The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-06-13
Washington Gossip.

1ne proposed new party move
ment, with its headquarters in New
York, appears to have q basis of
fact. 1t is at present secret so
ciety, and has for it's object the form
alton of a conservative political
party. One of the members of this
new organization furnishes the fol
lowing statement in relation to its
make up and membership. The
gentleman who furnishes it does not
give any names, but his character is
sufficiently good to vouch for ttne
truth of what he sajSs. Upon the
subject of THE organization he says
1t IS not composed of disappointed
Office seekers or carpet-baggers.
There are at least two editors con-
nected with the movement, one from
Massachusetts, and the other from
New Jersey, and neither of them
over held Government Office. New
England is strongly represented.
New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Indiana. Illinois. Iowa, Michigan,
Wisconsin and California are repre-
scented by active workers. The Vir-
ginias. Georgia, the Carolinas. Louis
siana and Maryland are represented
by sound Republicans. No such
men as have been sarcastically
named in connection with this move
ment from the South could be ad-
mitted. The members from the Dis
trict of Columbia were chosen with
| IF
ness men entirely outside of the
departments. In the organization
of the new league the nomenclature
of the executive officers of the Gov
eminent have been adopted. The
| officers are from the following States
President. Massachusetts,; Private
Secretary, Maine; Vice President,
Ohio; Secretary of State, Pennsyl-
vania; Assistant Secretary of State,
Illinois Secretary of the Treasury,
District. of Columbia; Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury, Indiana /;
Attorney General, New York; Mar
shall. Connecticut Assistant Mar
shall, Virginia; Sergeant-at-Arms,
Iowa; Assistant, California; Mes
sengers, Louisiana. The initiation
fee Tor the present has been placed
at five dollars. The organization is
to be. run on business principles.
The society is in no way connected
with the Southern or any other Re-
publican associations. The origina-
tors Of the new movement believe
that the Republicans have been
dnped efectually by so-called Re
publican leagues and clubs composed
of questionable characters, and are
determined to unite the friends of
universal liberty into a united
brotherhood. The President of the
organization accompanied by his
private secretary leaves for New
England. for the purpose of organic
ing the New England States. A
special officer has been authorized
to organize the South. He is a
newspaper man. The vice president
goes to Ohio on Monday morning,
and will be joined there by the Assis-
tant Secretary of the Treasury from
Indiana. The Assistant Secretary
of State viii! remain here in charge
of headquarters and will attend to
correspondence. The Secretary of
the Treasury, who is a prominent
business man, will attend to all bills.
The society is said to have been or
ganized in the interest of Senator
Blaine. 1t is no more in his interest
than others who favor his principles,
the motto of the society being
/" Universal Liberty" and at pros
per time it is their intention to act
on the basis of those principles.