Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-09-29
The Young Republicans of Brooklyn
Protest.

The Young Republicans OF Brooklyn
Protest.
New YORK, September 2S.-The Young
Republicans of Brooklyn, who may be said
to have forced Mayor Law upon the party a
year sgo, and 10 have secured his election,
met tonight in the largest hall in Brooklyn
other than the Academy of Music The hall
was crowded. Resolutions were offered
10 The effect that the will of the of
kepubIIcau y0TeTs suppreSBed by TnE
open and scandalous abuse of official power !;
that the party machinery, through the i'm
nenee influence and patronage of the Fed
eral administration, was captured and ma
nipulated in the interest of official candi-
dates of the administration; that the meth
DDS practiced for securing the nominations
for governor and acknowledgement be con-
demned, and that such nominations impose
no party obligations on Republicans TO sup
port them, the nominations not being entitled
to respect. The resolutions were almost
unanimously adopted. Mr.. Tracy, Charles
Andrews and A. 3. Hepburn, Republican
nominees, were Endorsed.
Gen. WOOdford on FoIger's Nomination.
New YORK, September 2S.-Gen. Wood
ford, United States district-attorney for this
section, has been interviewed by the Brook
ly Eagle on the Political situation. Gen.
Wocdford said: at is time for plain speak
ing, as there are issues at stake in
the State of New YORK at~this moment far
reaching in their consequence. II is i'm
possible TO reach any other conclusion but
that fraud entered into the nomination nj de
for governor by the Republican party at
Saratoga. 1t was unfairly effected. 1t is
vain for any Republican 10 pretend to be
blind to the facts. / cannot conceive
that can serve my country or
my party by shutting my eyes to
the fraud and forgery which was resorted TO
in order TO influence the action of the State
Committee and the judgment of the State
Convention. This wrong-doing vitiates all
the Convention did. / have denounced the
use OF tissue ballots in South Carolins, aud
Of rifles in Mississippi. Fraud is fraud,
whether committed in South Carolina or in
New York. Voting falsely in the name
of others is as much fraud in
Saratoga as it is in Charleston. Honest
men cannot submit to it or tolerate it any
where. If it triumpbs in New York this
year, can we secure any guarantee against it
in shaping the action of The Republican
National Convention? The right and party
safety are on the same side. The best place
to contend against wrong is on the very spot
it first makes its appearance"
In answer to the inquiry rs to what way
there was out of the difficulty, Gen. Wood
ford answered: "The short. direct and hon.
orable wsy out of it is for Judge Folger to
refuse TO accept the nomination made under
the circumstances. He served in the Senate
when had the honor OF presiding over that
body. have an aifectionste personal re-
gard for him. 1 admire him for his
ability and for his purity of character. l
honor him as a jurisi, but the Republican
party will not indorse the methods through
which Mr.. Folger was nominated. He cannot
afford TO do so by accepting the NOM
ination. hope aud hust he will not,
and in saying this L cheerfully ac-
cept whatever disadvantages the utter
ancs involves, being sure of this, at
all events, that am true to my conscience,
my party and my country"