New-York tribune., 1899-03-27
THE CHARTER ELECTIONS
EXCITING CONVENTION IN RAvo,
An iNDEcisiVE CONTEST FOR THE NOMINATIONS
FOR MAYoR-BoGERr FAILS TO WIN rus
RECORDERsHIP BY POOR cnr.nr1..A

An INDECIsIvE CONTEST FOR TUE ,.o,
FOR MAYoR-BoGERT FAILS TO wr>, -
REcoRDERsHIP BY POOR COUNTING
Because Of the lively contest among dAloa..
Rayonne Republican City Convention hald - 'ns
urday night in Wakes Hall. that CITY for ~ cat
pose Of nominating candidates for Mavor p.''
corder was adjourned at midnight until nj. NJ
Ing without the formal naming Of candida,as -, -
was after three hours OF exciting warfare i, I'M ".
only one vote for a MayOralty candidate va, .,
and two ballots for Recorder Aen
The trouble over the desire o, m. .
10 obtain the Mayoralty nomination FOR a. =, 'on
william {. Farr against the wishes Of thossi ayoc
desire the nomina ton OF a straight parry rn wnc
the opposition Of the element favorab be ~ 'au and
election Of Mayor EgDert Seymour who win ne rs-
nominated on Wednesday evening A. III ~ DO re-
Democratic primaries. Another cause n, open
was the rivalry for the Recordershp nornns,1prrs
between cx-COuncilman Richard a Rrdonandtoa
George 5. Bogsrt who was last fan The nar, snc
ddate for Assemblyman from Bayonne '" 0sa-
soier,pP go cbsirman rIrr succeeded IN
Wheeler over Lewis A. Hawkes. FREDERICK e -. A.
tion. Chairman Wheeler inadvertently yppgys.
majority OF the Farr element on the Credsrv,Ii.s =
Committee and the majority recommended ,Sas
Mr.. Hawkes. alternate. he seated I'm ulace =, at at
~ VINO y s,er An eort vas mad.
a Roakg soy seymour sympa 'hizer After lively con-
The Farr delegates then sought 10 ou., ".
fhas
only temporarily chosen. but were beaten ,sss
other two factions Joining IN declaring ihs, ~.
organization was permanent Then a .n'
delegate tried 10 have the nomination of RecorS.a
settled first. bur defeated. T Mort -,r
Brock who was the party nominee for co,r,.,n
man,at-bargc last spring named eX-Mayor FAR
for Mayor. The Third Ward nominated Josenh ~
Hanson a \ew-YOrk business man, bu, the Z, 80. 80.
faction produced a letter from Mr. Hanson uha
stated that because OF tho situation he declined -
run. Notwithstanding this the straight parry nnso
and the Seymour people sought 20 nominate NJ
Hanson but they lacked several of the necesssr,,
maiOrity. The Farr men tried 70 have him n,sS.
the candidate. insisting that his name was ~.
only one before the convention. Councilman San
uel Graham vigorously objected 10 Mr. Farr's nam.
that two years ago the ex-Mavor instead ~ sn, i
porting DR.. Alexander Dallas the party nomirss
for Mayor. had independent ticket a.
cause the convention did not nominate him IN.
result being the reelection Of Mayor Seymour
BY decisive vote the motion 70 name Mr. FAR
was defeated.
Then the convention decided n take I'D the p.
cordership BOgert and Bridgman were no,h
named and vote by rolloall ordered Boger,
actually received the nomination. but a clerical sr
porters. made the result appear a tie The yo,s
stood by actual count l6is for BOgert "a Isl, fo-
Rridgman. as follows. First Ward Bogert ; Rridg
man g. Second Ward. BOgert Q Brdgman { Thl,i
Ward. BOgert o. Brdgman s. Fourth Ward Boas,
. Bridgman Fifth Ward. BOgeri 2iz Brdgmanu
tion by the secretary. AS Of the Bogert dele.
gates made any protest on the count a motion IA
have secret ballot prevailed. one Of the delegates
failed to vote. and when the ballot was announced
The result appeared to be another tie although
neither Of the delegates entitled 10 haf-vOtes wa.
20 recorded After much Wrdngling over motions
70 adjourn until tonight and sine die the former
proposition prevailed.