New-York tribune., 1876-07-28
THE INDEPENDENT REPUBLICANS.

An ADDRESS 10 TnE RErCBLIcANs OF rhE CrfY ANp
STATE or NEw-YoRK -EEAsoNs FOR THEIR &C
1IoN - THE CAMPAIGN.
Alta meeting of the Independent Republican
Central Committee held Last evening at No ~ Eighth
st. Elwold T.. Tnornc presiding the Independent Re-
publican Assembly District Associations Of the civ were
instructed to meet at their respective headquarters on
tine evening OF Aug Is for the purpose OF e'ohe dele
gates 10 the Republican state Convention At Saratoga Oh
Ap, %. An address to tn Republican, OF tI'cy and
state Of New-Yox sgucd Dy the President Of ihc Com
mit.oe, Ellwood +. Tlornc, wJs read and adopted.
Tho address gives the Republican party Tie reasons
Of the refusal Of the Independent Republican Central
Corpttoe TO unite with the regular Republican oigani-
cations of the city claiming that t- refusal Is forced
upo them hy thcr sclEcspcrt a. m"n and their dl'y q,
Republicans Of the higher class Of the sort called for tn
the Republican National PLATFORM in thr letters 81 thc
Rep bicau nominees, hy the better aspirations "i H'
pss.y aud 10y the exgcncy Of the time Tho address
adds:
opr vo.c and protests have raed anI ihcr" remained
but TIL, course ~ independent action - the "ht r''b'
from tre corrupt tyranny oi Ire oI",,ton, ~ Vt't ,'r
wuO for years nave b'rh 700 A'dit ii''', %" u W ~,
ruc, aud almost rum Of "a" party Ih tli, ''E, 'uI
nearly an the district organizations nave been ana are
National, STATE or loril governments lh.F nay"
.sienccd protest rcIuAct criticism, inofed OF
Fpockete1 resolutions opposed to u'f own
purpuseg and their control u the several committees
on membershpln the district organizations, arbitrarily
secluded or excluded whom'"c'cr tn,y "9uio. Ia, '
suit Is but TOO apparent in the conaoh oi We 'l ln
primary conventions; neither the voice nor Notc' on
those dist.ciu o them have had weight. ana o iLtT
policy nothing could DE expected but ti II ~h"uI III
gust and discourage ErpuuHcIu. tnat TIE parry cannot
alfuud To lu-c. We, NOT tuu-c win Mhoin "t it' 10
act are the regular Republicans Of ihr city. We are
simply "ind-p.udcur Republicans ~ opposed 10
ring" RepublCaus. In tue lanGu o OF ihc 't oi Ihr
Republican Committee for the stat" Convention
we heartily support Haycs and Wheeler "h thc pIA
adO pted by tAc Republican National Convention ~
Cincinnati June l., 1876" We viii not nc read
out tue party ourselves, nor consent, by silence
10 tue recent mpudcut supcrscdure by a local com
nittcc o! the EJUun AMI state CoHuuttrc'- Invitation
10 the Republican riuks-d A" null ucItou' at which
Democrats are maxine merry, and which true Erpubu-
cans delO.ing We INSIST upon our legitimacy ds wc
do upon ind, yudcncr. We claim that the thanks OF
the Republican party due 10 thc efforts made hy the
Republican "0efOrm cab" aud the Ind npcuGcpts Of
tDi- ct,, opposed to machine dc giO resulting ~
the Nominations oil such sterling honest t,uc Eorubi-
can, Gen. Rutherford B. uJyCt Ohio Tor Pre- ,-icuJ
aud the lion. Wan A. wheeler OF NcW-GOrk for Vice
President, Reform IN fbe -triccst Oi the term
t. favored with the same lass OF nominees candidates
state officers, the Empire state VIII, next election
wheel into tlnc as d x publican state
IL was voted that 10000 copies OF the address should
be printed for general distribution. A committee OF
three consisting Of George w. Rose, Walter : Poor and
James A. Blanchard, appointed to confer with
Committee OF the Reform Club, OF which Judge EnOtt is
President upon matters relating 10 the election.