New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-01-06

they have no longer authority to order. III
ths is not the Union Republican GeneIa' oc'n-
uitieo, then there is none, and the orgahi]a-
t:on in this CITY il defunct. We are In the
condition ii the sufferer who, TO ils iIieuu
olservotion. "Tbat is bad cold you have
responded. bad or good, it is the best We
"cot.n | do not desire TO- press TINS iac' ~
an extent that may even seem uhialI' n'u'n
less ungenerous. On tho contrary, 'ha,ih
tho Republicans who, while dissatisfied with
this organization, have thus far refrained rOn
crcafiug q rival. | shall endeayor so TO trcat
them that their hesitancy shall plainly appear
to have been no less polite than considerate
and forbearng. Let it suffice us t0r the mo-
ment Chat there is as yet but one hepuDncan
General Committee for 1871. i trust we shaii
so act that there will be no plausible excuse
for creating another.
We are quite aware that there arc good
Republicans in cur City who took no part III
the election OF this Committee. / stand here
to orostion neither the integrity nor the
wisdom Of their course. l VIII nOV even uiso
that they might have taken part had they
chosen to do so. / simply ask that 'hey tel
Ms what they want, and l pledge my Dest
efforts TO tho redress of thor grievances IL
the,, viii put them in such shape that redress
shall be within our power
10 they darire fresh Enrolment Of the
Republicans in their several distictsf am
heartily for that, and will do my best to secure
general assent to the proposition. For some
months, | have noted that tho District Asso-
Citations have busted themselves with the e4-
pUlsion OF members. It seems to mo ldgh
time That they admitted a few thousands TO
FIJI their places, or there may soon be mono
left to expel. Let US have fresh Enroll
ment; let the best Republicans of whatever
stripe he selected to make it; let ample time
be given to it; let all possible effort be made
TO render il thorough and complete. And let
the District Enrollments SO made be the
Registry Lists for oil elections Of delegates to
Committees or Conventions until others shal
be duly provided to replace them.
l hear it asserted that We are Tdmm0ny
party, anG that We are organized in the interest
of its rlundering Ring Such charges are to
he answered not by words, but by deeds. II
it shall ct any time be proved that eny mem
Der Of this Committee is acting in the interest
of that Infamous cabal whereof VIM. NJ.
Tweed is the embodiment, ] sltl move his
expulsion, if no one else anticipates me III 50
doing. But l trust 10 necessity for such ac-
tion win ever aIise.
Do they want new election FOR General
Committed breaking for no one bat myself,
md without consultation with or suggestion
from any one, feel that such election can be
needed only when end where a majority of
the Only enrolled Republicans OF any district
shall represent to this Committee That they
arc not satisfactorily represented here, and
that they desire change. l trust that there
is no gentleman on this floor who would con-
sent to sit here and vote as a delegate after
il had been so certified that lie was not the
choice of his constituents. Where the ma
iority shall he satisfied with their present
DELEGATES, see 10 reason for holding new
election; but an Cpcu to conviction on this
point.
Looking TO the future, avow myself
convert to the doctrine Improperly termed
Minority, but Which is truly Complete Regre-
sentation. ! would have al Republicans
represented in this Committee rad in every
Convention Of our party. Suppose district
entitled TO five delegates, and to have about
five hundred members on its roll, whereof
three hundred choose TO be represented in
one interest, two hundred in another: | would
have such a system and such rples for voting
that the minority might choose two Of the
delegatca, leaving but three TO DO chosen by
the majority. | am euro that this system
Just Embedded in the New Constitution of
Illinois, and adopted in sevcI-l lccalitios-is
destined to command universal acceptance,
unless snrp'Jnt,d Ivy one still better.
But it is said, gentlemen, that the State
Committee is about to take cur City in hand,
and for third tune recognize her Republican
Associations. / I'm not here TO dispute either
the authority, the wisdom, or the iLpGr,ialty,
of that Committee. Honest men ere slow to
suspect the motives OF others; those Who want
nothing but j. sticc do no5 jump blindy 20 the
conclusion tbat others are intent On doing
wrong. ! assHnc that our State Committee
viii earnestly desire TO DO right, and VIII net
make haste to disoIganize under the plea of
reoIganizing Us. am confident th4 1t VIII ap-
proach Us as friend meets friend, with earnest
intent to Giapel distrust by mutual cxTlana-
tions, and TO secure harmony by an exhibition
CT good filth and good viii. Let me here say
frankly that !, for one, shall in no case Dis
prte the authority nor defy tho mandates Of
the State Committee, even though it should
direct that this Committee be disbanded or
superseded. During nearly forty years of
political activity was never yet identified
with contesting delcgationi and L am too old
now to begin. l would rather represent Oregon
~ a regular delegate than appear from New
York rs contestant. I fully understand that
the delegates chosen to our next and TO any
future State Convention, in accordance with
the dictates mo matter how mistal.en) Of the
State Committee, VIII DO entered upon the