New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-12-16
The Whig General Committees.

The Wings of this City are responslbly
called to assemble in their several Wards to-
morrow afternoon, between the hours of and
o'clock, and choose five Delegates from each to
the General and five to the Young Mems Cen
eral Committee, with Ward Committee-all
for the eventful year about to open upon u.s.
The duties devolving on those Committees are
important, thankless, often arduous and require
patriotic, ludicious energetic elesr-~'sht"d '"o"
20 discharge them efficiently. VIII our wing
fellow citizens do what they fairly may to secure
the election of such
The present General Committee has tardlly
effected one Reform IN prescribing that all the
Elections shall take place during the same
limited time, whereby assurance is given that
the diseraceful practice of running the same set
of mercenaries from one Ward to another and
carving both with the same votes, will to a
considerable extent be obyiated But a dozen
sources of corruption and unfairness still re-
main unchecked, and we have scarcely doubt
that MANY polls will be choked up throughout
bv DULLES who have no right to vote there at
all so that the honest, legal voters will often
see the polls closed while they are waiting and
vainly endeavoring to deposit their ballots
There is Just one honest, straightforward way
of conducting our Primary Elections namely,
through Registration of the Legal Voters
Let the existing Wing Committee of each Ward
make out an alphabetical list of the Wing Le-
gal Voters in said Ward, with the residence of
each following his name let this list be public
" exposed TOR correction and enlargement let
every one who chooses see these lists and take
care that his name is duly inscribed, let the list
be finally corrected and completed three days
before each Primary Election and then,
whenever man offers vote, let 1t be seen
that his name on the Registry aforesaid and let
the polls be kept open so long as any whose
names are on that list shall be present and wish
| inc to vote All tins need not cost more than
500 10 $500, according 10 the size ofthe Ward /;
and it would save thrice that amount now
sQuandered in contests to elect delegations by
the present corrupt and scandalous machinery.
| This single Reform would save thousands
now annually squandered, and put an end TO the
heartbuInings and feuds now so potent in de-
stroying the unity and efficiency Of the party
To make 1t complete, the delegations in our
General Committees and Nominating Conyen-
tons should be apporuoned according to the
Wing Vote III each at the successive Presiden-
tial Elections. Let each Ward send one dele
gate to each and one more for every FIVE hun
bred Wing votes polled by it at the last preced-
ing Presidential Election SO as to preclude the
possibility of candidates being forced upon the
party by less than one-third of Its voters re-
siding IN the Second, Fourth, Sixth, Twelfth,
Fourteenth and Twentieth Wards overbearing
the far greater number residing in the Seventh,
Eighth, Ninth, Fifteenth and Seventeenth Wards
as may now at any time be done
One more Reform is needed-that is. a di.
rect vote for the candidates to be nominated
Let each voter at Primary Election say on his
ballot whom he wants nominated for Mayor.
Sheriff. Clerk, Member Of Congress, Senator,
Sc and let the greatest number of votes In each
instance determine who shall be the candidate
Of all a, the approaching Election. This, In
connection with the Registry would overbear
all cavil as to the fairness of each nomination.
and send US TO the polls united, determined and
efficient party.
! Wings who may tomorrow be chosen 10 our
several Committees: We entTeat you to heed
these suggestions and see them in spirit carried
into effect Do not let time slip away before
! you act, bu, have perfest system matured at
once which shall secure chance to vote at our
| Primary Elections to every legal Wing voter and
! bar out all others and you will have done more
/ iorihe party than all the Committees Of the last
! years Pu, together.