New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-27
THE WORKIYGMEY'S PATTY.
THE CITY NATIONALIST FACTIONS.


MAJORITY AND A MINORITY REPORT PREPARED BY
THE COMMITTEE.
The HarmOnizing Committee sent to this city
by the Syracuse Convention OF the National party was
followed by discord to the last and has failed TO har
monte the factions into which the party Is divided here
Yesterday II dissolved without coming TO any united
agreement as 10 the faction which should be In
trusted with supreme power over the party organiza
ton. The committee composed Of three Labor Re
formers and two Greenbaek men. The Labor Refomers
Messrs JUNO. COpp and Bliss naturally sought give
al the power the representative of the Worhngmens
orgauzat0ns-the Blair-COnnOlly faction. They have
done ali they TO carry out this purpose by declaring
IN "a report adopted by them yesterday that tho BLAIR
Connolly faction is the Only representative OF the
National party In this city, and naming for the
cant places the state Committee assigned 90 New
York. candidates nominated by the Balr-ConnoIy wing
The GreenOack men OF the committee, MessTs Wright
and Ransom, endcayOred to combine all the factions
and proposed that the vacant places the State Com
mitee should DO flied up with two representatives Of
OF the three factions and OF Ma
tiOuas not political associations. Their efforts
over failed and they have been compelled 10 make
separate report.
The committee, as a whole, met last on Saturday night
at the Metropolitan Hotel. Then four score plans Of
compromising the differences within and without the
committee made and rejected For two days preyi
ously the same ineffective kind Of meetings had been
held. Apparently Messrs. Copp, JUNO aud Bliss
50 we'd upon Sunday 10 endure no longer the opposition
of their GreenbacK colleagues, for without giving them
notice meeting, they met alone yesterday morning
al hotel in West Tweuty-sXth-st. report upon the
result Investigation Of the claims OF tue several
factions New York to recognition By the State orgaD
cation Of the National party drawn up and signed
After IL was signed, Mr. JUNO took the first train for
Syracuse and reported that his colleagues followed
hun ia the afternoon Below is the report:
Now therefore, after repcatcd and prolonged sessions
Efan flf
secure harmonious action, the committee met Monday
morning at the Batn House, al 10 o'clock. order To
complete the Dusn, As IN hand, when rcsou-
lion was passed lndOtsing tho following decision:
Having weighed well every point presented by each
iacton having considered every 10 priority OF es-
taDlishInent, genuinencss OF purpose sincerity among
the leaders aud loyalty TO the Greenback cause,
present TINS report They considered IN fact that
they had parties m the field upon whose merits 10
decide, viz the shupcCaIsey the Okoly lian0n and
the molly And with regard 10 the first Of these
they came ia at the rs session one party, united ana
consolidated at the second a. our each claiming repre-
sentaOn and tuen al the close Of the session One
harinOnlzed ANA ready for concerted action This yacl
atOn tOeether wlh other Weghty ana important con.
alterations nave compelled the committee to decide
the National party could he safe In
the hnnds Of tie leaders O thest actOhs while on the
Other hand the committee found that the BLAIR Connolly
organization have shown continuous title from the
time OF tle lhdahapOlh Convention the Troy COnyen
ton the Rochester and Auburn Conferences, ana the
Toledo aud syracuse Conventions. down to the
present time; and, indeed, tner record may be
clearly traced 10 tie convention previously held
at PittsBurg The committee finds also that this
party approves the platform adopted by the Sy,
racuse Convention, whereas the united, divided
"a
NOT only Jailed 10 rGtify bat have rcpudiaed H. Tie
COMMITTEE inds further that the BlarCOnnOlly party
hnye no Animation Win any politicians from either OF
the old political parties, aud are firmly determined
bsrrye only the best interests OF the National Green
back Labor party.
Wherefore the committee feel compelled TO recognize
the organization OF winch George Blar chairman as
me true and genuine organization Of the National
rcenbauk-LIDOr party In the City and County OF New
YORK and with this decision they appoint members
az g state Committee from the several Congressional
Districts comprised IN tine City and County New
IOr6, the following named gentlemen;
Vtn-GeOrge Blair.
VIth-ThOInas MastcTsOn
ylltn-Audley W. Gazzam
VIIlth-JOhn Livingstone.
IXth-JOseph r. OFlynn.
Xth-PatrIck II. speman.
XIth Eli T. Miller
(signed) M. NJ. COPP)
u. L BLISS Bliss Committee.