The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-07
REFORM DEMOCRACY.


Rntfncatior Meeting In the First ~ 'e"niy
| District-A lso0dly GafherinG--sprscA % ~
Prominent misunderstanding a
Spring Election.
! grand ratification meeting of the aeniocracy a.
the First Assembly district held last evening ~
~ Greenwich street, for the purpose OF rayinR vno
action or the General Committee and prepare for
the coming charter election. large b0ntise bla1e0
IN, front OF the chilly meenng roOm and brass
band disc0urxed sweet music to the Heterogeneous
maltltude OF pipe-smcking politicians assembled to
listen to words OF wisdom from the lips OF their
leaders, Judge Hogan assumed the CHAIR and. after
a few words as TO the purp0rt for which the meet
| ing had been convened, introduced Mr. Samuel H.
Randall. s~
The speaker began by s,sing- chat he ,nd predict
ed the result of the last election and that I'm Gomez
quence OF the way IN which his hearers had voted.
the fruiss realized were already great. Tarnmany
mad been crusned. reckless ana wsnton expenditure
o! the public moneys had been stopped, ohgarchy
was regnant no longer and few ofiicials OF the
municipal goyegument were not continuing tseir
course OF robbery The people had shown that they
were determined to throw or the yoke tha@ had
been about their necks too long, and see that tho
old system Of fraud should cease forevers IL
was probable that there would be new
elections during she coming spring. ande "
the citizens of the First district would vote AZ
fairly they had done durlDgShe primary elections
last RAIL- the Committee OF Seventy charter would
be adopted and give to the people the advantages
they had right to expect and emand. The times
the day and the hour had arrIvca hen the masses
would refuse to DO
DRIVEN no THE 10 LIS
ana compelled TO bow down to those VINO h00~
temporal sway; the few should longer rule the
many. and the city government 81 ould cease TO be-
2 byword and q reproaoh to shs whole world.
Mr. ARTHUR HALLIDAY then read setof reselu-
tons to the eject that the democratic organization
OF the First dstricg should offer to- the new York
Democratic Reform Association their sympathy and
SUPPORT In the good cause OF promo ting reform IN
the municipal governments. Adopre d by general
Mr. ROBERT B. Mooney, OF the Eigl ,teenth ward,
next addressed the audience, lie sand he Thought
It was the duty OF every loyal man TO ONE iorwarS
those who had so shameully betrayed the trust re.
posed in them. as mad those who had lately ruled
felt and no gang of leaders allowed TO lisuse their
power Tor purposes Of selfaggrandze neni. The
democratic banner had been tn.
TRAILED IN THE DUST
by democratic leaders. who lad publicly robbetthe
wouldall II in the future they permitted lemse,ves
to vote Tor any but tried and trustworthy men,
principle Of de@ocracy had not Change 4; is was
had been broken by the result Of the last faI eioc-
tiOns-the co ltemptlble misrulers had 81 INK into
the utter oblivion That was deserved by heir ne
farlous aotions-Dut democracy was as st rong a.
ever II was Tor the young men OF to-day to restore
Mi. WILLIAM ii. WIcKmAM, chairman Of t he Re-
form Committee OF New York, said he felt uro hts
listeners were determined to look alter their rights
and NOS allow themselves to be hoodwinked by q
few who banded themselves into Rang. They
would be determined vote fairly aud acca riding
to their own beliefs and see that the
PURITY OF THE BALLOT
was upheld. II was time the people had lit tie TO-
say In the management OF their own affairs Id he
hoped that at the new charter election, who he
thought would be held IN the spring, the p< 'ople
before him would walk boldly to the polls and vote
for reform democracy
Mr.. ABRAHAM r. LAWRENCE said that we meet an
election, to show that although New York Is for
reform she 10 still democratic city. Some men try
10 convince the people that reform does not IN, IAN
democracy, but something else. 1t was not so.
npift with u the flag OF democracy. The neop le
when they broke the Rtng" last fall did not me an
TO UPSET DEMOCRACY,
but only those who mad dsgraced II. He hop cd
that the ensuing Presidential election would resek
IN favor OF democracy and that every one IN tAt0
city and States0f New York would register theas
votes IN aid OF the good cause. There had been.
gross frauds PERFORATED in other places besides
this city, In Congress notably, and he sincerely
trustSd tnat democratic PARTY would soon be
elected who could arrange an affair OF etiquette
with Russia or the Alabama claims as old Andrew
Jackson would have done.
Amid loud cheers Tor the speakers O vote Of
thanks was rendered to Judge Hogan for the able
manner IN which he had presided. and the meeting
adjourned.