New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-17
LARGER QUARTERS NEEDED.
THE REPUBLICAN CLUB TO MOVE.

IT VOTES To TAKE A F1rTn AVENUE HOUSE NEXT
MoNTH-INcREAsISo PROSPERITY.
The Committee Of tho Republican Club appointed
some time ago 20 secure new club house made
report last evening In hvor OF removing from the
present quarters, No. 80 West Twenty-cishth-st, to
No. 45o Fifth-avs. BY q practically unanimous vote
thc members adopted tho recommendations Of the
itfcs and further empowered II TO thke the necessary
s,eps for moving. These consist chiefly In finding q
tenant for tho in Twentyeghth-st. which the
club has lesss until May, 1850, but ssvera offers to
take II at once have been made, there viii DO delay
on this point and in all PROBABILITY tho change Will 10
carly next month or as soon Is the now quarters
have been got ready.
There was unusually largo attendance at the
meeting as the members knew She report would come
UP. President Bartlett presided The guests Of the
evening included James @. Blaine, IT., who ridculcd
recent reports of his fathers Illness; Albert Griffin,
chairman Of the National Anti-Saoon Committee and
Colonel Alexander p Bacon, of Brooklyn MIR.
Griffin made brief but strong address In favor of the
incorporation Of anti-saloon plank in the Rcpub-
lican platform at Chicago Colonel Bacon supple
mentcd Mr. Grifhp's speech by few remarks, IN
which he urged that the party should assume rad
ically anti saloon and high ncanse attitude. Colonel
Bacon seemed TO reflect tho OF his audience most
happily
Resolutions similar to those adopted by the Union
League Club last Thursday nFht urging the abolition
Of the Internal Revenue Department and declaring In
favor of Protective Tariff, reported by Com
mittco National Affairs and adopted Colonel
Crows resolution condemnng Secretary Eayards Fish,
cry Treaty was passed, and tho one asking the
Legislature to appropriate 100000 for the canals.
which was put forward by Cephas Brainard. IT.
W. NJ. X Ocott read the report Of the executive COM
mittee In reference to the clubhouse The build
ing, he said was brick one with brownstone trim
mings 1t was four stories In height, with frontage
ON the avenue of rife thirty three feet 1t DO
longs to the Clark estate and recently occupied by
X Al Clark Tho rent of 1t would be $1,000 q year.
Its assembly contained 500 moro square feet
than that OF the present house. When the vote was
taken after discussion of the report thcro only
one or two found to be opposed making the change
II has been apparent for some time that the club
would have 10 seek more commodious quarters With
In the last year its membership has increased about
80 per cent and the prospects that the increase
Will be stu greater this season Fifteen new men
wore admitted last night and the Of twenty
seven more were proposed.
The association was started in 1879 as the Young
Republican Club OF New-York but for a long time 1t
hao no regular headquarters Tho members met in
private parlors at first AS II grew In numbers rooms
were secured at No Cd Madson-ave. then at Twenty
thirdst and Broadway, and afterward over Brownies
place 1t moved to the house In Twenty eghthst about
year ago, at the same time changing the name to the
Republican Club. At the time of this last
had about lI5 members; now 1t has nearly 500 It's
members hip Is limited to COO Tho initiation fee of
S2o viii DO retained.