New-York tribune., 1907-10-11
FUSION GOES THROUGH.
Il JOINT TICKET NAMED.
Republicans and League Men Agree
after Conference.


part of some Of the leaders. and others who
acquiesccd did so because they. believed Mr..
Parsons as head of the organization should be
allowed 10 carry out his plans. He accepted
tuu responsibility for them, saying that he had
mad the counsel Of competent advisers
Ihe Republicans get tie nomination for tho
supreme Court. cne nomination for the Court OF
! General Sessions and three CITY Court nominal
tions- The Independence League gets two Gen
erai Sessions nominations. three city Court
nominations and the nomination for Sheriff.
The ticket which named by both tbs
Republican and independence League conven-
tions is as follows
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for IqaEes or the Court Of General sessions75
LsER Ind Ii NAr1S viD4vER nl1f n So5 f P4L- AZ
wRBsa, wadf MS IS Cs ths ciIy CogrtIudge WILLIAM H.
sTIMPsSoNN NA1SSEKVoGEL 14SS r !Rep3 HENRY . s.
Edwin 'tSa MfRRf f 5A4ES ns q. P0NEGAN Gnd u
FOR SheTih-MAxIMLIAN F IHMsEN Cnd L.
A conference committee of five from the Re.
publican convention. which was held AZ the
Murray Hill Lyceum- and committee Of the
same number from the Independenca Teas,,o
convention which meeting in the Carnepfa
Lyceum. got together in a room at the Par,r
Avenue Hotel about II O'Clock 1t did not taxa
long for them TO decide on the fusion ticket he
cause 1t had been settled earlier in the dav
The number Of candidates each party was ~,
get had been agreed to tentatively in confer-
ence between Mr.. Parsons. Senator Alfred D
rage and Congressman William S. Bennett rep
resenting the Republicans. and Melvin c. Pal
User and other representatives Of the Indepen-
dence League
When the Republican committee returned ID,
the Murray Hill Lyceum soon after midnighs
and reported the ticket agreed on. the name Os
each man presented was cheered until that OF
Macmillan Ihmsen. for Sheriff. was read Sew
eral pronounced Kisses came from various parts
Of the room. Many Of the men who earlier in
the evening opposed the fusion programme had
gone home, and there was not the slightest op-
position TO the nomination of the ticket OWNS,
to the lateness OF the hour Justice Bruce was
the only one TO whom regular speech OF ac-
ceptance was accorded. The nominations for
Judges Of General Sessions were made in one
resolution. instructing the secretary to cast one
ballot for them. and the nominees for the CITY
Court were grouped in the same way The nomi-
nation Of Mr.. Ihmsen for Sheriff was hurried
through in the way. but it did not pre-
vent some of those who did not fancy his seIec-
tion from audibly expressing their disapprovaI
The fusion programme was agreed to at a
meeting of the ex-Republican Executive COM
| mittee- held in the headquarters of the state
Committee at o'clock.
After hours discussion the leaders who
baked against the proposition to the last and
voted against it We're James E. March, of the Sd
District; Abraham Gruber OF the 18th District.
and Frank Raymond. of the 2Sth District
Mr.. Parsons presented his arguments in favor
of fusion at some length, after which Mr.. Gruber
assailed the idea. Other members Of the COM
mittee favored the proposition. A resolution was
then offered making it the sense OF the COM
mittee that fusion be agreed to If the Inde-
following Republicans on it: Justice Bruce
Judge Whitman. Judge wadhams and two other
Republicans for the City Court There was soma
objection 10 giving the Independence Ieagus
such large proportion OF the ticket but on the
vote every member Of the committee voted for
the resolution except the three already mem
toned
Mr.. March. Mr. Gruber and Mr. RAYMOND ars
friends OF Ex-Governor OdeH in the committee
and opposed fusion, said a friend OF 3Ir Par
sons on account Of their antagonism to him
The committee. after deciding on fusion then
hlled out its part Of the ticket by selecting
Isidor Wasservogel and Douglas Mathewson for
City Court candidates. 1t was known that Mr.
Palliser and Mr.. Vidaver were to be the Inde-
pendence League candidates for General Ses-
sions. and that the league insisted on the nomi-
nation OF Mr.. Ihmsen for Sheriff. Mr. Vidaver
was selected IN place Of ex-Judge John Palmieri
who the Republicans refused TO take. 1t
left to the league to select it's three candidates
for the City Court bench, to be reported at the
joint meeting Of the conference committee in
the evening.
1t was nearly g. 80 o'clock before the members
of the executive committee got away. and this
DELAYED the convening OF the convention in the
evening. 1t nearly s;15 o'clock before the
delegates We're called to order
Charles X Lexow was elected permanent
and after few preIimInaries Mr.
Parsons presented the fusion proposition in =
resolution calling for a conference committee OF
pendence League to agree on a fusion ticket II
was surprise every one had heard Of the
action of the executive committee. Explaining,
his position at some length, Mr.. Parsons said in
part:
party by ratifying the state constitution
which provided that OF years should be devoted
10 the selection OF municipal officers. ratified the
Idea that We should devote more care TO the Sc
lection or municipal officers than could be done
In other years.
We have before US the selection of what are
practically municipal officers and the question
IS presented of what shall do We are ths
minority party. Historically are minority
Only on great occasions have We succeeded and
then always by the corporation of others when
we did not have some great state or national
issue.
Our inveterate foe. the inveterate foe of the
city, in our minds, has always been Tammany
Our main object has been TO defeat Tamnany
Hall We can't do it alone. Shall we seek the
aid OF others? There is a peculiar responsibility
Dn InlS convention. for We have not simply the
selection of officers placed before the public for
the first time but the serious question as To
whether the men now adOrning the bench shall
be reelected Shall we go il alone, or shall we
wishing TO render the best service to our marty
10 everything In our power for the election OF