New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-08-15
THE REPUBLICAN, ORGANIZATION

| "HstOry is philosophy, teaching by ex-
ample" The Republicans of our State, In
| their next Convention, will be obliged to con-
| slider the claims of rival organizations in this
City. We would gladly have precluded this,
even at the cost of submitting to injustice and
usurpation; but the regular Union Republican
General Committee refused, by large
majority to be dissolved at the
! beck Of few Federal Oflice-holders,
since they could feel no assurance
that these, if beaten at their own game, would
not want to reorganize again the next week.
That majority, while thus refusing to be
nullifed by mere Committee, has formally
and unanimously pledged itself to abide by the
Judgment of our next State Convention, and to
give hearty support to its candidates at all
events.
And now for the antecedents of this untimely
! difference:
! The regular Republican General Committee
not being acceptable to Mr.. Thomas Murphy
(now Collector of the POrD, that gentleman
| organized rival Committee whereof he was
| chairman, several years ago. The Republican
! State Convention off 1866, on motion OF MIR.
Charles S. Spencer, instructed its State Com
mittee to name inspectors, advertise and hold
district meetings, which should choose dele
gates to a new City General Committee. AS
Mr.. Murphy and his Committee bolted utterly,
| and supported Hoffman for Governor, we be-
| lieve nothing decisive was then done.
In our next State Convention, 1867, Mr.. +.
NJ. Madden of Orange County moved similar
| resolve, which was not adopted.
| At the next State Convention QS68), Mr.
| off
like tenor with Spencer's (above). This was
laid on the table.-Mr. Madden then moved
that the whole subject be referred to Com
mittee of Seven. Mr.. Parker of st. Lawrence
| moved that said Committee report to the merit
State Convention. The amendment prevailed,
and the report was then adopted. Mr.. Madden
was made Chairman of the proposed Com
mittee.
BY the time this Committee was fairly ready
to act, we had three rival organizations In this
City, as follows: The Twenty-second-st. reg
ular;) the Twenty third-st. (Murphy's) and
the Twenty ighth-st. ESQ distinguished by
| their respective places of meeting) The
special State Committee aforesaid after hear
\ ing all sides, decided, first, that the regular
Twenty secOnd-st) organization should send
! thirtu delegates and that the other two should
between them send tpenty-Sir to the approach
ing State Convention (Of 1869 > and that the
| City's share Of members of the State
| Central Committee be apportiOned one-half
| to the regular Twenty and
| the other moiety to the two rival Or
ganizations secondly, that there should
| be new enrolment of the Republican voters
| of our City, under the direction of a Joint
| Committee of Twelve, whereof the Twenty
second-st. (regulao organization should desig-
| nate half and the rival organizations the other
half. This adjustment was the result of con-
ference and mutual agreement among dele
gates from the rival Committees, but was
heartily approved and formally ratified by the
special State Committee, who reported it
through their chairman (Mr. Madden) to the
Republican State Convention of 1862 which
ratified it by reclamation. On motion of Gen.
John Cochrane, the new organization thus
effected was recognized and declared by that
kState Convention the regular organization in
this City.
Prior to this consummatiOn, the Twenty
third-st (Murphy> Committee held meeting
| Sept. 2, 1869 and earnestly requestedn such
action as was had soon thereafter and further
Resolved That such reorganization of the party can
pubicans residing In the several Assembly Districts
and that any scheme by which the State Central Com,
itee is to control reconstruction Of The party here eH
be looked upon fraudulent attempt 10 subrert the
rights Of the legitimate Republican voters Of the CITY,
All the old Committees having united, with
apparent cordiality, in the reorganization thus
happily effected, new Union Republican
| General Committee was chosen in accordance
with its terms, On the Goth of December, 1869,
for the year 1870. 1t was the only one in ex-
istence during that year. No one complained
that it was not fairly chosen, nor that
Fit did not fairly represent all sorts
of Republicans. And yet, at the en-
suing State Convention (our last yet
heidi, convened at Saratoga last September,
1870, the Hon. VIM. A. Darling of this City
l'since appointed General Appraiser of Mer-
chandise) moved that the members of the
State Committee from this City have power to
settle all disputes regarding delegates to the
State Convention from said City. 1t was
moved to amend by giving this power to the
entire State Committee. Debate arising, Gen.
f. A. Merritt of st. Lawrence moved that the
whole subject do lie on the table, The judg-
ment of the Convention being Enthusiastically
adverse to it. Mr.. Darling withdrew his prOpo-
sitiOn. No power was conferred on the State
Committee, any part of it, to interfere in
any way with the local organization here.
The Union Republican General Committee
being soon after assembled to take action with
reference to our approaching State Election,
fresh bolt from it was made by 80 mapv Of