New-York tribune., 1875-10-20
THE LOCAL CAMPAIGN.
LIBERAL REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVEN-
TION.


,ur IIprRAIs DECIDE 10 MAKE No NOMINATIONS
AND RECOMMEND no CANDIDATES UPON Ihh
TICKETS NOW IN THE FIEID-DlsCUssioN IN
TIE CONVENTION.
The Liberal Republican County Convention
held an adjourned meeting yesterday at the headquarters
at No 266 Broadway and decided TO place no eAe, n
the field and recommend none OF the canodaes on ''
ctc,s now made up or TO be placed before voters mere
after but advised the Liberals TO vote Tor the pest mt"
on either ticket. Dr. Frelieh presided.
The following preamble and resolutions were offered
by Gen. Cochrane: ,,.
No, more than four years have passed since the most
n amazed al The vilanies Of the Ring. undertook 10
punish them Their incomplete success is nor M hh
tba thieves accomplished their designs but also 20 Ie
fact that Tamcations reached tue % hen
ersted the iuy-box. The popular determna1G3 1eS 30
formed 10 prosecute the cuputS survives we 0
delay aud obstruction and hapentE reveals new
frauds Instead OF abatng funetlonai Cllln oe,ioI
increasing The eroe has eeaG 90 70 ,h mes does not
anncsT i revolt al tbc short measure aud the false
ppSt Win which the chapman and the tradesnan no.
tciorsiv cheat and dcv0ur the Door. Tue puhnc cN-
penditureS do not decrease, ana whie poss -, tiir
rcye in the large salaries ard the at stenngs OF te
afices the debt of the cty-nOw over one b'udrro h
Iions-swes steadily with Increased ninons Ion' A1a'
TO wear Its increase for the las, lor Heds Mae
Go Az g7 and It's increase for the present year mas
been - 255 1O So The rate OF iaNaon AKA o. cr,,S t v
me 800 hi cher this than in 1870 ano Ie nm ah1"s
Of debt TO each nhabitan-inan, woman. ailc IN
1874 AZ per cent grcateTT I II s"1S hon % look 10 IL
that their ruin he aycrted The approach oi ahoned
election brings renewed solicitation Ter once, rue
oms of present ineumbents should be rigdly scanned
and those of uHtried candidates shoma ne shlIpA
ySo IL yisbly soicd with the smut of the
Ring Surely there honest ana cipaDe men siouGn &
in the city exercise s offices I lis citizens a9W% % un
M men 30 elected 10 them, merely because OF telI
nomination by or the other OF the poh'ci ldIuvr
are oaly judicial Let honest citizens look to It that
none but pure men aud learned lawyers reeeNS ,ntI
often pension needy and ignorant partisans upon inc
public treasury. Let honest citizens scrulze t dhet
tickets for every such character and II discovered reject
him without respect TO the party Mhch prono,cs h'
and select for their votes only Such as rneS W9u @ ~
trnst with their private affairs ihc lADerel icPr
lcans in their desire 10 vote for the Des
termlned in their state Convention TO appm s1 POND 3
they why the same pocy shoud noL W" ~
Rcsoired, That iussmuch as in cur opinion from me
eSes TO be nicG at The eon election enough be
selected Of sufficient fitness to MI then VIC reIa lIGih
maldng additional nominations but recommend the LIB
eral Republican and independent voters OF ihe cS 10
from them only those candidates 10 vote for whose u
stained character education and aDiiH pest auapt 'en
10 the work OF Judicial and administrative reform
Samuel j. Glassey agreed with tho spirit of the reso
ution but thought little premature. II would be
defer action until all the tickets were acedn
the Aeld.
Gen Cochrane Thought the better course for the Con
venton was ratiiy the nomination OF any cand
dates Should they do their vote would be scanned
and the Liberal strength would be rated byit This
would he unfair 10 the vote in any OF the Liberals
vonld he diverted in other directions. They had not
the spews Of war necessary boxes throughout the
city He wished know in what districts boxes would
be run Voices responded for the Id Nirh Nlith ana
XVIII Distric,s.l These then. continued Cen. tOch
rnne were apparently all the districts. The res
olntion allowed Them 10 select the best men on
each of the tickets put forth. There had been con-
sunations of the Custom House Republicans,
the anti-Tamnany Democrats. and the Germans ID max
ing up a ticket. The Liberals were not invited Ihey
did not wish for Office. They represented ideas Ihty
had stood the test Of four years Of abuse Nevertheless
the platforms OF the Saratoga and syracuse Conventions
bowed 10 them There a future for the Liberals. The
independent voter is power in the itd' Inc Demo
cratic and Republican parties are now on their Knees So
Hdting his support II question whether the Dem
ocratie and Republican parties were not on Tie eve OF
breaking p and giving place third great party GEN
Cochrane paid trbute 10 Carl schurz ana quOIed
his recent declaration that the ohio election had
strengthened the Independent vote throughout the
country.
James Ha1plne Of the With District wanted to know
what was the keeping IN organization unless
presented candidates the people lie offered as an
amendment 10 Gen CochI8nes resolution, a preamble
and resoniion setting forth that the legislative Commit
tre on Crime had shown that the Dstnc'Attorney
PheIps was proved to he unworthy OF support by the
Liberal Republicans and he therefore moved that Feter
ID g. Townley expressed the belief that the Liberals
could not carry this policy Of naoiOn much further With
out dsa results. Their numbers were dwIndllng
and II was because they had not the courage 10 put
gtate OF county ticket in The field He denounced the
"0ne-Inan power" which he said now dominates Tam
many Ifal o.
H. n. rwOmbly approved the resolution OF Gen Coch,
rane lie had heard good deal Of the Oneman power O
Plmmanv Hall; hut there not onc-man power con
trolling the Republican party 10 this city John keHy
conld no ore he com pared 10 Thomas Murphy than
angel OF light 10 tui key buzzard The Tammany ticket
wa faT prfebe TO the patchedup ticket opposed to it,
a
hue ksers By their they lad lowered the sahd
ard of the panty much 10 drive Out all the more
intelligent members. IN the Nth Senatorial District thev
had by their course deincrazed the party That the
RepuDicdn nomination NOW goes begging, anu tnr III Il
district which two years ago gave nearly 20Oo EcpuD-
lcsn majority The wise men of the party loesec de-
feat. and decline 10 accept the nomination.
j. g. Lee CoHphmentod Aldermen Lewis ''loss MOTIFS,
aud their attention 10 the ciIH interests
and wished me Convention 10 recommend them 10 IA"
voters. After further debate, tie amendment al MI
Ualpne voted down, and the preamble ana loSo!u-
lion of gen COchrane carried The Convention tbcn ad
lOnned. subject 70 the call OF the Chairman.