New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-23
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Application "a, nsede o, behalf Of tee sitter org N
iS.'io1 TO be esoee fc< ,oou in T.nnsny Hsil ~ho
rsfr,ed TO receive the spp sicu. Ii sas tt nsde
to he Crane Ssoben vbo sub ni'tsd the to the
Gsero Coot a., 10 accord win the lese for their
ssctioc Or t. tie eoDs 70 b. ecmi nd to Tam0iny
Hell az tie successors Of tbs Democratic Repobc-n
GrDar,i Comriute Of which Ehish =. Purdy ~ss
Chairman Ii tie year jsf2. The Co1ncn thereapoa
paved resolution, ard directed the leesse 10 be vi
fed thereof prohibiting any POI doa meetings 10 Tam
asLJ al rEi'l its f1T-h her cotton. IL also apponte1
Cor use 70 consde- the st'er a. Issue. which Com.
ni,ee notfed In writing Messls Snail ard Savage 10
appe'r before them ard preeht the ceee OF 'h,r re-
sItcive Co1rmit:tes. Mr. Savage complied With the
rotce Ct the Committee and pe-erted Sri,teo stste
EFT b, bsf e the organization Of which hs ten
po'svy Chairman bet neither Dir. Small nor any other
person or behalf Of the body Of which he is Charm
appeared before the Committee II such omission pro-
cesds ron any intention TO set at naugtt the action OF
the Graz CouDci and def its Pc yer, such course
can Only result In disaster 10 those who sdcpt il The
TsnmspJ Society is the utdsputsd owper OF Tannsny
Hall srd the right TO control the of taat building
which ia nteren. il Its o~ner-bp, hs, been fully se
curtd by the lease This Council Is ceer mined that
their action shat vinocs'e fully the rights and powers
Of Z venerable Socisty Of which they officers; and
also prove safe AID efficient barrier against the tide
Ct corruption snd rauc which s s,ppiug ths fouoda-
ions ard destroying toe power Of the great party 70
which tie Society has adhered duirg the whole period
Of Ifs eIs,en q.
This doable claim to the occupancy Of Tam many
n
ard unhealthy CONDITION Of the Democratic party in
this city. II cannot DO denied that it is rent by
divisions ana perayzed wrongs fatal to its integrity,
harmony AID success. TIE causes Of this depOrable
state Of affairs aye obvious Usurpstlous and frauds
bsYe been accom- lshed and tolerated till the strength
OF the party shattered and its members have CEASED
to feel cordeu each other. OF these wrongs the
most seiious hss been the assumption, within few
years, by the members Of the General Committee Of
Ire power t. pereuate Themselves or designate their
SUCCESSORS without regard to the will or preferences OF
TIE masses Of the party and to this usurPason have
been s6ded other conivances also fraud Qen In them
selves destructive in their results and an innov alton
upon the ussses existing at the time the lease was
made.
1t would be impossible to describe all the means By
which the integrity OF the Democratic orgsnizahCn 10
this city has been assaed Only the most nah Ell and
comprehensive wrongs ~ill be pointed out, while the
petty frauds by which they h.ve been htngy accom-
panied will be left unnoriced The members OF the
Cereal Committee have taken from the several wards
all control tie primary elections and have them
selves appointed lisp cors TO held them and the cer-
fcaes OF snct iIsp returning Pesons previous
" agreed rpon. have been substituted 10 place Of the
su1Isges of the Democratic votes. This usurpation
has bern accomplished SINCE the making Of the lease
and - fatal viostif Of the ussges existing at that
tine which has Lever been ,anctoned by any properly
chosen onsentiOn by ally other sufficient authority
Not only such appointment Of inspectors usIrps'
i,n but the Grand Council are convinced that the in-
sytcors have frequently mare false and fraudulent re-
turns Of the result Of the primary elections, and such
worthless returns have O-tn received Suu
Of htbey value than the most postye proof OF the
&C ual result To these practices so dishonest aud de-
moraiiziDg was at the last primary elections, added
Dew fesure, equally unfair and still more despotic.
