The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-17
PERRY BELMONT WILL FIGHT.
SORRY NON HE RESIGNED FROM
TINE STATE COMMITTEE.

hts Backbone sainens when nc Learns
That Bermel and McCarren Are Both
Going Into Court Writes Come That
He Didn't Understand the Facts.
Perry Belmont. Democratic State COM
mitteeman from the First district, has re-
pented of the action hs tool at the meeting
OF the committee last Friday, when rather
thar follow Senator McCarren in defying
the committee he resigned. Edwin A.
Bailey Of Patchogue was elected to all his
place.
Since last Friday Mr.. McCarren has not
only made IL clear that he intends to fight
to the highest court in the State any at
tempt on the part of the State committee to
expel him, but Joseph Bermel, who was
elected Democratic leader OF Queens by
about 5000 votes TO 5000 cast for Cassidy,
has announced his intention to test in the
courts the legality OF the action taken by
the Buffalo convention in unseating his
delegates.
The stand taken by Mr.. McCarren and
Mr.. Bermel seems 10 have induced Mr.. Bel
mont 10 reconsider his action, and he wrote
yesterday to William J. Corners. the chair
man of the Democratic State committees,
explaining that he was the regularly elected
member Of the State committee from the
First Senatorial district and that he pro-
posed to insist upon his right to his seat in
the committee. In his letter to Mr.. Corners
Mr.. Belmont makes this explanation:
On the sth Of November ] was officially
notified by you 10 attend a meeting OF the
committee on Friday, the 9th. at the Victoria
Hotel at - o'clock. Upon the assembling
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was Informed that a protest would be made
against my remaining on the committee
on the ground that ! had not supported the
Democratic candidates.
ThisI denied. and added that I was entirely
Indifferent TO any such attempted protest.
a. l had never voted for a Republican csndi-
date and had not done 30 at the recent election.
I was also informed by Mr.. Murphy. MIR.
Cochran and a member OF the credentials
committee OF the Buffalo convention that
l had not been elected a member OF the State
committee. They insisted that there had
been no election Of State committeeman 10
the First Senatorial district, for the reason
that the delegates who had elected me were
subsequently, ul4seated and that those seated
had another preference.
On account Of my absence in Europe at the
time I had no kno Wedge of these alleged
circumstances This was the first time I
had heard anything OF the kin or anything
Of that nature had been minated to me
from any source whatever. Assuming, how
ever. that a man occupying a responsible
position az leader OF Tamm8ny Hall and his
immediate lieutenants could not be misin-
formed upon this matter, and having no
means at hat time Of verifying their state
ments. I announced TO the committed the
surprising information received by me and
stated that II II were true that / was not a
member and had not been elected. there was
nothing left for me TO do until I had an Op-
portunity TO investigate the matter.
Mr.. Belmont went on to refute the asser-
ton which he says was made 70 him at
the committee meeting, that he had not
been properly elected a member Of the
State committee because the delegates
voting for him had been unsested. He
insists that he has discovered that a ma
lority of the delegates from the First dis
trict in CAUCUS had legally selected him
"a the committeeman.
In support of this contention Mr.. Bel
mont forwarded TO Mr.. Corners with his
letter an afidavit made by Edwin B. Dusen-
berry, who was the acting State committee
man for the First district while MIR. Bel
mont was in Europe. which says that at a
caucus of the. delegates from the First
district held at the Iroqnois Hotel. Buff
falo. o n September %, Mr.. Belmont was
una ninously chosen a. the State COM
mitteemAn and hat tho action was after
ward ratified by the state convention.