The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-08-06
UNION REPUBLICAN GENERAL COMMITTEE.

Animated Meeting Last Night-Thc Eighs
Hour Law Endorscd-,The Breaches in tho
Republican Party TO DO Healed.
The Union Republican General Committee met last
evening at Its room, corner Of Broadway and TWEEN.
ty-second street, the president, Mr. Fthian. in
the chair. The attendance Of members was unusu.
ally large. After the usual routine business del
egate from the Seventeenth district submitted pre-
ambe ana resolution which had for their object the
endorsement Of the Eight Hour law The resolution
provided that the republican associations IN each
district should be instructed to place no persons
In nomination for any once who were not pledged
TO support the law. MIR. Van Brunt moved that tho
matter should be referred to the Committee on Re-
solutions. Mr.. Thompson urged the passage OF the
resolution, and hoped the committee would have
the courage to endorse It ut once without any more
clubbing about IT, Mr.. Roberts also thought the
time had come to give up discussing the question.
and after few more remarks the resolution was
unanimously adopted.
THE NEW PARTY.
Mr.. Culver said that he had heard 1t automatically
had been recently organized. aud that he thought
something should be done to ascertain tho
cause OF such action. lie hsd no apprehen sona
the standing Of the Central Committee; bus
he thought il time that the committee should pro-
tect itself. He believed that the new organization
was hostile one and that IL was intended to send
from II delegates TO the next general convention, TO
take tno places Oh tuelr COfnm1ttce. tie hau ID en-
informed that some Of the menbers OF the commit
tee he was addressing had joined the malcOntents.
an act which he considered unworthy Of any gentie-
man. He proposed TINT committee OF Ave mem.
bers should be appointed to investigate the subject
and to report whether any OF the members OF tho
Union General Committee were enrolled on the b0oha
OF nm organization hostile 70 ".
Mr. Duganue said he had for some time con-
tended thas there was disruption IN the
General COMMITTEES now stood arraigued tie.
fore tue state a. untrue to republican prin.
ciples, TO prove that inndelity had been charged
against the committee he was addressing the gentle
man read extracts from several republican newspa-
pers. Tho republican party he saId was divided in
ltself, and 1t was time the General Committee took
some action TO raise Itself out OF the gnonlny into
which Il had fallen.
Mr.. Thompson thought that II any gentleman be.
l0nged to the new organization he should al once
in honesty resign hts position IN the General Com.
mittee. The gentlemen leading this new party
were well known to be among the most corrupt
or republicans, ana had, many OF them, acted
and voted with the democrats. The cause of TIN
new movement was disappointment on the part VI
the leaders because they could not run the parry.
and because the General Committee had been rcco.,.
nized by tho general government In its appoint
ments. Tire gentleman who had been proclg.med
AZ one OF the leaders, Mr.. Kechnm was known to
every republican IA sorehead In the party Hn
hoped the resolution would pass and all the doune
faced men be welded out OF the General Committed.
Judge White agreed with the resolution but pro-
TO investigate the dtrcrences among tho repupii.
cans, aud report OF II would be necessary for tho
General Committee TO do ANYTHING To neal the
troubles The amendment was accepted anu tho
amended RESOLUTION passed. The meeting tnen al,
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