New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-17
POLITICAL AND PERSONAL.
,rS AND AFFAIRS IN PUBLIC CIRCLES.

MEN AND AFFAIRS in PUBLIC CIRCLES.
nun, MOVEMENT FOR REPUBLICAN REoRGANIzA.
T1ox-pIFFERENcEs IN PARTY
MANAGEMENT
Tn, nrompt action OF the Republican General Com
..e AZ its meeting last week. in authorizing CHAIR
- woodruff 10 appoint committee Of thirty to con-
MEASURES looking TO an improvement In tie parry
r. ,iyation followed by the speedy appointment OF
az committee and It's initial meeting last evening"
min, toward the attainment Of the result desired oy
al true Republicans In the city. IL confidence In he
v organization is restored and 1t is made to reflect
sno wishes OF the mass Of the voters, the words Vi
warner Miller at the opening Of the new Union Lcasu'
,nb house will be verified, and In five years. or ies
noorIvn can 30 made Republican city. But 10 40
h,s the men Of influence and power In the community
met not sulk In their tents, but must work shouue W
ahou,der with the who are bearing the party Our
dens and perform their full duty at primaries ana
conventions and In the ward associations. Ino party
.nizaton cannot be kept compact and wellordered
:. ,ott m the men WHO are seeking through poliucs
-. ottain personal ends. There must be spirit OF
,rssIashness spirit that sinks petty interests anu
omnorary advancement iTr order to secure the u'-
umnh of principle and the ultimate good OF the com-
munity. ,..
A wise step was taken in the General Committee
| in constituting the Committee Of Thirty OF men Id
| The marty ranks who not 0ihceholders With one
Or two notable exceptions the who have been most
con spicuous In the party deliberations the last year
have been those who held or sought ONCE. Inc sus
ceston has heretofore been put forward that once
holders should not be eligible to membership ID INC
Governing body of the party This would certainly
Give a more unseliish spirit to the action OF that
hody. The Young Republican Club wisely debars from
| an official place in the club any one who holds OF
seeks office, and in this lies one secret OF us power
| and effectiveness The Committee Of Thirty contains
| some of the ablest men In the party
| they seek the counsel and advice OF leaa
ing Republicans outside Of the regular orgahlzaton
men who in the past have led the party to victory al
tbe polls and adopt which rehabiltate the
marty and restore its pristine vgor, the defeats OF
the past may prove to have been truer blessings Than
| victories would have been.
| A prominent Republican said to the writer: "The
causes for the recent Overwhelming defeat may DO
found I'm a number of recent events, which have DC
stroyed confidence in the party management Whas
| Is needed Is new blood In the General Committee.
IL should be made more directly representative OF te
marty and be free from facti0nal controi. thihR
from the steady losses since the NUMBER OF memoers
was increased that 1t would be wise to reduce the rep
resentation. Some young active and enterprisihg
man with political experience, should be put at the
| bead Neither of the warning factions Of the past
wear should be represented in the control OF the COM
mittee some man like william Ii. Williams, who so
long presided over the Young Republican Club, should
| be made chairman to succeed Mr. woodruff. Inc us
tribuon of patronage should be reegated to The bach
ground. Every possible effort should DC mauo W ee
ALL Republicans to enroll and attend the meetings Oh
the ward associations Party interest should be sum-
Mated by the presentation Of public matters IN iec
| lures and addresses by prominent public men. Inc
present state the party is such as to oer no hauce
| meut to young men to join 1t. All THIS shouid 10
changed The Republican party is the party Oh IDEAS
| OF progress and 1t should not permit young men 10
| tic
ancy i'm the civ II proper measures are pursued next
| wear .he year following will see great Repuohcap
| gains in Kings County"
Nav that the election of 1890 is thing OF the past
the Democrats Of Brooklyn are looking forward eagery
| to 1891 when they will possibly put forward cahd-
dates for United states senator and Governor ana nope
| IN elect a Mayor The possible course OF Governor
uill respectng the Senatorshp Is subject OF mucn
ankle V. If he should seek and gain IL Lieuoehanr
| Governor Jones would become Governor anu WIN
| thus gain an advantage over Mayor Chapm III uio
race for the Gubernatorial nomination next iail
| IL Governor Hill should decide 10 soeh
the Governorshp for another term 1t would also put
Mayor Chapin in the background and II ne desred 10
remain in active political life he would have 10 seek 10
| te Mayor To- a tn term. Ii Is unde 40 tna' MaSo
Chapn is IN training Tor the nomination LOT 'o'ei"o
and the moves on the political chessboard are Oh OK
ceedng interest to him. In the talk OF oehatorai c
ddates the name of Hugh Mclaughlin has not been u
mentioned and II Kings County has any cahuiuate lo
tho Mace Mr. Mclaughlin would doubtless be the man.
