The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-11
JOINT TICKET REJECTED.
CITF CLUB AND CITIZENS UNION
INSIST ON BiRRKTE

city club Rejects supreme Court
| Slate - pcckhnm Attacks Barrett aud
| Is Put OF the Conference Committee.
| The knowledge that the county ticket agreed
upon by the conference OF the anti Tammnuy
| forces at tho City club would como
up for approval before the meeting
of the club last night and that Il fight would he
made to have Justice Barrett endorsed in spite
of the fact that the conference had turned him
down. caused an unusually large attendance.
| Wheeler II. Fcckham. president OF the club and
chairman OF tho conference committee. pre-
sided President Pcckham read the report "
the conference as printed in this mornings
Sun with the ticket and accompanying reso'u-
! tons. There was motion that this be- aiuIdcl
| and then the music began.
William n. Cohen protested that the iGnur-
/ ing of Justice Barrett by the conference lad
| been unwsc and unjust it was the
| policy Of the City club. he said. that Just aud
| upright Judges should he returned to Office,
and he insisted that Justice Barrett wa that
| kind OF Judge and that the City club VOID
stultfy itself il it did not endorse him. lIa
read letter from ex- Mayor Abram S. lIrwI t
| that was in the same strain. and then he ma 10
long speech in favor o. Justice Barrett
He was 50 loudly applau ted that it was evil
dent that Justice Barrett had Il great many
| friends In the meeting
| Louis l.. DcaneId said that he hal come ,Ii-
rect from the Bar Association whe Ir Ir,tIc
| Barrett had been endorsed.
He declared that. the Bar Association hnv'u.
endorsed him. it was the duty Of every
lawyer and the duty of the CITY Cub
10 do the same. He. too made 'nus
| speech and was literally auplau l"I.
John +. Parsons. a former president Of the
| City Club, also pleaded that Justice Barrett 10
endorsed He said that the Justice had an
excellent record and the only thing
Which could initiate ng2inst him IVA.
and the TACT that he had transi"rrsd the r@1
estate sales from the Real Estate Exchanged
received from William +. Dodge and William
~ y, h92rnnl3wer. both oil whom supported JUS
President Wheeler H. Peckham got M to
the beginning Of the conference he had been
stt3nsy in favor v9, q h eHmG2Tsi9F Justice
he heard Of Justice Barrett in the conference.
the The more he MAS ,s0 En that Justice Bar:
barrett he said. when they were both on the
GomTmitte Of Seventy in TWeed's time nni hs
st r. hen Ind talked Of tie sy
Mazet Committee as to the Judges and said
that he should think that that was enough to
ali through. he declared. and he could not see
how any one that had the good of the
CITY AT nehrt or the purity OF the Dench, cOuhi
for \ moment conceive Of supporting any one
that was in favor with that organization. Mr.,
speech that fairy brsted With arg argumens
and received some applause when he sat down.
those m. H Tbn hag spo e1 TSn fSa
Tie Rey. DR.: s!iGer told lot Of funny rsstorion
said that the arguments for the endorscIncnu
Of Justice Barret. had :. been good. wsi1hly
TINT Just ce Barrett should 60.
The very fact that Justice Barrett was am
ated with ramnany Hall WAS enough to pro-
vent tho City Club from endorsing him, This
Ghs for hp D5nrpg Snd S%.GS B1rs
Hall was the author and former Justice DAILY
benjamin A; Gould said that he was a young
lawyer and that he had wide acquaintance
with the young lawyers OF the city He
| young lawyers when he declared that Justice
barrett ought 70 be returned to The bench HS
| men should be rewarded.
r. Mr.; Cohen moved that the report Of the
execution Of the nominees. for the supreme
Court and that new conference COMMITTEES
President Peckham had left the Chair to pre-
Cohen moved thatlthe acting, Chairman. Simon
| Sterne. be Chairman eX-onicIo OF the now COM
This motion was carried by a vote Of n to
| the meeting were In an overwhelmin MAJOR
| ity. There was considerable handclapping
| when the vote was announced
Wheeler. Paul Fuller, F. 4, Hutchinson and 4:
hesded by Mr.. f.cEham being released with
| thanks.
know exactly With whom they viii confer. The
| Republican county convention will be held
night that the deleEates would nominate
ticket to please themselves without regard
Snf By the n Ton and The
| City Club.
| CITIZENS UNION wITHDRAws ITS CoNFEREEs.
The Citizens Union Conference Committee
other, City Club conferecs tomorrow and
tt& cH5t The c !%1m was A Trsctc S
thrown overheard yesterday by the Central
report was tabled and the Central Committee
refused to endorse the candidates that had
already been agreed upon at the City Club con-
The first sign of trouble came IN the arrival
| in this country on saturday Of X. Fulton CUT
ting. the President OF the Citizens Union.
He did not nppToy" OF the decision to Leave
ticket lie imme iiAtely began holding confer
ences with the other mem beers OF the Central
City Committee and the result was the calling
together OF the COMMITTEES yesterday.
The os,ensiGic object OF TIE meeting Was to
H. A ksp used re be
Of f"'t the p Citizen 81 Campaign COMMITTEES,
ina friend. the mrT S,s. " ths head Ss
was a lot OF talk before the meeting
and the dec Rration was made that the confer
ence committee had acted without authority.
and that it was to be jumped on. 1t was further
remarked that it didn,'t make any difference II
the Republicans had gone ahead with the
idea Of union and nominated numb Der Of the
Citizens, candidates for mem bers Of Assem-
bly, and Aldermen. II the Republicans
had done that. II was said. that was their look
out. They ought to hav" known that they
were dealing with authorized parties before
they had done any dealing.
The friends OF the Conference Committee
pleaded with these rreconcl@blGs and used
al manner Of argument with them to con-
vince them that the committee had done Just
right in turning down Justice Barrett
The Conference Committee itself was on
hand, and as soon a. the meeting was called 10
order its report WAS demanded. Tho report
consisted Of "A detailed statement Of what had
been done at the various meetings which wore
he a. the city Club. Of some Of the nrgu.
ments that had been used there. OF how hene:
be in The matterOf nominal ions for the Assrm-
Div and the Board Of Aldermen, and finally
there were the names Of the candidates whose
! nominations Ind boom derded MnOn. the lMdL-