New-York tribune., 1901-01-20
TREHAIN NOT A VOTER HERE.
OLCOTT SUPPORTERS IN THE REPUBLI-
CAN CLUB SAY THE GENERAL.
is A NONRESIDENT.
Is A NONRESIDENT

Friends of eK-JudGe ". N. K. OIcOtt. who are
supporting him for the presidency Of the Repub-
lican Club against General Henry f. Tremain.
the candidate of the regulars" announced yes
terday that they had discovered that General
Tremain was not voter in this city and that
this alleged fact would surely defeat him. II is
said that General Tremain votes at Lake George.
where he has q country place. The Olcott peo
pie Yesterday had an expert go through the
registration rolls and discovered that there
no record of the General having voted in this
city since 1894 at least. General Tremain has
lived at the Florence No 1O5 East Eighteenth
St since 1880 In 1894 this apartment house
was in the First Election District OF the XIIth
Assembly District; In 1896 IL in the
Third Election District Of the XXVth District
and since 1891 it has sbeen in the Twenty y-ffth
Election District Of the XXVth District
General Tremain's name in that time has not
appeared on the registration rolls as a voter and
the f-ionds yos JuIe7 clcett -ere-usine cam
paign material the argument that the General
did not vote for Strong or against Van Wyck.
and in short that he is q nonresident. This
they assert, will hardly answer in a candidate
for president OF the Republican Club. Under the
bylaws General Tremain is eligible for the presi-
dency. but his opponents assert that no non
resident can win
General Tremain has not been heard from in
the matter yet \ Tribune reporter called yes
terday at his office No. 146 Broadway. and
later three attempts were made TO find him at
his home, in the Florence.
William Leary, campaign manager for Mr..
Olcott was seen last night at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel
Il am fully satisfied after a thorough examtna-
ton" said he that General Tremain is not a
voter in this city. 1t is only fair to suspend
Judgment till he has had an opportunity to state
his side of the case as Judge OcOtt's friends are
not going to attack the General. The investiga-
tion of the records made by a responsible
man ana everything indicates that General IRE
main does not vote IN this city
Martin Scudder. captain OF the election district
which takes in the Florence. says that General
TrenaIn il not on his books. and TO his knowl-
edge has never voted in the district.
The Nominating CQmmittee. which Selected
the Tremain ticket, has issued a circular. IN
which it says:
When the regularly chosen Nominating Commit
tee met 1t confronted by these faCtS; Al the
Committee had been voted for one of which. rep,
resented by its friends 10 be an olcott ticket mao
been beaten. The situation "t the Giub ueial,iru i
q Dresident who would have the leisure 10 give
time and thought to It's interests STtiifral re-
main had such leisure, and expressed ms WlIlInE-
80 10 II 10 the affairs of the club. MT
0Irott was n very busy man. occupied in private
15 ntiU time to devote to the club General Tre-
year of its organization; was VlCe-preSdenI ti'S s
wears and for the last year has bern u iltip @ 5 W
the Committee on National Anairs Ite mas S'poT G
hy club In adversely ana prosperity ''t ~
hsen ns active as any member who has not souSht
otcc i'm the club General TTemain mas a,WstNI
taken "A citizens part In the s"'i3l anu , eI,rSht
nr hold public office ought not to disquairJ MN ior
the presidency.