INT il Is not likely that the shrewd boss OF BroohS
woud endanger his political supremacy by any suon
| absurd ambition. The only Office he ever held was
that of Register Of Deeds from 1861 To loo' "heh Tic
vas defeated for third term by Charles schurg, war
veeran but secured reelection In 1871. ana ser'eu
| 10 1879 1t then that Mr.. Mclaughlin iad 'io
foundations of the handsome fortune he now possesses.
IL is undeniable that much of the present sTehelh
| of the Democratic organization Is due 10 Mr. NJ
| laughlln He had the wisdom to Withdraw from ap
uarent active participation in political AFFAIRS "her
ais MANAGEMENT disgraced by defeat, anu 10 per
init reorganization which was satisfactory 10 every
ne i'm the party and brought inlo the organization
me men who had opposed it, But by degrees MI
lcLaugnIn rela4ned control OF the party and he mas
more power maa eVGr, govern the
lrmativn of the Republican ana TIE bcihCcaa.I o0
erai Committees. In u1 lH n Yards Then
As one deegalet large, and one LOT each w NoIo -,
raction t.ereof Inis gives the sr heiS & Se,
wards great preponderdnce Oh Ie 4, ha "a III,
,rtl wards have 20 members, and one mas "a. ine
democratic committee Is larger, naVs tSe Yes
each ~ad mas the same hunpEi Va lave
tut while the Republican nominating COW m
many delegates as the eH, ~ zach e0 ward helms
conventions are much smaller, W eaon u reductins
allotted three delegates The advocates Vi ioeuo M
IN the size OF the Republican Geheai i T man,
mat three or live members IRON each Mari Would tSen
| A sufficiently large governing body but IL "ouiu .hI,
Jack tho representative character now poSses'u ~
The election OF member vi congress IA .Iie Illu DE
,rict still hangs the balance, but the Oneial
will il by Friday at the latest, as the
| M the votes must De concluded ny that ulhe' Ds
Wallace by the narrow plurality of eighteen
| votes which transfer of nine votes moll
aim to his opponent would make ue V t.s,
ne reSul, Is iAey The closest Congress contee
, | sver known In the county. In 1886 ~ Wntt
von by only l72 on the Official canvass Inc ciosos
vote for memOer OF Assembly in recent years was IL
| ne IIth Ds,rlct few years ago, when Johh helt'
Won by eight votes. In the AIlth District Z. y
| nurth won 10y only eighty seven last year.
| grea. variation is found in the expenses o.
anddaes as fled accordnG to law, me ne p pi
; hibtOn and Socialisc candidates were wise enough
Ia spend no hing in the fluitless effort to get votes
in eral instances the successful candidates eh
/ rended less than their unsuccessful rivals SUD
siantal sums were paid to tine parry committees py
severa. of the leading candidates. some OF them Sc
forth the expenditure Of hundreds OF dollars In renew
Ing DID acquaint aneeships, evidently In convNia
p manner -, ~ .,.o,to,
t,eera satisfaction Is expressed with the SELECTION
Of sugar Trust receivers by Judge Pratt AS the Judg
, himself said to a Tribune reporter. Mr. Havemeye Z
represents the interest OF me sugar renhefles MI