New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-10
CITY POLITICS.

Our City has long been cursed Win TWO
Republican General Committees; TO remedy the
evil. a third has just been organized. We
recognize the names of good men among It's
leaders. and hope it will exert wholesome
Influence in recognizing and reuniting our
long distracted party.
But the evil to be eradicated is the indiffer-
ence-or, at least, inattentiOn-Of the greater
number of City Republicans to local politics.
They are absorbed in business; they have
many duties and cares; and they leave local
politics to the handful who make q gainful
trade of attending to them. Until they are
brought to realize the Importance OF regularly
attending Ward Meetings and looking after
Conventions and nominations, dozen reOrganl-
cations and new General Committees VIII secure
no lasting reform.
For several years past, nearly every RepuD-
Ecan State Convention held in our State mas
been obstructed and nauseated by wrangle
between rival delegations from this City. II
any enthusiasm was likely to be aroused
there, the City had its wet blanket ready to
extinguish it, Frequently, two to five OF the
best hours of the day were spent in deciding
between the rival City delegations, and the
nominations had to be driven through with
unseemly haste in order to adjourn in season
for the midnight trains.
We call upon the State Committee to exert
its authority to the utmost to save us from
repetition of this disgrace. Let it appoint the
time and place for choosing delegates in each
Assembly District, designate inspectors to hold
the election, invite every Republican voter in
such district to call on one appointed evening
to prove his right and be registered, and on
the next to vote for delegates Then let 1t
take care that the names of the delegates so
chosen are placed on the list to be called over
upon organizing by the clerks, and let any
who choose contest their seats and see what
they will make by it. If the State Committee
will but act vigorously we shall soon be united
under one organization
That, however, is merely beginning. If we
stop there, nothing is accomplished. We must
take the nominations out OF the hands OF the
little selfish cliques that have usually manipu-
lated and controlled them. We must present
for Judges, for County Officers, for Senate and
Assembly, such men as the Wing party nomi-
mated in its palmy days, when its ticket was
composed of the names of Gulian c. Yerplanck,
David b. Ogden, Willis Hall, Samuel Il.
Ruggles, &c. We have such men IN the Re
publican party to-day; they would not refuse
to be candidates if properly presented. "They
won't run " is a pretext for putting up jobbers
and nonentities
Lastly, that wholesome, renOvatng, Radical,
Conservative practice of Boiling must be re-
suscitated. Wherever a corrupt or worthless
fellow buys or begs a nomination, Bolt Bring
out true and strong man against him, visit
every voter, ask him to vote for the true man
and urge his friends to do likewise. If the
cattle who set themselves up for legislators
were we'll bolted for two or three successive
years, they would tire of the exposure and
draw off. 1t is the knavish cry, No Scratch
ing Support the regular nominations |"
that embOldens them to run once and again,
and then turn to and help nominate the birds
of a feather who helped nominate them.
Republicans who have stood aloOf too long
lust take hold and run (or smash) the machine
this year Show your strength and your grit!