The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-06
B%ROOKFIELD CAPTURES 1T.
TEE NEW lNTI-oRGANIzATIoN on
9lNIElTToN ORGANIZES.

BacEus or the EIrty-thres Had Oniy AB Votes to
Q Tor swnyne for rresidrpt-Msiority Ran
Things R1ncbine Pnshion-Animated Discus
sion or the Primary NH. bat No Actio..
The General Committee Of the new organiza.
ton Of anti.organizatlon Republicans met at
Scottish Rite Hall. Twonty.ninth street and
Madison avenue, last night, with 80 OF
their ala delegates present. Their sub
sequent proceedings demonstrated that ma.
chino methods are not altogether cleansed
from the souls of the reformers. The
minority Of the delegates did not get nearly
as much show at the meeting as did the gentle.
men who were running tho meeting in the days
when they were the minority in the regular
machine.
w. Houston Kenyon took the chair as tenn.
porary Chairman. There was a short dispute
when tho eminent Ameen F. Haddad contested
the right OF J. A. Sullivan to hold a Goat as a
delegate from the Second district. 1t was sct-
tied in short order In favor OF the Sulllvanites
and the show went on.
James Sereance nominated for President OF
the organization Wager SwRyne. who was tho
candidate Of the Brookfeld faction, and who
had been selected to lead them after two nights
Of fierce caucnsing,, Ho had a large
primary bill, and has made many en-.
tnngling alliances that were extremely
representing the sentiment Of the original iifty:
three were led last night by James Lehmaier.
bv r nGn onl9 sw y; rms ant B Pas vs;os The yG q WMs
got 40. and on the usual motion the election was
made un !nimous.
Kenyon was elected Vicc.Prcsident The proc.
ess OF his election was that OF directing the Sec.
ress 7 to for cas-! Mr. the Ren vote q Of mn the na% GSsi
johnson from the Thirty;hrst district rose and
81 Ssssino he ful said Nh nat johnson fhs me snStin SSsGrs ed
protest during the subsequeni proceedings, with.
out visible results; Or. 1. J. futile was made
Samuel g. French Secretary, and Samuel J.
Parrish Treasurer.
oX.Mayor Strong sat on the platform. After the
elections somebody got up and suggested TO the
dress the meeting on the subject. OF the new
rfd%a msnS OIL erle no OF ps eSSaiIn@E. = 10 Albany %GSr' Th TSs
somewhat moro So, Other gentlemen rose up
and said that the directors were perpetrnting q
wanton outrage and a shameless insult on their
honored representative in the State Senate.
Somebody suggested that the Chairman ask
the unanimous consent of tho meeting to invite
Senator Pavey to make his address.
1T y moved" said the President. that this
PaVey to address Dress it, 1n" Thoso IN favor Vow viii 1G pieaSe
The ayes have It, said Mr.. swayne as quick
as a wink, .and Senator Pavey is hereby in
The Senator described the primary bill in dc.
thll, II tADlhlntu III II ntu Dttu TeDOTJpu,
not for passage. but to be referred back for
amendment and hearings. Senator Pavey APP
%P PogitioHy, f bnt he rns spo Re w For a IN aon an emSlPf t Issine
At the conclusion of his remarks Gen. Arson
G. McCook offered n resolution indorsing the
work OF tho of enrolled members
OF the organization which had helped draft tho
bill, and continuing them as a committee to
work in behalf of the bill.
Mr.. Lehmeier objected to this, because. no
said, ono of the members of the ub-committe
Seth Low is not a member OF the General Com.
mlttee. He raised n nOlnt OF order that tho
General Committee had no right to delegate
power to a nonimepnc Gen; swayne decided
his resolution, Offering as a substitute one
which simply Endorsed tho work of the com.
Mr.. Lehmaier opposed this resolution and Of
fered a substitute for 1t which approved the bill
ton. denounced its provision for a May and
June enrolment, and said that 1t was the opin-
ion OF the General Committee that all Assembly
district nominations should be by direct vote at
the primaries.
Mr.. Lehmaier made a speech in favor of his
were held in May and June. and that il anti.
they would be fixed" by the machine before
the convention II any considerable period Of
M Mp. el LeSma Herse remarks sni s"f Brought out some
applause. Half a dozen OF the delegates OPP
posed to d PHI = started art + d to reply. Gen. swayne
Mr.. Davis said that the opposition to the bill
seemed TO be based on a superstition that the
IHtn "oulu Ile ielt. nC SUlu.
that they wouldn't lose. but IL they were going
to 1t would, be better to find it out in the spring
than later in the year. for IL they couldn't get
the voters in sympathy with them to go to tho
primaries their organization would not fulfil it's
their ballots would be counted as cast. they
would GO TO primaries, and that IL the machine
won them there was no hope of successful oppo-
sition to 1t.
Mr.. m began to talk again. From all
parts Of the house there were cries Of Dues.
table and tried to put the question. Louis T.
Golding got up to speak.
Some one shouted Previous question:" Gen.
Swayne ruled that Mr.. GoldinR was out of or
der. Lehmaier stood in tho middle aisle shout
ing out his objection, while a party of his sup.
porters demanded IA roll call on the question of
sustaining the decision Of the chair on the point
of order.
The demand for n roll call was lost. lOG to 90.
Thon the house sustained Gen. Swayne's ruling.
104 to %.
Amotion to lay the resolution aud substitute
on the table prevailed-S4 to 90. Then one of
the majority moved an adjournment, and the
mpetinR ended.