The sun., 1903-06-22
REVOLT AGAINST LITTAUER.
REPUBLICAN, PARTY IN FULTON
HAMILTON DISRUPTED.
Littauer Charged with Nominating +. {.
Wood for Assembly BY Dishonest Meth'
Ods-ConEress Frank Used Illegally
Third Candidate to he RenOminated.

puDHcdn party OF TuuoH oiiu
counties is completely disrupted. Vitrioiic
| utterances are heard in all the towns ana
villages. In no part of the State is factional
feeling more bitter The cause OF all the
, trouble was the nomination OF Frank q
Wood, now Recorder Of Gloversville, Ior
the Assembly at the convention which was
held on May 2S. 1t is charged that Mr.
Wood is the candidate OF Representative
Lucils N. I.istauer OF the Twenty second
district, and that his nomination was ac-
oomplished by unr:ghteous methods,
A great body of Republicans OF Fulton
and Hamilton counties have broken away
and have issued manifesto to the elect ors
declaring it to be their intention to nominate
the present Republican Assemblyman'
Clarence W. Smith of Johnstown. by petit
tion. Smith was elected last year over
William H. Freeman, the Democratic
candidate for Assembly, by a plurality OF
1908. Should the Democrats run can
didate for Assembly, and Wood and Smith
remain in the race, the Democrat would
without doubt be elected; while, on the
other hand, should the Democrats indorse
the candidacy Of Smith, he would, without
doubt defeat Wood.
Representative Iittauer lives in Glovers-
vile, and has Mr.. Wood for a neighbor.
and one Of his chief lieutenants is POST
master Cyrus Durey Of Johnstown. As
semblyman Smith has not been amenable
to Representative Littauer. and it is claimed
that Mr.. Littauer has adopted extreme
measures in carrying out his purpose to
defeat Smiths denomination.
The Johnstown Daily Republican prints
the following letter
House OF REPREsESrArIvEs.
Washington. ID. G.. I
GLovERsv1LLE. y. y, May L. 1903.
DEAR s When yoI, get IN oppobFtunsf,n bv ~
matters In which would appreciate whatever
you can do as he will suggest to you
l., n. LITrAuER.
1t is charged that Mr.. Littauer, under his
Congressional frank, sent this letter to
Assembly district on the eve Of the Assem-.
bly, Convention. Authority for the use OF
the Congressional frank Is conferred under
Section 500 of the Postal Laws and Regu-
lations and reads as follows:
The vice-President. members and mem
Il, % end hs na pq1se
sending free through the mails. and under
their frank, any mail matter to any Govern
encp. not exceeding two ounces in weight.
upon official or departmental business
The Republicans here claim that it calls
for the widest stretch Of the magination as
to what official or departments al business v
the fourth-class postmasters in Futon and
Hamilton counties could have with Cyrus
Durey, Mr. Littauer's man at Johnstown,
on the eve Of the Assembly District Con-
vention; and then it is pointed out that
Section $40 of the Postal Laws and Regu-
lations reads as follows:
II any person shall make use of any such
OFFICIAL envelope to avoid the payment OF
posta ge on his private letter, package or other
matter in the mail. the person so .offendin g
shall he deemed guilty. Of a miisdemeanor.
and subject to fine OF $500 dollars. TO be
ddiction' diSis "''' '
The criticism here is: The desperate
methods which were resorted to by Mr..
Littauer are plainly shown by this letter.
1t will be seen that the letter was written
Government, and was mailed in United
States Government envelope, without the
payment Of postage, to give II all the appear
ance OF an official communication. The
purpose of this plainly was 10 impress the
postmasters whose appointment he had
orabe men to whom the destinies of the
Government are intrusted, still a legislator
who had influence to bind or loose, still a
man who could utter his vain threats OF
| taking their livelihood from the men to
| whom he had sent this letter"
The Republicans who intend to nomi-
! nate Smith by petition left the convention,
! which nominated Wood, and have issued
their manifesto to the electors Of the district.
! This document declares that the convention
e., which nominated Wood broke every usage,
! and custom OF the Republican party. and
/ by means Of fake contests put up In the
! towns of Indian Lake, Arietta, Wells Benson
/ and in the Fifth district of Johnstown, and.
by refusing absolutely all representation
| to the town Of Inlet. took from Smith nine
elected according to the election law Of
! the State Of New York. The document Is
signed by James W. Filmer. chairman,
and Edward O'Neill, secretary, and de-
clares that "the triumvirate, Lttauer
Durey and Wood, had determined that the
regularly elected delegates should not be
! seated
| The manifesto concludes as follows:
Do you believe that the chicanery and dis
honest political methods Of iittauer. Durey
| and Wood. who BY means OF immense wealth
abied abI to override the expressed viii OF large
majority Of the ReputbiGaan electors Of this
| to ali who believed in Justice and'fair treat
ment to leaye that convention, majority
the the as gd az the
| Hotel and placed in nomlnation for member
! OF Assembly for the Fulton and Hamilton
district the. Hon. Clarence W. Smith OF the
city OF Johnstown A district committee
was also elected and has t,;, been organized by
the election Of James W. F'msr Of q GlGyers ohrs
town as secretary. and Whitney j. Stahl of
Ephratah as treasurer Those three officers.
/ together with David A. Wells Jr., of Johns
| town. Arch w Robertson Of Broadalbn,
| John II. Mackin OF Johnstown and John A.
| Cole OF Worthwhile. were elected as executive
| committee. -,
under and by the authority Of this COM
| mittee. and every statement of fact herein
conta ned can be and is borne out by proof.
| We are not boilers: we represent q majority
| of the legally elected delegates to the Assem-
| bly, district convention Of 1923, and they rep
| resented two-thirds ma jority of the Republi..
| can electors of the counties OF Fulton and
| OF the word, and maintain that ours Is the
| Assembly district.
The Johnstown Daily Republican points
| out that President Roosevelts Administra-
tion is investigating the frauds perpetrated
| in the Post Office Department, and insists
| that Mr.. Littauer's letter, written on the
paper Of the House of Representatives
and sent through the mails on his Congress.
sional frank. is violation of the Postal
| laws, and a proper subject for official in
vestigation." and asks: will the Govern
ment sct?'
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NORFOLK. Va, June 2l.--The four-mastec
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