New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-02
TO CLEAR OUT TRAITORS.
REpUBL,cAN ROLLS WILL BE pURoxp.

REPUBLICAN ROLLS WILL BE PUk0ED!
THE COUNTY COMMITTEE WILL MEET THIS wEK8
AND ACT on TWO IMPORTS
The Republican County Committee will meet II
Grand Otera House Hall tomorrow evening to
act on the reports of the committees which have
investigated the charges Of trcacherv in the
With Assembly District and internal troubles In
the XIIIth Assembly District. Both reports will
be presented by the Executive Committee with
recommendations No attempt was made by tho
committee, headed by Colonel w. G. Church, 10
investigate the condition Of things in the XIIIth
District, because the faction headed by Henry l..
Sprague, Alderman James Cowie. Knox McAfee
and c. G. Archibald. admitted that they ran
opposition candidates for Alderman and Assembly
man. and added that the Republicans whom they
represented would not be satisfied with anything
short of o re-enruiment before the next primary,
and the deposition Of Frederick S. Gibbs as the
leader Of the district. The Executive Committee
Ia likely to recommend the County Committee Ia
order O re-enrolment in this district as the only
means OF harmonizing the party there The
leadership Of course. depends on the enrolled
Republicans of the district. The County Com
mittec cannot interfere with that
The committee on tho With District OF which
George W. Lyon is chairman, has prepared long
report 1t covers the evidence Of many witnesses
taken by the committee during its hearings, show.
ing clearly that in the great majority Of the
election districts the punches Of tickets given out
by the Republican captains and workers did not
contain the names Of Frederick L. Doerr and
Henry G. Botty. the Republican candidates fol-
Senator and Civil Justice but did
contain ballots bearing the names oil
George l. Kraus, the independent can.
didate for State Senator. and Alfred Stcckler the
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appealed to by the candidates and their friends
to know why this was done. the captains and
workers replied that they were carrying out the
orders OF their Bosses the leaders Of the district
TIE EXTENT OF THE TREAcHERY SHOWN.
The report gives at length the official E.urcf
of the yOte for the various candidates in the
With District The totals have heretofore been
given in The TRIBUNE. They show in COM
pact form the extent Of the treachery toward
certain Republican candidates. Much OF the res
port will be taken up by discussion OF whether
the Republican County Committee now possess
the power to order re-enrolment IN an Assembly
district.
to be necessary for its own protection that tho
County Committee should possess tAis power;
otherwise there would be no adequate means tc
punish traitors. The committee holds that tnefo
is no real Republican organization lii the Nliltn
District ut this time. that the widespread treaehery
Oh election day proves this, and That 10 edaid
against u repetition Of the treachefy Of the last
election, the district association be rorGanllcd,
and the control Of the district placed IN other
hands. To insure proper re-enroinell, as a pre-
liminary to the formation OF a real Republican
organization in the district the committee re-
comnends the appointment Of a subcommittee
under whose supervision the r-cnroiihent slsit
be carried out. 1t rests with the republicans OK
the district then, to say who their leaders slau
be.
THE COUNTY COMMITTEES POWERS.
The amendments to the constitution OF tho
Republican County Committee introduced by COM
missioner Charles TantOr at the last meeting OF
the committee are intended TO define clearly the
powers Of the committee. and while not INTENDED
to give it such power over the districts AS TO
render the Latter helpless, will nevertheless, Gu
able it to punish trcichcry and give the enrolled
Republicans Of u district the opportunity to rid
themselves OF unfaithful unpopular leaders by
means OF re-enrOlment. This, II Carefully done.
Will have the eject OF eliminating Ion the roll
the names OF dead men. those who have removed
from the district, those who have gone over
to the opposition. In the XNlth District under
" Mike" Cresans rule, there were nearly as many
names Oh the roll as there were ltepuDlcails III
the district, although there were large numbers
OF Republican voters who would nave nothing
to do with the association while he contributed III.
As matter of fact, there were enough Democrats
placed on the roll by Crcgan to enable him TO
carry the primary In his district whenever he
found it Necessary to call on them Not until
the intelligent young men who now run me dis-
trict procured "a copy OF the roll and making "a
thorough canvass OF the district. Just previous TO
a primary, ascertained who were Republicans and
who were not, and challenged the latter wien
they attempted to vote, Mixes power
finally wrestcd from him. AT the last clection.
the first one since Cregan was deposed, the AIlth
District gave = larger Republican vote than
usual and this vote is one that no leader can
trade off.
There are two or three other downtown dis
tricts that are likely to have re-enrolments soon.
There are many Republicans who complain that
they have no voice in the affairs Of their dis
tricts and that u reorganization would be Oh.
tanned by means of the primary II
they were not OutvOted on flaudulenr
rolls. There is feeling aomng many Of the
Republican leaders that the party would he
stronger in this city il few of the district leaders
were made to give way TO other and better men,