The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-09-08
FUSlONISTS HUNTING A MAN.
CONFERENCE NAMES COMMITTEE
TO PICK ONE

TO PICK ONE
| And Another Committee to Choose Few
Principles on which They Can Agree
Chairman Cutting says Jerome 10
Out OF the Running -To Meet Thursday.
The representatives Of the four organiza-
! tions who have banded together to Oppose
the Democrats at the coming election mot
again last night at the Republican Club
and after confab lasting less than half
an hour they separated without choosing
| candidate or deciding upon an issue.
Instead they appointed committees to
work out both probe ms for them. It was
resolved that the Republicans, the Citizens
Union and the Municipal Ownership League
should each have four members on the
committees and that the German -Ameri-
can League should have two. This is the
committee to agree upon city ticket
! Republicans William H. Ten Eyck,
New York county; Timothy l.. Woodruff,
Kings George Cromwell, Richmond, and
Leander B. Faber, Queens.
Citizens Union r. Fulton Cutting.
New York county Robert Van Iderstine,
Kings John W. Weed, Queens, and John
Davis.
Municipal Ownership League M. F.
! Ihmsen, New York; G. Augustus Haviland,
Kings Thomas Gilleran, Queens, and John
T. Cakes, Richmond.
German American League--Bela Tokaji
and j. C. Kammerlohr.
The committee to prepare the platform
was made up Of these men:
Republicans-OttoR osalsky, New York;
John r. Neal. Kings; Thomas A. Braniff.
Richmond, and Leander B. Faber, Queens.
Citizens Union--F c. Huntington. Ed
ward s. Kassng, c. B. Meyer and A. 8.
Haight.
Municipal Ownership League-John Pal
mieri, NJ. G. Palliser. F. f. shober and Joseph
| W. Cody, all Of New York county.
| German American Ieague-Char!es T.
Hartzheim and w. B. Soule.
The committee on nominations will meet
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel next Monday
night and the platform committee will
meet at the same place on the following
evening As chairman OF the fusion con-
ference William Halpin, chairman OF the
+, Republican county committee, was made
ex officio member Of both committees.
| When last nights conference at the
Republican Club got together. business
was started by Jacob Bremen. the chair
man Of the committee appointed last week
to invite other anti-Tammany organiza-
tions to Join. He announced that his COM
mittee had no progress to report and asked
that it be continued. 1t was decided that
Judge Bremen and his helpers should
have another try.
Then Mr. Halpin suggested that as his
organization was not prepared to present
a candidate to the conference, committee
should be selected to recommend city
ticket to further, conference to be held
next Thursday night. In making his
| motion, Mr.. Halpin said: I'VE are SUBJ
stantially in the same position tonight a.
We were last week, and the organization
which represent, as the result Of meeting
held this afternoon, thinks that the wiser
course to follow will be to appoint a COM
mittee, as was done in the last two cam
paigns by the fusionists. to present the
names Of candidates to the conference.
Before the motion was put, Chairman
r. Fulton Cutting Of the Citizens Union
said that the Union wished to withdraw
from further consideration the name Of
District Attorney Jerome as its candidate
| for Mayor. Mr.. Cutting made his an
! nouncement without explanation or oom-
| ment. Then Mr.. Halpin's motion for the
appointment Of nominating committee
| was unanimously carried
Judge Bremen next moved that similar
committee be chosen to present platform
to the conference. Mr.. Cutting, while not
speaking adversely to the motion, said that
he was doubtful II his organization would
consent to be bound by the recommended
| tions of such committee, inasmuch a. the
Citizens Union was concerned only in local
issues and he feared that a platform recon-
mended by the Republican organization
and The Municipal Ownership League
would include national and State issues.
Mr.. Haipin assured Mr.. Cutting that the
municipal fight this year would Be 30 inn
portant to all parties concerned that Mr..
| Cutting might feel confident that nothing
would be put in the platform except local
matters Upon this assurance the Cts
voted for the motion IN a body. with the ex-
ception OF one man who shouted NO,
but whose identity seems to have been lost.
It was generally agreed by Mr.. Halpin,
Mr.. Cutting and other leaders Of the CON-
ference That when the next gathering is
held. which will be next Thursday night at
| the Fifth Avenue Hotel, something posi-
| tive will be done in the shape OF selecting
| n candidate and determining upon plat
| form. The two committees, which will
! meet earlier in the week to prepare recon-
mendations, have been directed to deter
the reason that, as the Citizens Union and
| the Municipal Ownership League must
nominate by petitions, they have not much
| time left.