The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-12-20
CASSIDY OUSTED IN QUEENS
DEWOt RiTIt LEADER RSHIP GOES
10 ALDERMAN DIJ4T.
Dcposru BoSS Put tp No Fight and Moved
Ills successors Nomination by >c-
cidn1tion No Further Meet lngS at
tassidy's Ciub DuJat a Connolly Man

DcpO>cU tO>S FIl NJ tlEh' anu NONfu
Ills successors Nomination by \c-
ciamation No Further Meet lngS at
taSSihy's Club DuJat a CONNOLLY Man
Joseph Cassidy was beaten last night
in MS fight To retain the leadership of the
Democratic party ia Queens 10y the cleo
ton OF Alderman Alexander Dujat u
Close friend of Borough President Maurice
/ l.. Connolly, a. chairman of the Queens
county committee al the reorganization
meeting of that body IN Ca-sidys club
house in Court square Long Island City.
Inc defeat was administered 10y the
committee which he laborcd and 5 pent
money to elect at the primaries last Sep
tcmbrr. This was the iirsi meeting Of the
new committee. Ihrty-siN out of the
| forty-iivc members were present
/ Cassidy had no desire to have his weak
moss exposed. His opponents said they
I had thirty-two of the forty-tive votes
/ Cassidy sought to go down with colors
! dying and ne mad" the motionthat placed
/ DuJat in nomination by acclamation. He
| delayed making the motion, however
until pujats nomination had been sec
ondcd 10y "A committeeman from cvery
ward
Cassidy then took the floor.
Gentlemen Of the committee, as chair
man Of thi, committee have fought with
YOU for six years. My interests have been
your interests and the best interests of
the Democratic party The new Borough
Prc.ideu has announced that ii some one
was selected as chairman Of this CONF
mittec acceptable To him he would see to
it that the pdtronsg GO of his Office was given
~ this committee ] think at this time
il is my duty to the men who have stood
hy me in all my fights to agree TO anything
that will tend To bring about harmony and
the ultimate success of the party. believe
that this can be done 10y working in har'
mony with Borough President Connolly
therefore move that the nomination o
, Alderman Dujat as chairman of this com
mittcc be made 10y aCclamation
1ho~" who looked for denunCiation wer,
: di-appointcd SO was Cassidy if he look &C
for applause The motion Vas put auc
carried without a dissenting voice.
: This was followed by the unopposeC
election oi Joseph p. Powers as secretary
Powers served a. superintendent OF th'
. Bureau OF Buildings In the last election
, he ran for Alderman in the SlXty-seN"nti
4 AldprmaniC district on h" cassidy TICK"
and was defeated 10y otto Geibke. Rcpub
ican. john iho"iel, Jr., of Flushing, als'
known d. "a strong cassidy m@n, Wa
+ elected treasurer, and Fred VI. Flttcs q
= Far kOCkaway sergeant -at arms
a There renamed another blow in stor
T | for Cassidy ana Whatever sNmIaihlZSr
he had present. Following resolution
providing for the appointing o. a commit
ice OF five 10 draft rules Tor the commit =
a resolution was introduced taking tn
future meetings o. the commute" awe
: from the Cassidy clubhouse. The resu
luton provided thd, the next mcetlu
q oi the committee bo held in the North sid
. Democratic Club IN Corona. Presiden
:. Connolly lives in Corona and this orEanl
i Zation is considered his club. / he resC
= tuition WIS adopted without a diSsentin
n vote and the new committee adjourned
a TO meet at the call of the chairman.
= Politicians from all points Of Queen
gathered at Cassldy's club in antiCipa
= lion Of the committees reorganization
I For days II had been "A tOrcguuc con
i clusion that Cassidy was beaten. 1hos
having the fight in hand had the asSul
+ ances of more than thirty members thu
! they would oppose Cassidy, while sever,
!: who did not want 10 openly oppose hi;
volunteered to absent themselves. II
y only question last night was how bad
Z Cassidy would bo beaten and how hewou
" take being ousted from the organizatio
which he mas dominated on ana on SlNt
l. his first election aS Borough Presidei
II in 1902. District Attorncy-elect Matthe
! j. Smith, the only man whom Cassie
saved out of his ticket last fall, was
: an anteroom of the clubhouse waitir
-, to hear the result.
- With plan carefully prepared
=. advance there was no delay or hltC
" in the programme. As chairman
J., the outgoing committee Cassidy call,
i. i. the meeting 10 order and Bernard Su
- dam was made temporary chairma
~, Then in quick order Alderman Edwal
: Brady Of Far Rockaway, one of Il
." supporters of Cassidy for President
Queen, at the time of the removal
former President Gresser, placed Aide
?. man Dujat in nomination for ChairmG
In quick succession followed committe g
\. men from the various wards secondii
the nomination, and Cassidy closed q
scene of his own downfall
al According ts present plans Cassie
T. is to be stripped OF every vestige of b
ha power in the Democratic party in Queer
-, and il is said that later move will
"a made TO compel him and Matthew
w Goldner who AT present hold title 10 q
Y Democratic clubhouse in Court Squar
yn TO turn il over 10 the trustees of the clu
TO There WAS considerable speculate
T., in Queens last night ~ to Cassidys tutu
,'' stG.ndng a. Democratic State col
hs mutccman and also as To his standil
lie with the Democratic organization
cd Manhattan.