The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-09
CONKLING AND DOUGLAS BOLT.
TWO DISTRICT FIGHTS TO BE
SETTLED AT SARATOGA.
Parsons Wins in the 1Sth-QuigB In Con.
troll in the l0th-Douglas Elects His
Contestants I'm an Undertakers
-TammAny's Conventions Peaceful.

tons were held last night by, both the
/! Republican and Democratic parties. The
| Tammany conventions passed on without
a contest in a single district. Each dele
CATION to Saratoga on Sept 20 will be headed
by the leader OF the district
In the list were few Democrats OF great
fame. Both delegates and alternates are
men who can be depended upon to support
Leader Murphy in any action he may take
| at the State convention.
! In the Republican conventions there
we're two local contests in the Nineteenth
and Twenty fifth districts, and in each case
| there was bolt
The Gilman-Quigg faction had every
| thing their own way in the Nineteenth
District convention. When Congressman
William H. Douglas and his supporters
saw that they were beaten they boted and
elected set OF rival delegates.
Congressman Douglas, the former leader
Of the Nineteenth, had based his hopes OF
a victory on Supreme Court Justice Clarke's
decision, as a result Of which he believed
that he controlled majority Of the votes
in the district Theodore X. Gilman. the
present leader. who is supported by Lemuel
4. Quigg, made no boasts Of what he could
do. Before the nights convention had
been in session fifteen minutes, however,
it was evident that he had the whip hand.
The Gilman party held all the front seats,
and the others stood or sat as they could
find places at the rear.
Mr.. Quigg. who opened the meeting by
reading the order for the convention. was
received with tumultuous cheers from the
Gilmanites. Robert Mazet was nominated
for temporary chairman by Mr.. Gilman.
and L. Barton Case by Albert H. Harris, one
of the Douglas crowd, and the roll was
called for vote. When Ernest r. Linn
burger responded to his name by voting for
Case Martin SAKE jumped to his feet and
called out:
Il do not believe the gentleman is Mr..
Limburger.
There were cries Of Put him out!" ARREST
himl' Mr. Quigg restored order and cate
chised Mr.. Limburger, who stuck to his
identity. SAKE then said that he had mis-
During this tilt it looked for moment
as il a fight wasn't very far off, The roll
call resulted in SIS out Of 90 votes being cast
for Mazet and IS for Case. Fifteen Of the
Douglas voters had evidetly stayed at
home
Mr.. Gilman moved that vote be taken
on the selection Of substitutes. Albert
H. Harris was on his feet instantly with a
motion that each district be allowed to
present its candidates for sYb ,s. dele
ing to the rules of the Republican county
committee, the substitutes must be selected
by the whole convention. He ordered
roll call on Gilmans motion, but when this
vas started Harris. appealed from
roll call on his appeal.
The roll Is now being called and must
not be interrupted said the chairman.
Then we leave the hall!' shouted Harris.
Fifty Douglas men, none OF whom was
delegate rose and made for the door,
while the Gilmanites Missed and yelled
After that the rest of the meeting was
purely formal. Mr.. Quigg moved that
short history of the bolt be inserted in the
minutes and he dictated the history to the
photographer, A committee. OF which
Gilman was the head. selected this list Of
delegates, and it was unanimously elected
:. Delegates; Theodore p, Gilman, Lemuel
9qss SHhn Hsh Charles Mae
Charles F. Bruder, Frank H, Plat, Holland
9ses. s WsP Ed HSssd Ss s:y
Secor. Edward Dillenbsck' Edward H. Fall
lows.
Meanwhile the boilers. headed by Con-
gresham Douglas, had retired up Broad
way as far as Seventy-fifth street. Here
they found convenient undertaken
shop, and the back room, where funerals
are usually held. was put at their disposal.
Mr.. Case was made chairman. and he gave
everybody a chance to vent of his surplus
indignation. Congressman Douglas paid
his respects to Mr.. Quigg.
I'VE have had no leader in the Nineteenth
for long time. he said. -Lemuel E. Quigg
dark. Now he has had to come out in
the open and show his hand. Their victory
tonight was a defeat We know the men
who sold US out at the primaries. The
voting was done when many Of the best
men In the district we're out OF town. weeks
yet beat them two to one. redeem the Nine
teenth and make 1t district of uprghtness,
not Of political pollution"
Mr.. Limberger, who is a member Of the
firm Of Ladenburg Thalmann d Co., was
Mr.. SAKE and Mr.. Gilman called me out
of my Office" said Mr.. Limberger, -and
asked me for whom l intended to vote.
told them should vote for the other side.
They said 1t would be Just as well II stayed
and Mr.. SAKE challenged my vote"
The election Of the Douglas faction re-
suited:
,pelefstessT;Willis,m I II Douglass John 9.
Barton Case. samuel W. Patterson. George
G. Bachelor. l.. NJ. Stanton. Fred spiegel-
hIternates--Joh ]. Stevenson, Henry A,
Wise, J. f. Pyle, Albert Attlnger. Leroy b.
Ball Jr., Henry W. Foote, Albert W Harris
John r. Allen. Herbert +. Rogers.
Particular interest attached to the fight
In the Twenty fifth district, because II had
been understood that an effort would be
made by the followers Of Herbert Parsons
to make George r. Sheldon one OF the
delegates. Governor-Chairman Odell has
described Mr. Parsons as an @insubordinate"
and endeavored to defeat him by such
influences as could be brought to bear in
the district to help Parsons's opponent,
Howard Conkling.
There was a big row in the convention,
and in the mixup the purpose to bring Mr..
Sheldon forward as a means of retaliation
on the Governor Chairman was not fol-
lowed.
In boiling the regular convention the
Conklingites asserted that the Parsons
supporters conducted the meeting con-
trary to the rules. The boilers, about
twenty-five in number held their conven-
ton at the Hamilton Club, in West Twenty
sixth street. They named
Delegates--Howard Conkling, John A,
Weekes. John \. Deemer, Harry King A. W
Fitzpatrick. William II. Davis and Fred
A. Ware.
The forty Parsons adherents who re-
,s,o;oal parnaj tbaea.