The sun., 1903-10-20

! Son' . "ho p'e"so W theih our eNnest sup
f, Rcsoired, That we indorse the following 9
nomina'loips n,,na oi ~, made by the borough CON
| county: For President OF the Borough,
! Martin W. Littleton; for District Attorney
John "; Clarke; for Sheriff. Henry Hester
! County Clerk. Edward Kaufman, and also
| the domination Of William j. Kelly for Justice
! 3f the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial
! district
McARREN's sPEEcH.
| senator McCarren remained stand e
while the resolution was read, and then
spoke as follows in its support:
MIR. CHAIRMAN: want to give two brief
reasons for Offering these resolutions In
the first place 1t is unnecessary to delay the
proceedings by recital Of the fact that the
Democratic party OF Brooklyn was repre-
serted by its properly chosen delegates at
the city convention and participated in
all it's proceedings. We offered our cand-
dates for the consideration Of the 'conven-
| ton, and they were defeated.
We are to-day, by reason of our with
holding the usual Endorsement Of the cand-
dates regularly put In nomination con-
| trlhutmg to the assassination of our local
ticket. l want to ask lhese delegat es here
II 1t Is proper proceeding to hold up our
candidates 10 the disdain ard disrespect
! OF he voters of Kings county?
| We know what it means TO elect our
candidate for President of the Borough,
and how important it is to wrest this office
from the possession of the fusion admins.
tratlon. II is also our supreme duty to
see to it that our unparalleled District
Attorney should be reelected.
Il want to say that we are contributing
every day to the lessening Of the vote for
the candidates on our local ticket. This is
not acting in good faith, for we left the
Democrats of this great city to under
| stn hat. ll,,,
| B. Mcclellan. Are We not contributing
| to his defeat?
! Il ask you. Mr.. Chairman and every
| Democrat in this county, if by our example
| we are not teaching them to cut the Demo-
| cratic ticket on election day. I ask If it
! is the proper thing for me or any other
| district leader to vote under the star In one
! column and the eagle in another.
! Il own and control no newspaper and am
! not responsible for the stories and editorials
! they may print. I am not assailing any
! mans leadership. | am only doing my
/ duty as Democrat.
: II don't want anv mans mantle. will
| steal nobody's mantle / have as much
! respect for our venerable leader as any
other man can have But ! will not allow
! myself to b- led into the camp of the enemy.
! Here, with only eleven working days
| before Election day, / can truthfully say
! that the campaign las not even yet begun.
I 1
cratic party in this county Is, provided
! the ticket is elected. We owe it to our
| selves to clarity the situation and to stop
| the confusion that exists to-day
: Senator McCarIen was frequently in
| terrupted during his speech, and the cheers
were long and loud when he paid the tribute
to the valiant leader
! sHEA's REPLY.
/ Mr. Shea followed Senator McCarren
/ Il
entirely with the Senat or in his view Of the
! situation, but 1t was, IN his opinion, unpeces-
sary to discuss the matter at this time.
! He then offered this as a substitute for
the McCarren resolution:
Resolrsd. That the resolution now before
be and the same is hereby referred to COM
mittee TO consist OF fifteen members, ap-
pointed by tina chairman OF this committee.
Such committee is directed to report with the
least possible delay to the executive com
mittee its recommendation as to the best
means Of Immediately bringing about It. a
tion and. in the respective Assembly districts
CONGRESSMAN LINDSAY SPEAKS.
Congressman George II. Lindsay, the
! leader of the Fifteenth Assembly district,
! spoke with much fervor against the sub
/ sttute and in favor OF the resolution.
true sentiment Of the Democrats Of this
county. The Democrats who have reg
| istered will vote on Nov. 8 In defence Of thelr
candidates, from George B. Mcclellan down
to the last man on the ticket
-Never since have been a member OF
adopted which did not pledge earnest
support to our regularly nominated can.
didates. Vote this substitute down and
let US go before the people and show
them that the action Of the city oonven
tion will be sustained
TAKING THE VOTE.
| This closed the debate, and on motion ol
| Mr.. Shea the substitute was taken uE
| and yea and nay vote called for Two
! taken with almost painful slowness ano
| amid silence only interrupted when there
was some unexpected break for one side
or the other in the supposed solid dele ga.
! tions, and this brought out cheers from
the side sustained.
! Whom Charles jerome Edwards, who
Was formerly Edward N. Shepsrd's 8 rish;
hand man, voted from the Fourth district
for the substitute, Magistrate Higgin-
botf.m inquired If 1t wSs right for q mhI
who declared he would support Low &c
have his vote recorded. There was nc
decision on the question. All the other
| Shepardite representatives in the COM
mittee with the exception Of Herman A
Metz who was absent voted for the sub
| stitute.
Bird g. Coler Of the Seventeenth district
got a round Of applause when he recorded
his vote in the Mclaughlin CO. lumn.
1t was not until almost the last name had
been called that the result became assured
| and the intense strain was relieved
Amid round of cheers for Mclaughlin
Mr. Shea again and again asked the chair
man to announce the result. Before this
was done there was q wrangle as to whether
| George H. Alexander, delegate from the
| Twenty-flrst district, should be allowed to
vote. He was ruled out, not having paid
| his dues.
Senator McCarren for the first time during
the exciting meeting showed some emotion.
and it was plain that he had been disap-
pointed over the outcome
Never mind, Pat, you're all right,
called by one of his admirers from the
gallery, caused smile to fit over his face.
| When the chairman announced the vote
was 14s for the substitute and l4l against IL
| there was more cheering.
Mr.. Shea then moved an adjournment.
| The motion was seconded by Mr.. York
and carried without dissent.
THE VOTE BY DISTRICTS.
The vote on Chairman Shea's substitute
| by Assembly districts was as follows:
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