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Show JEROME ID IE HADE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE Executive Committee Reconvenes Recon-venes Convention to Place Him on Ticket. N'ETV YORK, Oct. K. 'With only one dln-scntlnc dln-scntlnc voice, nnd acting undr ft IckM opinion render? J by Jo.eph II. Chonte, the atecutlve committee of tho ncpubllcnn County committee commit-tee Into today decided to reconvene the Now Tork County convention tomprrow night In Murray Hill Lyceum, tho call for tho convention conven-tion carrying with It the recommendation that William Travei-fl Jerome lie nominated nA District Dis-trict Attorney to fill the vacancy created yesterday yes-terday by the resignation of Clmrle.f A. Klnm-mcr. Klnm-mcr. who. In retiring from thn tlrket, advised hla followeri to voto for Mr. Jerome. Committee Reverses Itself. Tho committee, which almost unanimously voted for Jeromo today, opposed his nomination nomina-tion by 27 votes to 8 when hln namo was suggested sug-gested for tho Republican ticket a few weeks ago. Tho conditlonn created by tho campaign caused n chango in sentiment among tho Re-publlca.i Re-publlca.i leaders, which culminated last night In thn withdrawal of Mr. Flammr-r and resulted re-sulted today In tho naming of Mr. Jeromo for nomination by tho County convention tomorrow tomor-row night. Only One Opposes. The only voice raised in opposition to the course determined upon by the executive com-mltteo com-mltteo was that of Abraham Gniber. an Assembly As-sembly district leader, who declared his constituents con-stituents would not volo for Mr. Jerom-. No difficulty In carrying through the cx-ccutlvo cx-ccutlvo corrn-Ittce- programme at tomorrow night's convention Is anticipated by the leaders. |