New-York tribune., 1906-08-29
AVOIDS QUIGG'S NET.
PARSONS BLOCKS A TEST.
PreUents Lineup iu EaecutiUe Com
mittee end Maintains Strength.
REPUBLICAN POLITICAL CALENDAR.

REPUBLICAN, POLITICAL CALENDAR.
Primaries in all the boroughs. September f8.
Assembly district conventions TO elect dele
oates to state convention, September ~.
Organization of new county committee Sep
tenaber q.
Organization Of new district committees, Sep
tenlbsr %.
Congress conventions, October 4.
Senate conventions, October 5.
Assembly conventions 70 nominate Assembly
men, October 10.
Judicial County, convention, October 81.
For two and a half hours yesterday afternoon
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel the Republican
County Executive Committee was on the rag
ged edge" of a clash between the Parsons and
Quigg mon, with a lineup imminent any min
ute. The lineup never came, and the long de-
bate ended shortly before O'Clock without
decisive test of strength.
State Chairman OdeU and Senator Platt were
at the hotel, but took no active part in the
meeting. Occasionally an Odell man would so
down stairs from ParlOr ID r.. where the meet
ing was held. and tell the state chairman how
things were progressing
Lemuel Z. Quigg. soon after the meeting was
called TO order at o'clock. moved that the dis
trict leaders be empowered 70 name the election
district officers where substitutiOns are TO be
made There is no legal warrant for a motion
the head OF the county committee shall do that
very thing. Mr.. Quigg offered his motion TO
provoke a test of strength in the committee.
The Quigg men went .nto the meeting. they
say with 90 of the 3S votes. Their purpose. in
case of test, 10 provoke President Par
SONS to declaration that he would not consult
with the district leaders when a substitution
was to be made. in whicE case they would have
pressed a resolution asking him To resign as
chairman Of the executive committee
Mr. Parsons was too wary for them. He
prevented lineup. and at the same time was
not compelled TO say that he would surrender
any prerogative. Or, the contrary, he asserted
that he would not surrender any prerogative as
executive chairman. He did say. however. that
in making any appointments Of substitutes OF
to fill vacancies he would consult the district
leaders, as formerly. In view OF this state
ment, Mr.. Quigg withdrew his resolution.
The date for the reorganization of the county
committee is set for Saturday night. September
% which precedes the state convention by
three days. President Parsons said he had no
objection to this date, the primaries would
decide who controlled the county organization.
and the matter of an early or late date for the
reorganization not matter of consequence
TO him or his friends.
There was a spirited debate over the propriety
OF holding the assembly district convention TO
elect delegates to the state convention on FRI
day. September 81. as Thursday and Friday OF
that week are Jewish holidays. As the Friday
holiday ends at sundOwn it decided that the
convention on that night would not be Obiec-
tionable. The place for holding the reOrganizs.
tion meeting was not named. nearly every
hall in the city is engaged for that night.
It was announced at the meeting yesterday
that Herman JOveshof. who has been thrown
into the new 9th District with Aqueduct Com
missioner Windolph, would not make any con-
test at the primaries for the leadership against
Mr.. Windolph. The Windolph men are In the
majority in the district.
James r. March, OF the new Sd District said
at the meeting that ne had decided to stay in
the race for the leadership of the district. This
probably means that there will be three-cor-
nered fight between Mr.. March. Louis J. HOen-
niger and J. G. B. Rinehart.
When President Parsons was asked IL ne knew
anything about the reported arrangement be-
tween the Republican and Tammany leaders 70
name combination ticket with four Repub-
lican and four Democratic candidate. for fhs
bench, he said: II cannot throw any light on
that matter at this time