The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-12-30


NEW YORK. December 2S.--The reorsana.
valion and unIcn masr-mreting ~ voopc'
Institute, under the auspices o. tue prun,.
wick Hotel Committee ana foung Wen
Democratic Club, was wei n'tenueu W
night by those interested In Inc reoiRnn'ss'
ton OF the Democratic party 10 inis o. ms.
John Il. DevlIu opened the meeting. aue
obiecf Of the meeting. he said, was TO again
raise The marty TO its proper sphere. and that
object was entitled TO the support OF oil true
| Democrats. whose hearty sympathy /" "''
necessary to haye to insure success
Franklin Edsen was elected pIes,u,n ,s
George w. Lane, Samuel ID. Babcock, Da'
yid Nj. Stone, Charles Dana, Henry u.
Hor,,et. Allen Campbell, William A. Beach,
William II. Appleton, Pierre Loril'ard'
Abram 3. Hewitt, In j. N. Stark, james W.
Gerard. Daniel F. Teman. Oswald otten-
derfer. William Henry Hurlbut, Charles D.
Fa,rch,Id. Simon Sterue, William Z. WHIT
new. Erastus Brooks, Robert b. kooseVen'
and s. l.. NJ. Barlow. and most OF tnem oc-
cupied seats on the platform.
Resolutions were read and adopted de'
claripg that the late defeat OF the Demo.
cratic party could have been avoided hno
victory secured but for the unfortunate avs
sensjops In ifs ranks in the city ana county
| Of New York; that the voce OF the people
| had not been felt in the selection OF cahui-
dates. and could not, under existin. organ
| iza,ious, lind expression; advocating Iuii
and free elections, honest count, ana all
measures which opposed the right OF
| Federal officials 10 make arDltrary
arrests on the eve OF election, use
of troops at the polls, and any To-
| terference which impaired the right OF sur
frape: declaring that the Democratic party
onnosed unnecessary Capitalization OF pow
or: that the army OF office. holders and the
established practice OF compelling them 10
contribute money towards carrying elec-
tions were fraught With the greatest danger
10 The State: that tie tariff issue should be
NOR sharply defined, and that the Demo-
cratic party should cease to compete Tor Inc
support and votes OF those who do not De-
lieye i'm freeing our commercial leglsla'
ton from its contradictory and OBJ
structive features; that TO restore our
maritime power American citizens should
be permitted to buy or build ships for The
foreign trade in any part OF tue wofld, anu
obtain for them American registers tnat
Congress has no power in time OF peace 10
attach a legaltender quality TO any other
currency than gold or silver; that the tri-
umph OF these principles was certain when
they were not subordinated TO local inter-
ests, private ends, or personal AMBITION.
The resolutions ended by providing for the
appointment OF committee OF fifty to re-
organize the party upon popular basis, az
ter consultation with the Democratic State
Central Committee.
One OF the principal speakers was Abram
6. Hewitt. He said neither Garfield nor
Hancock had obtained majority. Of the
popular vote at the late election, and be idid
The Democratic defeat to the schism in the
New York city Democracy. Eleven thou
sand votes in this city would have changed
the result in the city, State, and United
States, and had the city Democracy been
united more than the needed votes would
have been obtained. He repudiated Tam
many Hall, and did not accept Irving Hall,
but argued that new Democratic orSani'
zltion should be formed out OF the best ele-
ments OF those factions and OF those who
held aloof from both.
The other speakers were John 4. Fellows,
Rufus Peckham, and Townsend Cox. The
list OF The committee OF fifty was then
named, and comprises nearly all OF the above
list OF ice-presidents, with Others equally
monument.