The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-06-04
BLAINE's NEW PARTY.
A Political Secret Society That You
Have to Pay to Get in.
Special telegram to the Chicago Tribune.

Special telegram to the Chicago Tribune.
THE NEW PARTY.
WASHINGTON, May 28.-The proposed
new party movement, with its headquar-
ters in New York, appears to haye very
good basis of fact. 1t is at present secret
society. and has for its object the forma-
ton of conservative political party. One
of the members of this new organization
furnishes the following statement in rela-
ton to its makeup and membership.
The gentleman who furnishes it does not
give aay names, but his character is sufh
GENTLY good to vouch for the truth of what
he says. Upon the subject of this organ
ization he says: 1t is not composed of dis
appointed Office seekers or carpet baggers
There are at least two editors connected
with the movement, one from Massachu-
sets and the other from New Jersey, and
neither Of them have ever held govern
ment Office New England is strongly
represented. New York, Ohio, Pennsyl-
vania, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan,
Wisconsin and California are represented
by active workers. The Virginias, Geor-
gia, the Carolinas, Louisiana and Mary
land are represented by sound Republi
cans. No such men as have been sareas
movement from tho south could be admit
ted. The members from the District of
Columbia were chosen with a great deal
of care aud are business men entirely out
side of the departments In the organic
alton of the new league the nomenclature
Of the executive officers of the government
has been adopted.
The officers are from the following states:
President, Massachusetts; private secre-
rotary, Maine; vice president, Ohio; sec
rotary of state, Pennsylvania; assistant
secretary of state, Illinois; secretary of the
treasury, District Of Columbia; assistant
secretary Of the treasury, Indiana; attor-
ney-general, New York; marshal, Connec-
ticut; assistant marshal, Virginia; ser
geant- arms, Iowa; assistant, California;
messengers, Louisiana. The initiation fee
for the present has been placed at s..
| The organization Is to be run on business
principles. The society is in no way con-
nected with the SCdthern or any other Re
publican associations. The originators OF
the new movement believe that the Repub
hcans have been duped effectually by so
called Republican leagues and clubs com
posed OF questionable characters, aud 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 to- morrow for the purpose OF or
ganizing the New England states. A spe
cial 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
assistant secretary Of the treasury from
Indiana. The assistant secretary Of state
will remain here in charge Of headquarters
and will attend to correspondence. The
secretary of the treasury, who is a prom
inent business man, will attend to all bills
The society Is said to have been organized
in the interest of Senator Blaine. 1t is nj
more in his interest than others who favor
his principles, the motto Of the society
being Universal Liberty, and at proper
time it is their intention to act on the basis
of those principles. The society ha!
already $1,000 in the treasury, $500 O
which was furnished by two of its members
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