The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-12
Chairman Arthur Receives
a Significant Note.
'TROUBLE SURELY COMING"
Mr.. Bliss Objects TO Republican ladorSe-
mcEt of Rival Candidates.
BARNEY BIGLIN'S BALLOTS.

For some time prior to election there rum
blings in the republican camp suggestive OF an in
ternal storm. At the County Convention the
blings grew louder than ever. and once or twice
during the session the storm nearly burst. Nothing
heard after that until the close of the polls
sured the men who making the thunder that
the food gates might be opened without affecting
the result OF the election. Then the mutterings
grew louder and louder until the members of the
Executive Committee could no longer close their
to the fact that revolt more less serious.
nent republicans that there wing OF the party
here ant agonstc to the machine" and extremely
DESTROYS Of It's overthrow. These men
sidered to be good republicans too. in every
of the word. emitting only the fact that they were
opposed to the manner OF procedure followed by
the machine" OF course this crime in the
eyes or those concerned in its running, but oven
they knew that it would not be so considered by tho
large who measured the worth Of allegiance
to party by the results. These matters have
been talked very frequently Of late.
and o large number Of consultations have
been held between the gentlemen controlling
the committees and the ''powers behind"
Just what was intended by the gentlemen who
to strike Mt the "machine" was not known. neither
did they know what the influence. If any. be-
hind the movement. The shadowy form of the
tional administration, which the machine" had at
times laughed to scorn. would rise like Banquos
ghost and absolutely refuse to be quieted while it
would seem to them that the face of Secretary
Evarts would peer out solemnly from the smoke and
vapor that accompanied the muttering of the anti
machnists.
THE LETTER.
The preparation Of letter by Mr.. George Bliss. to
be forwarded to Mr.. Chester A. Arthur the chair
man of the State and county committees, became
known. and although it understood that il
would refer particularly to scandal in the Seventh
Aldermanic district. yet it thought that it
to be the opening gun Of the antimachne artillery.
The letter written and sent. 1t reads as fol-
lows
General c. A. ARTHUR
lican State Committee but you chairman of the Re-
psSt member Of the Republican Association Of the
presdes, with your approval your Instances Tn.
der call signed By Ssa the Of the Seventh
candidates for Adomsn The delegates from the
that and Che were their
lion They formally presented candidate for nomination
any rcason the eight districts under
drew. iss~ins twsn:-sin delegates behind far as
S The
trct parpong DO Issued by tho authority OF
os TO- Ss
this ao OF
Aldermen he inserted ballot tor the ntiTammany
caused . tho spaSliean con:
one Of tho Tammany candidate, The result that
Aldermen received only about 500 and these
picyed and the republican ticket oy funds fur
nished by the State Committee.
In tho sixteenth district Michael crcsnn, tho acting
punched from the republican boxes similar anti
rhs results were the saass in the Eighteenth District
he % s ns.
party but because he Is not resident Of the
but he resided registered and voted in the Eleventh dis
The course Bgin CrSgan defeated republican
candidates and elected the antirsmmany candidate This
part in the Convention which nominated the republican
ity from the they claimed it
done with the full admission on their part that
consistent republican. whose character beyond
to the voters by such Fish
Brown Edwin D. Morgan. EDWARDS Perrepon and others
The only Of WAS that Inst year the
venton and refused to support It's nominee on specific and
fitness as a man ohcehodsr aud a republican cer.
tanly believe in the right and duty Of boiling though Z
would Justify an honorable man in Sosns after taking
tails you lose" to go into convention remain there III
however to justify there should
specific objsctions 10 the eandida,o and they should De
such has been practice.
course Of Bisn and crsgan aud assocations they
ss % 10 % S yTa @ A %H Ss Of tho
republican organizations of the city and Of tho
without yourself Initiating Affirmative action
hat you can absolutely control Them as
or can sss s so s AWAY %
buked should you not rcract some OF your
ie refrain from any objections tho boiling Of
call your attention publicly the facts They all
known to yon; but you may not, perhaps have eeeed
they. 40 il seems to mo- impose upon yon nenr friend
GENERAL ARrHuRs RET1cEScE.
Mr.. Bliss letter makes square issue with the
committee on tho question of boting and the state
of fact contained III it not denied by the
committee 1t is not much to say that the letters
has caused much comment among those of the
publican party who knew of its existence and
on its publication is destined to more. In
order ascertain what the chairman of the State Com
mittee might think of MIR. Bliss letter and what
action the committee was likely to take in the mat
ter HERALD reporter called on General G. A.
Arthur at his Office in broadway. On entering he
said
General. have called to you about the letter
OF Mr. Bliss reference to the seventh Aldermano
III have nothing to say about it,
"can you say whether the Executive Committee
will take action on it oilicially?''
The General hestated a moment and then said -
al cannot say whether they will will not. In fact
have nothing whatever to say one way or tho
other"
Although General Arthur would not talk Of tho
matter. Mr.. Bliss would. He thought that the letter
contained the and substance OF what lao had to
say.
"But" said the reporter. "thore must be q cause
for this. What ia ity
Last year, said the Colonel. settling back in his
chair 1.-THE Eleventh district refused 70 go into the
Republican Convention. Their vote represented
about one-haf OF the Aldermanic district They OBJ
Jected to the candidates and refused to in and in
this they backed up by politicians.
They made open hight and at the election Biglin
got about fve hundred votes In the Eleventh district
and was badly beaten in the Aderinanic district Ia
consequence"
''And this Year,?
that they did not have control OF the Convention
they bolted They nominated no one, as the Eleventh
district people had the previous year; they made
no charges against the nominees. ana IL was long
time before any one found out what they really in-
tended to do" -
"Whon was Il found out?
.on The SUNDAY before election IL was discovered
that they would not support the candidates of she