New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-02
THE GAG LAW CONFERENCE.
SOME VIEWS WHICH A DELEGATE WAS NOT PER-
MIrTFD 10 FXPREss.

SOME VIEWS WHICH DELEGATE WAS NOT PER
MIrTED To EXPRESS
To N EditOr Of The TrtOuHe.
! SIR: | attended the Conference of indie
pendent Republicans held last Tuesday in your city
and was not permitted to present few views which
seemed to 20 be pertinent Of the resolutions
which before the Conference" aud l therefore
ask the privilege Of making some suggestions through =
medium which will give me much larger audience
| than the Conference would. want 10 speak to In
dependent Republicans everywhere. but particu-
larry 20 those " no attended the Conference DO not
feel at all aggreyed because was chokel oil IN my
remarks but want To point ont the ,gnhcan. fact that
the opposition began ut the very instant BEGAN speak
of Democratic history. It has been charged that the
! Conference packed. As what I 4ald could not
have been offensive to real Republicans. but would
Democrats. is the change very plausible one ,
have knowledge that point. but the conduct OF
many forces me to believe the charge.
The call which issued for tho Conference" by
every fair construction would lead any 20 believe
that IL to be gathering for consultation To the
best which those who objected Mr. Blaine could
pursue. but such consultation allowed. ON the
morning of the falsely called Conference The Ne,c
Tot Times announced that In aE probability Governor
Cleveland would De- indor-cd 10y the Conference BY
authority did It say ,o' Il could not have heard
from many independents who represented othcr4. for
there but few present who had the right e. repre-
sent any one but themselves. This was not only tho
position of The Ii0es hut b. that also ~ those Who
had the management of thn Conference" by what
authority would like 10 ask were we 'od 20 Governor
cleveland
Gentlemen I'm the Conference must have been struck
with the evidences that halls dozen leaders Of the
movement had provided that though they had cacd tha
gathering Conference there should bc such thing
a. snrerco ar , cor,tr ,t of Wow. All must have
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that mo- rcmars would Dee permitted that dd not run IN
tbe rit thc, had decided upon The president seldom
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excepting those hc knew or had been Instructed 2" no
ucr. Tie hld before him u"t DIT names LOT the F'l"'
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committees Whtl hid n'rh hdll'l u" 10y 'h' 'h''''
aud the meeting had mo- chance % select others, When
ho VA. notified before Che afternoon session that . gen
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pioFu' TOD say something "'o' '"'"' ''" "'N'' '" ''
recognized 10 hc appropriately could ho the president
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uIir' ah" hr 'oud give no '7''I''''' l"'''" '"'i'
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ference or comparison of viev-. hut that those Who
i,r.t ,louIl favor Governor Cleveland Dos their votes
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There "as no freedom mo- fairness shown throughout the
whole Conference. There Va, probably never more
ibcrni. never moro unfair caucus DE-. ia the most dc
ference of LIST Tuesday.
When the moss, ot Mr. Btno4 nomination wa. ia he'd
over the wires, mo- one could have Been more disap-
pointed than was. wrote several lett, - The ItDes
and The posi aud they published. but after long
meditation and after ya- shown what kind
care of thr Governor Interest, u thc National Con-
vcnton, found II to Dee impossible % support him. mud
hoped that independent party might be formed The
reasons FOR sucu formation would have been gwen n
been rc,ortcd TO- A. rule the president was very far
n his decisions He did not want tue gentleman %
whom There was opposition speak. but Hc had o. rule
In his favor and hc Ind So Ic however showed the OU-
cent .ucn OF the Conference dId not take bee
gave them iud persisted hO0tu, etc. MI tncrc Was no