The record-union., 1899-08-26
IRHARMONIOUS DEMOCRACY.
HAVE A LIVELY COMMITTEE
MEETING.
Decided to Elect Delegates at a
Primary Election-old Conn
mittee Secedes.

The Democratic City Central Com
mittee held a meeting last night at the
Windsor Hotel that was very lively-in
the first part of it, at least.
r. o. Cravens presided and desired
the Secretary, Isadore Alexander, to
call the roll.
Committeeman D. j. Mannix said
that before that was done he wished
to make a statement He said that
Mr.. Alexander had, some time after the
election, stated to him that several
members of the committee were no lon
ger residents of the city and they
should be dropped from the committee
and others elected to fill the vacancies
On Mr. Alexander's statement he had
considered it for the best interests OF
the committee and the party that such
action should be taken. Mr. Alexander
had also said to him that he had been
engaged with other parties in question
able work, but had cut loose from
them and determined to do no more OF
it, and that he wished to reinstate him.
self in the good opinion of the COM
mittee and the party, and therefore
wished to retain his position on the
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Mr.. Mannix said, he had acquiesced in
Mr.. Alexander's suggestions, and
Messrs. Brophy and Carroll had been
removed from the committee and
others substituted
He held in his hand now an affi-
davit taken before Court Commissioners
C. T. Hughes, which he wished to read
in order that action might be taken on
it by the committee. He had inVestl-
gated the matter of the change and
was now satisfied that the committee
had no right to take the action it did
and that the old committee was the
legal one and the new members had nc
right to vote.
Mr.. Mannix then proceeded to read
the affidavit of George Radonich, sworn
to before Court Commissioner Hughes
in which he testified that he had met
Isadore Alexander on the street one
night The latter proposed to walk
down street with him and while doing
so told him that he was going to have
a hard fight against Henry Meyers to
retain his place on the General Com
mittee; that he had friends who were
back of him with $4,000 to defeat
Meyers; that he wished Radonich to &C
to Meyers and tell him that for $500
he (Alexander) would withdraw from
the fight, and that if Meyers consented
to pay the money he would give Ra-
donich S100 of it when he received it
that Radonich consented to go tc
Meyers. but did not do so.
Mr. Mannix said he had stood by
Alexander when he said he had cut
loose from the other parties and would
do no more such work as he had beer
doing. But there had been too much OF
such work as this, and he felt that the
committee could not afford to retain 6
member against whom such a charge
had been made, and should take some
action.
Mr.. Alexander hotly denied that any
such conversation had ever passed be
tween himself and Radonich, or tina
he had ever made any such offer. He
helped reorganize the party five years
ago, and had worked hard for it's sue.
cess ever since. The changes in tbs
committee, he said were suggested by
Mr. Mannix and would never have beer
made but for him. The whole matter
was a conspiracy between Republican
bosses, Meyers and Radonich to dowr
him and get him off the committee. He
could make affidavits that he had never
made any propositions of the sort tt
Radonich.
Mannix said he had the affidavit Of
Radonich, which he must believe as
against the simple word of Alexander
He did not recognize this as the County
Committee, and the new members were
not entitled to act with it. The mem
bers of the committee elected at the
last convention were the only ones en-
titled to act.
Chairman Cravens said he knew
nothing of matters spoken of by tht
two gentlemen. He had understood
from c. 7. Hughes that he had resigned
from the committee but at the urgen
solicitation of many friends in the
party. and after consideration of tht
matter. he had consented to go on tht
committee to try and effect harmony
heal up the factional fights and to ge
up a ticket that would receive at leas
as many votes as there were in tht
convention. He was elected Chairman
of the committee after being elected ;
member of it. The question arose o.
AIessrs. Brophy and Carroll being out
side of the city. and Messrs. Black anC
Murphy were elected TO fill the vacan
cies that were declared. He had acted
in good faith to try to harmonize th'
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