The record-union., 1899-08-29
WARRIhG DEMOCRATS TALK.
THEY ADDRESS THE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES.
Their Gases Stated and VIII Be
Heard Further on Thurs
day Night.

| At the meeting Of the Trustees last
night G. L. Hughes appeared on behalf
of the original Democratic Central
Committee, and stated that it had he'd
meeting on Saturday and adopted i
petition and resolution asking for d
place on the ticket at the coming pri
mary election.
1t had presented the petition to the
board and asked it to settle the status
| of the two committees who had pre-
sented petitions. All of the old COM
mittee was present at that meeting ex-
cept Isadore Alexander and Isadore
Townsend. In 1898, he said, he had
sent in his written resignation as a
member of the committee. Subsequent
ly the committee had declared the
places of Committeeman Carroll and
Brophy vacant on the ground that they
did not reside in the city. They were
not absent in the sense that could be
used as charge against them, as Car
rolls residence is in the Third Ward,
and he is absent on business for the
company that employs him. Brophy is
in Federal employ and still holds his
registration here. The majority of the
committee elected at the last conven-
tion and apportioned delegates by
wards, and action resembling the ac-
ceptance of his resignation was taken.
Secretary Alexander was also deposed,
pending investigation of charges
| against him. The night before the
committee, of which r. O. Cravens was
Chairman including those who took the
places of Brophy and Carroll, met and
also took action on a petition. The mat
ter to be now considered is whether
| that committee had the right to depose
Brophy and Carroll or not. The ques-
ton for the board to consider was
| which petition to accept and which
committee was the proper one to carry
out the provisions of the Stratton law.
The Legal Committee can compel the
board to accept it's petition. Which
is it?
| r. O. Cravens said it was true that
in 1897 the convention elected the
committee named by Hughes as the
Central Committee, and it organized by
electing Hughes Chairman. He had
/ the minute book, SO that the board
could understand the matter. First is
! the case of Kelly. In October 1897, a
meeting Of delegates from the Second
! Ward was called to elect a committee
man in place of Kelly, who had refused
to serve, and the committee adjourned.
1t met again on October 18th, all being
| present but Kelly, and the minutes
state that B. SWeeny was nominated,
vice Kelly, refused to serve. Hughes
nominated c. Mcdonald and he and
ManniX voted for him, but SWeeny was
elected by the others. They thus ac-
quiesced in declaring that Kelly had de-
/ clined to serve. At a subsequent meet
/ ing ManniX presented and appointed
! Sweeny on a committee to wait on
Leonard, the candidate for Mayor. On
November 4, 1897, Hughes rendered his
resignation, and it was accepted. Moth
| ing more appears until June q, 1898,
when Cravens was elected in place Of
Hughes, all being present but Brophy
and Carroll, and Alexander acting as
Chairman.
At subsequent meeting, on motion
! of Vogel, Grant Black was elected in
place of Carroll, and on motion of Vo-
gel a vacancy was declared in the Sec
ond Ward and Brophy's place declared
vacant, but on motion of Mannix an
election to fill the vacancy went over
was elected. and on motion of Mannix,
Cravens was elected Chairman. That
| is the record of the committees action.
! Last Friday night the committee held
meeting, at which Mannix was pres
ent, but declined to act with the COM
mittee and left. VogeI stayed and acted
with it. 1t adopted a petition for nam
| ing candidates for the primary by a
/ L
sembly districts. The question is, is
not this the legal committee? They
did not want to usurp any authority
not theirs. They wanted to act under
the law, and wanted the board to de-
eide it tonight. He contended they
had acted within the law, and that the
| petition and action were regular.
| D. J. Mannix said he was one of the
committee appointed in 1897. The
statement of Mr.. Cravens was true as
! far as it went. He stated Kelly was
absent from the meetings, but SO were
others. Kelly had told him that he
was not notified of the first three meet
| ings, and was indignant that he had
not been notified. He had met the
speaker on the street after each meet
/ ing and asked if one had been held, and
said he had known nothing of it, Alex
ander came to the speaker and proposed
to have Brophy and Carroll removed,
and said he had acted with them in the
past, but they were not fit to be on the
committee, and he was going to be good
now. He had thought it right to re-
move them then, but was satisfied now
that the committee had no authority to
remove them. Last week he was told
of charges against Alexander and read
the affidavit to the committee, but it
would not act and he withdrew.
Trustee Devine did not want the
board mixed UP in the matter and said
the committee should settle it.
Mr.. Cravens said that, until the
board acts, neither side has any stand
ing. The board is Board of Election
! Commissioners
After some expressions of opinion by
the Trustees, a motion that the matter
be heard on Thursday night was car
ried.
TOO MUCH WATER.