The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-15
DOUGLAS CROWD THROWN OUT.
Gilman Delegates Seated-Conkling with.
draws Contest in the 1Sfh.

SARATOGA, N. Y, Sept. 1.-THE Gov
ernor-Chairman's committee on credentials
with Senator Edgar 7. Bracket of Saratoga
Springs at the head, had a three hour ses-
sion this afternoon. The Only contest
considered was that in the Nineteenth
New York city district At the last moment
Howard Conkling and his friends decided
not to contest the election Of Herbert E.
Parsons to be leader of the Twenty fifth
district
The hearing on the contest in the Nine
teenth district was acrimonious and con-
sisted largely OF personalities. John -
Wise lin presenting the Douglas side Of the
controversy. used such incorporate Ian
him to order. Ex-Representative Lemuel
r. Quigg was present at the hearing to
speak up for Theodore p. Gilman, the leader
Of the district whose forces completely
routed the Douglasites on primary day
The committee unanimously voted to throw
out the Douglas contest upon Mr. Wise's
own argument.
1t appeared that at the primaries the
Douglas faction really elected a majority
OF the delegates, having SO to Mr.. Gilman g
3d. But the Gilman people, between pri
mary day and the day of the convention
to select State delegates, secured the sup
port of four Of the Douglas delegates, and
induced fifteen others to remain away from
the convention. This left the relative
strength of the two factions 81 for Gilman
and IS for Douglas. Mr.. Quigg stated that
there, was no reason for the bolt of the
Douglas faction, and he warned the COM
mittee that trouble In the district would
follow II the Douglas faction should be
recognized.
Il will tell this committee now said Mr..
Quigg, that we will control the convention
which is to meet soon to nominate Mem
Der OF Assembly, even though the Douglas
faction has elected a majority of the dele
gates. and If you should recognize the
Douglas faction here | will warn you now
that the Douglas people will bolt, and there
will be two Republican candidates for
Assembly, The truth of it is the Douglas
people named men as delegates without
consulting them and enough will join our
forces to give us control of the convention,
while the Douglas forces will be depleted
by others staying away"
Representative Douglas repudiated Mr..
Quigg's remarks that he intended to bolt
the Assembly nomination and announced
that his faction would not do so. The
whole trouble in the district, it was said,
proceeds from the fact that Representative
Douglas is not to be sent again to Congress
for the Fifteenth district, but is to be sue
ceeded by j.. Van vechten Olcott. The
bitterness between Gen. Wise and Mr.
Quigg has been of long standing.
Various explanations have been given
by the friends of the two men. One is
that Gen. Wise was an unsuccessful candi-
date for United States District Attorney
for the Southern District of New York in
President McKinley's first administration.
Some OF Gen. Wises friends have said
that Mr.. Quigg, Who was the Congress-
man at the time and president of the New
York Republican county committee, OPP
posed Gen. Wise in his aspirations. Mr..
Quigg's friends have said that there was no
foundation for this statement.