The New York herald., 1871-02-03
Meeting of the New General Com
mittee Last Evening.
The Report Of the Greeley Committee The Anti
Tammanyite Purists Voted Down-Greeley
Comes to Grief as Chairman.

constitution reported by the special committee for
the guidance OF future debates and action. Action
upon 1t was, however, postponed unul the following
IMPORTANT REPORT
was read from the special committee headed by
Horace Greeley and Cochrane, which was appointed
to prepare statement for the instruction Of the
State Central Committee in regard to the local dis
sensons OF the party
10 me S Hon i d. kAMsEy Chairman Special Committee
sian hInIasgned committee appointed BY the
S0rx a. recent meesng have had referred 70 them
regard to concerning the condition OF the
republican party In our city.
s ss "a they beg leave assure
be State Committee r. by Vo 70 With
monize, nygorate and strengthen republican party in
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Of xSeey hs GnSn aGe w
Of our city may SO act to promote the
Unaware that the State Committee has been clothed with
s on
population Of our State We yet assure that
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Commtee 70 greater efforts to promote the harmony purity
BE sssrSssn psTy RI city win
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soTy we DO 30 10 no spirit Of fac;ious oppoaou but with
party of which we are all members
In reply TO the rs and second charges against the
have to say that II any known republican republicans
,oS siessy IL
president VIII complaint embodyns the charges
n Ss or e, s
tie
omp FAIRLY rSis ana a shall m
such complaints have been the notice local
thereon a 'rs rssasss esss
10 intor
To the third charge have say any republicans
so han the S c do
has for s o
ton OF the best of our party of whom
recently such recgsnt, Sa osn snd sSa Sa
tnOwd M psnS as apd AZ G NO
other member OF your honorable body who when Of
ana active parsans 81 Tammany Hall, one Of whom snl
party had the State Il recognized hi. prncp,.
o. dVsSn with our political al and one Of most
By republican and 9.
% pp the hs1 s rs Of the d I'M This
of this policy the undersigned called give an
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republicans is no evidence Of party nhdey the
beg leave 10 add ha. any persons holding municipal
sn. be % TspnDicsn:
BE nIS%py tried and 4 found ss expelled
tain party purity and fidelity the State Commistee and
VII 81 II. =. an m power to % secure that result
present General COMMITTEES /. not responsible
Control : :. ' p'e'''e'''l' 0''' "A''' y naa no
illustration that circular, recommendng and ballots
and city Offices were sent out from the of
aD % % 70 1e Ia. &
charges against our organization We need
cry should be dissolved on account Of it,
To the eighth charge we respectfully reply that the police
cont oft the Renu
lican General COMMITTEES OF this county.
numbers OF the genuine republicans took part the
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the present party organization.
tee respectfully beg leave that any republican
to, haze any n party ,S complain Of and viii sub.
respcuy sp iss SnS tina. the wen e.ao
shed and universally recognized principle Of allowing
deesated bodies to oe the judges of the election qua
principe ignored in he present as.oivns IT.
having been made against the committee tse precedent
sathores and vested in the hands Of ever-chansins
and accountable TO no authority beyond themselves.
of business nine of that seventeen are majority Shall
Of the General Of
mportant as ours with 'some fifty thousand" republican
The reorganizat,on for yonr hands implies and
compels dissolution This expedent been
tried without We deem unadvisabe to repeat IT,
this action hae
been grathed in similar demand Though the State
o rsaa n .bos s ask G AID them again
party machinery county (Which Is tsas ali SeS am
ney ssan ASK b
found wanting
those who seek to for OWN PURPOSES @ do bs
the purpose creating further dlssensons in our
ass Ess sn the
ns
scons @ nave not yet been arragne but
party city and county oicsrs sV at ' ths
candidates. confession of weakness despair no
party were SO esacsa ana thousands S''s9 of
s a
"s hem aa a
without any candidate Of their own And this discourage
but produced its Injurious effects the entire State
esS OF a 9os OF votes The belief that
Son LII charged that the igenemsn now asking your
to recognize The Republican General commit,ee Of The city
% New York aans the late ey w from
mit.ee act Of injustice TO the members Of ha,
q wrong TO party W oaa @
sa n.yss s nfs
Of single act which made amenable to committed
or to the State Convention Of which had been found
guilty But for loaned to that committee for
sary and lawful purposes such booths printing nanra
zation, the republican that election would
been small to shame those who ignored that
successor.
Td is charged that, under the advice of the parties
referred committee induced adopt
by which lost the official return in repub
Assemblyman In the Seventh Assembly district where
but for snch advice, the majority for Mr. Tvombv would
have been large that democratic would
have had the hardihood requisite TO count him out
Futhlt Is charged that by such advice candidate was
placed In the field against regular republican
candidate In the Ninth district elected year before and
counted out by Tammany Hall, by which district
lost The candidate opposed to Mr. Costa did In addition to
the aid given him by advice Of the parties referred
receive money from Tammany Hall remaining In the
canvass against our regular candidate.
FUn-lt Is charged that by such advice and aid Mr..
Gridey the republican candidate In the Eleventh Assem-
bly, district was defeated by the running against him of
OF accusers who poed less than onefourh of the re-
publican vote and that BY the loss Of these republican
members from this city the Legislature
the democratic party, thus enabling to arrange Con-
gressiona districts OF our State shall rebound their
vanta ge and our injury.
In conclusion again beg state that our oresn
fa for The