New-York tribune., 1901-09-25

name has not received that consideration which
his services TO the city deserve
"Aw-cut II all out-he's Tammany man.
said another dsturber-
The undaunted Mr.. Flaherty said, severely:
II hope that the gentlemen viii give ms
greater consideration than this convention gave
Mr. Coler. Notwithstanding our great disap
pointment ] want to say that the delegates
in favor Of Coler IN this convention are Ioye
members OF the Citizens Union.
Mr.. Flaherty had 10 stop here for the cheer-
ing
There are no more honest and independ-
ent men in this organization than those who
supported the Controller" he continued we
went into this movement for Independent poiitl-
cal action. whether against pemoGrauC pina,sy u
Republican boss. and therefore, gentlemen,
and my associates propose TO stand py sie "a "a,
tion OF this convention wish TO tehdeg tte
sincere thanks of Mr. Coler TO those oelesatea
who have tried to bring about his norninatloh
He did not ask for our assistance ana l wisn
10 add that the thanks Of the Coler deiesaIes
are due to the distinguished chairman OF the
committee. Mr. r. Fulton Cutting:
J. Warren Green followed with a short Speech
and was not interrupted until he sald;
Il feel that there are many here VINO "ouio
like TO see Mr.; coler nominated .,o as,erates
This was = little too strong for the delesaues'
and they made Mr.. Greene unoerseana
that he was slightly off the track:
The uproar became great that MI Putnam
aad difficulty in restoring order. but as soon
rs he got things quiet again. James B: Reynolds
made graceful speech recountlng .ne strSls
points of Mr.. Low as a candidate, ana nnisneu
by pledging the support of the lower East Side
for the fusion ticket
George w. Thompson. of the Ath Assembly
District, Brooklyn, created q ripple by declaring
that If the candidates did not come out square
ly on the Citizens Union platform he would re-
serve TO himself the privilege of voting Tor
whomsoever he liked. No objected to this.
but in the dead silence some one thoushtfully
well what's the matter with Platt?"
Everett p. Wheeler made few remarks call
Ing attention to the strong points OF MI Fornes
the candidate for President of the Board OF
Aldermen.
Remember" said Mr. Wheeler, when you
feel that your particular candidate has not been
put on the ticket that we can't always have our
own way. We've get stick together in this
campaign. We can't elect our candidate il we
This struck a happy keynote and Mr.. Wheeler
was roundly cheered.
CIRCUIT AND RAMAPO.
The name of Edward II. Grout for the ONCE
of Controller presented by j. Warren
Greene of Brooklyn After the applause which
greeted the name of Mr.. Grout had subsided MI
Greene said:
Chief among the many commendable acts which
as Borough President OF Brooklyn was his. ex-
posure Of the Ramapo steal Mr. Grout & called at at,
Coer became involved in the fight
At this point Mr. Greene was interrupted by
hoarse shout from the opposite side Of the hall.
All eyes were Immediately turned on a tall.
broad shouldered, thick chested. black mus
tached man. who waved cane high over his
head. The figure stood in the midst of small
crowd OF ROSTERS. who hailed from the With and
With districts of Brooklyn, and who had been
tnterrlpting every one with cat calls and such
shouts as GO away back and sit down..
What's the matter with Platt?"
"a tiger for Coer."
who ever heard of Low?"
In Spite Of the prQteStatiOnS OF the chairman
and the Kisses Of five hundred sets of teeth. the
big with cane kept UP the disturbance.
1t was not until the time of Mr.. Greene's speech
had expired that the head rioter took his seat
The name of Mr.. Grout was seconded by Mr.
Weed of the I'D District OF Queens. and also
by A. J. BouI>on. of Brooklyn. Mr.. Boulton at
frectzd unusual attention for the reason that
until the time of the convention he had been
mort active in preparing a Coler stampede MI
Boulton said. in part:
I came here TO oppose the report Of the com
nittee of . one hundred wanted ted o man who wne
heard that the man whom was gO!ng to fu9gSer' sS,
S my heartiest support TO the ticket.
The report Of the committee Of one hundred
y recommending the nomination OF the three
names selected for Mayor, Controller and Presi-
n dent of the Board Of Aldermen was then adopt
ed by rising vote Only seventy-eight voted
in the negative. AS this warring faction stood
up. the voice Of the speaker drowned in a
chorus of shouts. such
Where's your stampede"
Where's Flahertyt"
What's the matter with Colert'
The yells had reached such a pitch that look
Of hopelessness came the face Of Mr. Put
nam.
Just at this juncture, however, the big man
with a cane again shouted in voice that could
be heard distinctly above the camor:
Were licked. ] move the vote be made unan-
annous."
MADE UNANIMOUS.
A great cheer went up, and the nominations
NTere made unanimous.
After the tunlult had begun 10 subside Mr..
Putnam called Joseph Larocque TO the platform
for short speech on the outlook of the cam
paign Mr. Larocque had hardly begun to speak
when the roysterers from Brooklyn and those
1n the back seats who could not hear began TO
crowd out Of the room. The heavy shuffiing Of
feet had entirely drowned out the speakers
voice when Frank Harvey Field jumped to his
feet and vehemently protested against such dis
respect and disorder. The noise ceased, and Mr..
Larocque finished his address amid cheers
After resolutions had been adopted on the
death of Simon Sterne. of the leading men,
bers Of the Citizens Union the convention ad-
3ourned amid prolonged cheering and shouts OF
sLow." "Grout," and 'Fornesi"