New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-18
FOR THE STATE CONVENTION.
DELEGATES CHOSEN AT THE REPUbLl-
CAN DISTRICT MEETINGS
ro.r,o,,rn nv THE MACHINE IN NEARLY ALL
C.srs-A Union IN THE XX1XTH

wa 'Nr .1,, T., the xXVII,h and XXIXth dis
trIcts In the XXVIIth Assembly DISTRICT ''' an,
machine forces had practically ther o"" ""''
though John Sabine Smith made sho" OF oPpo"
ton with ticket headed by Genera Ho""'u "a
rou whose name was Withdrawn at his request "''
. g''. ", Alderman Andrew D. Robinson subsi-
,u,od The anti-machinc ticket received % No'e9'
and the opposition ticket % votes James w i'''
was chairman OF the convention
- .ho vXIXth Assembly y strict the contest over
d,legates 10 the state Convention ala not "''"'
tho shane that was anticipated As fna',e' ~
tact there was no real contest. as me i'eP""''"'
OF the County OF Network and those OF tle ma
chine had mutually agreed upon ticket HOW
ever 4 second ticket appeared in the Held "n'"
was called the Hess ticket, to distinguish u i'o
that which had been presented by the union u u'
Repub'icans This second ticket had been pre-
nsred by Simon Hess. brother OF Police 'o""'7
sioner Jacob Hess. The actual work OF e'ec"",
the delegates did not take the convention great
length Of time but the preliminary arrahEe"''.''9
under the new Primary law were slow Inc '"n"e
Of the roll of delegates took up the greater p'' ~
OF the time owing TO the errors made by the CLERKS
who had Transcribed them at Police headqu"' 'e'''
After the rolcaN James Yereance was ma'e per-
manent chairman OF the convention. and Da'Io""S
for delegates began at once.
The union ticket representing the RepuoHca"'
o the County OF New-York and the macn'n' ~,
pubIicans received straight out of the i'>
cast and there were many other votes cast io
IndlvGyals on the union ticket by those VINO We.
supporting part Of the Hess ticket. Inc resu'' ..
the baloting was that Edward LauierDach' ram
Unlikely Renianln s Ty nGale and James {. ''a"
,a s renresentng the machine Republicans
were elected as delegates. Ex-Mayor Nhl'''" -,
Strong Arson O. McCook. Samuel IhoiN"s al"
Edward W. Harris. representing the l'eiu"' ""S
~ the County OF New-York on the ticket "e''
also elected. cs.,oe,
ANN
-o-,les N m. union ticket. and he was pla co %"
the .lcke, which won for the purpose OF ctrrY'"S
or, tho nlan OF dividing up the DELEGATES oe'"ee"
the two organizations and giving tho o'n P''' "
one who was committed TO neither s'o'.
Tho ticket placed In the field by Ny Hess was
,'os ~, Mr. Iautcrbach but. outside OF his
ror,a d,a not carry other names Of those VINO "'io
on the union ticket No attempt was ua'e 10
,,.-,,c, me delegates 10 the state Convention ou.
I, war generally understood that inc ''"'o'''' "
them were favorable 10 Governor hI"'A'
MAY BE CASE FOR COURTS.
Tho proceedings Mt the XVIII Assembly D'S'','
ca-,ont,or held in the Creamery iNceNin' III
West Twenty,hird-st.' when was go" e., .so
machine may be brough, up for re'''" III ''''
courts by the opposing faction. Jed 10y An''a
rhorn,on. Twenty Delegates led by him noii'a ne
session declaring that 81 was being rFeS"'"''' CON
Quoted by Chairman Charles 4. Hess 80 OPPOSE
ton tIcket was offered Charles a Hess Was chosen
chairman by vote or %, anu ~ " '''''
James r. Sheffield tho nominee ~ the OPPOSITE"
faction got only 70 votes. There We're eleven "h-
sentees and that made tho total number or d'i'
gates from the twenty-five election districts III 'he
Assembly district lls
After the roll was called F Gross moved that the
convention appoint substitutes ~ ne llhc" o' '''
absenteos TIT. brought on clash John e.
O'Connor John H. Hammond Il. B Miller ana
Auasa Thornton declared that the appointment OF
substitutes irregular and MAT under ihr h'''-
ton law none but the delegates elected NY ""
voters Of the Primary districts could take part lN
the convention. Chairman Hess replied t""i'
backed by the Attorney Generals decision h'
would rule otherwise. and inc convention pro''ed'l
TO I'll the eleven vacancies. making GeprE" X
Manchester a sui stitute delegate from THO f"''
Election District When this had been done. about
twenty Of the delegates. headed hy Thornton
bolted the convention. declaring that II was being
conducted I'm violation Of the law. and ,hnt ta"y
would seek 20 get their rights I'm court ON "c-
count OF the bolt. thrty-slx delegates failed TO
have their votes recorded. and Of this number
about twenty went out with Thornton tn" others
while they remained IN the convention hall took
no action IN the latter part Of the proceedings
There was conflict In the With Assembly District
Convention at Brookes Assembly ROOMS III
Broome-st near Elizabeth-st.. and the faction led
by George W Wagner. tho former leader ~ tho
district. withdrew from the regular convention ana
held meeting OF their own at no. l'' h""eIy.
Half a dozen stalRart policemen were at tho IefN-
lar convention hall to preserve order only h'i'-
gates armed with proper cred, niias were admitted
TO the hall Richard i. Taylor Was elected chair
man Of tho convention. and II was when he APP
pointed a committee 10 hear protests that the
trouble began. He gave the committee nreen min
utes to hear all protests and report 20 the con-
vention Wagners followers declared that they
had good FOR protests In fourteen Gle non
districts but that the time allowed for ~" pro-
tests was insufficient. Az soon as the committee
reported to the convention. and decided against me
protests OF the Wagnerites. the latter led by John
Moran and X \. Dlas. arose IN body ana l'rt
The hall After this all plain sailing. and BON
upon without further trouble
PERSONAL TALK IN THE XXXIID.
There was considerable personal talk at the
XXXIId Assembly District convention. but opposi-
ton to the ticket headed by Isaac Newman dil
not develop. The convention wa held AZ the Union
Repuhlican Club Lcxington-ave. and One-hunlicd-
end-eighth-st. Newman and Thomas W. Murphy
are both struggling hard for tho district Leader
ship and Murphy was 10 have headed an opposition
ticket last night. but otto Irving Wise. follower
Of Murphy. explained. when the convention had
heen called TO order that after conference. those
on the Newman ticket having agreed to favor
Senator Platt at the state Convention there would
be opposition.
After the selection Of the delegates. however.
Thomas Murphy moved that the delegates 20 10 III"
convention Instructed to agree with the majority
., State dclccafos After considerable discussion
This motion was laid on the table =. Morganthau
offered a resolution that IL be considered the sctse
Of the convention that 1sanc Newman he'd the
right TO the leadership Of the district. This was
bitterly opposed. but finally carried by a vote o'
II 70 %
Congressman Temuel +. Quigg, president Of tho
Republican County Committee. said late last even
ine yhcn asked Dy a Tribune reporter how many
Of The delegates were organization men i think
that IL out OF 49, are orgnnlzation Rcpubicans
"'lvill Inc delcgatlon from New-York County be
an anti-Elack dclcgafion?' WAS asked
''Tot IN the least" Mr.. 9uirg replied. "All these
stories about Tho Ncw-York County dccs9 ton being
opposed 10 Governor Black. together VII all the
stories about my efforts t. give coloring 10 H. In
oppoe,iOn 10 the Governor are absolutely Daseoss.
take IL that our delegation Will he neither for