The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-09
MOOSE PICK SCHIFF
IN MIDST OF ROW
He Wins Ont Over Halpin for
Nice-Chairman Of County
Committee.

In the midst OF n boiling. hstshaking.
voice tearing row, which was the annual
organization meeting OF the Progressive
county committee In Terrace Garden last
night. Benjamin Greenspan was heard
walling:
you ought to be ashamed OF your
selves. How the public will laugh when
the newspapers tell them tomorrow what
Is going on here tonight. our party IL
already weaker than II was In 1912. II
this sort of thing keeps up we'll be
wiped off the map next month"
Cries OF shut up" swamped Mr..
Greenspan and the meeting kept on in It's
evenly riotious course.
Two motives were behind the fuse. one
was a desire 10 rebuke the faction led
by Jacob j. Lesser and William Halp!n,
which was accused by the straight Pro-
gressives" OF trying TO sell the honor OF
the party 70 Mayor Mitchell" and 70 get
for the Mayors former law partner,
Georse V. Mullin, a fusion nomination FOR
the supreme Court in the recent primaries.
This effort succeeded.
The other was an attempt of this same
Lcsser-H alpn faction TO capture the
or the other Of them as first vice-chairman
An important position now because
Francis W. Bird. who was reelected
county chairman last night, expects TO
retire in a few weeks and the first vice
chairman will succeed him. This effort
failed.
llapln was beaten for first vice-chair-
man By Jacob II. Schln. the choice OF
Bird and the middle Of the road Pro
6r"ssves, by "A vote OF 2O4 TO 1873.
Three weeks ago "A caucus decided that
Lesser. Joseph l.. Savage and Halpin
should be reelected first. second and third
chairman when the committee met
last night At 9 O'Clock yesterday after
/ noon, however Bird and his friends
/ sh.fted the slate TO Jacob II. Schif.
| Schuyler NJ. Meyers and Thomas Moran.
| Bird left the chair last night TO noml-
| nate SclAif That started the hullabalUp.
/ Assemblyman Michael Schaap shouted
/ that the sudden switch from old TO new
Yice-chairmcn was mechanical politics,
/ ana said Halpiu was being attacked be
cause he had tried to get a fusion city
court nomination fer Schaap.
You're trying TO shove Schiff down
the threats OF this committee" said Phillr
Samuels. a Sulzer Progressive
! John ]. O'Ccnnell. who had refused u
get or the Supreme Court t'cket at tho
/ hehest Of the fusionsts and was heater
by Hugh Gordon Miller In the primary
asserted that all tho Halpin-Lesser peo
PIC NtVA'h NdS Alsy JUS rum inc shtyOi
II shall not consent TO the sale OF tn
| honor OF the party 10 the Mayor OF New
York for the sake of George V. Mullin
whom the Mayor didn't have the courage
TO appoint as Cooperation Counsel. oh
ject to tho Mayors attempting to contro
, this party. Halpin was the man VIII
tried TO get me to withdraw so Multi
D could go ON the ticket"
Halpn hOtly denied O'Connelrs accu
sation and said he hadn't seen the Mayo
since January. and had merely been seek
ing recognition, through fusion, for hi
friend SChaap.
on the roll call somebody voted thre
mes, whcreat William NJ. Chadbourn
shouted Don't you try any Tamman.
methods here" When Halpin was beate
the vote was made unanimous, at his re
quest, and some of the Progressives wer
even seen going home together
william Ferguson was reelected Hecre
tary OF the committee and Mr.. Chadbourn
treasurer