The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-27
The Question as 10 the Right Of the Commit
Tee 10 ReOrganze District Committee.
MEETING OF THE REORGANIZERS YESTERDAY.
Plan by which MOrrisseys, Ledwiths and Hayes
Committees Are To Be BOwled Out.
THE ANTl-TAMMANY MOVEMENT


absolutely necessary in order TO other dis
tricts from DISCRIMINATION. through the machina-
lions or he leading malcontents in the Third.
Eleventh and Fifteenth districts, is beginning TO
place many men into line in favor OF the stand
taken by the subcommittee who were before, If
not opposed TO It, at least on the lence. Still,
yet, it will be very hard 10 tell what the result
Will be until the General Committee are heard
from; and Just here II may be mentioned that one
OF the principal subjects talked about just at
present. in connection with the Tammany war, is
the powers Of the General Committee--whether
or not the Committee on Organization has
the authority OF Itself 10 reorganize any
district committee. Those who contend that it
has not point TO one OF the bylaws Of the General
committee, which provides that ''no action shall
| be had to increase or diminish the number OF
members OF tins committee, or to change or anect
It's organization IN any manner, unless three
| 1fths OF the members elected to the committee
shall vote IN favor thereof; and yeas and nays
shall be called upon every resolution or proceed
! ing relating thereto" Still tue majority OF tue
members OF Tammany Hall WHO have had their
attention called to the matter say that this rule
has always been considered as referring to the
number OF members OF which the committee
should be composed, and that the words ITO
change or affect It's organization" refers also to
THE MERE QUESTION OF NUMBER.
In fact the only prominent parties in Tammany
Han who could be found to believe that the rule
really DERIVES the Committee on Organization OF
any power to reorganize a district were those
who VIII be shorn OF influence by the reorganIza-
thou proposed. There is a bylaw OF the General
| Committee which reacs that tie ''Committee on
Organization shall be charged with the consldera-
| ton of all matters relating to the ORGANIZATION
! OF the democratic party the call OF primary cleo
! nd I'M II a
cnarter electons;' and adds, "shal. in their dis
erection, have powers OF revision and substitution
| OF all nominations hereafter made by conventions
called by the General Committee or any district
committee OF this organization whenever the
honor, preservation and integrity of this organl-
cation shall require such action.u 1t will thus be
seen that II the Committee on Organization is the
creature or the General Committee, and therefore
subject 10 It's orders, its powers are sucb-and
gwen to 1t with
THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE
as TO their eXtentthat they may exercise il fully
In cases of great emergency AT all events these
have never yet been questioned ny General
Committee. IL 10 only very snort time ago, IL
VIII be remembered, that tue Committee on Or
ganization reorganzed the First district, putting
John Fox and Judge Hogan's friends On the shelf
virtually by calling primary ard also conduct
lngn 1t, TO use the expressive term of the bylaw
| ABOVE referred 10. The General Committee never
| assumed to question this proceeding, no more
/ than they did that when recently ID the nominal
tlon Tor an election district officer made by the
district committee IN the COrtlandt district, was
boldly set aside by the Committee on organization
because it was deemed necessity ''lor the honor,
preservation and integrity OF the organization"
committee whose powers are so great as that
1t can dictate TO district what man 1t shall no
mate Tor office is certainly. in the opinion OF the
antl-Morrlssey men, not such powerless ''crea-
JureD Of the General committee alter all.
| JOHN KELLY's VIEWS
! A HERALD reporter yesterday had brief CONVEX
sauon with Mr.. John Kelly on this question. After
! a Ilnl
% does not by any means prohibit the Committee
on Organization from recognizing district gen.
eral committee when IN their discretion Tor the
good OF the party IL 10 found necessary TO act de-
terminedy. Though, OF course. the Committee on
organization Is a creation Oh the General Com
mIttee, the rules which give 1t the power 10 reor-
game district committee are unmstakaDe.
For instance there is rule or article s, which
provides that the Committee on organization shall
be charged With the consideration OF all matters
relating TO the organization OF the democratic
party, the call and conduct OF primary elecuons.
Tue Committee OH organization the other day
adopted the report OF the subcommittee on DIS
clplne with only seven dissenting votes.
every Assembly district general committee APP
points two Of Its own members to represent 1T IN
the CommitIee on Organization, 1t Is safe to pre-
sumo that the thirty weight members OF the Com
mittee on Organization knew very wei how their
respective district general committees (whO
form the Tammany General Commlttee) stood as
to the question tney voted upon.n Mr.. Kelly then
added :-"Supposlng there should be an attempt
the part oil some person to get the General
Committee not TO agree with tue action taken on
Saturday, and conceding, as do,that the General
ZatIon proceeds, and the complexion OF when can
be changed by the General Committee whenever
1t sees MI has tile right not 10 agree with the
! Committee on ORGANIZATIONS conclusions, the
attempt TO nOn-concur would be defeated by niue
out OF every ten votes"
The same view OF the case is taken by other
leading Tammany men as 10 the large vote by
which the General Committee would indorse the
action of the Committee on organization, II the
test should be made and they point TO the fact
That the seven votes in the latter committee
against the Subcommittee on Discpnne's
ninetY-seVeu
of tue 557 members OF which the General Com
mittee is composed. But though there was
considerable tak among the democratic poll
ticlans yesterday over the probable action OF the
General Committee, II was argued by some tna5
by the time next Septemberl when the General
Committee meets All tae present talk about what
II has the power TO 90 VIII be Iound to amount TO
but very little, as the present alleged dlsoyal dis
tricts Will nave been reorganlzed and all the mall
contents put out OF the committee. Just now IL is
proposed TO reorganze the Third, Eleventh ana
Flneenth districts was revealed yesterday alter
noon at the meeting or
Messrs. Boyd, Power, Purroy, Bernard Reilly ana
Douglass were appointed by the Committee on
organization, on Saturday, 10 settle upon the
plan by which the three districts can be reorgan-
lZed properly. All the members OF the committee
were present, William A. Boyd in the chair. As
the committee decided soon after organizing TO
invite all democrats from the districts who mad
suggestions to make as TO how a thorough reor-
ganlzauon could best be carried out TO be
mlttee the following gentlemen were
ON hand Peter 1rainor and Willis $. Payne,
members Oh the NeueTAt COmmlLlee, from MOT
risseys district; X. ]. Morrison, OF me Comp troll
ler's office; Judge Kane, George McGlynn, from
Judge Ledwith's astricti MIR. John Kelly, OF the
Eighteenth, and huge wulte collar, accompanied
by General Spinoa, RON The StXteeutn. Inc
meeting was an entirely private one, so far as the
reporters were concerned. Mnue the members OF
tue committee were celebrating Mr.. Kelly sat
at the window OF the room looking out on FOur1
teehth street, taking no part IN tue discusslo1s.
Indeed, the meeting brought about no dlscussl0ns
at all OF any importance, ana IL was apparent
that the members easily found out, WltLOut use
less palaver that they were all pretty IAucn
or ONE ACCORD
as 70 what plan should he decde1 upon in order
20 have the general com mttee OF ne districts IN
que stiOn thoroughly overhauLed ana 'Hoyalr men
appointed In the places Of the dIsa1ected. mir.
Boyd, on calling tue n<eetng To order, briefly
alluded 10 tBe object Tor which they mad been
brought together dessrs. Purroy, Reilly and
Powers explained >delr views as 10 what should
be zone, aud thae was not only TO single out those
who were unEer suspicion, but to recommend
tnat inc ent.fa commILtee oil each 0lstrlcL shond