The az the appontne MT within tho General Commit
tee, Of an Executive Committee who were empowered
10 appoint Inspection, in case the Members OF the
Gebefsl Committee from any ward did MT agree
upon persons to appoint. BY this course the ord.
asry incentives 10 concession and harm ory were
destroy ed ard the members from any ward possessing
the favor Of the Executive Committee were encour.
eyed not TO agree with their colleagues but, on the
cntsiy stimulated TO insist upon the selection OF their
own tmiL inspectors knowing that tstlure 70
sgee would be followed by their appointment through
the action Of Il Executive Committee II Ia not sur
ris pg that such unjust AID dishonest con'Tiyances
have cccsOned universal disoontebt and seriously im
paired the harmony and efficiency Of the party. In
iIn,h, every species ii fraud which the ingenuity Of
msn could make available in the management Of
primary elections has been brought into use End these
pm o. as the
OF orr eys,em OF Government, have become COMMON
object Of contempt and ridicule not only with the
mssses Of the Democratic party, but with The pubic
generally.
Ory ore a1ditioo was needed to complete this system
of uckery and wrong, and this has re ~ntiy Deea
made. BY the con5ivapce of the lessee, OF Iammaay
Hall spsrt only Of the persons claiming I, be mem
bers OF the General Committee ere admitted into the
room into which hat body should have orsanz "a ana
other persons, alec claiming to be menbers were iof
bly excuf ed In ibis wey the right TO determine who
.tould constitute the General Committee was in efe,t
usprrtd by a single ndiv duH. Aud thoee thus in
stalled ty him have svailed themselves OF the power
70 scquied TO violate the sancty which had p'ev!ols
" tetn attached by prnory elec' on managers 70 the
certificate Of in. ptctoIs BY excluding several dsirEs'
Tors holding iuch ce,tifcses, VII; were ,loposet u
be Of independent viess and admitting in their places
other pertOfs more likely TO be subseTvisnt. :. :,
Tie orgsr ization Of which John T. Savage, j., Is
Temporary Chairman, IL also tainted by the wrongful
and unauthorized contrivances which have been a.
ready described. IL appears to rest on subIantiahy
The same basis as the organization OF Taich W r;oa
Small 10 Chairman, except that elstter ha' seeming
scvaDtsge IN having been admitted by the lessee oil
Tamneny Hall TO the use Of that building.
is clear to the Grand Council that neither Of he,e
organization. can justly claim TO be committee IN
gbIsr succession 10 The Democratc R'puocaa Gen
eIsl Committee of which Eljsh +. Pnrdy was Chair
naip IL tie year 1872. That body was chosen by an
e1piession Of the will Of the Democratic electors,
neither cor rUtd fased by inspectors appointed
BY the General Committee o. eay other cena 20 yer.
In oil such substantially Of popular choice, the two
oysanzati. Us Low claiming admission 70 Tam many
Hall sye entirely wanting. The iormauon oi sen Is
tainted by serious Innovations upon saG so'aron' o.
the ussses exiting in 1912, either OF which Is amply
suficieit 10 ndeDn Il. Tie Grand COUNCIL 10 deter
mired that reh.r shall be admitted TO Iammsuy h al
II il painfully apparent 10 TIE Grand Council tbs:
reibe- Of the orgsLizaii rs claiming the uee 81 AN.
uap, Hal. represents the Democracy OF the ny OF
New York Each 10 principally composed of the ne u
tGs ard partssls Of particular intefest slad tae
Effect Of their strife and rivalry the distraction OF tae
Dem crscy Of this city by two hostile orsHza2o1s
Tbs should not be- TIE crest party IN this city, Shch
at the la.t general election breasted the storm OF fenai
ci,m and cast forty thousand woes Tor me ds!n
euishtd statesman elevated by the Democracy OF tns
Ia.ion 10 the highest position within their gill; shor
net now at the thrs shod OF administration REGARDED
BY the country the harbipger OF a, era OF peace t
property suffer thtn.eys 70 be rent into c,n,srdlng
factions The Democracy of this city should N lr fest
their power and preserve their Lius nce by combined
ard iod orgaDiz,iion ano frown down every attenPt
10 psrsJ re il By internal strife and dyison Il vas
matter of rfgr,t TO di-irteresed DsmocIs.s n 1!