The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-04-07
The REPUBLICAN RUMpUS.
Meeting Of the Republican General Com
mittee-The Republican Central
Committee Denounced.

The Republican General Committee Of the city
and county of New YORK held Its regular monthly
meeting last evening In the hall at the corner OF
Fifth avenue ana Twenty second street. The Presi-
dent Horace Greeley, occupied the chair.
1t being known that many important questions
would come up before the committee and not know
ing what might be said in the heat OF debate, the
representatives OF the press we're excluded and dur
ing the entire session were kept waltl ng outside In
After the meeting was called to order the commu
nication from the State Central Committee 10 Mr..
Greeley, previously published, was read. desul.
tory debate occurred, and the following resolutions
were offered by General Cochrane:-
Whereas, the State Committee have, upon charges and
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connected herewith and TO organize other General Com
avowedy been shown without refuation to be
whereas General Committee Is within the admission Of
sa's city Of %
auso.y of the Of ne E: State Ssw
Assembly district association: are by the same admission
the same paramount authority within their respective A.
Resoved That the of the state Committee
e dissolve the regular republican Of the city OF
power Is an act unprecedented nature without us
6caon ncomps.ibs with the prncps. and life Of the re-
gated Sy either policy or necessity co,,. ~. n.
twsntyone assembly district associations whose
compose and through whom the associations speak de-
ssssS.
Or to cooperate in the same; but maintaining, in
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Sinclair Tousey is chairman, with power.
The resolutions were debated, when substitute
offered by. Horace Greeley 10 the effect That the
State Central Committee had no right to reOrganize
the party unless authorized so to do 10y q
the success OF the republican at heart, they
would submit to the reorganization proposed by the
State Committee and direct their chairman 10 CO.
operate with William Orion In Erecting 1t.
The amendment being voted upon was lost by q
The original resolution was then adopted unani-
The following was then introduced by General
Cochrane, and was on motion referred to the Exec
Resolved That the recen. deposition by the United States
rial dsnes, defines to the American eye, with startling
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chamber, a seated senator and a stricken blow. The
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then blow sped vengeance
it, THAT .na s Ts g. d
In.S Caribbean mss a &c .cd%.o Ss
desirable to the United States, the vast cost OF
baIoas island and maintaining there against sedous
assault and enemies. the largely
lsrred national system of lighthouses boys
Publications, and harbor time
when the land under weight Of taxes imposed to
principal and ntcrest of national debt of twenty
three hundred millions Of dollars should 10 hest
while the questionable methods and bv which
the subject stated have been approached
the of annexation with Others OF ess favorable
pect that wiser In opinion that Congress should
postpone the project indefinitely
Resolved That extend we might the area OF freedom
both arctic tracts and ropca fields think that
the just protection at home than
panson abroad.
Resolved approve of the provisions OF the bill In
troduced by Hon. Reuben +. Fennn into the United
States Senate tor reforming the abuses into which
the Customs Revenue laws have fallen, that the
people burdened with heavy tsxaton have
u right expect that the striciest economy
In the expenditure of the public moneys shall be observed
by all administrations alike which, Ia clear,
does compo with the system under which Collector
of and Of the Port of New York has
each known to receive 100000
for services which oneeuh part OF the sum would have
amply compensated.