National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-10-07
Population Of the National Capital. 100000.
How Victory Was Divided in the New
York State Convention.

Our Associated Press dispatch from New
York, received at three o'clock yesterday
morning, had the following as portion
OF the proceedings Of the New York Re-
publican State Convention:
The resolution looking to the reorganization Of
the party in New York and Kings after desperate
resistance, was passed-yeas, 2o2i nays 1877
Instead ofhe resolution being passed, IT WAS
DEFEATED The New York Tribune re-
ports the proceedings as follows:
. Amer much delay, many points Of order, much
bitter debate, and amid great excitement, the vote
was announced rs 2O2 in favor Of laying on the
table the resolution for the reorganization Of the
party in New York and Kings Counties, and 1g7
votes against II. Hence the resolution was laid on
De table 6y a majority Of 3.
The Times gives the resolution and the
action on it as follows:
WV. Goodrich, OF Kings, moved that the fol-
lowing resolution, reported by the committee on
contested seats, be laid upon the table:
Rcsolpod That the question Of reorganization of the
Republican associations of the counties Of New York
mltiec, with ll power and authority TO take such
honn preparing aud executing plans for such changes
Republican voters in such counties.
When quiet had been somewhat restored the
secretary announced that 800 votes had been cast.
OF these 2O2 were in favor OF laying the motion on
The table ahd 197 were against such action. The
tndchne became uprodrious ieaeH nc result tpds thus
declared
The World thus reports t.:
The resolution calling for reorganization OF the
New York and Kings County districts was then
taken up Mr. Goodrich, OF Kings, moved TO lay
shc resolution on the table. Much feeling was at
tonce manifested by the rival factions, woodln and
tiusted leading on the Half Breed side and Speaker
Lrpe on the stalwart side. There were loud calls
ON oil sides for the yeas and nays, and n sufficient
number demanding the call, 1t was ordered by the
chair.
George Bliss made vigorous speech
in which he warned the convention
against this proposed assault upon the
New York machine" The World report
says:
The Stalwarts went fairly wild over Mr.. Bliss's
speech, which was delivered with great vehemence
and was the means of tabling the obnoxious reso-
lntion. When the vote-202 to 1g7-was announced
the Academy rang with the yells OF he delighted
"mdclintstS." George Bliss and the machine "
were cheered to the echo and Mr.. Depew pounded
his gavel without attracting the slightest attention
Our evening neighbor, the Critic, will
see the propriety of correcting the error
contained in the following extract from
its editorial of yesterday:
or course the machine will be reconstructed
The resolution providing for reorganization of the
party in the cities OF New York and Brook
IyD, passed after warm debate by the slender
majority Of In a total vote of 400, means simply
rhat the old machine so long and so successfully
operated by Mr. Conkling and his able lieutenants,
i TO be sold for old iron.
The ill-advised attempt to overthrow
the splendid organization in the city oi
New York was defeated by the friends Of
Arthur and Conkling. The vote was a
test of the strength of factions in the con-
vention, and clearly shows that those
who had the power refrained from using
it on any non-essentials.
The Associated Press should see to II
that proceedings SO important are truth.
fully reported to its customers. The mar
who telegraphed that a resolution de
stroying the Republican organization o
New York city had been adopted, wheI
in fact it was defeated, should be sum
marily discharged. 1t matters no
whether he did it through stupidity o
design. 1t reported victory for the de
feated in the most important struggle o
the convention, and the first statement
in the press is hard to correct in the pub
lie mind. The Associated Press is grea
agency, and its subordinates should bt
held to very strict account