The daily gazette., 1881-11-01
FIRST EDITION.
wRANGLING REPUBLI CANS.
still Earring Over the Election of n
New City Executive Committee.

Still EARRING Over the Election of a
New City Executive Committee.
The Neaos, this morning, contains
nearly two columns of correspondence
between John G. Baker and Washing.
ton Hastings, the respective chaiImen
of the rival Republican City Executive
Committees, in regard to compro-
mise between the fighting factions
prior to commencing upon the i'm
portant campaign of 1882. The gist
of the correspondence Is as follows:
On October Sd Mr.. Hastings pro-
posed to Mr.. Baker an election for
new City Executive Committee of six
members from each ward, to be held
on the first Saturday in December
one judge In each ward to be selected
by Mr.. Hastings another by Mr.. Baker,
and the two thus chosen to select the
third. The judges to have entire con-
troll of the election.
Mr.. Baker replied to this communi-
cation in letter dated Oct. 25th, in
which he classed the Hastings gang as
a "body of dissatisfied Republicans"
and subscribed himself "Chairman of
Regular Rep. City Executive CON-"
He referred Mr.. Hastings to certain
resolutions adopted by his committee,
which declared in favor of the election
of new City Republican Executive
Committee on the first Saturday in
February, 1882, to be held by judges
selected in accordance with MIR. Hast
inGs' suggestion. The resolutions,
thrs far, seemed fair enough, but the
last two contained a bone of conten-
tion that the Hastings crowd could
not swallow. They were as follows. :
| Resolved, The election shall be by
ballot, and at the conclusion thereof
the judges shall certify to this the
Bakerl committee the votes cast for
the several CT candidates, and the persons
duly chosen which certificate shall
be opened by this committee on the
Monday following said election, at a
given hour and place in public.
Resolved, That if it appears to this
committee that the election thus Oh
dered is unsatisfactory to the Repub'
licans who are complaining of its
constitution, this committee will deem
it its duty to pro eed with the work
which has devolved upon it, and seek
IN every proper and legitimate way the
success of the party with whose interest
it is entrusted.
These resolutions practically lett thu
construction OF the new committee il
the hands OF the Baker faction, jus
where the latter want it to be and in
tend that it shall remain. They wer'
considered by The Hfstings boilers, las
l ;oI nd no In a ~
tion was embodied in letter which MI
Hastings Immediately forwarded TO Mi
Baker, the gist of which was that th
Hastings committee adhered to It's origl
nal propostionsand hoped that the othe
committee would, "upon further consid
Grafton, see proper to accept them" Th
meeting also adopted the fol lowing reso
luton
Resolued, That the committee endors
aud approve the action thus far take
by the chairman looking TO an adjust
ment of the differences existing in th
party in this city, and authorize him t
continue the negotiations until salts
factory conclusion is reacbed,if possible
Thus the matter stands at present,bu
what the result will be no one can fore
tell. II is safe TO say, however, that th
adherents of the Baker faction will site
to their position and yield not an inch
the kickers. They are backed by th
administration, as they are the origins
stalwarts of the party. Said one OF tn
Baker leaders to a GAZETTE reporter
awe always were stalwarts, and W
don't have to eat crow in order to curr
. favor with the new President, as Il
Ne,os and Republican do. "Why,' |
continued, earnestly, they denounce
Arthur worse than any Democratic p
! per In the State, and do you think wei
y going TO allow them to sneak in no
. aud take charge of the party in order
2 control the appointments. Not muc
8 Traitors and kickers have got to take
. back seat now"