, 1881-10-05
THE NEW YORK MACHINE"

chine" which Inns rnn the Republican party
III tint Stntc IN tho interest of C0nkl1ng antl
lis he,!cll,ncll. ls1ny ublain full Information
from t'le rcr!lsa] of tho ol,cn Irttcrwritteil by
Cnl. Gcnrgc Hiss To ten. Arthur twn yrars
ngO, nlui reproduced yesterday III thu col
INNS Of 'rnE TnlurSE. Col. Hiss IL n,,a Ut
President Art,ur's oldest md best friends.
Ills letter IL not So Important tccansc 1t
shows tllat0Hly two yvars ago Col. bliss rec
ngltlzctl t;cr. Arthur rs tho "Iloss" :" Of tile
New Ynrk City inncl,ino mil l,e.l him IT.
Rpn1slb9c for It's a'tsrs rs II Is fur Its tlc-
scrint!on Of tic machine ulctosls In Tint city.
There Is i,u evidence TINT Gen. Arthur ever
spukc the word whicl, Col. Hiss believed to
bn ali Tint Wits necessary to accomplish tho
desired rcforM,s.' II is certnin that the etit~
oils l,avu not bccn changed, ntul Col. Hiss
1cttrr Is M applicable totlay MS II WIS when
written two years ns0.
1he nlurl.ino II, New York City consists Of
nun.bcr Of District Associations which
manage n,d contrnl tin Republican lri-
1l,atics. Tho plum WIS originated 0stcDsfbiy
with thu purpose Of rNahlfnE Republicans 10
control their Cwu ntfnirs, MID to exclude tic
interference Of Democratic outsiders. n,M
sltlI' the voting Of liErctt repeatcrs ut tho Re-
publican primaries. Tl,c constitution gos-
erning tllese clubs or associations requires
tint eycry Republican voter sl,a!l be admit
trd upon application; tl,at the ran,cs Of such
yotcrs shalt bo enrolled: Tint tic rolls sl,all
he periodically revised ftt order to prevent
sucl frauds us might nrfsc from tho c0lltIntl-
ancu Of nien who hAtl removed ffon, tic tis-
trict, who Ind died, or gone oyerto tle Dcnl-
ocrats; and also that these rolls shall Dc olgll
10 inspection, In order to Elsnrtl against tic
se Of fictitious lla1,lcs. Col. Hiss, III Ills let
ter 10 Geu. Arthur, points cut Tint all
these provisions have been grossly
Violated. Republican yolers who wero
not obedient to tic mandates Of tin
controlling clique were dropped ont Ut
the associations, II they had bcc0inu ncnl-
bcrs, ntl1 their 1tllllcs liyste1 t0llsly (lisalt
pearuu from the rolls. In c,lse such persons
l,a.l nut been members but desired to Join
tic association. they found IL impossible to
secure IL consideration OF their applications,
md were thus excluded from vntng ut tic
Republican primaries. Thu rolls wcrr not
regularly revised nor kept open tu tuitlspccto,,.
W'Irn some of the lists wcru uncnrtlnml, 1t
WIS found that they contained nnlnrs Of
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""o @ '.s ..'s,. ,stra, nn.
~ wv" .,'s .n.' ".ao '.,. -. H. 49,,
niurfGs utler tlio aliases Of tllcsu teltl or re-
moved members. lii one caso cited by Col.
nnes' ""eio ~ III. w., ,," ,,,.os a',. y,
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~ a''s o.ue, u!se1'ss ~ .lo eits eSseps u"s.
Il l"'"il1 oc''eo iot p!essn'!isK !et"e.u.5
,'lc,auc's ,io" 'o.!1 ~ 'no '.''"sa ~" ~ ""n
:" se'.a tnu'. 'ot.ees ~ . ,n"' .o' 1".u ~
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t'4s,! 'ol1n ,n "An'a o ~.
Guy III ls'' was aootlt '2'ooo. ING Tolls
OF TIC "macs'lno" only contained !'''ss'