New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-11
MOOSEPICK MOSS,
DESERT PERKINS
Absent Leaders Wish to
Hold Up Nomination
Denied.
MEETING SWEPT BY
PROSECUTOR REVOLT
Justices Delehanty and Shearn
Endorsed for Judiciary
Ticket.

Rejecting an earnest request from
George ". Perkins that they take no
action until Monday night, when he
could be present, the Progressive Coun-
ty Committee last night substituted
Frank Moss as their candidate for Dis
trct Attorney. After a motion for adj
journment had been lost l3 to -, the
Moss resolution went through by a
vote o. IS 20 10.
The judiciary ticket was revised by
the Endorsement of Clarence ). Shearn
and Francis b. Delehanty, Democratic
and Republican nominees for Justice
Of the Supreme Court, and the moving
up Of Michael Schaap from City Court
TO Supreme Court. With Justices John
Proctor Clarke and Samuel Greenbaum
this gives them five nominees for the
Supreme Court. The sixth place will
be filed by p Bronx man. A special
committee will select him and can
didate for City Court and report to
the executive committee on Monday
night.
1--WE did not indorse Edward r.
Finch, Republican. and William VI.
Terney, Democrat, named by both
those parties for the Supreme Court,
said Chairman Schif after the meet
ing, because they were selected
through a bipartisan deal. Our party
does not stand for such deals"
William J. Willard. william II.
Hotchkiss, James II. Hickey and w.
Holden Weeks, straight Progressives.
named on the original slate for the
Supreme Court, withdrew.
Ur.T1;c,, TI.1Dtr candidate for Chpr-
if on the straight ticket, will remain
in the race
Mr.. Perkins, who is in New England,
telegraphed TO Jacob II. Schif, the
Chairman, and TO William NJ. Chad
bourne urging that they have the meet
ing postponed. He was backed up by
William Hamlin Childs, Of Brooklyn;
William II. Hotchkiss and Michael
Schaap, all of whom were also anxious
that District Attorney Charles A. Per-
kns be Endorsed.
But the temper Of the leaders was
to resent what they considered as out
side interference and the fight for ad-
journment was waged hercely for near
ly an hour. Some Of those who favored
Moss argued that the request Ct Mr.
Perkins be Observed because Of his
good deeds in the past.
The words of one of the most strenu-
Gus advocates of this action drifted out
into the hall. They we've:
Nobody would accuse me of being
for Charles Albert Perkins, nor of hold
ing brief for Childs or Schin ] am
for Moss, but | think we can indorse
him decently on Monday night.
MIR. George W. Perkins has spent
n young fortune in keeping up the Pro-
gressive enrolment and | think it would
be no more than right to comply with
his request for Adjournment until Mon
day night"
Others argued just as strongly that
il was matter for the executive COM
mittee to decide and that they should
not yield to the outside work of Mr..
Perkins. Mr.. Childs and others not
members Of the committee. IL was a
palpable play. they declared, by District
Attorney Pcr6ins's friends TO get time
TO strengthen their line.
All afternoon Mr. Chadbourne and
Mr.. Sch.ff, both Of them for District
Attorney Perkins, worked 20 get enough
votes for adjournment, using the fact
that George W. Perkins wished 1t as a
conclusive reason. But It seemed evil
dent when the meeting started that
the Moss men were in control.
John j. O'Connell, named for Dis
trict Attorney on the straight Pro-
gressive ticket selected last week, Of
fered his decination when the meeting
opened. and Ferdinand Pecora, of the
( Twenty-frst District, moved that the
name of Mr.. Moss be substituted.
william Halpin moved as substitute
that the straight Progressive ticket al
ready named be left untouched. Then
the argument began.