The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-12-28
ELEVEN VOTES HERE FOR DANA
ALL BUT FOUR OF NEW YORK
COUNTY DELEGATION.
Murray and brooks stayed Away From
the Caucus and Crawford and schec-
tor stood out for Merritt Koenig to
open Dana Headquarters at Albany.

Eleven out of the fifteen Republican
Assemblymen-e elect from New York
county have decided to support Assembly
man Charles A. Dana Of the Twenty
seventh district for Speaker in opposition
to Edwin A. Merritt. Jr., of st. Lawrence
county Until week or two ago it had
heen assumed that the election would go
TO MIR. Merritt without the least objection.
but since then some of the new members
from this city who are going to the Assem-
bly, AZ well as some of the old members
who have been returned have come out
against him and Republicans of the state
organization have concluded that there
will be something Of a fight in the caucus
at Albany
4 ca. - of the Republican Assembly
mel-r,, ~ from this county was held yes
terday IN the headquarters of the county
committee There was Il similar meeting
there last Friday. and as on that occasion
President Samuel y Koenig did not seem
to be too enthusiastic about the proposal
TO put up candidate from this part OF
the State against Merritt he was told
that If he didn't start movement against
Merritt some of the men who are going
to the Legislature would do II for him
Yesterday Mr.. koenig said that he was in
tensely in favor of the Speakership going
TO "a down State man. one preferably from
thi- county. and that il was his intention
to do everything in his power to prevent
the choice OF Merritt
Thirteen Assemblymsn were present
The absentees were Andrew + Murray of
the Nineteenth district and 4 r Brooks
from Abe Gruber's district. When the idea
was first mooted for the turning down of
Merritt one of the men who II was sug-
gested should be put up agains, Merritt
wu~ MURRAY. but he wa, shelved IN favor
Of Dana and his friends say that he didn't
like being SET Nside II is understood also
that il Merritt il elected Murray will Ue
made chairman of the Cities committee
The Two men who voted against Dana
Yesterday were Crawford who comes
from the Ff,eenth district and who eN-
/ planned that he could not oppose Mr.
Merritt because his family and the Mer-
| ritt family had been ON terms of friend
ship for many years, and SCheCtor OF the
! THIRTY second district The leader of the
rhirt second dis,riot il William II. Ten
Evck. who is candida" for clerk of the
| Assembly
Before :. vote WAS taken there was u lone z
discussion ON the question whether in
view If the Presidential campaign il
would b. advisable for the party To ere
atr u division in i's ranks The majority
Of th. caucus Thought that IL would do The
party good To fight Merritt. Lnd ~ the
close OF the discussion This resolution was
adopted
That the Assemblymen- elect from New
York county hereby declare their pref
erencc for Speaker of the Assembly the
Hon Charles A Dana, from New York
county. and pledge their best efforts to
bring about ms election
10 elect Mr. Dana will require rfty-
one votes II was asserted al the county
h.adouarters last night that he could
count Oh a least thlrty-two votes IRON
the grea,er city. and according TO Mr.
koenig there were sufficient votes M
State. which had not been pledged tc
Merritt that could I've obtained to insure
the election Of Dana For the purpose
, of getting these needed votes Mr. koenig
a, Is goiag TO Albany on SUNDAY and vii
A, , open headquarters in the Ten Eyck Hotel
Mr. Dana. who has been travelling thr9ugi
the state IN the interests of his candidacy
said last night that he WAS positive o
| getting votes enough,
Darwin Il James and the Young Repub'
ican Club of Kings County have attacked
Mr. Merritt for his participation in IN,
, Wngdale Prison sandstone Contrao
/ and have forwarded their document e
. all Republican Assemhlymen- elect. They
urg" that no State officer should par
rCipatp III "a State contract of this char
arter Mr. James has also spoken per
f sonally 10 notable Republicans on thi'
subject
- GOV D1's prison commission has Oh
. jected 10 the Wingdale site for the new
prison on the ground that Ms water ano
sanitary facilities are Inadequate: ant
! william Church Osborn, as the fovernor
legal adviser. objected TO many speclfca
l tlou- IN the contracts. II is stated tina
= Mr. Merritt il now ready To throw up hl'
share Of the contract provided the S'at
pays him an equity Of S0,Uo,
D As-emblyman Merritts friends al M
= Murray Hill Hotel insisted yesterday tina
he had more THIN enough votes 10 elec,
= him Speaker and that the candidacies o'
j l. sullivan of Chautauqua and MIR. Dan'
3 represented more than any thing else
= movement in the interest OF good CHAIR
I manships Of committees.
= Assemblyman Dana's friends said be
D fore the caucus here yesterday that he ha'
t Is; Queens, suffolk, Niagara and Orange
a each >, Nassau. Herkimer, Oswego
Chautauqua and Cattaraugus, each
and Monroe and Erie each 4.
ms list was shown To Mr. MERRITT
friends and they received it with grlns
a declaring it TO be absurd They said tina
the five Assembymen from Monro
county were for Mr. Merritt. and tina
J. the claims for New York and Kings coup
It ties in favor Of Mr. Dana were exag
d gerated.
y. John J, Hopper, formerly Hears
70 follower. has sent a letter TO all Republlca
Assemblymen calling attention to tn
n recent fusion with the Hearst forces
q especially in New York county, and in
sisting that the Republican Assemblyme
elected by fusion shall come out for pre-
> gressive Republican policies and pre-
y gressive Republican candidates fc
v Speaker and for clerk OF the Assembly,
d A.BANy BETS on MERRITT
ALBANY. Dec. 27.--The expectation {
y the capital is that Merritt will be RI
e publican caucus candidate for Speake
As early as month ago Mr.. Merritt
!. friends announced that he had sa,
=, majority Of the Republican Assemblyms
~ pledged to him and that the tight was a
over. Under the circumstances II SCENE
to night that Mr.. Merritt cannot be d.
feated unless 20 of the l0l Republica
Assemblymen insurge and remain ava
from the party caucus next week ana No
y for some other candidate when the A
sembly ballots for Speaker, IL requlr'
=, 10 votes TO elect a Speaker The ele
: tion of a Speaker Of the Assembly W
u take place when the new House NEE