[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] In the address signed by " White Oak » the friends of government had been expressly solicited to rally at White Plains in order to give their votes on the vital question to be propounded there, and the conse-quences of failure to attend and declare their sentiments m control-ling numbers had been pictured in vivid words. Notwithstanding the organization of the meeting by the Morris party, the conservatives could, of course, have made its proceedings conformable to their will if they had been in the majority. Their preference to retire with nothing more than a protest, and convert themselves into a mere rump was an act either of political petulance or studied discretion. The reasonable conclusion is that they were with good cause appre-hensive of the result of a vote, and that their experienced leaders de-cided upon the safer course of a dignified retreat. The radicals in the court house, being left to themselves, put through the programme arranged for them with expedition and en-thusiasm. Bv a unanimous vote it was agreed to unite with the other counties in sending delegates to the proposed provincial convention, and eight delegates were accordingly chosen, as follows: Colonel Lewis Morris and Dr. Kobert Graham, of Westchester; Stephen Ward, of Eastchester; Colonel James Holmes and Jonathan Piatt, of Bedford; John Thomas, Jr., of Bye; and Samuel Drake and Philip Van Cort-landt of the Manor of Cortlandt.