New-York tribune., 1901-07-24
CALL FOR CONVENTION.
CITIZENS UNION COMMITTEE SUGGESTS
DATES AND URGES CONFERENCE.

The CITY central committee of the Citizens Union
met last night at the headquarters in Union
Square. The principal business of the meeting was
the agreement call for conventions The can
IS follows:
The city committee adopted the following plan
for the calling OF the various conventions. The city
committee calls the conventions for the following
dates. and at the same time, recommends 10
these conventions that they call their ad,onrned o
umn of the schedule. 1t IS recognized that each
convention has power to ad1onTp to sa6n gafe @ as
ton is required. In order that the conventions
should not adopt conflicting dates, it is deemed
that suggestions as to this matter from the city
committee are proper. The suggested sehedule Is
follows:
New-Yora County Convention-First meeting September
Adjourned meeting one day after the fnei mssng @ o.
later as eis 1Ran SGsaS3 sepiember 80
Sonyentn Queens 6rough convenon Richmond Bor
ough Convention Queens County Convention and Rich
m6na County Convention-First meeting September
Adjourned meeting days after the final meeting Of the
y Adjourned the" days after the final meeting Of the
Aidermanic conventions-Frst meeting September H.
Adjourned meeting three days after the final meeting Of
Brooklyn magistrates conventons-First meeting Sep
meeting Of city convention.
The foregoing schedule has been drawn with
reference the fact that October is is the last day
for the filing Of petitions for independent nomina-
tiens and that a considerable period of time is
necessary in order to obtain the signatures for such
petitions.
The city committee further recommends to each
OF the conventions to be called above that at
its first meeting it organize by choosing officers
and appointing the usual committees on rules and
credentials, and that it also appoint a small
nttee TO confer first with the committee OF twelve
OF the committee of one hundred. and then with
such other bodies the said committee of the
convention and the said committee of twelve shall
agree that ii is advisable 10 confer with, with a
view uniting upon candidates for the offices for
which the convention is entitled to make nomina-
tions. IL being understood that the said small COM
mittee shall report back 10 the adjourned meeting
of the convention. TO be held the day designated
sn the above schedule
while # is recognized that each convention has
power 10 make nominations without consulting with
the committee OF one hundred with anybody
outside Itself IL is also evident that IL there is
TO be agreement upon candidates by all the
bodies opposed TO Tammany Hall il will be neces-
sary consult with those bodies. and probably with
the committee representing those bodies.
well as with smaller committees or conventions,
representing counties. boroughs and Assembly dis
1ricts.
Inasmuch. therefore. the committee OF one
hundred, through its committee Of twelve is now
in consultation with the representatives OF such
bodies il would seem best that all the subsidiary
conventions of the Citizens Union. in seeking 10
confer with outside bodies. should do so in con-
nection with the committee of one hundred so that
different sections of the Citizens Union may not be
acting al cross purposes az tne Same tiiie 4-,,,+
The meeting was presided over by K Fullon
of the chairman of the various districts were read
Secretary Thomas A. Fulton said that. while one
third of the districts only heard from, these
showed wonderful progress as TO enrolment and
organization
Colonel Willis /. ogden said after the meeting
rhat candidates were discussed. Colonel Og-
dens attention called to the fact that Charles
A scheren arrived last night on the Kaiser VIII
helm der Crosse, and greeted by the German
American Municipal League. of Brooklyn. He was
told that Mr.. Schieren, when asked about accept
ing the nomination for Mayor the union ticket,
said he would think about IT. Colonel Ogden
rnerely smiled.
A. j. Bouton. a member of the committee rep
resenting the labor element. said he opposed
10 Mr.. Schieren, as he was not strong with the
labor people.
Colonel Ogden when asked when the next meet
ing of the anti-Tammany conferrees would take
place said that ne thought il would be in the lat
part Of August. He said that September IS
was not arbitrary as II was merely set as ulti-
mate date. He thought the Committee OF Confer
should meet before September 9. The pri-
maries are held September IL. The City Con-
Vention of Tammany is called for October g. and
the other conventions later. the last being Oco
Der 10. This. according to the schedule Of calls
Will make the union nominations least a month
earlier than Tanmauys.