New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-04
4 GOOD EXAMPLE IN BROOKLYN.

1t was in Brooklyn that the Republican State
ticket was virtually elected last fall. The
nomination of Mayor Low and the personal
exertions of the Young Republican Club gave
an impetus 10 the canvass which could not be
overcome. The municipal triumph was COM
plete, and the Democratic majority, which
usually ranges from 9 900 to $4,000, was cut
down to ,2S3 in the county and 5G5 i'll the
city. SO brilliant an achievement of volunteer
political organization encouraged the hope that
Brooklyn would speedily become Republican
city. We have been glad to notice that the
powerful body of amateur politicians whose
campaign work was then so effective have
shown no disposition to restrict their activity
TO election day and the closing fortnight In
October While they have maintained their
own organization in every ward, they have
brought their personal influence to bear upon
the regular ward associations. In some of the
wards the executive committees have neglected
their opportunities, but in the most influential
sections of the city the members of the club
have enrolled their names on the lists OF the
regular ward organizations, so that they VIII
be prepared to vote at every primary meeting
to be held during the year, and in this way to
raise the standard of nominations They have
not contented themselves with manning the
polling places and watching the counting on
election day. but have extended their influence
to the sources of political power.
The proceedings of the First Ward Repub-
lican Association on Thursday night disclose
the excellent spirit in which the efforts Of the
respectable classes of voters to interest them
selves in ward politics have been met. A
H.
mittee from that ward offered resolution re-
ouesting the nominating committee not to
name as a delegate to any of the political con-
ventions of the year any officer OF the ward
association, any delegate to the General Com
mittee, or any city, county, State or Federal
| Offce-holder. This resolution was unan-
| imously adopted. The committee of the as
ISOLATION which dominates the various lists
of delegates to the Conventions of the year
was virtually instructed to exclude all office
| holders and machine workers, and to select in
their place higher clas. OF nOn-professional
politicians. Now the First Ward is frequently
outvoted in the General Committee, but it oc
cupies position of commanding influence III
Brooklyn politics. The policy which is intro
duced there is generally taken up and adopted
| in the remaining ward associations This ac-
ton is, therefore, highly significant, especially
| as it was deliberately planned by an infuen-
| tial member of the General Committee.
| At the same meeting select committee which
has been verifying the roll OF membership
presented a partial report recommending that
nearly 200 names should be dropped and when
| this work of revision is completed another
| hundred names will probably be erased. In
very ward association the list of membership
contains hundreds of names which should
be stricken out and it is one of the we'll known
tricks of professional politicians to vote on
these names by proxy whenever there is a close
struggle over a primary election. A revision of
the lists removes the names of dead men and
non Presidents, and affords basis for AN honest
primary election. We hope that the excellent
example which this ward association has set
will be followed throughout the city. If the
lists of membership can be rigidly revised, and
the nominating committees which propose the
names of delegates be directed to exclude
office holders, machine workers and prOfes-
sional politicians generally, the party organza-
ton will be reinvigoIated with fresh blood, and
Brooklyn will no longer be counted among the
Democratic cities. 1t will be permanent
gam for the Republicans of the State.