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

~rS S"-d ~ tho other charges made against tno
,lsr examination, "a stated IN your letter. We
ESonrd upon investigation that eacn anu e'o'' 49,
- them were either false or consisted III 800 800
irregularities and Tat these irregulartles nan
tn The nernission md connivance OF the Voiy
- made the COMPLAINTS. All these facts wSio
.ontoa 20 vonr Committee and made puon0 ~. sev
e. rrsss. and vet vou have the effon'oi9 .";naS
,4hot the charges r,ttIrrd to were iuny .;ouslv
l.by abundant tcs .r.,ay and were n0''A
disputed" .ho-,tv wss there
To the Question as ~ what sutnUiI C,r,mittee in
for the action Of tie STATE Cenn~- -. forced to
I;..ot;nc Oh. r,,,r.~,pisation," you arc ~ ord
'dnecuhg the -, :. No speciGc authority :" anu
- 80 eth. forced TO admit that tneio Sohind
NSOu "-V In, You then seek enoi'oi -
"'0n p - IN, General Committees " -
'sno V;ro, county, in their sot'on Wv 49,
to'A ""1 mi! !ans and concluoe WIN y
'non w., ,.,,i,n: 1t will not Dc denleu 'u"V
Iemai A"'I Cn,.,i,,, hars the same olnciai loi"
tue 0''.v C., Committees as those COinin'V'eeS
-; % tbel, lorcanHat1ons WHINE NO c.,
ir;sd;ct.nu iia' is to say 'ne 0'a'0 80
Co.,yo;t,oe ba trc san" authority over "i0 NOua''
,Cou,nittees Of .h, state that Oo""'' C".~I
foa orsr tbs town committees OF q county, ~,
Now where dos hi, ''tn V'" WI ,.-;.;. ond
"o" - Cd,nty Committee dsOrganzng ana
ever neslr ,.cr committed That belongs to
6~nntv C,.n,.,irr. O Il to nobody else' VINO
quo kuord of = >,,., ,tr Il Committee disbandlng
- -norOauiz,... .u.., Committee That also
belongs to the '.''ention' anu W "O''N'
9lse
Now.astot.. - r.a Cpmmittee of the County
ofNew-York l'.- N.,> ,rrated by the State Con-
.venton becau,. r,;,t stances which do not exist
I'm other count -, .,, ,.r:, perhaps, Kings County
Its delegates a., ''d districts. and in this re-
spect resemble d ouo,. convention. Its Executive
COMMITTEE bees Dee same relation to 1t that a
County COMMIT. o.!rS 70 o County Convention
1f The State Ce,... Committee cannot disorganize
tlnd rcorgani1" County Committee it certainly
Csnnot disrgl.il, and reorganize the Executive
Committee of t. - General Committee much less the
General COMM itself; nasmnch as that would
be admitting thlt YOU could disorganlze and re-
organize a COuni, COM eu;iOn.
No Mr.. Como. lhc S,ute Convention gave life to
.tbe Republican G..,a.d Committee and the State
Convention alone c,r AXE it away. To admit that
kbe State Central Co.rhtee could do this would be
10 admit that they c'cld into every county in the
State and upset il local organizations. Until our
country friends are sling to accept this theory OF
6ours for thems,yo, we are confident they will not
Sorce it upon us.
But you claim as a warrant for your action that
the Committee fnu d the same condition of affairs
here as the State Convention of 1866 found in regard
10 the then existing Republican organization i'll
Eew-York; that is, 1.-THE local machinery of the
barty had fallen into the hands Of the enemy
This Is true in part to 1856, but not true as to 1870
IN the former year, Collector Murphy was Chairman
of the Republican General Committee. Gen. c. A.
Arthur, Hugh Gardner, Z. Delafeld Smith, Jas. w.
Booth and Others NOW of the Custom House organ
1zaticn), we're among Its active members They had
III 20 And md WI
their very best to break up the Republican party
when the call of the Republican State Com
mittee was issued to send delegates to the
approaching State Convention, and the Genera
Committee met to call primaries to elect delegates
TO that Convention, Mr.. Murphy refused OF
Nailed to preside, aud the Committee were com
PEELED to elect temporary Chairman, in order thai
the call might be issued and properly signed III
fact the local organization thoroughly demon
allied, and had been known by the State Committee
to be 30 for months previous The State Central
Committee of 1864, not having power in themselves
Ito reorganze the party here did the best and only
ching thew could do by calling an early State Con-
ventiOn That Convention, on being apprised OF the
condition of affairs provided for a reorganization,
which was effected within few days after the adj
6ournment of the Convention. and the party ma
chinery put into effective working order. Mr.. Muir
hhy and his Committee went over to the Democracy
Endorsed John T. Hoffman for Governor, and urged
Republicans to give him their support
Now what did you find to be the case in 1870
You found an organization fresh from the hands of
men representing all factions of the party in this
CITY. The rolls Of membership of the various Dis
htrict organizations were made up and approved by
inspectors representing all three organizations exist
ling At the time of the reorganization the officers
of District organizations and members Of the Gen
n in of ted
without opposition In the five contested districts
"a committee from all factions was appointed to set
tie the differences and succeeded in arranging them
Enthusiastically. Under this organization, delegates
bwere elected to the State Judicial Convention al
Rochester in the Spring of 1870. This same orRani
eation sent you; JAS Terwilliger, John D. Lawson
IA. j. H. Dugsnne, Hugh Gardner, Chas. S. Spencer,
H D. Lapaugh, and others, delegates to the State
Convention at Saratoga in September last.
:. Now, Sir when did the local machinery of the
party" fall " into the hands of the enemy" Never.
And you or anybody else claimed it was in the
Islands of the enemy" until you found it could not
e made the subtle tool of the FEEDER al Office holders.
Third Que,tion: Would it not have been wiser
for the State Committee to have reopened the ques-
zion to the State Convention instead of directing
khe reorganization 7" You think it would not, be-
cause the time intervening between the meeting Of
khe State Convention and the election would not
he sufficient to accomplish this work. If this is the
reason why did you not call the Convention earlier
You can't cay that you had not the power; for you
mad. the nine Federal ofice-holders who act with
Sou, and the others of your Committee whom
your patronage holds, were sincere in want
hng harmony in this City, instead of power
and control you had only to say it and it
would have been DONE If such state of affairs ex-
s'ed In this City as you claim does exist and you,