New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-09-02

a. WIN. II. De Camp, Naval Office.
Where are the many" Mr.. Cornell, who wen
in the employment of the City ofiieersp hwM
be seen that, out of the twenty-one Presidents IN
this City, only one had any connection Whatever
with the City Government, and he was on the Pohcs
Commission. Out of this number, thirteen held
Federal Offices, and seven held no Office whatever
The charge that VIM. NJ Tweed sent for officers
of Republican Associations, and personally pleaded
with them" to reverse the action of the General
Committee, and that members of that Committee
have since acknowledged that they were paid large
sums of money to vote In accordance with the die
tstes of the Tammany oficialsl is too vague l
demand of you, Mr.. Cornell as Republican claim
ing to be in favor Of the publication Of the Repub
can party in the City of New-York to gre the nGna
of these officers of the Republican Associations and
members of the General Committee! Don't hed.
tate Out with theml If the charge can be proved
against any officer or member Of the General Com
mittee Of which am Chairman, l will move for bis
expulsion at once. %.
You say that your Committee found it necessary TO
intrust the conduct of the campaign to direct agen
cies of its own, which was done By appointing .
special campaign Committee in each Assembly Dis
trict Let US look into this Your State Central
Committee ignored the regular organization-the
only Republican organization which could then have
been claimed to exist--and improyised o Committee
of your own. This action was simply usurpation
of power and gives rise to suspicious that it was
done for other reasons than the election Of the Re
publican State ticket. The existing organizations
could not have been used for the purpose of defea
ing Republican candidates for Assembly in the dis
tricts where Messrs. Twombly, Costa and Grdley.
were regularly nominated, and where this action 81
YOURS deprived them Of seats in the Legislature
to which they were honestly entitled. Not only
this: your action in this regard contributed 70
swell the vote of John T. Hofman-and in this way;
The Executive Committee Of the State Central
Committee, and your Special Campaign Commit
mittee," under the charge Of George Bliss u" pn'
Democratic State tickets in envelopes with Hepuoh
can State tickets, and sent them to the electors
the City. These tickets were accompanied by a CIR
cular asking for support for the Democratic cahu''
date for Mayor but not q word for RepuoiicAn
nominees and closed with the following remarkso'
paragraph: THE other candidates are, we Dene'"
equally entitled to public confidence; and we A"
sneak for the entire ticket the cordial suP
port of ell honest men, Thereby indor'ins
John T. Hoffman as candidate for Go'ef
nor Il was signed by William Orton' IA'ep
claiming to be Chairman Of the Republican Cotn'y
Convention. and William c. Barrett, Chairman"
the Democratic [anti -Tammanyl County Con'en"On'
Thus was the machinery of the Republican pa"
used to circulate Democratic State tickets in-.
was the money contributed for Republican pu'poTa
diverted into Democratic channels There can
no possible excuse for such betrayal OF parry 49,
In regard to the statement which you MAKE 'ns.
after the election, petitions were presented "
Chairman Of the State Committee signed oy S
10000 Republicans. asking for reorganiha"o,a'.
would simply say that committee was sppu.,
by the Republican General Committee TO mfe' 80
these petitions. and the papers on whicn ws" 80
the charges preferred by the State Commits, .h.r,
that Committee found that. upon actual ooans
were only 600 names instead Of 10000 us'S t.n
names by tens and ffties were freQuenty o.ny
by the same hand-in all 70 the numbaof ,.trd.
of them being transcribed from business As A. The
as was sworn to by the parties empioyea and
work there were found 1ls duplicates Oh wsr.
fictitious names to tho number of lsM; 49,
found to be Democrats, leaving only Ls@ .;.;"nsn
can names on this boasted list OF 100" p,Ss.sda
for reorganization 1t would be strange Cher
all the officers In the Custom1Hense ANU Iris
Federal departments were noe Assie 70 lind. az
number of names to petition Of w