The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-10-20
COMMITTEE VISITS PUTNAM
WILL TRY To ELECTJAYCON AND
BUST THE LOCAL BARGAIN.
Chairman Mack GOing Personally TO See
what Can BE Done In Rochester.
where There Il . Dreadful Mess Why
Murphy Personally Took l'p Putnam.

The first business undertaken yester-
day morning by Norman 4. Mack. the
newly elected chairman OF the Demo-
cratic State committee, was to get to-
gether at Democratic State headquarters.
West Thirty fourth street. the commit
tee appointed the day before To reor-
ganize the Putnam county committee
There was short talk and George b. Van
Valkenburg. chairman OF the committee
appointed to reorganize Putnam, was
despa tched. along with other members Of
| the committee. to Putnam county. They
we're TO investigate and ascertain the real
facts of the situat tion in the county and
report back to Democratic State head
quarters last night. They did SO. and
| their report was 10 the effect that there
is great indignati ton in the county on the
| part of Democrats who object to the re-
| fusal Of the Putnam county committee
~ nominate candidate FOR Assembly
and who entered into the agreement by
which Democrats We're to Ice elected to the
/ Board of Supervisors in return for a pro-
posed walkover for the Republican nom
nee for tho Assembly. John r. Yale.
Incidentally it was made known that
the reason why Charles +. Murphy at
the meeting of the state committee on
Wednesday introduced personally the
resolutions calling for a reorganization
Of the Putnam county COMMITTEES was that
a number of As.emblyman Yales Repub-
| lican friends and for that matter several
Democrats one or two said to be very
| close to Gov. Dix. had more than hunted
that Mr.. Murphy was agreeable 10 the
m,ro,;u in Putnam Mr. Van ynlkenbers
| p''e' ~, ! '' " .'
on his Vis'' TO Pntnain county Yesterday
told the Democrats there that ms was
totally untrue.
Chairman Mack with the report Of Mr..
Va, v,ll,,ni,.rs and bis associa,. COM
van '''N'',''s "''. Ms '" w., WI, ,n,,
mi'feelnen IN hihh VIII s'ar' 'o-o"y 'he
machinery To reorganize the Putnam
county D.mocra,ic committee ON the
limo, If IN. regular Dem Dcracy Of tn.
St,-. new committee will b. nameC!
,nr thc county later, and this cummitte p.
will be recognized 10y the State committee
and it is expected hy the state convention
,n ,'" h.. held in the spring Meantim.
.,..r,. .fFnrt will be made ON the part o,
IN. Stat. committee To- elect Leonard
~ Jayroy nominated for the Assembly
ihv the Ind.pendent Democrats and the
William Church Osborn Of Putnam
c,''n,w Gov Dix's legal adviser was il
,nn.,,i,.,ion with Chairman Mack anc
S.,nr.tarv Mason nt headunart.rs II wa,
",d,, p,nYn Iba, Nr Oshorn wa, power
.s., =, " nr,.v,.n, the Putnam county com
,uit,s,. from acting A. il did in going ca
h,,. h'n,u' I'm ass.nhiv,nan Yale and ,hu
..;, S,mvy.snnt C6anier who is stat.
',',n,nit,..,,nan f,r Cniu,nuia clutches,
,,,d pm,nan, was ..,naIlv nnw.rl.ss
Tho Denncratic situation in Monro.
,',,,v fnrrnwed ,he brow of Cbairma,
Want Yesterday aud gave an extra twis
r..,arv Nasnns curly locks Chair
nan Max il in stnrt for Buffalo to-da,
n"d i. IT, s,nn nv.r nj Rochester and uar
S"naiiv look into things l. was admi,te,
,hat ,h,r.. il very bad feeling among III,
ne,nocrats or the county. The opposin.
tnrcns ar. led bv Stat. Commit, ee,nai
Thomas " Finucan. and his friends ant
inuis NJ Ar,isdal., editor Of the Roches @
HcrnH and his friends Mr. Antisoal,
conducted the campaign which res,,lte,
In eleo,ing Representative George Il
Wavens over George ". Aldridge He i,
a power in the county, and has been ar
experienced political manager since tn,
second Cleveland campaign, and at tn,
same time il has been frequently statec
nv those familiar with the situation il
the county that Mr. Finucane is not par
ticularly popular. and yet as in h. hiAr.t I'll
AZ State committeeman Gov. Dix's pAa
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