The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-10-06
TAMMANY HALL.
Meeting Of the Committee on
Organization.
Reconstruc ion Of the Second and
Seventeenth Districts.
REFORM REVOLUTION.

The Tammany Committee Organization met yester-
day afternoon at Tammany Hail. with John Kelly pre-
siding in order take action on the report OF the
Committee Discipline, which had been ordered to
report the committee in reference to the reorganiza-
ton Of the Second Seventeenth Assembly districts
The minutes OF the last meeting having been read and
confirmed the following report of the Committee on
Discipline was presented, read ana adopted:
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON DISCIPLINE.
NEW YORK. Oct s, 1875.
To THE COMMITTEE oRGASIzArIoS OF TAMMASY
HALL
General and Assembly district committees, 70 whom
was referred the reorganization OF the General Commit
of the Second and Seventeenth Assembly districts
That your Committee in accordance with a resolu-
ton adopted by the Committee Organization, met
and conferred with committee of three, representing
each OF the factions existing in the Second Assembly
district; and the gentlemen composing the said
mitees after a conference agreed upon the names of
fourteen persons as members OF the new committee and
unable TO agree upon the remaining nine TO
stitute tho committee. Your Committee consulted
number OF prominent and influential democrats of the
Second Assembly district IN the selection Of proper per-
to fill the nine seats in the General Committee
which the said Conference Committee unable to
agree upon and report the annexed list as General
Committee for the Second Assembly District for the
mainder of the year 1870
That your Committee also met and conferred with
committee OF three from the two opposing factions
In the Seventeenth Assembly district That the said
Conference Committee after meeting agreed upon
the Of seventeen individuals as members OF the
committee and we're unable to agree upon the re-
naming fifteen to constitute the committee
Your Committee consulted number of prominent
and influential democrats of the Seventeenteenth AS
sembly district the selection of proper persons to
I'LL the fifteen seats in the General Committee which
the said Conference Committees were unable to agree
upon, and report the annexed list as General Com
mittee for the Seventeenth Assembly district for the
remainder OF the year 1875. Respectfully submitted.
MAURICE j. POWER.
HENRY ID. PURROY
WILLIAM A. BOYD Chairman.
SECOND DISTRICT COMMITTEE
Patrick Lysaght William P. Kirk Martin J. Reese
Jeremiah Murphy, James Dunphy, Constantine Donoho
Harry Howard Edward Henry Patrick Diver, NJ D.
Downey Michael w. Bowen, Hugh Kane William VAIL
AndrewJ White Bryan Ganghan, Robert N. Dore,
George G. Fuessel, John Mitchell, Patrick j. Murphy
Thomas Meals.
SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT coaMITrEE
Frederick Smythe, Patrick H. Power Charles
Mcintyre William Joyce John G. Carey, Lawrence
Morrssey, Charles G. Dur Cornelius J. Kane, Francis
Kerrigan, Martin Buckley, Andrew Held, Patrick J.
Bermlngham, Roderick Il. Farrell, William Coney
Matthew Quinn Richard Clemens, Michael Deane Leo
G. Dessar, Peter Mccullough, Frederick Meyer, John
Doyle, William B. Finley, James b. Brady, William b.
Nassau, James p Campbell, Edward Schreyer.
REFORM MEASURES.
resolution prepared be presented to the
General Committee calling the attention Of the various
members OF tho different conventions about be held
to the necessity OF selecting and nominating but
good and responsible persons for all Offices for
which there vacancies but especially to the
absolute requirement that exists that only those citizens
whose record reproche should be accorded nom
nations to legislative honors whether in the Senate
Assembly, owing TO the well known desire all sides
that there is for puracton Of this branch Of tho
government
A resolution offered by Mr. Delany in regard to tho
action of the State Assessors and calling upon the
Legislature pass bill for the better equalization of
assessments referred TO the Committee Legisa-
ture.
After the transaction OF vast amount OF routine
business adjournment was had.
COMMITTEES ORGANIZING.
Just previous 10 this the General Committees OF the
Second and Seventeenth Assembly districts newly
constructed the members of which who had been duly
notified be In attendance taken into the base
ment and reorganized under the supervision of the
Committee Discipline. That of the Second Assembly
district still remains under the control and manage
ment of Alderman Patrick Lysaght, who nominated
Patrick J. Murphy for Chairman, Thomas J. Neas as
Secretary and Andrew j. White Treasurer These
gentlemen duly confirmed The representatives
of the district the Committee Organization will
be Patrick Lysaght and William Vail The Seventeenth
District Committee gwen TO Frederick Smythe,
who also made Chairman with Leo O. Dessar as
Secretary and Refer Mccullough Treasurer. The dis
ric will be represented in the Committee Organiza-
ton by Frederick Smythe and Maurice J. Powers.
These arrangements fully confirmed by the Com
mittee ON Organization.