The sun., 1905-11-05
VOTE FOR FEAWMER THE ORDER
Sent Out IN Eisberg's District on Nov. 4
To lie Taken Back Monday.

The Republican campaign committee or
the Twenty ninth Assembly district organi-
zation, OF which Mr.. 0dell's man Elsberg
is leader, sent out circular yesterday which
has caused no end Of comment among the
friends and the enemies Of William Travers
Jerome, who was nominated for District
Attorney by the reoonvened Republican
convention Of October 27
The circular was printed on the regular
letterhead of the Twenty ninth Assembly
district Republican organization and signed
by Alfred r. Conkling. chairman OF the
committee. 1t urged voters to vote the
straight Republican ticket" in the name
Of decency and OF anti-boss rule. 1t held
forth that any attempt to split the ticket
might result in disaster and confusion.
On the margin of the circular was printed
facsimile Of the Republi an column on
the official ballot containing the rame OF
Flammer in the space dedicated 10 the nomi-
nee for District Attorney. There was
large cross in the circle under the Repub-
lican emblem on this facsimile ballot, and
the voter was adjured to mark his ballot
in the same way on election day andno
other.
The circular was dated November 4,
Just one day later than the date on the
letter sent out by William Halpin, chair
man of the county committee instructing
enrolled Republicans how to vote the whole
Republican ticket including Mr.. jerome.
Nowhere in the Elsberg letter was there
any intimation of the fact that Mr.. Jerome
had been nominated by the Republicans or
that Republicans might desire to vote for
him,
Republicans in and out of the Twenty
ninth Assembly district described the Els
berg circular as a perfectly obvious attempt
by the Odell Republicans to knife Mr..
jerome in their organization.
Secretary Chamberlain, whose name was
signed to the circular, said yesterday that
the reason that no direction was given
for the splitting Of the ballots in Jerome's
favor was that the courts were so long
in deciding whether Jerome's name ought
to 70 on the ballot or not. This explanation
made Mr. Jerome's friends in the Twenty
ninth Assembl district laugh in no pleas
ant tone.
Senator Elsberg left word at the WINS
headquarters last night that if anybody
asked any questions about that Flammer
letter" the inquirer should be told that
"the letter (although dated November -
was printed DeloTe tue eIeConNeuou Soii i'eh4
tion of October 27.' Mr.. Elsberg did not
explain why the circular was not sup
pressed or amended in the meantime.
William Halpin the secretary of the
Republican county committee. when the
circular was shown to him was greatly
disturbed and distressed by it. He at once
called Conkling and Elsberg in consultation
and as a result of that conference new
circular will he prepared for the Twenty
ninth district emphasizing Jerome's can
dldacy and calling on Republicans to split
their ballots for him, 1t was said at Mr..
Halpin's headquarters that the Halpn
letter on jerome. which was mailed on
saturday to every enrolled Republican in
the county, would doubtless go far toward
CORE, ting any erroneous impress ion which
the ElsDerg -Conl;liny circular might carry.