The sun., 1903-12-13

pleasant to the couInVihty o IL ahn,,t
TO resign his place on the bencn-he ..as
nearIv ten years at 10000 year TO serve
were elected president Of the county COM
mittee ,o,L os 10 Judge
Na,,ar had some Interior motive IN re-
signing his place on the bench, whereas
evarybody knew that Judge Mayors pro
posed resignation was due entirely 70 pro-
fessional reasons. Mr. koenig,. spea kins
again for Judge Mayer SPOKE ,aimeS q, inc that
the judges proposed resignation from tne
bench Was necessary II the Judge was 70
retain his professional practice. I'm ,
MIR. Ten Eyck wanted Gov. Voen anu
Col Dunn to giye tnelr that Ne"si direetion eeu at
was nothing doing IN tha' o'ee''''A Nv
Somehow Mr.. Koenig learned that some
of the Republicans present desired 70 pro.
pose the election of Mr.. Strasbourger as
presk kient of the committee, ana Mr.. hoenAS
turned and asked those assembled,
III Mr.. Strasbourger is q candidate lot
president. why is he present az TINS
gathering?" c....,,.,,-.- q.
that time was not a candidate LOT Presi-
dent of the committee!
There were only two names mentoneo'
those of Mr.. Mason and Judge Mayd,
and the vote of those assembled was as
follows; For Mason-Raymo;nd i,i paIsHnas, en-,
man, Ten Eyok, Henkel. Perry and Harmon
Total. ii. For Mayer-Gunner, Van Cott,
Newstead, koenig and Wanmaker. Just
at that moment in walked i. Norton Cod
dard, who resigned as leader OF the shs. wen nd
CAPT. Goddard was asked for his views -.
He replied that 1t looked TO him az
he were an interloper inasrnuoh as he had
resiened the district leadership, but that
If he had vote he would cast It i2r M.
ry-t- tv,S A Il
Ieyenson. leader OF the Fourth district
Mr.. Levenson said he didn't care 70 vote
at that time, but he told his friends IN the
room that he favored Judge Mayer. ,a
The, vote in favor Of MIR. Mason Ca Saused hsd
punns brow witb t1 Mr @
It was said, wherein he told Mr.. stras-
bourger that he ought to stand az oall.
oidate for President, for the reason thai
the elevation Of Mr., Mason to this place
would be direct affront to senator r.ats ~
apparently did not care to come on & ana
take part in yesterdays proceedings. me
story ran that Mr.. Mason Is leader OF ths
Twenty ninth district only In name, ana
that its real policies and course are qeote1 sseote1
Nathaniel A. Elsberg, who had voted
AGAINST the reelection of MIR. Plat TO the
United States Senate at Albany In January
last
Mr.. Eidman spoke up and said that while
he believed that Mr.. Msson was very
fine gentleman, and he had voted for Mr..
Mason. it. must not b, understood that ne
would vote for any man whose election
would be an affront to Senator Platt' ~.
IN Mr. Aalpin Mr. Hsses ssgasS0srse' snS other.
Who who Voted for MI. Mason said that
they did so in the interest Of party
harmony; but inasmuch as only eighteen
of the thirty-fve district leaders were
present at the morning conference. u va ga
afternoon. when the remaining seventeen
leaders were expected to be present and
make final decision In the matter.
During recess it was "a; sRpaTsas ason 1has nisSt sh:
in in the breasts Of the Platt men over tho
supremacy Of Gov. odell in the New York
Republican county commttee's anairs,
and it became known that Mr.. Mason had
telephoned to his friends at the hotel that
hemust no longer be considered .n Gsna,aae;
Parlor DIR. whore the meetings OF the
Republican State Committee have been
held for nearly twenty-five years. u was
found that Col. Dunn was absent, ana Gov
Odell sent Col. Reuben l.. Fox. secretary
OF the State committee. to hunt up Col.
Dunn
odell when NJ. Ten Eyck, Chairman Of
the executive committee Of the Republican
county COMMITTEES. faced tho following
First district, Martin q. Healey; seeon, d
d strict, Michael Hines; Third district. Fred
o;ick Haldy; Fourth district, Joseph Lsyen.
son; Fifty district. Richard Van Cott
for for. Cornelius sa. Ean apeS Goei s1se Seventh nth
Charles s. Adler fer Charles \. Murray;
Ninth district. William Halpin; Tenth
district, Ferdinand Eidman; Twelfth dis
trict, Jacob Newstead; Thirteenth district
George George ". Wenmaker; Sixteenth district
Samuel Koenig Seventeenth district
Charles B. Page; Eighteenth district WI
liam Henkel; Nineteenth district, William
Crombie; Twentieth district, John Shea
wiSnsyhTse GruSeyy; Twenty-seeond District. Charles Z
Lexow; Twenty-third district, Moses NJ
Mckee; Twenty-fourth district, Smith Pine
Twenty-ffth district, Herbert Parsons
Twenty-sixth district, Jastrow Alexander
TTwsnssasAd dst 'Ssa
brose m o. Neil; Thirty -first district. Sam.
uel strssbourges; Thirty-se1Snd q as; .;
djs,s+ tTis, sns IssaS R.ymond Ne%mdnT d!s.
f.Ss''fi triet Edward ard H. heaiyi Annexed district
William 8. .Tremaine. John P. windolph'
leader Of the Eleventh district; James F.
Pegnam, leader Of the Fourteenth district
and james w. Perry. leader Of the Twenty.
seventh district, were absent and sent no
proxies. Mr.. Ten Eyck Of course repre-
sented the Thirty-fourth district. Mr..
Van Colt acted as seu etary.
Mr.. Lauterbach spoke Of Mr.. Mason ir
the highest terms. and then announced
that Mr., Mason was not candidate fol
president of the committee, and Mr. Mckee
did the same for Judge Mayer. Mr.. Wan,
maker presented the name Of Charles H
Murray, and spoke In high terms Of Mr.
Murray as q Republican most competent
to bS president OF the COMMITTEES. The
nomination was heartily seconded by hall
dozen leaders, and Mr., Murray was unan'
imous1y elected.
Mr. strasbourger was e!ecte1 unani-
mousiy a. hrt vice-president. and Mr..
Neal likewise was elected second vice
president: and Armitage Mathews. Heu.
tenant OF Abe Gruber in the Twenty first
district. Alderman for three years. was
elected secretary.
Louis Stern was nominated for treasurer
but iriasmuch as those present did not know
II Mr. Stern would accept the election, Mr.
Ten Eyck and Mr. Lauterbach were ap.
pointed a committee to visit Mr.. Stern
and get his assent or refusal before the
Bodine Of tie FIFTH district was unani.
mously reelected sargeant-at-arms,. He II
the only man reelected.
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