Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1885-04-22
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YOUNG MEMS REPUBLICAN CLUB.

YOUNG MEMS REPUBLICAN CLUB.
A Spirited Meeting Last Evening-An
address of President Williams of the
Brooklyn CIub-General Hawley En-
gagged to Speak.
The Young Mems Republican club was
called to order last evening at about quar-
ter-past by Professor w. K. Townsend
who informed the members that Senator
Joseph R. Hawley would address the club at
its next meeting in May on 1.-The Tariff. :"
Mr.. Townsend then introduced the speaker
of the evening, Mr.. William Ell. Williams,
president of the Brooklyn Young Mems Re-
publican club. He gave the club an informal
talk on the political obligations of young
men and the reformation of municipal gov
eminent. Among other things he said: "The
curse of our political history is the apathy
with which men treat their plainest politi-
cal duties. Our system of government is
simple, though complex. Its success, as
is that of all governments, is based on the
system of political organizations; when these
fall into the hands of corrupt men we must
exhaust all the remedies before finding fault
with the organizations in themselves. At
tention to the primary duties of these organ
izations constitutes the plainest political
duty. We must renovate the
power before we can remove the
abuses. The enimating principle of the
Young Mems Republican club is to band
obligation to the community and to the
party to which the members belong" Mr..
Williams then gave graphic account of the
services which the club in Brooklyn had rem
dered to the elections in 1881 and 1888, when
Hon. Seth Lowe was elected and reelected
mayor of the city of Brooklyn; and also a
description of the system under which the
which it has worked. In the elections
a thorough canvass was made and all voters
were brought out to register. "Now there is
a new condition of things and wider re
sponsibility is placed on the individuals as
well as on the party. The Republican party
is to-day in the minority and can be raised
to its former level only by wise and well
directed action governed by a deeper sense
of the more weighty political obligations
which now rest upon the members OF
the Republican party. The best interests
of the country must be placed first and the
obligation of the citizen before that of the
party. But the Republicans must unite for
good government and for the success of their
party. 1t is privilege, not right, to be-
long to Republican club; and right, not
a privilege, to belong to the Republican
party. Success can be achieved by systematic
and persistent work in the elevating of prin-
ciples. We want non-partisan ad-
ministration of city affairs on bust
ness basis. This is the object
of the Brooklyn club, and it is interested in
all clubs which have the same end in view. u
The address was closed with cordial invi-
tation to visit the Brooklyn club and hearty
thanks for the kind reception which had
been given tie president of that club.
Mr.. Townsend then spoke for a few min
utes, expressing his deep interest in the re-
marks of the speaker and the subject upon
which he had spoken. An allusion was made
to the story of the Hon. Chaurcey Depew in
regard to the rat bits, which will be remem-
bered by those who heard Mr.. Depew in his
campaign speech in New Haven. An urgent
appeal was made to put the best men in
for one month