New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-01


conference of the McAneny men up
stairs.
The break in the McAneny support
and the evident intention TO caucus on
the question Of throwing his remaining
90 votes in bunch to either one or the
ether OF the other two candidates led
TO immediate claims by Mitchell and
Whitman men.
The PrOgressives. under the leader
ship Of William II. Hotchkiss, who was
handling the Mitchell boom. declared
they had at least of the 20 McAneny
votes. and Q would give Mitchell enough
to nominate. but the Whitman men
were equally confident in claiming that
they would gain the entire 90 from Nc
Aneny's ranks
Eighth Ballot Futile.
After the brief adjournment il ap-
peared that the McAneny men had de-
termined to stick TO the Borough Presi-
dent, for a short time at least. The
eighth ballot, which was taken after 4
few speeches, resulted in the loss Of
one vote from Mitchelrs total which
went to McAneny, Whitman remaining
the same.
Mitchell 80. Whitman 81 and Nc
Aneny II was the count on the eighth
ballot. but the ninth began to show the
effects of the McAneny caucus up
stairs
When the MCAneny men returned
they called upon Chairman Hapgood
TO explain his switch from Whitman 70
Mitchell on the second ballot and his
subsequent switch back TO Whitman.
Mr. Hapgood declared that it was his
intention to stick 10 Whitman as long
as there was any possibility of nomi-
mating him, because he believed that
Whitman was the Lest man to beat
Tammany.
William II. Williams. a McAneny
man. announced that Whitman was his
second choice david W Armstrong,
jr.. a Mitchell man, charged the Repub-
l.can members Of the committee with
standing together as party men, and
said he understood it was non-p aru- |
san conference. He suggested William /
Loeb. jr. as a compromise candidate |
Loeb was present, and laughed at the |
suggestion, which was nevertheless APP !
plauded heartily by all
Otto T. Barnard insisted that Whit !
man was worth at least 100000 votes
more than either McAneny or Mitchell
in a fight against Tammany.
Joseph NJ. Price, the McAneny floor
leader, joined his protests to those Of
the Mitchell men, that man might not
change his vote until the next rollcan.
Frederic r. Coudert declared that
the committee did not want to handle
matters in such a way that any asper-
sions could be cast upon the commit
tees deliberations. and he seconded
MIR. Stimson's motion for new roll
call.
Chairman Hapgood called upon Ma
than Smyth, the secretary, TO re-read
the roll, and Smyth read 1t, giving the
resul. with the changes. This brought
Mitchell and Whitman 10 a tie, with
AZ votes each. two votes still hanging
to McAneny, but before Mr.. Hapgood
could announce the vote the two Nc
Aneny supporters jumped TO Mitchell,
Secretary Smyth being the last, Civ
ing Mitchell a majority Of two.
ha 10
nomination Of Mitchell be made unani-
nous.
Mitchell Ticket" Is Named.
Price next moved that the commit
tee proceed TO consider the rest Of the
ticket. After a brief discussion the
secretary was instructed to cast one
ballot for the ticket reported by the
executive committee as the Mitchell
ticket" This carried McAneny for
President Of the Board Of Aldermen
and Whitman for District Attorney.
The ballotng, which was a deadlock
for eight ballots. began at 1910
o'clock last night, and it was not until
after . O'Clock this morning that the
ninth ara decisive ballot was COM
pleted.
The meeting got down TO business
with a rush when Chairman Hapgood
raped for order at : o'clock 1mme-
diately after the rollcall the report Of
the executive committee was presented
This report contained a surprise in
that 1t presented three entire states.
with the information at the end Of the
report that the executive committee
stood. as between each two sets Of
candidates, as follows:
Whitman. is. VS.. Mitchell, 13.
Whitman, 20, VS.. McAneny, 8.
McAneny, Is. VS.. Mitchell. II.
The states presented by the executive
committee showed that the ticket car
rying Whitman for Mayor and Mitchell
for District Attorney had II votes,
while the same number was cast for
the ticket having Mitchell for Mayor
and Whitman for District Attorney
The ticket headed by McAneny received
Z votes.
The states presented We're:
For Mayor. Charles S. Whitman; Con-
troller. William A. Prendergast; Presi-
dent Of the Aldermen, George Nc
Aneny; President Borough of Man
haitian. John J. Hopper; President Boz
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