New-York tribune., 1907-10-15
TOMKTNS FOR SHERIFF.
NOMINATED BY &. T..
Lhmsen and Foley Get a BrOadside
from the Speakers.

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Judge Charles S. Whitman and Justice William
Wadhams a rousing Endorsement. foreshadow-
ing their support by the union and indicating
q large vote for them from the independents
Both Foley and Ihmsen. candidates for Sher-
iff were severely criticised by the union people.
and it was apparent that they going to try
to roll up a good vote for Mr.. Tomklns
committee of fifteen. with r. Fulton Cutting as
chairman. appointed to investigate the
records OF the candidates running for the Judl-
cal offices and report back to an ADJOURNED
meeting OF the union on Monday night.
Preparations were made last night to circu-
late petitions for two thousand sgners, that
number being necessary to nominate Mr. TOM
kins for Sheriff by petition. The NOMINATION.
must be made by midnight tomorrow night
r. Fulton Cutting said that so much dissatis-
faction had been caused by the mountainous
made by the two big parties that it was thought
best to call meeting OF the Citizens Union
I'VE have had the list of candidates put be
fore us" said Mr. Cutting, "many of whom are
unknown to us. Some Of them are worthy ana
others are not only unworthy but also utterly
,1n6t aud worthless There has been expressed
on all sides Indignation that this year, when no
special offices are to be- filled. the two great
parties have fed them to the party "o'heiS'
The two parties have violated every prlhclpt
for which the Citizens Union stands. IL remains
for us to see If the spirit of this organization Is
equal to the occasion or not. 1t seems TO me
that the public is waiting for vigorous Pio'e''
from this union"
Julius Henry Cohen, who sent Il Dill ior re-
dstricting the municipal courts TO Albany last
winter said there could not be the slightest
doubt about the character. fitness and ability o'
Bruce. Whitman and Wadhams, three Repuo-
lican candidates up for election, but lie at
tackled some OF the other nominations
"The voters on the lower East Side, SAID
Mr. Cohen. through the manipulation OF the
bosses have a choice beteWeen rom DilieeiA
and Ivy Cohn. both Sullivan men, whose nom
ination was part of deal part OF a dtsgracetul
bargain In years past have been willing
to sit down with reputable and disreputable
political organizations TO discuss the question
Of naming fit candidates for public office. but
this year there chance for real FUSION
This ticket by the Republicans and Hearst
people is not fusion ticket" continued Mr.
Cohen. 1T is a confusion ticket. The Repub-
lcan bosses said You support Bruce and
Whitman and Wadhams, and they are good
men. and we viii sell you the Sheriff The Re
pubIicans said You may have the office OF
Sheriff II you will keep In office Bruce. Whit
man and wadhams! There some candi-
dates on the Tammany ticket worthy of support
and some on the Republican ticket. and we
should support them. We ought to advise the
people which OF these candidates to vote for"
Henry Trewin said his stomach could not
stand such dose Foley or Ihmsen-
"One end Of that ticket is raw and the other
end rotten" said Mr. Trewin. excitedly Why.
gentlemen. II any follows the trail Of the
Peters scandal OF last winter In the Board OF
Aldermen he will find that It leads to the prI-
vate office OF Macmillan Ihmsen. II we don't
take action this disgrace there Will be no
need 10 disband this organization. We shall
need tire grave digger. II reminds me OF an in
cdent that took place down 1t the headquar-
ters OF the Salvation Army. in 18th street. An
enthusiastic speaker said: oh. my brethren.
you do not know how my heart overfows with
love for you. / wish there window in my
soul so that you could my overfowing love
for you, And a small boy up I'm the gallery
piped out: Wouldn't pane in the stomach do
just WELL mister This Sheriff situation gives
me a pain in the stomach" said AIr. Trewin
Every one agrees" said Mr.. Cohen. speaking
again. that Bruce. Whitman and Wadhams
should be reelected. and everybody agrees that
the rest Of the Republican candidates
good Two or three of the men on the Tam
many ticket are ht for the bench, but some of
them are not. The Committee of Fifty has
agreed upon four of the six it Is going
to indorse for the city Court bench. ana we
ought TO have committee to consider the can
didatcs and report back.
"I don't know of anything against the record
of Mr.. Ihmsen that could be put into legal
shape" continued Mr. Cohen. "but the prepon-
derance of evidence in the Independence League
itself indicates that he cannot be trusted"
a committee of five instructed report
on candidate for Sheriff and the convention
took recess of fifteen minutes Mr.. Tomkns
was chosen. as already stated \ committee of
fifteen was appointed to consider the recon-
mendation of all other candidates the two
big tickets and the convention adjourned for a
week
Calvin Tomkns, manufacturer and merchant
was born In East Orange. n J., on January %
1SIS the son of Walter and Emma Augusta
(Baldwin) TOmkns. He is a descendant of
Micah Tomkins. who settled at New Milford
Conn. in 1859 and subsequently became one OF
the original settlers of Newark NJ J. Mr.. Tom
kins was educated at Prescott's School. Orange.
received the degree of Bachelor of Science in
1879 lie is president of the Albent Manu-
featuring Company. the Bonnar Brick Company.
a director of the Tomkins Cove Stone Company
and tho Battery Park National Bank
Mr.. Tomkins prominent in the sound
money movement in 1895 and 1898. He was
chairman of the franchise committee of the
Citizens Union from 1901 to 1905. when It
urged the adoption OF the policy of municipal
control over all lines of public utilities. Last
year he spoke in support of Hearst. He is
president of the Municipal Art Society of this
city and is member of the Cornell University,
Reform, Lawyers and the Atlantic Yacht clubs |
He lives at Tomkins Cove n. Y.