. Brady. of Albany
Representative James Il. Richardson. o
! I Tennessee. the probable minority leader
in the next Congress; Thomas w. Neill
. Of Washington; John Boyd Thacher and
Charles Tracey. of Albany. These men
I 1t is expected Will meet in the club K
! formulate national politice.
Former Gov. Flower, upon his retire
: ment from office last night made a shor
speech in which he congratulated tbs
club upon its rapid advancement, anC
contraSted its condition with that of
. year ago. lie called attention 10 the fac
that its financial condition was then 5,
bad that some of the members wer
obliged TO make mp The deficit in the run
ming expenses. The receipts for the las
l ! year he said had been S2S1. 600 and
| steady income Of Sl00 000 was assured. Thi
was the result OF his asking Mr.. Croke
to make the club his headquarters an,
to bring his friends into it.
MT Flower said that in his opinion tn
Republicans had little to boast of in tn
vote at the last election, and he predict
ed that in the near future the Democrat C
S would again control both the State an
I fha Nafinu